What kind of products can I get?

Nero 9 Reloaded is their leading software package which let you to edit digital images, audio and video before burning or transferring them to just about any media you like. It also comes with complimentary back-up software.

In addition, there’s Nero Linux 4 technology which offer a number of the fantastic burning/ripping functions from Nero 9 for Linux users.

Nero BackItUp & Burn is a software package designed to protect every important piece of information that you own. It allows you to produce physical back-ups for hard drives, CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, FTP, memory card, and online storage.You can timetable regular back-ups, telling the software to synchronize files and folders and even restore missing data from damaged files.

Nero Move It allows you to quickly and easily transfer all video, music and photo formats to handheld or other portable devices, getting rid of all the hassle out of doing it for each one manually.

In summary, Nero Media Home 4 is a fantastic and highly useful piece of software that lets you easily stream media wirelessly throughout your house, from your PC to compatible devices such as your Xbox 360 or PS3.

What accessories does Nero have?

There is a wide range of different plug-ins that you can download directly from the Nero official site to improve your Nero Reloaded 9 package.

First of all, the Gracenote plug-in gives you recorded data for each audio file in your collection, including all song titles, album names, track number and album artwork for a total of over 80 million songs. The Blu-ray Disc Authoring plug-in let you edit high definition video then burn it to a Blu-ray Disc.

On top of all this, the DTS (Digital Theater System) supports the awesome DTS sound format, so whenever you use Nero for watching DVDs with DTS you can experience that cinema sound.

Who can use it?

All Nero software is completely optimized for Windows but they do not produce any Mac OS versions. On the other hand, they do provide a burning suite for the Linux platform users which is called – rather unsurprisingly – Nero Linux 4.

Can you tell me a bit about Nero?

Nero are a leading software company and one of the famous names in the technology sector. They specialize in liquid media technology, which means that they create software packages that allow customers to enjoy their data on whatever media platform they choose.

In simple language, this means that the majority of their software is geared towards streaming, ripping and burning CDs and DVDs or re-coding old files so that they can function on different devices.

What does Nero do?

Five separate products are produced by Nero in addition to a range of plug-ins that help to improve the software.. They are one of the key players in creating technology for the business market.

When was Nero founded?

They were started in the mid-1990s by Richard Lesser in the town of Karlsbad, Germany. They were originally called Ahead software they changed their name to reflect Nero Suite, their top CD burning software.

As this ‘burning’ software has become less important Nero has adapted. Nero now produces software packages that allow customers to easily transfer files across different file formats and data devices, to stream content around their homes and backup important data.

Nero’s Burning ROM is allegedly an historical pun on Nero, the Roman Emperor who supposedly ‘fiddled while Rome burned’ in AD 64.

What is DVD burning?

DVD burning simply means copying files/data. These might be music, writing, audio or video, to a blank DVD. If you want, you can also burn to a CD though these store much less information. On the other hand, Blu-ray will store more.

• DVD-R – this can record up to 4.7Gb of data, at 16x speed. It can only be used once.
• DVD-RW – this records up to 4.7Gb of data, at 6x speed and can be written over multiple times.
• DVD+R – this records up to 4.7Gb of data, at 16x speed, one write only.
• DVD+RW – this records up to 4.7Gb of data, at 16x speed, can be written over multiple times.

Eagle eyed readers will notice there’s almost no difference between the ‘dash’ and ‘plus’ DVD formats. It’s simply because two separate groups: the DVD Forum and DVD+RW alliance, manufacture the respective formats.

The Forum includes Sony, Toshiba and Phillips amongst other, while the DVD+RW Alliance include brands such as Dell, HP and Yamaha. Some like Sony are members of both.

What software do I need?

Two different Nero programs allow you to do burn a DVD. There is Nero 9 Reloaded, which includes all sorts of useful video, audio and photo editing features as well, and BackItUp & Burn which lets you back-up all your data.

How can I burn a DVD?

Burning a DVD is quite a simple process. First of all you have to check that your DVD is the right one for your drive. For example, you cannot burn a Blu Ray disk if you do not have a Blu Ray drive.

Once you have done this, all you have to do is to insert the disk and follow Nero’s command prompts which will effortlessly guide you through the process in a few short clicks of the mouse. Easy.