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Posted by Dennis
Posted on 08/07/03 15:23
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Nero Burning ROM icon Now that we've taken a look at what Ahead has planned for us with their new Nero Burning ROM 6 package it's time for a conclusion. I must say that I became quite impressed during my first tests with the new Nero 6 package. It offers a lot of different software tools and, in my opinion, they're all very well designed so that everyone, even novice users, can understand how the software works.

Nero StartSmart icon The main program of the Nero 6 package is of course the Nero Burning ROM software. Although, in theory, it hasn't changed much compared to Nero Burning ROM 5.5, the new design changes are very welcome. Nero 6 is now fully integrated with Nero Express which I think is a good thing. In Nero 5.5 users had the possibility to choose between the Nero Wizard and Nero Express which could lead to some confusion. This possibility has now been eliminated. Experienced users will probably use Nero Burning ROM while beginners will use Nero Express. Another welcome addition to the Nero package is the StartSmart software with which you can easily select the task you want to do after which the proper software is automatically started.

Nero ShowTime icon The Nero 6 package of course offers much, much more than only the Burning ROM software. During our preview you could see that Ahead has added a lot of interesting and handy tools to their package so that you can perform every task you want. You can now create, author and burn any CD and/or DVD compilation you want, packet writing is no problem and even playing your CD/DVD compilations is possible with the Nero Media Player and Nero ShowTime.

Nero BackItUp icon All in all I think the Nero Burning ROM 6 package has definitely been worth the wait. The package is of course not free of charge and comes at quite a high price (79,99USD (boxed version) or 59.99 (download version)) but considering that Nero offers everything you can think of, the price is well worth it.

Nero Burning ROM 6 is expected to be available on the Ahead website on July 18th while it will be available at major retailers on August 18th. Last but not least we would like to thank Ahead Software for sending us this preview version of Nero Burning ROM 6.
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Posted by MTR on Tuesday 08 July 2003 16:32
Thanks for the sneak preview.
How come you didn't (get to) preview NeroMix? Seems only to be available in the U.S. (Ultra edition) for some reason.
Posted by MTR on Tuesday 08 July 2003 16:33
sorry,
[edited by MTR on 08.07.2003 16:38]
Posted by MTR on Tuesday 08 July 2003 16:33
doubleclicked button ;(
[edited by MTR on 08.07.2003 16:39]
Posted by iss on Tuesday 08 July 2003 19:15
interesting preview and yes Nero 6 looks nice but frankly I dont find it nice enough to shell out 59.00-79.00 particularly since I have yet to see a version of InCD 4 that works properly.
Posted by JLP on Tuesday 08 July 2003 23:50
Thanks for the excellent review. Great job as always!

I just hope this won't be as bloated and as buggy as Easy Coaster Creator :r.

And I see no mention of support for the excellent Ogg Vorbis and FLAC audio formats. But they still support this crappy WMA :r.
Posted by CaFrow on Wednesday 09 July 2003 00:20
My opinion is for the 59-79 I would expect a program that can copy any protection like CloneCD or CDmate does and a DVD movie copier like DVDXCopy or CloneDVD all in one package.

(Hint, Hint, Elby come out with a package software that is 1 app that does it all).

Later all
[edited by CaFrow on 09.07.2003 00:25]
[edited by CaFrow on 09.07.2003 00:26]
Posted by m0rbidini on Wednesday 09 July 2003 04:45
Is Nero 6 going to be limited to the Joliet file format which only supports up to 64 characters for file names? Or will it support the ability to create files with file names larger than 64 characters?

cya
Posted by m0rbidini on Wednesday 09 July 2003 04:52
One more thing: I agree that the price is high... but that's not a problem. For that price you can buy a new cd burner with Nero 6 bundled :B

cya
Posted by G@M3FR3@K on Thursday 10 July 2003 13:09
When creating a new compilation you indeed have an option called 'Relax Joliet restrictions' under which an option is available that says 'allow more than 64 characters for Joliet names'.
Posted by icey on Friday 11 July 2003 09:16

I thought it had been reported that 'relax joliet restrictions' in 5.5 did not actually work properly - can anyone confirm this?
Posted by alexnoe on Sunday 13 July 2003 11:51
What about ISO-9660 version 2?
Posted by haldol on Wednesday 23 July 2003 16:03
what i like to see in nero6:
- support for the romeo file format
- a possibility to save thewindow layout on exit
Posted by darshanjog on Monday 28 July 2003 19:16
Well, will there be any compatibility problems if I select 'allow more than 64 characters for Joliet names'.

Also, whats the max characters I can have in a file name after selecting this option.

I have a habit of giving very long names to files & so for burning my personal data I use RecordNow Max as it allows 200+ characters in a file name.
Posted by tangise on Tuesday 05 August 2003 19:35
:)
ISO-9660 v2 is supported!!!
Posted by nicadair on Sunday 30 April 2006 21:41
Totally un-reliable.
Most of the time the 'BURN' option is shaded out.
Ugly old fashioned software.:o
Posted by MUBASHIR (guest) on Wednesday 23 May 2007 13:04
:*
Posted by bill (guest) on Monday 04 June 2007 03:49
ya
Posted by ira (guest) on Friday 06 July 2007 05:02
Nero BackItUP in Nero 6 is garbage. it sucks. It doesn't support selected restore of what you backed up. WTF????
Posted by maiecris on Sunday 30 September 2007 19:23
not gud
Posted by sheref (guest) on Friday 26 October 2007 02:06
;;;;;
Posted by idrissi (guest) on Wednesday 23 July 2008 19:29
merciiiiiiii
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