Platform: PC
Operating System: Windows 98SE, 2000 with service Pack 4 or later, XP
Processor: 800 MHz PIII (or equivalent), or AMD Sempron 2200
RAM: 128 MB
Graphics Card: 8 MB video memory and minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels
LightScribe: Windows 2000 with service pack 4, or XP
Dolby Digital support: yes
Dolby Digital encoding: yes
MPEG audio support: yes
Accepts pre-encoded MPEG-2 files: yes
Accepts DV files: yes
Built-in MPEG-2 encoding: yes
Scene Detection: yes, customizable
Authoring Wizard: yes
Pre-formatted Templates: yes
Motion Buttons: no
Motion Backgrounds: yes
Internal Titling: yes
End of Play Behavior Control: no
Video Editing: yes
Multiple Video Streams: yes
Multiple Audio Streams: yes
Subtitle Creation: no
DVD Scripting: no
Create Links from Video Tracks: no
DVD-ROM Content: yes
Error Checking: no
Realtime Previews of Motion On Menus: yes
Label/Case Printing: yes
Region Coding Support: yes

• Nero Vision is well-integrated
• Nero Home is a pleasant addition

• Nero Vision refused to open on our editing computer
• User interfaces have little similarity between applications

Nero 7 Ultra is a promising solution, although it's quite buggy for the time being.

Andrew Burke is Videomaker's Editorial Assistant and has worked in all areas of video production on three continents.

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Nero, Inc.
330 N. Brand Ave., Ste. 695
Glendale, CA 91203
(818) 956-5930
www.nero.com