Multimedia software reviews

Windows Media Player 11.0

In the first UK review, we look at how Microsoft's new version of its media software stacks up against iTunes.

31/10/2006

Free

Primera Signature Z1

If you want to give your CDs that professional touch, designing and printing an inlay is a good place to start. With the quality of printers available on market, most…

11/07/2005

£90 inc VAT

Ulead DVD MovieFactory 4.0

With DVD burners - including dual-layer models - cheap enough to be fitted in new PCs as standard, DVD-authoring software is a rich seam. It can be divided into two…

20/05/2005

£30 inc VAT

Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 Supersonic

Roxio's Easy Media Creator (EMC) 7.5 Supersonic is the result of years of acquisitions within the specialist digital media software industry. It pulls together tools…

08/06/2005

£70 inc VAT

Sony DVDirect VRD-MC3 DVD recorder

The Sony DVDirect VRD-MC3 DVD recorder is a combination DVD recorder and encoder that takes video content from almost any video source and instantly burns the content…

15/06/2007

£230 inc VAT

Netgear Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000

The Netgear Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000 is a feature-packed digital multimedia receiver and player, but setting it up entails visiting too many menus.

22/06/2007

£200 inc VAT

Final Cut Pro 6.0

Final Cut Pro 6.0 - or FCP - has evolved over time into a workhorse application that handles everything from basic digital video editing to uncompressed HD video…

25/06/2007

£450 inc VAT

Ulead VideoStudio 11.0 Plus

This is the first release of Ulead's video-editing software package since the company was bought by Corel. Our review found that Ulead VideoStudio 11.0 Plus increases…

01/05/2007

£60 inc VAT

Apple iTunes Plus review

Apple and EMI recently announced that EMI would offer its entire catalogue without DRM (digital rights management) protection at the iTunes store, sometime in May.…

31/05/2007

£1 inc VAT

Adobe Encore DVD 2.0

There's more to authoring a DVD than just burning video to disc, but most authoring software packages give you only limited design options. Encore DVD takes a…

06/04/2006

£288 inc VAT

SanDisk Photo Album

The SanDisk Photo Album is a small device that sits on top of the TV, offering the ability to watch photo slideshows, play videos and listen to MP3s, all without…

31/03/2006

£30 inc VAT

Eye2eye Britain Panoramic Edition

Like looking at things? Don't like moving around? Then we've got just the thing for you: Eye2eye Britain Panoramic Edition. Peer past the faux-naif fonts and…

15/11/2005

£40 inc VAT

Orlogix VirtualDrive 9.0

If you play a lot of games at home then you might find the following scenario familiar. You're itching to play Dungeon Siege II, for example, but when you try to fire…

12/12/2005

£23 inc VAT

Sonic DVDit Pro 6.0

Sonic's DVDit can make a boast no similar application can: it can claim to have almost single-handedly prototyped simple and affordable DVD authoring on the PC. But…

27/10/2005

£317 inc VAT

Active@ ISO Burner 2.5

Burn ISO images to CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs with this highly configurable free utility

29/07/2011

Tiny Burner 1.0.202

A free disc burning tool that pack the punch of many commercial products

05/05/2011

Jaangle review

Teen Spirit, a free music organiser, player, and tag editor, is now known as Jaangle.

09/11/2009

Free

Apple iTunes 10 review

Apple iTunes 10 brings one major new feature, some interface changes and minor tweaks, to this cornerstone app for playing and buying music, as well as downloading…

03/09/2010

Free

RealPlayer review

RealPlayer, the venerable (if oft-maligned) multimedia playback software is back with a new beta. With the latest version of the software, it's number 14 but is…

30/09/2010

Free

MusicBee review

MusicBee is a free media player for Windows PCs.

23/06/2011

Free