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TheHappyFriar wrote on 10/14/2003, 11:15 PM
I thought that was cool too. :) unfortunitly, the ink still rubs off on my hands sometimes. :)

DGrob wrote on 10/15/2003, 7:09 AM
How does one get on the list? I'd like to see one. DGrob
TheHappyFriar wrote on 10/15/2003, 7:13 AM
I belive you go to the "free stuff" section. there is a signup there i belive.
gold wrote on 10/15/2003, 9:56 AM
To me the most encouraging part is that 4 pages are devoted to Vegas and 2 to Vegas+DVD. That's significant considering Screenblast Movie Studio only got 3. Maybe Sony is going to maintain the product line.
musicvid10 wrote on 10/15/2003, 10:51 AM
The type is so small, I can barely read it with my reading glasses on. The gray underlays in the "features" columns don't help, either. Sony should be aware that not all of its customer base is under 30 with perfect vision . . .

busterkeaton wrote on 10/15/2003, 12:29 PM
Gold, what is up with "maybe they will maintain the product line?"

The just paid about $20 million dollars for several product lines, paid money to create a new web site, redesign boxes, logos, etc and create a new catalog. They have kept the product and engineering team intact. Why would they do any of that if they
didn't intend to maintain the product line?
gold wrote on 10/16/2003, 8:50 AM
BusterKeaton,
Basically Sony could maintain the existing product lines or else design new ones based on lessons learned. Microsoft probably spent much more money one Windows 3.1; however, they keep releasing new OS's built from the ground up; why wouldn't Sony consider at this time a complete ground up rebuild. Adobe just did it with Premiere Pro. A rebuild from the ground up is better in that you are not stuck with maintaining compatibility that will prevent you from incorporating hardware and software advances. When a company buys an old company, it would have to decide whether or not to continue the old line or to incorporate the "software modules--mpeg2 encoders, dolby 5.1 7.1 encoders/decoders, etc" into their existing products. Unfortunately for previous users, most companies find the personnel more valuable than product lines that don't have a lot of user base and chose the new line incorporating critical sections of old code. Do you have any idea what the user base for Windows NT was and yet they were moved to 2000 and XT. I am surprised and happy that Sony is still advertising the Vegas/DVDA lines; this means we can probably expect tech support for some time to come. However, noone has stated that development on the Vegas/DVD-A is continuing to add new features; e.g. end actions and multiple audio tracks in DVD-A [one possibility could be that SonicDennis and other developers are hard at work creating a new pro line built from the ground up--the XP of video editing]. I think it is reasonable to be open-minded that Sony has to consider the big picture at this time in particular. Do you have any knowledge that end actions or multiple audio tracks are in beta for DVD-A?
Gold