Sony has once again turned to Nero for their software bundle. The CD that comes with the DRU-840A contains a slimmed down version of the Nero 7 Essentials suite which includes Nero Express, Nero Vision, and Nero ShowTime.
Nero Express 7 - With Nero Express, Nero has taken the features and performance people have come to expect from Nero Burning Rom and combined them with a user friendly interface. Redesigned to maximize ease-of-use, Nero Express gives users the ability to quickly and easily burn audio, data and video to CD or DVD.
The version of Nero Express that Sony included with their new DVD±RW drive is 7.5.14.2. You can download the latest version of the software from Nero's website.
Nero Vision 4 - Nero Vision 4 is the latest version of Nero's video authoring application. Thanks to a user friendly interface, Nero Vision makes it easy for users to capture, edit and then burn their favorite videos to VCD, SVCD or DVD or export it to Nero Digital format.
Nero Vision also lets users add things like transitions, custom backgrounds, animated menus and text effects. You can even use it to turn your photos into custom slide shows.
Nero ShowTime 3 - Nero ShowTime is Nero's software DVD player. Along with support for DVD's, ShowTime can be used to play back VCD's, SVCD's and miniDVD's as well as any MPEG, AVI or Nero Digital files you might have on your hard drive.
With the DRU-840A, Sony has delivered yet another feature packed DVD writer. Like the Samsung drive its based on, the DRU-840A supports all major DVD formats and sports some pretty impressive specs. The drive is capable of 20x DVD±R, 10x DVD±R DL, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW and 12x DVD-RAM writing speeds and a maximum DVD read speed of 16x. Sony's new drive also includes features like Power-Burn buffer underrun protection, support for bitsetting and a software bundle from Nero. With all this it's easy to see why the Sony DRU-840A gets an 8 out of 10 for its features.
