Nero 8 (PC)

June 10, 2008 | By Doug In PS3 |

Nero 8 (PC)
List Price: ?59.99
Amazon Price: ?49.48
Customer Review: A useless resource hog
Well I’ve been using the trial version before going for the upgrade and I am so glad I did because I would have wasted my money. It refuses to read other CDs / DVDs written with other software and stubbornly insists that discs that Nero burnt as multi-session are closed for good. After 2 hours of trying to improve things by reinstalling it, watching is crash, and the main burning utility and the quick CD ‘drop and drag’ utility run the CPU usage up to 100% and then stop responding, crash again etc etc I can honestly say that this is the most useless piece of junk to be created for some years. Forget it. You’ll be happier. Trust me.
Customer Review: System Hogger, but I ain’t complaining. =)
I think the Nero 8 s/ware is pretty awesome sauce so have awarded it 5* despite it being so heavy on system resources. Don’t mind admitting I am quite an Audio perfectionist,*I extract audio files to WAV before burning and have created Master Discs for archival purposes and Listening discs for my entire, extensive music collection. =)* and Nero 8’s quality and ease of use suits me well. Sony’s CD Architect does have a slight edge when it comes to burning audio but not enough to stop Nero’s user friendliness making it my usual programme of choice. I have concentrated on Nero 8’s audio burnng properties but it’s a good performer in all departments, excelling at CD/DVD burning. As others have mentioned it is a big piece of s/ware and resource hungry *I don’t agree it’s such a serious bloat as some have suggested* but this is much reduced if you customise it when installing rather than just accepting the default settings. And it’s such a good product this shouldn’t really be a problem, quality is worth a bit of effort. Back to Audio again. =) Nero does rip to WAV efficiently but to produce absolutely top quality cds i recommend extracting to WAV first with Exact Audio Copy s/ware, *the best extractor in existence, and it’s FREE! Google it.* then burn files to disc in Nero. My recommendation for CD-R is definitely TDK Audio CD-R, not to be confused with the ones that can be bought on spindles, these are dedicated to audio and well worth the extra dosh. You may not want to do this for your whole music collection as i have but it’s well worth it for your fave albums, just pump up the volume and hear the difference. =)

Hdmi High Definition Multimedia Interface 6 Foot Cable for Playstation 3 Ps3
Customer Review: Very Good Cable
Cables are really good i was thinkin of buying one of those high quality cables for may be 3 times what this is worth but this baby right here did the job! so for a less price you can get the same quality to save some money! and spend it on something else like gas…
Customer Review: Tastes like chicken…
Great cable and awesome price. Don’t ever waste your money on digital interconnects. Get this cable and enjoy every bit of signal fidelity your component has to offer. If anyone tries to sell you $50 HDMI cable, feel free to laugh in their face and walk away from them.