I am looking around for options for upgrading my authoring program from Sonic MyDVD, which came with my Pioneer A05.

From reading various reviews here, it appears that DVD Workshop offers a reasonable bang for the buck.

I see that for about US$100 I can buy and ADS Pyro ProDVD, which comes bundled with DVD Workshop SE. From the Ulead site http://www.ulead.com/dws/compare3.htm, the differences between the full and SE version appear to be the following:

- limitations on the number of images/slideshow and slideshows/title

- maximum of 20 chapter points/video clip

- fewer text effects

- maximum of 5 seconds for duration of motion menus

- can't customize highlight color of buttons

- fewer samples

- mpeg audio as only audio output format

Aside from the 5 second limitation for motion menus, I don't particularly care about these reduced features, and I can live with short motion menus for the sake of saving about $200 off the list price of the full version.

Are there any other limitations or problems with the SE version that I should know about?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Eric J