Blu-ray Disc Profile 1.0:
Only supports basic playback function.
Blu-ray Disc Profile 1.1:
Blu-ray Disc Profile 1.1 is also known as the Bonus View.
Two new major features are the support of secondary video and audio decoder for Picture-in-Picture and the support of Blu-ray Disc content update, which uses 256 MB of local storage.
It also allows the playback of high-definition movie content with multiple video streams, providing users with a real-time Picture-in-Picture viewing experience, such as watching the movie and video commentaries simultaneously.
The CyberLink Blu-ray Disc Advisor tests your computers playback ability for viewing these bonus features, and displays the results in the Advanced Playback tab.
Hardware Dual-Video Decoding:
Blu-ray Discs use a different video compression, than MPEG-2, H.264 or VC-1.
Some graphics cards have the new feature that supports hardware dual-video decoding.
But not all of graphics cards can support HD (High Definition) decoding of different video streams.
The CyberLink Blu-ray advisor will test the Dual-Video Decoding Capability of your graphics card for each of the video streams, and displays the results in the Advanced Playback tab.
Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0:
Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0 is also known as BD-Live.
The new major features are the support of Internet-connected activities, which can use 1GB of local storage.
It enables powerful Internet-connected activities, such as multiplayer gaming, e-commerce, movie trailer and subtitle downloading, and social networking.
The CyberLink Blu-ray Disc advisor will test your computer’s playback capability for BD-Live and Network Capability, and display the results in the Advanced Playback tab.
Blu-ray Disc Profile 5.0:
Supports Blu-ray 3D disc titles playback.
Blu-ray Disc Profile Comparison Table:
Feature |
BD Profile 1.0 |
BD Profile 1.1 (Bonus View) |
BD Profile 2.0 (BD-Live) |
BD Profile 5.0 (Blu-ray 3D) |
Local Storage |
No |
256 MB |
1GB |
1GB |
Secondary Video/Audio Decoder |
No |
Essential |
Essential |
Essential |
Virtual Package |
No |
Essential |
Essential |
Essential |
Internet Connection Capability |
No |
No |
Essential |
Essential |
Note: If the BD & 3D Advisor indicates that your computer cannot successfully playback Bonus View or BD Live items, your player may still be able to play back Blu-ray Discs, but it won’t be able to play the special content that support Bonus View or BD-Live. To play this special content, you would need to update your player.