Software Review:
Nero 8 Ultra Edition Disc-Burning Software (page 2)

Nero remains a very strong choice among authoring suites for Windows. It's one of the perennial favorites in the category, and for good reason-the software continues to get better and better over time. This is easily the best Nero we've seen in quite a while. Whether it's worth the cost of upgrading is up to you, but from where we stand, it's a solid upgrade from version 7. If you are using an OEM version of Nero that you're happy with, you might consider taking the trial version for a whirl. (You do have a broadband internet connection, right? Or access to one? You'll need it... it's 183MB. If you like it, you don't have to buy a CD or re-download the full version - instead, you just have to buy a key from Nero and enter it to unlock the software.)

OS: Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1/MCE 2005/Pro x64 edition, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows Vista Home/Business/Ultimate (32- or 64-bit versions)
Processor: 1GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent
Memory: 256MB (512MB required for Vista)
Hard Drive Space: 1.5GB for installation

• Much-improved MPEG-2 encoder.
• More polished and stable than previous versions.

• None significant

A strong suite for disc authoring and other digital media creation tasks that keeps improving incrementally with every update.

Charles Fulton is Videomaker's Associate Editor.

Nero Inc.
330 N. Brand Blvd., Ste. 695
Glendale, CA 91203
www.nero.com

$100 retail; $80 download

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