Nero Burning Rom 9.2.6.0

Nero is a flexible, reliable, and easy-to-use application designed to write both data and CD audio to CD-R and CD-RW discs. It supports ISO 9660 images as well as ISO mode 1 and XA mode 2, and allows for on-the-fly disc recording in addition to overburning (if supported by hardware). Nero also supports multisession and mixed-mode recording, HFS, ISO/HFS hybrid, UDF, PSX, OFAS (optimal file access speed), track-at-once (TAO) and disc-at-once (DAO) writing, digital audio extraction, and more. In addition, Nero can dynamically disable automatic-insert notification, offers support for multiple languages, and works with all major models of CD-R and CD-RW drives. This download also contains Nero's standalone Cover Editor for designing and printing CD covers.

The latest version now has the capability to burn multiple CDs, Super Video CD, improved audio filters, and much more.

This download is for a 15 day trial and requires you to get a serial number from www.nero.com first.

DVD Cloner Review

Feature Set:

DVD Cloner 5 makes quality DVD copies quickly and gives you the option to copy bonus footage, subtitles, audio, language and menus. In addition, unlike most products, this cloner incorporates the ability to decrypt CSS encryption without requiring an additional download. With DVD Cloner 5’s decryption tools, virtually any DVD or CD can be copied. One new feature to Cloner 5 is the ability to make multiple copies of the same movie in one sitting. You simply choose the number of copies you would like and the software will prompt you every time a new blank disk needs to be inserted into the burner.

DVD Cloner 5 makes excellent, high-quality copies even if you are shrinking an entire full-length DVD (DVD-9) with all its bonus footage to a 4.5 GB DVD-R (DVD-5). It also supports copying to dual-layer DVD-Rs (DVD-9) so you don't need to compress anything. Note: You must have a dual-layer compatible DVD burner to take advantage of this feature.

If your burner is not capable of burning to a dual-layer DVD-9 disc, this software offers two good options. One, an excellent copy can be made by choosing “Movie Only,” this option cuts out additional bonus footage and menus, therefore requiring less compression. Additionally, you can split the entire DVD onto two DVD-5 discs with no quality loss.

New to DVD Cloner 5 is the ability to rip HD and Blu-ray disks directly to your hard drive with the use of a free plug-in. However, you can only utilize this feature if you have a HD or Blu-ray player already installed on your computer.

Bundled with DVD Cloner 5 is the ability to convert your DVDs to multiple formats using DVD to AVI, DVD to MPEG and DVD to SVCD. Typically this would require expensive additional software, but with version 5 it's already included.

This software also has the ability to copy to your hard drive, which is a useful, energy saving feature for laptops.

One of DVD Cloner’s best features is the ability to recover damaged DVDs. Integrated into the "full copy" selection, DVD Cloner will recover the damaged data like scratches or bad sectors, and restore the original data to your burned copy. Making a copy better than the original.

DVD Cloner 5 is extremely compatible with multiple languages including, English, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Greek, Hungarian and many more. It also supports PAL, NTSC, DVD+-R/RW, all home stand-alone DVD players and most DVD burners.

Ease of Use:

This product is exceptionally easy to use - even for non-techies, no matter which format you are copying to. The screens are well designed and intuitive. Version 5 includes an “Express Mode” and “Expert Mode.” With “Express Mode” copying DVDs is literally a “one–click” process.

In “Expert Mode,” the software guides you through the process of customizing and creating professional copies. You choose which chapters, language, audio tracks and bonus features to keep.

The help section is easily accessible and provides useful information; however, the product is so easy to use, we found that we didn’t have to consult it often.
Ease of Installation:

DVD Cloner 5 installs quickly and effortlessly. It does not require any additional downloads for standard copying, since it includes the latest decryption codes including the ability to copy Sony and Disney films.

To use the bonus software or HD/Blu-ray feature, you do need to make additional downloads; however, we found the process simple and easy to understand.

Quality of Copy:

This product makes outstanding 1:1 DVD copies—we were able to copy movies like “Transformers” and many other major new releases. Even the compressed DVD-9 to DVD-5 copies appeared to have little quality loss.

Program Stability:

We didn't encounter any problems or errors while using this product. It proved to be compatible with our other software, burners and the copies played on all of our DVD players.

