PowerDVD Supports Blu-ray 3D on Radeon HD 6800

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CyberLink Corp. announced that it is adding support in its PowerDVD 10 Ultra 3D software for Blu-ray 3D MVC decoding and HDMI 1.4 output on the AMD Radeon HD 6800 series of graphics cards.

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Unedited press release follows:

CyberLink PowerDVD 10 Supports Full Blu-ray 3D MVC Decoding and HDMI 1.4 Output on New AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 Graphics

TAIPEI, Taiwan–CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) is pleased to announce support in PowerDVD for full-quality stereoscopic 3D video on AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series graphics.

On systems with the updated version of PowerDVD combined with the new AMD Radeon HD 6800 series graphics, consumers can enjoy full-quality Blu-ray 3D disc playback on the latest 3D televisions, through an HDMI 1.4a connection. Home theater enthusiasts are able to stream full multi-channel Blu-ray audio through the same HDMI connection to their compatible Audio/Video Receiver. PowerDVD takes full advantage of the Unified Video Decoder feature of AMD Radeon HD 6800 series graphics, delivering outstanding video quality even when decoding Blu-ray 3D MVC stereoscopic video at up to 60 megabits per second.

“CyberLink is dedicated to providing the best possible entertainment experience,” said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink Corp. “We are delighted to deliver accelerated video software performance with the updated version of PowerDVD 10. With AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series graphics and CyberLink PowerDVD 10 Ultra 3D, home theater enthusiasts can enjoy Blu-ray 3D in full quality.”

“We are excited to work closely with CyberLink on its flagship product PowerDVD 10 optimized for AMD Radeon graphics, offering Accelerated Parallel Processing and support for DirectX 11,” said Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and general manager, GPU division, AMD (NYSE: AMD) . “The new PowerDVD 10 Ultra 3D takes full advantage of the Unified Video Decoder and HDMI 1.4 features of the AMD Radeon HD 6800 series graphics, enabling spectacular 3D viewing experiences.”

Product Availability
The new PowerDVD update will be released in November 2010, available to existing PowerDVD 10 users for free via PowerDVD Update.