Sony's new video PC comes with...Premiere?

Andrew B wrote on 4/9/2007, 9:24 AM

Take a look at this:
http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_room/consumer/computer_peripheral/desktops/release/27229.html

I was shocked to see them say that Premiere is "the essential tool for professional video editing"

I have nothing against Premiere as it is a GREAT tool, but someone at Sony marketing is getting fired for that one!

Of course they also called a terabyte of storage "staggering". Hmmm. Love that marketing talk. ;)

At their site I can see what looks like dual HDMI input ports. Nice.

I am in the market for a new PC - either pre-built or home-built. Anyone have any thoughts on this new Sony?

Andrew

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DGates wrote on 4/10/2007, 10:57 PM

Well said, Douglas.

I'm not in any way insinuating that Premiere is better than Vegas, just that it's more established, rightly or wrongly. Hence, the reason for my reply to the original post. I mean, if Sony itself preloads Premiere on their desktops, that speaks volumes.

Spot|DSE wrote on 4/10/2007, 11:09 PM

It doesn't speak volumes to me, but it likely speaks volumes to those that don't know why it is this way.
Definitely, it says that Sony Electronics has made some weak/ill thought decisions. And it's not just Sony Electronics; There are some very highly placed people in the Broadcast division that are ignorant to Vegas as well. It's embarassing to have to apologize for him from time to time. You shoulda been there when this guy was telling someone at a press conference that "nothing could currently edit the 24p of the V1U." After I corrected him (nicely of course), he challenged me again. So, I pulled out the pre-production V1U, and showed him.
If you'll be at NAB, you'll see the very 24p footage I showed him, in 24p, displaying on a Premiere monitor, at that press conference 9 months ago. He apologized, but I'm sure he still feels Vegas isn't as good as Avid.

Steve Mann wrote on 4/10/2007, 11:50 PM

"if Sony itself preloads Premiere on their desktops, that speaks volumes."

As I said earlier - Sony Electronics will bundle whatever it wants to sell more Sony Computers.

The failure, if there is any, is in Sony Creative Software Marketing.

rextilleon wrote on 4/11/2007, 5:47 AM

Smart marketing and Sony is an oxymoron.