Nice deal, especially with the FS. Just a reminder that the $20 upgrade rebate has been around for a while, it was part of the FAR deal as far back as last Black Friday (and seems to expire on Sunday).
titewad said: Tough new upgrade qualification includes an original title page from a product in their competing product list.It's always been this way, at least as far back as 2006 (that is the oldest Nero rebate form I can find). BTW, some have reported success sending a copy of the title page.
JJordan said: So is the full version of Nero 8 worth $20 over the OEM Nero 6 I have now. I don't own a retail version of ANY software to upgrade.
Based on what I have read starting with Nero 7 they added a ton of bloat to the product without any major upgrade in functionality. I would suggest that unless you are buring to Blu Ray then just stick with what you have now.
Big2mouth said: JJordan said: So is the full version of Nero 8 worth $20 over the OEM Nero 6 I have now. I don't own a retail version of ANY software to upgrade.
I am not sure if an OEM version is qualified -- the $20 rebate mentioned must be full retail version for the old software.
I think his is willing to pay the $20 (realizing his OEM copy doesn't qualify) and just wants to know if it is worth $20 to upgrade.
My $.02 - If you don't have a the full version of Nero Ultra, then $20 ($70-$50) is a very cheap price for the full version of Nero Ultra 8.
Personally, I prefer to stick with Nero Ultra 7...and so do many long-time Nero users, because Nero Ultra 8 was quite a change...interface-wise. Ahead patched Ultra 7 to run on Vista, which was the only reason I would have considered switching.
It seems Ultra 8 really didn't bring much more to the table for a lot of folks. In fact, some people said it was a step backwards. But that was based on early reviews. I haven't used 8, so it may have improved through the regular updates that Ahead provides. I know 7 has improved considerably over it's life.
My guess is Nero Ultra 9 is just around the corner..which is why this great rebate appears now.
Big2mouth said: JJordan said: So is the full version of Nero 8 worth $20 over the OEM Nero 6 I have now. I don't own a retail version of ANY software to upgrade.
I am not sure if an OEM version is qualified -- the $20 rebate mentioned must be full retail version for the old software.
Nero OEM, any version, has never qualified for the upgrade rebate in the past.
It does qualify you for a small discount off the full retail price, when purchased directly from Ahead.
cartfan said: My guess is Nero Ultra 9 is just around the corner..which is why this great rebate appears now.It's not like this is the first time they've offered this FAR, and it does coincide with a holiday sale when Frys would typically have stuff FAR. But obviously given that the upgrade rebate is about to expire (unless it has been extended and the Frys form does not reflect it), it is likely that a new version is coming soon.
I am currently using Vista 64 bit Media Center. I would like to have software that provides in all inclusive friendly interface to play music , burned videos, pictures etc... at my fingertips. Something that I can use to burn, rip and play,that will recognize all of the formats. is this what I need. Thanks! Pete
I just looking for something cheap I can use to burn audio books onto my MP3. Everything I've tried has played the books back in some random order... not in order like a book should be. Any suggestions appreciated
titewad said: Tough new upgrade qualification includes an original title page from a product in their competing product list.
No photocopies of a competing product's CD anymore. I don't think Nero competitive rebate has ever accepted "photocopies of a competing product's CD". Check out forms below.
Since the $50 rebate is good until 9/4 I wonder if they will come out with a new upgrade rebate.
kcreekmore
Member
posted: Aug. 27, 2008 @ 11:54a
iSeeInPics said: I just looking for something cheap I can use to burn audio books onto my MP3. Everything I've tried has played the books back in some random order... not in order like a book should be. Any suggestions appreciated
I have a suggestion/thought regarding audio books and mp3 players:
Remember that the mp3 files have 2 different filenames: the old style 8.3 name, and the newer long name. (If you open a command prompt, and do a "DIR /X" on the directory, you'll see both names.) Because they are different, it's very likely that the long names don't sort in the same way that the short names do. I suspect that your mp3 player is playing them in shortname order, which means that you will need to somehow rename the file in the correct order. (One way is download a program to do it. Another way is to select all the files and right click, and rename the first one with a 4 character name, and the rest will be renamed, also.)
iSeeInPics said: I just looking for something cheap I can use to burn audio books onto my MP3. Everything I've tried has played the books back in some random order... not in order like a book should be. Any suggestions appreciated
I'm thinking the name of the file has something to do with that. Are you trying to burn MP3s to a disk? or rip a disk to your PC and then put on an MP3 player?
punee said: hopefully Frys will just drop the price down to 50$ after the upg rebate expires... and the rest of us w/o upgrade qualifications can jump onboardMore likely it will just be $20 AR, if it doesn't sell out sooner.
I noticed that Buy.com and Amazon don't even list the upgrade rebate.
In for one. Even if I never install it, it will qualify me for next year's version 9 rebate. And it's gonna cost me nothing but two stamps...
I use version 7 at work quite a bit, even though it's a resource hog, my bad-ass work rig can handle it.
justaguy
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 27, 2008 @ 2:15p
I did a rebate on Nero 8 this month at Newegg . This is a different promotion but the rebate says " limit one per household " ..... is that 1 rebate per lifetime at that household , or 1 per promotion or what ?
Would hate to lose $50 .
justaguy
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 27, 2008 @ 2:31p
Per the 1-800 number on the rebate , it's " per promotion " .
justaguy said: I did a rebate on Nero 8 this month at Newegg . This is a different promotion but the rebate says " limit one per household " ..... is that 1 rebate per lifetime at that household , or 1 per promotion or what ?
ProfitAfterRebates said: In for one. Even if I never install it, it will qualify me for next year's version 9 rebate. And it's gonna cost me nothing but two stamps...
I use version 7 at work quite a bit, even though it's a resource hog, my bad-ass work rig can handle it.
Nero Ultra 7 is a resource hog and Ultra 8 is even worse. But for some things, it's essential
For example, I can use Nerovision 3, make fast cut-edits to captured MPEG-2 files, without having to re-render anything, then burn it straight to DVD. The turn-around time is very fast, even on older hardware.
Haven't found anything else that is as efficient and as integrated as Nero Ultra 7 for what I do under Windows. Mac is a different story.
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