It depends on how you saved the penny.

If you saved the penny, but it now takes you alot more time to do something, or perhaps it doesn't do it as good, it's not really saved.

I work 5 days a week which takes upto 12hrs of my day & weekends are busy. My time is precious. Organising files and having a program hang or kill itself for no reason is annoying. Sometimes something is worth paying for, just for the peace of mind.
I couldn't ever convince myself to pay for Roxio software, when it's always been so bad, and nero is boringly trustworthy,

nerooooo 7 rocksss

How much do you make an hour?

The way I always look at it is this:

- If I make $20 an hour, and it takes me an hour extra to do something, I could have spent $20 to get that something done, and then worked an extra hour. That's the "break even point".

So if, over the course of time, dozens of extra hours are spent because I didn't buy a $50 program, I'm way behind.

Same thing with car repairs - I do my own, but if a particular task would take me 20 hours ($400 at my hypothetical $20/hr. pay rate) and I could take it to a garage and get it done in two hours at $85 an hour ($190 total)... well, why waste the entire weekend?

I think it depends on what u want. I am not a zelot for any software. I dont think anyone can get rich by spending on software. I buy whats needed and freely use whats freely given. FREEDOM counts!

Data files Nero write well (text, mp3, DivX video...), but it not for preference for many any functions...
Compressing sound from Wave format to mp3 - LAME is better
Nero write Video CD don't well
For work with sound better to use a professional soft: WaveLab 5, Sonic Foundry
8, CoolEditPro 2...
To copy audio track to hard I use Exact Audio Copy, not Nero

But then Nero have many functions for tests CD/DVDfor instance...

The same words may say about WinOnCD =)
IMHO

Nero. "Boringly efficient" is absolutely right, it does what I ask of it.

Haven't used EZCD since oooh...v3.5 or something.

LOL @ Gurm, love the description.

you all are soooo right about nero, borringly effiecent. its what i do all my video files.but thats it. i hate to say it but i use roxio 5 or 6 to do most of my data & music. i love the way it encodes & stores the files (artist,album name).ok now that i've said it, flame on!!!

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Ты, похоже, даже не знаешь стоимость этих программ.
Я точно не помню, но, только один Sonic Foundry стоит от 450 до 850 убитых енотов. Никто не будет покупать такой дорогой софт для домашнего редактирования аудио. Здесь же речь ведется о достоинствах и недостатках программ ценовой категории в пределах сотни баксов.
Извини. Ничего личного.
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{Off topic}А кто говорит о ПОКУПКЕ лицензий? Есть пиратские копии, крэкнутые, переведённые Alex =)){End off topic}

Hey just some common courtesy, if y'all have some sort of Russian sidebar to do, that's what private messages are for. Yeah?

@Celsus.
Check your PM box.

@Gurm.
Sorry for off topic!

i dont used neither - - nero is pants and dont like the roxio win on cd i used to love

i use ashampoo burning studio - its the dogs

Sorry, not up on all of the slang. Is that good or bad?

yeah - it means its very good

No need to apologize. I'm not a moderator. LOL!

I've hijacked threads in my time, too - but usually in the same language as the rest of the thread. *chuckle*

Interesting thread. I had and used Roxio from day one, for really basic CD Burning and backup. Now that I want to copy movie DVD's, most tell me to try Nero (I have a copy and have yet to install it yet)(I think it is version 7.0.5.4) and looks like I might have to uninstall Roxio (or can I have both installed?) and try Nero.

Notice the title .. Nero Vs Roxio.

Not recommended. Some people have posted that you can have both, but the experience of the majority suggests you are asking for trouble to install roxio at the same time as nero.

The majority of issues are with the older versions of Roxio though. The versions upto (and some say including) Version 5 somehow manage to ensure other CDRW/DVDRW software died a hideous death

Right now I have Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 installed, and a newer version of Nero as stated above not installed. I plan on using DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink (unless someone tells me a different and better way to copy DVD's.

Shrink & Decryptor is likely the easiest

Shrink will also burn (using the Nero Engine or decryptor) direct to the DVD (not on the fly though ) , if ya want

I prefer Nero. I tried the previous Roxio and couldn't get it to work correctly. I have Nero 6 and 7, I use Nero to capture video, burn music CD and burn DVD's. While they are not perfect, they work, most of the time.

Well, I broke down and deleted Roxio from my computer and installed Nero. What's with the weird Nero Home that is seemingly useless and locks up my computer everytime I start it!?

I use nero cause I tried to burn a dvd in roxio 7.5 and it burned ok but couldn't watch the movie on the pc nor the stand alone player. As for the future it's hard to say with nero7 being like roxio in my opinion......I might have to check into something different. If Nero 7 was as small and resource free as Nero 6.0.1.18 or whatever I definatly would stay with nero however there are alot of things you can do with roxio that you can't with nero so mayby it's a good thing they are competing. I might have to look into the ashampoo products to see about that.

i'd say nero does wonders but when it comes to video compiling its horrible. maybe its just how i set it up but idk. i'd say roxio is better cause its fast and simple hands down

to me nero have more options then roxio but roxio burns faster then nero and have much less bugs (personal opinion )

Personal opinion is outweighed by user complaints on the Internet. Nobody is complaining that Nero corrupted their system...