Nero 6 Ultra Edition Review

[Audioholics]

<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A href="http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avhardware/Nero6UltraEditionReview.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 98px; HEIGHT: 100px" alt=[Nero6UltraEdition] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/Nero6UltraEdition_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>When&nbsp;we were&nbsp;asked to review Nero 6 Ultimate Edition,&nbsp;we thought - what a great idea. With all of the media integration happening in today's digital media-drive market, it's a no-brainer that consumers are going to quickly get to the point where they want to do more with their CDs and DVDs beyond simple data storage options presented by the Windows operating system. Reviewing a suite of software tools is not an easy task. For reasons that are obvious,&nbsp;we could only summarize some of the key features and applications contained within Ahead Software's flagship all-in-one CD/DVD media application. The best way to cover this Swiss army knife of software was to go through some of the key applications one by one and try to give a clear picture of just what this compilation of programs could do. <STRONG>Read on...</STRONG></FONT></P>
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[Rob Babcock]

I haven't downloaded all the new updates yet, but I've always loved Nero 6. I use is for all my DVD burning & quite a bit of CD stuff, too.

 

[Yamahaluver]

Nero is great overall albeit a bit bloated as most of the features in their are hardly used. For best audio recording, nothing even comes close to EAC as it is the only one which features one of the best error correction and the only one to incorporate read/write offset correction for a true 1:1 copy.

 

[Rob Babcock]

I sometimes rip tracks with EAC, but even then I generally use Nero to burn them. And I'd love to see someone try to hear and difference between discs burned with the two different programs. I'm not sure I'd call Nero "bloated", either, but that's just me. I probably use more of it's features than some people- Nero has potent editing & effects capabilities. For the less advanced user, the extra capabilities do nothing to harm the speed or use of the software. Simply use what you need.

BTW, I've been waiting for "The Book of Nero 6" for months- it looks to be a very complete guide to using the many features of Nero. Unfortunately, the damn book seems to be delayed.

 

[Duffinator]

Nero is great for burning DVD's. And DVD Shrink V3.1 automatically detects Nero 6 and with one click rips, renders, and burns DVD copies...for your own personal back-up copy.

 

[Yamahaluver]

I sometimes rip tracks with EAC, but even then I generally use Nero to burn them. And I'd love to see someone try to hear and difference between discs burned with the two different programs. I'm not sure I'd call Nero "bloated", either, but that's just me. I probably use more of it's features than some people- Nero has potent editing & effects capabilities. For the less advanced user, the extra capabilities do nothing to harm the speed or use of the software. Simply use what you need.

BTW, I've been waiting for "The Book of Nero 6" for months- it looks to be a very complete guide to using the many features of Nero. Unfortunately, the damn book seems to be delayed.

Rob,

Do you rip with EAC's offset correction feature? Also try burning with the write offset correction feature, you cant get these features in any other burning software. For scratched CDs, you will hear a difference between EAC and Nero recordings, Nero is a great overall program for those who need all in one program but the fact that EAC and CDRWIN still survive and are used by a huge number of people goes to show that there are others with different priorities as well.

 

[Rob Babcock]

IMO, EAC also survives because it's free- there'll always be a place for "free." And no knock on EAC, it does a good job. If you don't need the extra features, then stick with it. There's no point to spending the cash on stuff you don't need, plus it takes a lot of effort to learn how to use all the stuff Nero can do.

I don't have any really scratched up discs- I tend to take meticulous care of my CDs. There's no audible diff between EAC & Nero in the stuff I've burned, with or without offset correction. At least none that's ever been detected by anyone I've burned CD-Rs for.

 

[Yamahaluver]

As they say, best things in life are free, I would gladly pay for EAC if it needs to be done, I paid for CDRWIN and Nero so dont mind paying for this at all.

 

[Audioholics]

The thing about Nero 6 is that it really isn't bloatware so much as an organized grouping of smaller programs. To me, that's much preferred over a large application that does everything.

 

[Rob Babcock]

I really love Nero's Wave Editor program. For me it's the most powerful & easiest to use program of it's type (although probably just because that's what I'm used to).