The StartSmart screen is the best place to start. This is a complicated package that can be confusing to navigate. Once everything is installed and you reboot, there will be no fewer than 16 items listed in the Nero 8 folder within Windows' Programs menu.
HD DVD playback requires a plug-in from Nero's Web site, for instance. If you want to record or author high-definition content or record TV shows, you'll need a system beefier than the basic requirements. You should have 1.5GB of disk space free and another 9GB to squeeze in DVD files. Nero 8 requires a Windows 2000 SP4 or later, XP, or Vista computer with a DVD-ROM and a recommended 512MB of RAN for Vista, or 256MB for earlier versions of Windows. Nero 8 introduces a StartSmart entry screen that clusters the suite's functions by category so that you don't need to know the names of individual applications to access their features.
