InstantDisc, one of the tools that comes with Instant CD/DVD, lets you back up files to a blank disc with relative ease. We created a variety of discs in our tests, using a stock HP CD burner and the HP DVD-Writer DVD100i, and Instant CD/DVD performed well and worked quickly. In addition to the standard formats already mentioned, it can make ISO 9660 data, CD-Extra, CD-Enhanced, CD-Plus, MixedMode, and Apple HFS discs, plus others. Instant CD/DVD can also burn a wider variety of discs than most users are ever likely to need. (It supports almost every DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, and DVD-RAM drive.) While Nero requires the purchase of an encoder to burn MP3s and another tool to create several kinds of video discs, Instant CD/DVD does it all out of the box. It can copy CDs and DVDs, create storage discs and MP3 (data) discs, create MP3 and WMA files from audio CDs, and even import digital video and burn VCDs, SVCDs, and DVDs. Instant CD/DVD can handle any kind of disc-related task in the book. It's jarring to switch between them, especially when tool menus change location throughout. But others, such as the disc-copying app InstantDisc 7.0, have a spare, utilitarian Windows Explorer-like interface.
For example, Instant CD/DVD contains a full version of Expression 2.2.43, a video-editing tool that has a fun, cartoony look. The quality of the interfaces varies depending on which program you're using. The Pinnacle Expression interface is completely different from those of the other tools within the suite.Īlas, Instant CD/DVD doesn't provide a unified look across its various utilities, either. In fact, if Instant CD/DVD's interface were as unified as that installer, we'd like the entire app much more. Instant CD/DVD's installation is a breeze, thanks to a unified installer that loads everything with one click.
Overall, we still prefer Nero for its smoother interface and lower price, but if you're looking for one app that can edit video, then burn it, Instant CD/DVD offers a one-stop option. Like Roxio, Instant CD/DVD feels like a collection of separate tools yoked together without enough integration, but it handled every task we could throw at it and performed well in all our tests. It also includes a full video-importing and -editing tool that's much more sophisticated than what Nero or competing suite Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.0 offers. This jack-of-all-trades burning utility can burn and copy a wide variety of disc types, as can others in the field-such as Nero Burning ROM, our Editors' Choice. Everyone's getting into the digital-media suite game lately, from Apple to Roxio.
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