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Express Burn Free

  • Version: 4.15
  • Downloads Count: 10,001
  • License Type: Free
  • Price: Free
  • Date Added: Nov 24, 2008
  • Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  • Requirements: Windows OS and burner hardware
  • File Size: 379.0 KB
  • Author: NCH Software

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Editorial Review of Express Burn Free

Express Burn Free is what you might call a major tease. The row of icons at the top of the program includes beckoning bitmaps for DVD video, HD Data and Blu-ray jobs, but you only get those if you upgrade to the $48 and $62 Plus and Plus with Video versions of the program. Still, the free version is quite competent at burning data CDs, including audio, as well as data DVDs. The latter I actually found a little confusing, as the Web site implied that only the Plus version of the program would burn data DVDs. I was able to do it with the Free version.

Unfortunately, Express Burn Free has a bad habit of downloading more stuff, sometimes without asking. For instance, when I dragged my set of audio format test files to the job window, the program went online and downloaded something to help with the conversion of the files. It did a nice job, recognizing and decoding APE and FLAC files in addition to the usual wave and MP3 files, but still. And somehow I wound up with the NCH Toolbox on both the desktop and the Start Menu, as well as an NCH Software entry on the Start Menu--the latter with a whopping 22 entries on it for audio, video, and even dictation software.

I liked the Express Burn Free interface. It's not as fancy as some, but it's easy to intuit and use. You can't miss the huge "Burn" button in the lower right corner. Every disc job I tried with the program turned out fine. I can't vouch for the Plus and Plus with Video versions, but the Free version works swimmingly. If you can endure all the extraneous (though often useful) stuff Express Burn Free installs on your system, it'll do the job as well as any freebie out there.

--Jon L. Jacobi

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