Nero 6 Now Available!

Business Wire, July 28, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

GLENDALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2003

Nero 6 Ultra Edition, already a winner of CNET's editor's choice

award, is now available at major retailers in the USA and online at

www.nero.com

Nero, leaders in digital media technology, have announced the most comprehensive set of CD and DVD recording tools ever compiled. Included are advanced photo and video editing/authoring tools, DVD playback, automatically scheduled backups, unlimited MPEG-4 (Nero Digital) encoding, DVD re-quantization and a whole new array of features and functionality wrapped in a sleek new interface.

The Nero 6.0 Ultra Edition includes the following components:

-- Nero StartSmart, a project launcher that makes it easy to

navigate this powerful software suite.

-- Nero Burning ROM 6, the benchmark in CD/DVD writing software.

-- Nero Express 6, which guides both beginners and experts

quickly and easily through projects.

-- NeroVision Express 2.0, a complete solution for

VCD/SVCD/miniDVD and DVD authoring with full video editing.

-- Nero Recode, state-of-the-art compression of any non-protected

DVD-Video titles to fit on standard 4,7 GB DVD discs.

-- Nero Digital, Nero's own MPEG-4 codec for creating spectacular

video at low bit rates. Plus, for audio, a HE-AAC Plug-in

offering unlimited multiple real time encoding, variable bit

rates, multi-channel functionality and direct MPEG-4 ripping,

burning, playback and editing.

-- Nero BackItUp, an application with the ability to schedule

automatic data backup and more.

-- Nero ShowTime, a software DVD player for vibrant picture

viewing of DVD movies and your own projects, along with MPEG-4

(Nero Digital) compatibility.

-- NeroMIX, a fully customizable jukebox with skins to organize

music.

-- InCD 4.0, a packet writing program which formats rewritable

discs so they can be used like large floppy disks with drag

and drop capability.

-- Nero Soundtrax, a virtual studio for multi-track audio editing

and mixing.

-- Nero Wave Editor 2.0, with its various filters and effects,

will allow perfect audio file creation quickly.

-- Nero Cover Designer, a user friendly program for creating

individual CD/DVD covers and labels.

-- Nero Toolkit featuring CD/DVD Speed - the de facto industry

standard for critical media and drive analysis used by drive

manufacturers worldwide.

-- Nero Image Drive sets up a virtual CD/DVD-ROM drive, which

looks like a real drive to the PC and behaves in just the same

way.

Top Nero 6 new features:

-- Nero StartSmart: An amazing new project launcher that has all

the tools one needs organized together and available with the

click of a mouse.

-- Advanced photo and video editing/authoring: Crop, clean up,

and add special effects to photos then add transitions and a

soundtrack. Cut, edit, dub, and turn videos into Hollywood

style masterpieces.

-- Nero Digital: MPEG-4, the future of video and audio

compression, is already included in this software package.

Unlimited HE-AAC (MP4) audio encoding allows one to fit 100s

of songs onto a CD or 1000s of songs onto a DVD with near CD

quality. Unlimited video encoding for spectacular video at low

bit rates will be included shortly.

-- Nero ShowTime: A software DVD player that turns the computer

into a home theatre.

-- Nero BackItUp: An easy to use wizard interface allows for

multiple backup modes, automatically scheduled backups, and

backups spanning several CDs or DVDs.

-- Nero Recode: Nero Recode is a state-of-the-art program for

importing, recoding (or compressing) and burning DVD-Video

titles that would normally be too large to fit onto recordable

or rewritable 4.7 GB DVD discs. First you import the complete

contents of non-copy protected DVD-Video discs or DVD-Video

file structures from your harddrive. After the DVD title is

scanned and analyzed you can select the video, audio and

subtitle content that you really want to keep, control the

quality of the video content that needs to be recoded, and

even add your own data files. Then you can recode and burn a

new DVD-Video to DVD disc, DVD image file or hard drive folder

in one easy step. The recoded DVD will keep the menu

navigation of the source DVD-Video for that perfect look and

feel.

"In gaining CNET's prestigious Editors Choice Award, Nero 6 has been applauded for having the most comprehensive, versatile CD- and DVD-mastering suite on the market today," said Udo Eberlein, President of Ahead Software Inc. "Nero 6.0 is also a great testament to the ingenuity of Ahead Software's engineering, as all components have been developed in-house, allowing an unprecedented seamless flow between each component. In today's demanding application market, we can be sure that the new Nero 6.0 product suite will address all consumer needs, to become the new standard in CD/DVD creation."

The Nero 6 Ultra Edition has been available at major retailers in the USA since July 18th and is available online at www.nero.com as a download as of today. All users of Nero 6 will be qualified to continuously receive free updates within Nero 6! Nero 6 for all other parts of the world will be introduced to retail on August 18th, 2003.