Features:  

NCH Express Burn Plus lets you create and burn audio CDs, data CDs, video DVDs, data DVDs or data Blu-ray discs. It’s very easy on system resources and your hard drive, unlike Nero – which is huge and burrowing. However, Nero also offers a wider range of services and customization options.

The drag-and-drop interface is wonderful – drag the files you want onto the basic Windows-looking work pane and click Burn. The program does the rest, including file conversion if needed. Express Burn also seemed to be the fastest CD/DVD/BD writing program we reviewed: the NCH site boasts proprietary optimizing systems that speed this process up big time.

Express Burn also features more advanced features like the ability to create and record ISO images of your data discs and support for many more file formats.

The small file size and pleasantly narrow selection are ideal for the user wishing to backup data, DVD and music collections. No NCH software uses any of those suspicious decrypter functions though, so if piracy is on your mind, you won’t be happy with Express Burn Plus.

The small file size makes this the fastest install we tested. And in this case, fast equals easy as well. After the initial download, simply run the downloaded file and the install wizard will take over from there, prompting you to make decisions when necessary.