Preview Nero (Burning ROM) 6

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Article posted 08 Jul 03 15:23

Conclusion

 

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.

22 Comments

MTR
Posts: 100
Posted on: 08 Jul 03 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.
MTR
Posts: 100
Posted on: 08 Jul 03 16:33
sorry,
[edited by MTR on 08.07.2003 16:38]
MTR
Posts: 100
Posted on: 08 Jul 03 16:33
doubleclicked button ;(
[edited by MTR on 08.07.2003 16:39]
iss
Posts: 984
Posted on: 08 Jul 03 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.
JLP
Posts: 97
Posted on: 08 Jul 03 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.
CaFrow
Posts: 101
Posted on: 09 Jul 03 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]
m0rbidini
Posts: 12
Posted on: 09 Jul 03 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
m0rbidini
Posts: 12
Posted on: 09 Jul 03 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
G@M3FR3@K
Posts: 10654
Posted on: 10 Jul 03 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'.
icey
Posts: 717
Posted on: 11 Jul 03 09:16
I thought it had been reported that 'relax joliet restrictions' in 5.5 did not actually work properly - can anyone confirm this?
alexnoe
Posts: 4695
Posted on: 13 Jul 03 11:51
What about ISO-9660 version 2?
haldol
Posts: 21
Posted on: 23 Jul 03 16:03
what i like to see in nero6: - support for the romeo file format - a possibility to save thewindow layout on exit
darshanjog
Posts: 1588
Posted on: 28 Jul 03 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.
tangise
Posts: 58
Posted on: 05 Aug 03 19:35
ISO-9660 v2 is supported!!!
nicadair
Posts: 167
Posted on: 30 Apr 06 21:41
Totally un-reliable. Most of the time the 'BURN' option is shaded out. Ugly old fashioned software.
guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 23 May 07 13:04
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guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 04 Jun 07 03:49
ya
guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 06 Jul 07 05:02
Nero BackItUP in Nero 6 is garbage. it sucks. It doesn't support selected restore of what you backed up. WTF????
maiecris
Posts: 2
Posted on: 30 Sep 07 19:23
not gud
guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 26 Oct 07 02:06
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guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 23 Jul 08 19:29
merciiiiiiii
trinigladiator
Posts: 1
Posted on: 07 Jan 09 20:17
very well

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