Otherwise, though, Power2Go 8’s interface is clean and easy to use. That’s fine for a freeware tool, but definitely not for a commercial package. If you don’t understand something within a dialog, pressing F1 does nothing instead you’ll have to click Cancel, access Help from the main program window, and search for whatever you need.Īnd, annoyingly, a few dialogs have CyberLink ads and Upgrade buttons. One issue we do have with the Power2Go interface is the lack of context-sensitive help. If you’ve ever used another disc burning package then you’ll feel at home right away.Īnd if you’d prefer not to use the full interface at all, simply drag and drop your files onto the program’s desktop gadget and Power2Go will handle the rest. This organises its core functions into 7 categories, like “Data Disc”, “Music Disc”, “Video Disc” and so on, and just moving your mouse over a category icon will reveal the options you have available.Ĭhoose one of these and you’re presented with a very familiar interface Explorer-type panes in the top of the window, working area in the other, so all you have to do is browse to your files and drag and drop them onto the disc.
Launch Power2Go 8 and the program presents you with a straightforward front-end menu. Otherwise, though, it looks like a capable disc burning suite – and we were very interested to put it to the test. Power2Go 8 does have one notable limitation, in that it can’t burn Blu-ray video discs (you get DVD and Video CD authoring only). The program allows you to burn encrypted and password-protect discs, for instance you can share images via interactive photo galleries it’s easy to mount and view disc images as virtual drives and this new version also adds system recovery features, enhanced image format and codec support, improved audio editing, and more. But if you find the top suites too bloated, then you might like to try CyberLink’s Power2Go 8 Platinum, which focuses its attention on the core disc burning functionality which you might actually want to use. If you’ll use all those features, then of course that’s great. Tough competition has resulted in ever-extending feature lists, and so alongside the regular burning functions you’ll get media managers, video editors, mobile device support and more. Try out one or two of the leading disc burning suites and you’ll quickly realise that they can be, well, just a little on the bulky side.
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