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February 2003

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Broderbund's NTI CD-Maker 6 Platinum

NTI CD-Maker™ 6 Platinum (Retail $69.99), developed by NTI (New Tech Infosystems, Inc. and marketed under the Broderbund brand), provides fast and easy burning of CDs and DVDs in a few EasySteps®. It is perfect for all your recording needs. Whether you're storing data files, organizing digital photos, creating a video library or enhancing your music collection, NTI CD-Maker™ 6 makes burning your own CDs and DVDs as easy as saving a file.

With Broderbund's NTI CD-Maker 6 Platinum you can

• Quickly and easily burn your own DVDs.
• Create menus on Video CDs and Super Video CDs for customized viewing options.
• Create photo slide shows that include audio accompaniment.
• Modify your audio tracks with WAV editing - great for adding fades or special effects filters.
• Create MPEG files for burning onto video CDs with easy MPEG Encoding.
• Convert an unlimited number of WAV files into MP3 files.
• Easily burn any type of data onto CD-videos, music, documents, photos and more.
• Treat any CD or DVD like a floppy with easy drag-and-drop file management-great for duplicating discs.
• Automatically convert downloaded MP3 files to audio CDs that will play on your home or car stereo.
• Record live audio to CD in real time-turn your PC into a recording studio.
• Clean up an overcrowded hard drive by storing large files on CD.
• Secure your data-and your peace of mind-by easily backing up critical files to CD.
• Create your own custom labels and jewel case inserts for your CDs. The program automatically incorporates track names into your designs.
• Burn favorite photos onto CD for safe storage, quick organization and easy sharing with family and friends.

For you techies, here are some of the specific features that Broderbund's NTI CD-Maker 6 Platinum provides.

• Automated audio track volume balancing for compiling audio CDs.
• Turn digital photos into a slideshow VCD or SVCD with music, playable in most DVD players.
• DivX AVI to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 (optional plug-in) encoders for easy VCD or SVCD creation.
• VCD & SVCD Menuing for menu chapter control.
• DVD+R/+RW/-R/-RW support for DVD Data, DVD Copy and DVD packet writing.
• New Easy-to-use MP3 and WMA CD layout.
• Enhanced Fraunhofer MP3 Decoder for increased speed, quality and improved utilization of system resources.
• Industry Leading Fraunhofer MP3 Encoder is available as a plug-in.
• Improved JewelCase Maker 2.0, with support for 8CM disc labels, background file templates, and Curved Text.
• New Wave Editor. Cut, copy or paste your WAV files to make them sound just right. Support sound effects include: Trim, Normalize, Fade, Echo, Filter & Amplify.

• Platform: Windows® 98/Me; 2000/XP (Administrator)
• CPU: 266MHz Pentium® processor or faster (Pentium III 450 Mhz or faster recommended)(300MHz Pentium® II or faster for Windows XP)
• RAM: 64MB RAM(128MB RAM Recommended for Windows XP)
• Video: 800x600 display, High Color 16-bit; 85* MB of available disk space
• Other: NTI supported CD-Recordable, CD-Rewritable, DVD-Recordable, or DVD-Rewritable drive
• Supported output media: Blank CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, or DVD+RW discs
• Video encoding: Microsoft DirectX® Version 8.0 or above and Windows Media™ Player 7.1 or above required for video encoding functions. WMA encoding/decoding: Win98/Me only
• System Configuration: The amount of hard disk space required can vary if you already have one or more required components, such as Microsoft DirectX and Windows Media Player, installed on your system. If needed, DirectX requires an additional 55 MB of hard disk space for installation; Windows Media Player requires an additional 50 MB of hard disk space for installation.

NTI CD-Maker 6 Platinum delivers all the powerful features demanded by power users with the ease-of-use required by novices. We really liked the feature that lets you easily record live audio to your CDs. This is especially useful for genealogy buffs. You simply connect your cassette tape player to the microphone input of your PC (must have a CD burner drive) and easily transfer all of your taped interviews with family members to a single CD. This is great for archiving your family audio history and for distributing these precious recordings to all your family members.

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