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Preview of Nero 8 - DLS Interview
by Brad Linder Sep 27th 2007 at 11:00AM
Nero 8 is due out next week, although if you look around, you might be able to find a download link today. The latest version of Nero's popular CD/DVD burning suite includes support for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD videos, uploading videos to websites including YouTube, and MySpace, and a new disc recovery tool that lets you salvage data from corrupted CDs and DVDs.
Probably the most striking thing about Nero 8 is how clean and simple the user interface is when compared with Nero 7. We caught up with Nero technical director Craig Campbell at ShowStoppers in New York, and he told us that the company has put a lot of work into improving the interface. But there are also some improvements under the hood. Campbell says Nero 8 loads faster, and is optimized for dual-core and quad-core processors.
A full version of Nero 8 will set you back $100 if you buy it in a box, $80 if you download it from Nero's website, or $60 if you're upgrading from Nero 7.
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Shibathedog said 4:24PM on 9-27-2007
Thank god, I've been sticking with Nero 6 because of that crap GUI in 7. But this one looks pretty cool. I don't really see any reason to spend 80 dollars on it though not owning an HD-DVD or Blu-Ray Burner (or even a reader) but I might just get it anyway.
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Jack said 5:05PM on 9-27-2007
Nero 8 is just a great software. We test the demo version out (free version to download) and it got amazing features.
Great Software. http://www.pcmasters.de/downloads.html
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