Even so, there are still six main task choices, 13 total buttons and no less than 26 sub-options to select from in Standard mode. The SmartStart technology is nothing more than a startup dialog that organizes the various options visually. We found a couple of people to perform these usability tests, so let’s start with those results. We approached this review from the point of view of the person who just wants to burn (JWTB) a disc.
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#NERO EXPRESS 6 SOFTWARE INSTALL#
Nero installed flawlessly and effortlessly, just as it should, but we were alarmed by one thing: if we just wanted to burn CDs, why do we need 500MB of disc space? Actually, a minimum install occupied about 123MB and still included a number of basic disc utilities, which is smaller than the minimum install for Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator. Nero 6 does not appear to have these limitations and simply worked with all of the drives we tested. With Nero 5.5, you might have to go online and download a patch to get Nero to work with your new drive. Second, there are brand new drives coming out all of the time, with some of the least expensive ones coming from (relatively) unknown Taiwanese OEMs. First, you might need to manually tell Nero what brand of CD burner you were using, and we’re guessing that most of you are like us: we don’t know (nor care) what drive we have, as long as it works. Nero 5.5 (and some earlier versions) needed to detect your specific CD burner model to work properly. One big change we noticed with version 6 was that installation was much easier. Ahead Software’s Nero software has been around almost since the first CD burners hit the store shelves and you may have a version on your PC right now. When we burn, we just want to click a button and be done with it.
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Sure, encoding may be tedious and technical, but at least you can be involved in the encoding process (if that’s your thing). Burning a disc is perhaps the least glamorous aspect of DVD creation.