Customer Reviews

Ahead Software NERO 6-THE ULTIMATE ALL-IN-ONE ( 00700 )

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6.6 Ultra is an extremely good CD/DVD burning suite. It even has an excellent schedule-able backup/restore utility that burns to disk.

Do NOT use the OEM version - it's like diet Nero. And do NOT for ANY reason get Nero 7.0. You have less than a 50% chance that it will work at all. (I am speaking from experience here!)

I was expecting the nero 6 ultimate all in one instead I received nero OEM Suite. The MPEG 4 encoder they claim is not included instead there is a thirty day trial. Better business bureau should be notified.

Nero 6 is a wonderful product, but you need to get a legal copy of the full retail version, not an OEM CD or a CD of questionable origin. At this time (April 2006) the best place to get it is from the Ahead Software website (the makers of Nero). (You can get a retail box of Nero 7 just about anywhere, but Nero 6.6 seems to be more stable and provides all the functionality most users will need.) You can download a demo, then purchase a serial number to unlock the full product. It's a smooth, easy transaction. After many headaches I discovered that the OEM version that came with my DVD burner would allow me to capture video from my camcorder, but wouldn't let me burn them to DVDs. My choice was to either buy a CD of questionable origin (and one that is almost certifiably illegal) on eBay, purchase a DVD burning plug-in from Ahead Software for $24.99, or purchase the whole suite for $80.00. I chose the latter. Using my installed OEM version, I purchased the serial number, entered it into the product (very easy to do), then downloaded the latest updates, and I was off and running. This software produces very high quality DVDs and can burn a disk in 15 to 20 minutes using an inexpensive 16x NEC DVD burner. I am now a happy consumer with a stack of DVDs containing transferred videos of great quality.

I read horror storied about 7.0 Nero so I upgraded to 6.6 from 5.5 by going to the Amazon new & used market. This is a good program that does all you need for DVD's and CD's. It gets good reviews. I can't imagine what happened to 7.0 but they may have gotten carried away with "user friendly-ness" - I see a little of that in 6.6 compared to 5.5.

I have a long way to go on conquering all this product has to offer, but within one day I was able to import sound effects from another program and edit some songs that I wanted to.

I did have some techincal questions and the tech-team was helpful in responding.

I only wish I had realized when I bought it that it was not the latest version, but the update to add more 'goodies' was free on their website to anyone that owned this version.

I should have read these comments before ordering. Got an OEM CD and a generic jewel box.