Top 5 Reasons to Upgrade to Big Vegas?

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riredale wrote on 2/12/2007, 2:46 PM
This all took place just as V7 was introduced. I called Sony, told them I was buying the $99 V6 deal at B&H and would that qualify for the 30-day upgrade window, and they said, "sure."

Too late now--sorry.
JeffD wrote on 2/12/2007, 6:58 PM
>Looks like JeffD must have other life

Belated thanks, Soniclight, for your posts and your
e-mail. Life/work threw me some curves this weekend.

That B&H offer does look interesting; thanks for the
heads-up.

It does appear, though, that to get to Vegas7+DVD4,
I'd be paying about $335 ($99 at B&H and then $235 to
Sony for the upgrade). That's still a $65 savings compared
to Amazon.com's asking price.

I do appreciate your (and others') advice about ways to
save money.
Soniclight wrote on 2/13/2007, 5:34 AM
You're welcomed. As to the savings, hey, $65 is $65 :) That said, who says you have to upgrade to 7 right away anyway, right?

Also, as mentioned in my scribble regarding your system specs:

--- It may be a good idea to call Sony for pre-sales Qs before upgrading to "Big" Vegas 6 (where you actually buy it is your own business).. "Big" Vegas packs more punch than what you have now, so my guess it will also use more resources (I say "guess" because I have only owned and used the "Big" one).

And even so...

I have a dual core Pentium D system with 2 Gb. DDRM and SATA2 drives and I still have to be vigilant. I can get all caught up in editing for a stretch and then have to give Vegas a rest because little glitches start happening (i.e. desktop shows through or some such minor thing).

So I shut down the program, do something else, maybe reboot before going back into Vegas.. Because be it real or virtual memory, there is only so much a program can process, and the less muscle and/or memory one has, obviously the harder it is for the program to do its job.

Last, "minimum system requirements are also just that -- minimum. A system with those specs will probably struggle somewhat. Hence why most people always look at the "recommended" for the reality-check part of a program's actual work load.

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OK, 'nuf pontificating.

Good luck on your new journey, whatever your pre-purchase strategy and final decision. No reply necessary.
MH_Stevens wrote on 2/13/2007, 8:11 AM
Let the project decide. Upgrade when you need some functionality of the big version.
JeffD wrote on 2/13/2007, 7:14 PM
>Upgrade when you need some

Couldn't agree with you more.

Which is exactly why I phrased my initial question as I did.
Jeff9329 wrote on 2/21/2007, 8:31 AM
JeffD:

I used VMSP for editing DV and 720P HDV. I did the B&H V6 for $99 to upgrade to V7 cheap.

I like V7 over platinum because of the unlimited tracks and the additional render options. There are a LOT more.

You also get a better MPEG2 render codec than VMSP so your video looks better. Also a ton of render fine tuning options that just are not available (don't even show up at all) in VMSP.

To a lesser extent, DVDA4 also has more features including professional options that the Studio DVDA dosen't have.

If you are not doing HDV, you should buy my Vegas 6 software. I used the S/N to upgrade and never installed. It's just going to waste along with my VMSP software.

I will get rid of it for $25. Let me know

jeff9329@aol.com