![]() ![]() So currently for new PowerDVD 23 Ultra customers that have never owned prior versions of PowerDVD, there is currently two choices, one either pays $99.99 and buys the retail box at Amazon with the download card (which might also come with a CD-ROM according to the fine print on retail box), or one pays $99.99 directly from Cyberlinks website to download PowerDVD 23 Ultra directly. Currently only Microsoft offers DVD-ROM discs for Windows installations and most other companies have gone to the download link method with a product key. ![]() ![]() As a fan of physical media, I will miss the optical installation CD-ROM discs and DVD-ROM discs that so many companies use to offer with software installations (at least Intuit TurboTax every year still offers a physical optical disc for installation). While I understand that if one was in a retail store it would make sense to buy the retail box version with a download card, however if no installation CD-ROM is offered anymore going directly to Cyberlinks website and paying $99.99 and bypassing Amazon directly makes perfect sense, since then one does not need to wait for the product key download card to arrive, and instead Cyberlink can email the product key with download link instantly after purchase. So, it is unclear if this year Cyberlink stopped offering physical optical CD-ROM installation discs, since the product description just says retail box with download card, but zooming in on the retail box suggests the installation disc might come with. One negative about PowerDVD 23 Ultra according to the Amazon website is that the retail box appears to not ship with a CD-ROM installation disc like all prior versions of PowerDVD offered, since the product description on the Amazon website only says “Retail Box with download card” and the installation disc is not mentioned in the product description (however today I noticed that if one zooms in on the picture of the retail box on the Amazon website it says “Includes an installation disc and digital download”). However, it is my understanding that Cyberlink did not officially release PowerDVD 23 Ultra until sometime around the last week of January 2024. On January 3rd 2024 the retail box version of PowerDVD 23 Ultra was listed for pre-ordering on the Amazon website for $99.99. Cyberlink PowerDVD 23 Ultra (latest 64 bit Blu-ray player software for the year 2024 (user review) ![]()
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