Limitations

- 30-day working trial.
- No DVD-Audio available during the playback of CPPM protected content.
- Does not support the playback of CPRM protected content.
- Supports the playback of Blu-ray Discs and Blu-ray Disc Profile 2 (BD-Live).
- This trial build can only be upgraded to the Ultra version.

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 System Requirements

To play DVDs

Operating System

• Windows XP or Windows Vista

Screen Resolution

• 1024 x 768 or 1280 x 1024

Screen Ratio

• 4:3 or 16:9 widescreen

Processor

• Intel: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz (Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or above recommended)
• AMD: Sempron 2600+ 1.6 GHz (Athlon 64 2800+ 1.8GHz or above recommended)

Memory

• XP: 256 MB
• Vista: 512 MB

Graphics Card

• AGP or PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0.

Sound Card

• PCI sound card or on-board audio.

Optical Drive

• DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo, DVD-R/RW, DVD+RW or DVD-RAM drive for playing VCDs and DVDs.

Internet Connection

• Internet connection required for product activation and some upload/download features.

To play Blu-ray Discs

Operating System

• Windows XP or Windows Vista

Screen Resolution

• 1920 x 1080

Screen Ratio

• 16:9 widescreen recommended

Processor

• Intel

Minimum: Pentium 4 541 (3.2 GHz), Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz), Pentium D 930 (3.0 GHz), 935 3.2GHz or 940 (3.2 GHz), Core Duo T2400 (1.83 GHz), Pentium M 755 (2.0 GHz), Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 GHz or T5600 1.83 GHz


Recommended: Pentium EE 840 (3.2 GHz) or 955 (3.4 GHz) or 965 3.73 GHz, Pentium D 945 (3.4 GHz), 950 (3.4 GHz) or 960 (3.6 GHz), Core Duo T2500 (2 GHz), T2600 (2.16 GHz) or T2700 (2.33 GHz), Core 2 Duo E6300 (1.8 GHz), E6400 (2.13 GHz), E6600 (2.4 GHz), E6700 (2.66 GHz) or X6800 (2.93 GHz), T7200 (2.00 GHz), T7400 (2.16 GHz), T7600 (2.33GHz) Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz, Core 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66 GHz, or X6800 2.93 GHz

• AMD

Minimum: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2 GHz) or 4000+ (2 GHz), Turion 64 X2 TL-50 (1.6 GHz), TL-52 (1.6 GHz) or TL-56 (1.8 GHz)


Recommended: Athlon 64-FX, FX-60 (2.6 GHz) or FX-62 (2.8 GHz), Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2 GHz), 4400+ (2.2 GHz), 4600+ (2.4 GHz), 4800+ (2.4 GHz) or 5000+ (2.6 GHz), Turion 64 X2 TL-60 (2.0 GHz)

Memory

• XP: 512 MB
• Vista:  1 GB

Hard Disk Space

• 150 MB

Graphics Card

Intel:

• 965G, G33, G35 graphics software decoding (with Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66GHz) processor or AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 (2.8GHz) processor or above recommended)
• Recommended driver version: 15.8 or later
• Video RAM: 256 MB or above.

nVidia:

• GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7800 GTX 512, GeForce 7900 GX2, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GX2, GeForce 8400 series, GeForce 8500 series, GeForce 8600 series, GeForce 8800 series
• Recommended driver version: 174.53 or later
• Video RAM: 256MB or above.

ATI:

• Minimum: ATI Radeon X1600 series, X1800 series, X1900 series
• Recommended: ATI Radeon HD 2400, 2600, 2900 series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400, 3600, 3800 Series
• Recommended driver version: 8.44 or later
• Video RAM: 256 MB or above.

Sound Card

• PCI sound card or on-board audio

Optical Drive

• Blu-ray Disc drive for playing Blu-ray Discs and DVDs

Internet Connection

• Internet connection required for product activation and some upload/download features.