DVD authoring and video editing meld quite well in Nero 7. There’s also Nero Scout, a search application that easily finds your media wherever it lies on your computer. The standard close/maximize/minimize threesome of buttons in the upper right of the window is invisible until you “mouse over” it. The only problem we had was in finding a way to close the application Home, not that we really wanted to. Home works with a standard computer monitor or an HDTV, and can switch between 4:3 and 16:9 widescreen modes. Selecting that task will launch Nero Vision.Ī large addition to the product is Nero Home, an elegant and smooth interface allowing easy access to all of your media. An example task icon would be, “Make a DVD Video”. Simply click on the icon that best suits your task. You can launch them all through the familiar StartSmart application, which will assemble common tasks for you. Included in the bunch are: SoundTrax 2 for mixing 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound, Express 7 for disc burning, and Vision for video editing and DVD authoring. Nero 7 Ultra Edition is comprised of more than 18 applications. However, the suite hummed along on our second test computer an NLE Systems machine configured with Windows XP Professional, a 3.0GHz Pentium 4, and a gig and a half of RAM. At press time Nero was not able to conclude what caused the problem. Reports from Nero customers range from having no apps work, to having some work, to having only Nero Vision work. Although the majority of applications in Nero 7 were stable and bug-free for us at Videomaker, we found that our experience with Nero 7 was not unique.

After speaking with Nero’s tech support and downloading a free update to version 7.0.1.4 from we still could not get Vision to open. Rough Startĭuring our initial install of the suite on our test computer we found NeroVision, an integral part of the bundle, did not jive with our test computer. Their title as an All-In-One product for disc burning is established the box even boasts, “CREATE, EDIT, BURN, SHARE, ENJOY.” We’ll admit that is a pretty comprehensive list, and an attractive one at that. Nero has a history of making quality products for both the novice and intermediate user. The newest addition to the Nero family is Nero 7 Ultra Edition.

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