Is it worth upgrading to 8 ?

[Murphy]

Like the title says is it really worth going from toast 7 to 8.

From what I can see it seems to be a lot of money for very little in return.

Why is the compression better on 8, as the PR people at roxio would have you believe??

 

Thank you.

[tsantee]

Is it the fit-to-dvd compression that is of most interest to you? I don't know if the compression itself is any better but the options for what to select from the source DVD or VIDEO_TS is much better. You no longer are limitied to "main movie" or 'main audio" or else having to choose the entire disc.

 

Sure Toast 8 has some new things that Toast 7 couldn't do. But as for the interface, what I like best is the new Media Browser. My guess is you'll eventually decide you want the newer version, but this isn't yet your time because Toast 7 is meeting your needs for now.

[NaCl H2O]

Please see my reply in the thread "Satisfaction w/Toast 8." The short answer is I like Toast 8 for DVDs because of the options and ability to convert files, but I like Toast 7 for CDs because it burns them much quicker.

[mike457]

For my part, I have had no glitches, and it works better than 7 for file export/conversion to other formats.

[gd7288]

Is it the fit-to-dvd compression that is of most interest to you? I don't know if the compression itself is any better but the options for what to select from the source DVD or VIDEO_TS is much better. You no longer are limitied to "main movie" or 'main audio" or else having to choose the entire disc.

 

Sure Toast 8 has some new things that Toast 7 couldn't do. But as for the interface, what I like best is the new Media Browser. My guess is you'll eventually decide you want the newer version, but this isn't yet your time because Toast 7 is meeting your needs for now.

i would advise...no....it has 2 many glitches at this point. esp. when burning dvd's....i bought it and am now searching ebay for a toast 6 or 7

[Murphy]

Is it the fit-to-dvd compression that is of most interest to you? I don't know if the compression itself is any better but the options for what to select from the source DVD or VIDEO_TS is much better. You no longer are limitied to "main movie" or 'main audio" or else having to choose the entire disc.

 

I did post about the limited options a while ago using compression on Toast7.

Glad to see they did something about it.

They might mean better options as opposed to better compression.

[Inspector_Gadget]

For my part, I have had no glitches, and it works better than 7 for file export/conversion to other formats.

 

 

Actually, version 7 works better. Version 8 export does not work at all if you have a file with PCM audio. This is the problem I am having now...

 

Don't upgrade yet!

I just went online to do a customer support chat, was 3rd in queue with a 4 minute wait... then waited 15 minutes before they "hung up on me". They said they cannot chat with me now and to try back later and that was it! Roxio is just batting 1000 today. My upgrade is 6 weeks old so I fall outside the 30 day return policy or I would surely return it today!