See my earlier article on Roxio Easy Media Creator 9įind Nero 7 Ultra Edition ENHANCED on įind Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 on ĭetails on the applications in the Nero 7 suite below. See the DVD Authoring Software Gallery for more on DVD tools. You also can download a 15-day trial version (173.57 MB). Nero offers free updates for users of previous versions of Nero 7. The additional HD-DVD plug-in costs $24.99. Nero 7 Ultra Edition ENHANCED is available at retail for $99.99, and via download for $79.99. And Roxio has worked diligently to bring a friendly and consistent user interface to its collection of applications.īut the Nero 7 suite shines with its core capabilities and technology, including solid disc burning, media file format conversion, and support for high-def video, surround sound, and HD disc formats. If you want all-in-one collection of digital media tools, the Roxio Easy Media Creator suite has a broader collection of more powerful tools, including full VideoWave and PhotoSuite applications for video and audio editing. (The HD DVD Plug-In adds support for HD DVD playback for $24.99.) The latest ENHANCED version adds Windows Vista support and additional high-def video formats, with editing and playback of AVCHD video and Blu-ray Disc (BD-AV), and enhanced Xbox 360 streaming capabilities.

However, as with Roxio EMC, the Nero suite grown so large (Nero 7 is up to some 20 applications) that it includes a Nero StartSmart mini-application to help you figure out which tool to use to carry out a particular task. Plus, these suites offer tools to organize and manage all your media files, and share them across your home network. Nero is particularly strong with its core CD/DVD tools - especially with disc burning using Nero Burning ROM, testing and understanding discs and drives with Nero ToolKit, and video and DVD conversion with Nero Recode.Īnd, like the Roxio Easy Media Creator (EMC) suite, Nero has expanded its suite to provide a broad collection of tools for handing digital media - from data backup, to photo and audio editing, to video editing and DVD authoring. By now, the current product release is identified by appending several superlatives to become Nero 7 Ultra Edition ENHANCED. However, it's sometimes hard to keep track of what's going on with the product, since Nero confusingly does not use version numbers to identify its releases.

Nero has continued to upgrade and expand its Nero 7 suite of tools for working with CD/DVD discs and digital media files.

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