Summary:

DVD Cloner 5, with its included CSS decryptor, trumps the competition. With this product, you can copy almost any DVD, CD or HD disk to create quality back-up copies, quickly.

Now you can archive your expensive originals and use your portable inexpensive copies without worrying about damage or theft. If something happens to your copy, just make another, it’s that simple.

You also get FREE DVD-TO-AVI, DVD-TO-MPEG, and DVD-TO-SVCD with a registered copy of DVD Cloner 5.

• DVD-TO-AVI is an ideal choice to backup DVD copy speedily with fine audio and video effect.
• DVD-TO-MPEG is powerful, convenient, and high-efficient software to convert DVD to MPEG.
• DVD-TO-SVCD is a powerful and easy DVD ripper application for converting DVDs to VCD and SVCD with excellent output quality.

What Is DVD-RAM ???

DVD-RAM (DVD–Random Access Memory) is a disc specification presented in 1996 by the DVD Forum, which specifies rewritable DVD-RAM media and the appropriate DVD writers. DVD-RAM media have been used in computers as well as camcorders and personal video recorders since 1998. The direct successor of this format will be HD DVD-RAM.

Currently there are three competing technologies for rewritable DVDs: DVD-RAM, DVD+RW and DVD-RW. DVD-RAM is considered a highly reliable format, as the discs have built-in error control and a defect management system. Therefore, DVD-RAM is perceived to be better than the other DVD technologies for traditional computer usage tasks such as general data storage, backup and archival, though the Mt. Rainier standard for DVD+RW somewhat lessens the DVD-RAM format's perceived advantage. Curiously, DVD-RAM has a larger presence in camcorders and set-top boxes than in computers, although the DVD-RAM's popularity in these devices can be explained by the fact that it is very easily written to and erased, which for example allows extensive in-camera editing.

The on-disc structure of DVD-RAMs is closely related to hard disk and floppy disk technology, as it stores data in concentric tracks. DVD-RAMs can be accessed just like a hard or floppy disk and usually without any special software. DVD-RWs and DVD+RWs, on the other hand, store data in one long spiral track and require special packet reading/writing software to read and write data discs. It is a common misconception that DVD-RAM uses magneto-optical (MO) technologies, since both DVD-RAM and MO have numerous rectangles on the disc surface. However, DVD-RAM is a pure phase change medium, similar to CD-RW or DVD-RW.

Since the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin 2003 the specification is being marketed by the RAM Promotion Group (RAMPRG), built by Hitachi, Toshiba, Maxell, LG Electronics, Matsushita/Panasonic, Samsung and Teac.

The specification distinguishes between

• DVD-RAM version 1.0, recording speed 1x
  • Single-sided, one layer discs with a capacity of 2.58 GB
  • Double-sided one layer discs with a capacity of 5.16 GB
• DVD-RAM version 2.0, recording speed 2x
  • Single-sided, one layer discs with a capacity of 4.7 GB
  • Double-sided one layer discs with a capacity of 9.4 GB
• DVD-RAM version 2.1/Revision 1.0, recording speed 3x
• DVD-RAM version 2.2/Revision 2.0, recording speed 5x
• DVD-RAM version 2.3/Revision 3.0, recording speed 6x max
• DVD-RAM version 2.4/Revision 4.0, recording speed 8x max
• DVD-RAM version 2.5/Revision 5.0, recording speed 12x max
• DVD-RAM version 2.6/Revision 6.0, recording speed 16x max

Physically smaller, 80 mm in diameter, DVD-RAM discs also exist with a capacity of 1.46 GB for a single-sided disc, but they are uncommon. DVD-RAMs were originally solely sold in cartridges; recent DVD recorders however also work with no-cartridge discs — some devices even do not support cartridges anymore. A cartridge disc is about 50% more expensive than a disc without a cartridge.

info : wikipedia

What Is DVD ??

DVD (also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc") is a popular optical disc storage media format. Its main uses are video and data storage. Most DVDs are of the same dimensions as compact discs (CDs) but store more than 6 times the data.

Variations of the term DVD often describe the way data is stored on the discs: DVD-ROM has data which can only be read and not written, DVD-R can be written once and then functions as a DVD-ROM, and DVD-RAM or DVD-RW holds data that can be re-written multiple times.

