I have used both Pinnacle Studio 8 and Ulead VidioStudio 8. My recommend VS8 but both will do the job.

I find VS8 to be more stable, I like the large preview window, it takes 30-50% less to time render a given project, the results are as good or better than Pinnacle and you can create video_ts folders that are larger than what will fit on a DVD.

Both applications are easy to use.

VS8 does have a fully functional 30 day free trial!

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