Positives and Negatives: VSO Inspector

Positives:

• It’s free
• Gives information on both your drive and media
• Will scan the surface of the media and files on it for errors
• Will check a large database of media and drives to see success rates for this combination

Negatives:

• No info on your general hardware setup

Positives and Negatives: VSO Image Resizer

Positives:

• It’s free
• Easy to use
• Will resize large numbers of pictures quickly
• A number of different formats that you can save your pictures in
• Ability to rename your pictures with the same name followed by number or date

Negatives:

• Can’t resize to a set width or height with the other one being variable
• Can’t select more than one image location

Conclusion:

Both programs are free, easy to use and both have merits.

Looking back at the original statements by VSO Software:

VSO-Inspector is a free add-on to report various information about your hardware configuration. Using this freeware, you can check the listed CD and DVD readers and writers connected to your computer, check the firmware used. The details about the media used and the speed supported by a given writer with this media. Also you can scan a burnt media for read errors and be confident about the readability of your fresh backup.

and

The VSO free image resize software organizes your photos by shrinking their resolution or moving them within your hard drive. VSO Image resizer is the perfect tool for those who store their digital pictures and images on their PC and who want to resize, compress, convert, create copies, create thumbnails, import or organize photos.

We find that both statements to be true.

Would they both be bigger better and have more features if they were being sold? Probably but I for one would like to thank VSO Software for giving us these two applications. I personally use the Image Resizer when I need to sort out my camera photos because it is quick and easy but does a fantastic job.

It’s hard to say anything bad about something that is given to you free that people have spent time on but in the interests of this review I will say I want more features, more options, more information and I still want it to be free. Pretty please.


  

Final Word:

Because of the easy use of these programs along with the inherent simplicity of them as a whole, I rate these programs very highly. The quality of the output files in Image Resizer, regardless of the format chosen were of extremely high quality and this is a testament to the program itself.

Because of the above mentioned I feel can easily give these two programs the CDFreaks Editors Choice awards.

The VSO Software homepage can be found here.
The VSO Inspector homepage can be found here.
The VSO Image Resizer homepage can be found here.
You can also discuss this software in the VSO Software forum here.    

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