Nero 6 or Easy CD & DVD Creator 6?

[Gary L. Hunt]

I would like to have your input on which program you use and why. I am
trying to decide between these two at the moment. Just would like to know
what you consider to be advantages of one compared to the other or why you
would not use one of these programs. Thanks.

Gary Hunt

 

[Chris Lanier]

Nero. Hands downs.

 

[My Name]

Nero! I have both (well I took easy cd out). Nero is a little more
difficult to learn to work because of poor instructions but it is worth the
effort.

 

[Dublevay]

Nero, definitely!

 

[Quaoar]

I would like to have your input on which program you use and why. I
am trying to decide between these two at the moment. Just would like
to know what you consider to be advantages of one compared to the
other or why you would not use one of these programs. Thanks.

Gary Hunt

No Roxio product will ever grace my computers - just too, too many
deficiencies. Nero has everything needed, it doesn't load startup apps,
and it just plain works, every time, all the time.

Q

 

[[H]omer]

I would like to have your input on which program you use and why. I am
trying to decide between these two at the moment. Just would like to know
what you consider to be advantages of one compared to the other or why you
would not use one of these programs. Thanks.

Gary Hunt

Nero, no contest.

It support (amongst other things) overburning, which EZCD does not (yet)
AFAIK.

However, I have *both*, mainly as I like "DVD Builder" which comes with
EZCD6. On XP (at least) they seem to co-exist quite happily.

Also, if you're into packet writing, "Drag-to-Disc" (a.k.a. DirectCD -
the Roxio packet writer) seems a better (more mature) product than InCD
(the Ahead equivalent).

Be warned though, do *not* install InCD *and* Drag-to-Disc on the same
system at the same time.

Overall though, if it's an either/or scenario ... Nero - every time.

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Regards,

[H]omer

"The only liberties people have, are those they take."
Palladium is not the solution, it is the problem.
www.antitcpa.com

 

[Plato]

deficiencies. Nero has everything needed, it doesn't load startup apps,

Worth every penny.

 

[Jeffrey Struyk [MVP]]

I would like to have your input on which program you use and why. I am
trying to decide between these two at the moment. Just would like to know
what you consider to be advantages of one compared to the other or why you
would not use one of these programs. Thanks.

I had always used Easy CD Creator until I started beta testing on
Windows XP and Easy CD Creator wasn't very compatible. I switched to
Nero out of necessity and haven't looked back.

Nero was one of the first to support my DVD burner and still does
everything I could possibly want on a DVD/CD.

I can't imagine using anything else.

 

[[H]omer]

Nero, no contest.

It support (amongst other things) overburning, which EZCD does not (yet)
AFAIK.

Update: Easy CD/DVD 6 *does* now support overburning, with patches
released on 2nd Sep 03.

I have to say, that even though I have (historical) reasons to distrust
EZCD (past version caused major problems), with every new release I
become more and more endeared to it. The latest version (with the new
patches) is a very *very* good and well rounded product. I don't say
that about many software titles.

Well done Roxio.

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Regards,

[H]omer

"The only liberties people have, are those they take."
Palladium is not the solution, it is the problem.
www.antitcpa.com

 

[Jeff Malka]

I too own Nero and like it. But, I noticed your comment about Roxio and
wondered if you included PerfectDisk. I've tried Roxio's PerfectDisk and am
about to buy it because it seems to do a great job of defragmenting. Any
comments?

 

[R. McCarty]

Roxio makes Easy CD, Raxco makes Perfect Disk.

I too own Nero and like it. But, I noticed your comment about Roxio and
wondered if you included PerfectDisk. I've tried Roxio's PerfectDisk and am
about to buy it because it seems to do a great job of defragmenting. Any
comments?

 

[Quaoar]

I too own Nero and like it. But, I noticed your comment about Roxio
and wondered if you included PerfectDisk. I've tried Roxio's
PerfectDisk and am about to buy it because it seems to do a great job
of defragmenting. Any comments?

Perfect disk works well. I use it in offline mode to take care of the
system layout. It is a bit slow the first time, but just like nero, it
works well.

Q

 

[james]

Does Nero 6 support cd-rw in XP, use it like a big floppy? I have roxio 6
with drag-to-disc but sometimes the drag-to-disc ends with some error
messages.

If Nero 6 have cd-rw support, how well does it work? Is it consistent?
Does it periodically pop up some error messages such as there's a problem
reading the disc?

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[Jerome M. Katz]

Perfect Disk is not a Roxio Product. The company that does Perfect
Disk is Raxco, no connection with Roxio.

 

[Jeff Malka]

Good to know. Sorry for the confusion.