Second HVR-A1u... Software Galore

jrazz wrote on 5/10/2006, 7:26 PM
I got in my second A1 today and attached to the outside of the box was a Sony Demo CD including acid/cd Architect/DVDA/Noise Red. 2.0/Soundforge/Vegas/ Movie Studio/ Loops/ Vision Series/ Sound effects, etc.

The second disc was Avid Xpress with Avid Mojo.

The third was Edius by Canopus (demo).

The final disc was Cineform Aspect HD with a 15 day trial.
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I didn't get any of these with the first one but in going with some of the other threads that have come along in the recent months- it would have been good for Madison to ship out demo discs of Vegas+DVDA on a seperate disc to be included with the lot- or better yet, maybe even have them work out something with Sony- the makers of the A1- to exclusively package the Vegas+DVDA software with the camcorder. Again, I know that Sony is in a since like the Citi Group- tons of little companies making up a big one, but this would seem to be a win win move for Sony.

On the other hand, it may not make much of a difference as I don't know that anybody would by a camera over 2,000 USD without first having software to edit with.

j razz

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epirb wrote on 5/10/2006, 8:24 PM
Just curiuos, did you get it from B&H or somewhere else?
I just ordered one today from them, you do know about the $500 rebate they have from Sony,I assume.

Cant wait to try it out, and compare w my FX.
jrazz wrote on 5/10/2006, 8:35 PM
Yeah, I have purchased both from B&H. Oh yeah, the 500 dollar rebate was the main reason I bought another, plus the fact that B&H is offering it a little lower so the actual payout is 1999.00USD. I called Sony and got it in writing that I was eligible for the 500 dollar rebate as I already cashed in on this for the last A1. They said that the one that I cashed in on earlier has already come and gone so I was eligible for this one. They did say though that had I of bought this camera before March31st, I would have been out of luck as the rebate is 1 per customer per promo.

I wish I would have never bought the first A1, now I just spent another 2000 on another and am looking to get 1 more for a whopping total of 6,000 on 3 camers. Oh well, they sure are great.

j razz