DVD-Video and DVD-Audio discs respectively refer to properly formatted and structured video and audio content. Other types of DVD discs, including those with video content, may be referred to as DVD-Data discs. The term "DVD" is commonly misused to refer to high density optical disc formats in general, such as Blu-ray and HD DVD.

History

In the early 1990s two high-density optical storage standards were being developed; one was the MultiMedia Compact Disc, backed by Philips and Sony, and the other was the Super Density disc, supported by Toshiba, Time Warner, Matsushita Electric, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric, Pioneer, Thomson, and JVC. IBM's president, Lou Gerstner, acting as a matchmaker, led an effort to unite the two camps behind a single standard, anticipating a repeat of the costly videotape format war between VHS and Betamax in the 1980s.

Philips and Sony abandoned their MultiMedia Compact Disc and fully agreed upon Toshiba's SuperDensity Disc with only one modification, namely changing to EFMPlus modulation. EFMPlus was chosen as it has a great resilience against disc damage such as scratches and fingerprints. EFMPlus, created by Kees Immink, who also designed EFM, is 6% less efficient than the modulation technique originally used by Toshiba, which resulted in a capacity of 4.7 GB as opposed to the original 5 GB. The result was the DVD specification, finalized for the DVD movie player and DVD-ROM computer applications in December 1995. In May 1997, the DVD Consortium was replaced by the DVD Forum, which is open to all other companies.

Single layer capacity		Dual/Double layer capacity
Physical size	GB	GiB	GB	GiB
12 cm, single sided	4.7	4.37	8.54	7.95
12 cm, double sided	9.4	8.74	17.08	15.90
8 cm, single sided	1.4	1.30	2.6	2.42
8 cm, double sided	2.8	2.61	5.2	4.84

The 12 cm type is a standard DVD, and the 8 cm variety is known as a mini-DVD. These are the same sizes as a standard CD and a mini-CD.

Note: GB here means gigabyte, equal to 10⁹ (or 1,000,000,000) bytes. Many programs will display gibibyte (GiB), equal to 2³⁰ (or 1,073,741,824) bytes.

Example: A disc with 8.5 GB capacity is equivalent to: (8.5 × 1,000,000,000) / 1,073,741,824 ≈ 7.92 GiB.

Capacity Note: There is a difference in capacity (storage space) between + and - DL DVD formats. For example, the 12 cm single sided disc has capacities:

Disc Type	Sectors	bytes	GB	GiB
DVD-R SL	2,298,496	4,707,319,808	4.7	4.384
DVD+R SL	2,295,104	4,700,372,992	4.7	4.378
DVD-R DL	4,171,712	8,543,666,176	8.5	7.957
DVD+R DL	4,173,824	8,547,991,552	8.5	7.961

info : wikipedia

HD DVD Player to Break $100 MArk On Friday

Just as the market was getting used to the idea of a sub-$200 HD DVD player, the looming promise of crazy sales for this holiday season has driven high-definition movie hardware at levels never thought possible.

Believe it or not Wal-Mart is advertising that it will sell the Toshiba HD-A2 this Friday for $98.87. The holiday-themed ad calls the sale this Friday the “Secret In-Store Specials.” The Toshiba HD-A2 is asterisked with the notes saying that the product may not be available in all stores and that it will be while quantities last – suggesting that there could be a limited number set aside as a “doorcrasher” item.

The third-generation Toshiba HD-A3 will also be soon selling at $169.99 at Sears during its Black Friday sale, according to blackfriday.info. The player currently sells for $299.99.

Although Blu-ray Disc software is outselling that of HD DVD, the hardware entry price point is clearly in HD DVD’s favor. Retailers sensitive to the pricing of its electronics products appear to be siding with the lower cost of HD DVD machinery.

Wal-Mart was one of the first retailers to reveal its plans to carry Toshiba’s entry-level HD DVD player at $198. Just days after Wal-Mart’s reveal, Circuit City and Amazon.com priced the HD-A2 on their respective websites for $197.99.

Also notable in Wal-Mart's Friday ad is the Sanyo 50-inch plasma HDTV, which will fit nicely as this holiday's most wanted gift. Those looking to jump straight into high-definition content will find quite the bargain with Wal-Mart's TV and HD DVD player combo at the end of this week.

info : www.dailytech.com