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Jøran Toresen wrote on 6/28/2006, 7:55 PM
It’s probably because Vegas 7 will be released in the near future.

Joran
DGates wrote on 6/28/2006, 9:11 PM
No box or manuals (not that Vegas has good manuals anyway).
tumbleweed wrote on 6/28/2006, 9:33 PM
..I bought it.. I'm happy .. I'm a VegHead now...

doesn't explain why only B&H has this price...
busterkeaton wrote on 6/29/2006, 3:25 AM
B&H has good prices on equipment, not they are not great on software prices. Thus they may have been caught with a backlog of software. That's one theory. Here's another.

how about this.....

B&H is obviously the most imporant video retailer in NY. They are also a big sponsor of Vegas events, of VASST events, of HDV events, etc. So they would probably be the first retailer to find out when Vegas 7 is coming out.

AND

Sony Media Software and Vasst just announced the Vegas Certification tour. The first dates on that are August 7th. I'll bet they will be demoing and training on Vegas 7 on that tour. The tour will hit NYC, the third week in August and will be right down the block from B&H. Certifying folks on Vegas 7 will be an extra incentive for people to come out for the tour. It will generate a lot of buzz for Vegas 7 since you will have a bunch of folks who got to see the new features demoed by pros.

The rumor has been that Vegas 7 will debut in September. If that's true, it makes no sense to do training on Vegas 6 the third week in August.

Sony usually allows you a free upgrade if you buy the previous version of Vegas within 30 days. I'm pretty sure you will be able to walk out of any certification session and buy an upgradeable copy of Vegas 7.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 6/29/2006, 6:22 AM
vegas 4 had great manuals.... V5 & 6 they turned bad. :(
TomE wrote on 6/29/2006, 9:57 AM
They should let MAC people know about this. They can run it on their dual boot Macs and realize that there is a lower priced equivalent to FCP. Might pick up some converts. LOL

-TomE

Steve Mann wrote on 6/30/2006, 1:27 AM
"The rumor has been that Vegas 7 will debut in September. If that's true, it makes no sense to do training on Vegas 6 the third week in August."

WEVA convention in late August?
Distorshun wrote on 6/30/2006, 5:57 AM
Will Sony offer a cheaper upgrade package for current V6 users (even if we've had it for over a year)? I'd hate to have to go spend another couple hundred bucks if I could get away with it cheaper.
busterkeaton wrote on 6/30/2006, 8:44 AM
I think usually the upgrade for Vegas alone is $149 for the first month. Vegas+DVD is $199 initially. Then the price goes up $50


I believe those figures are correct.
elvindeath wrote on 7/9/2006, 3:14 PM
I was looking to pick up Movie Studio+DVD Platinum at Best Buy this weekend, at $129. For $20 more, I'll get this ... but my question is this :

When the new version 7 is released, will it be cheaper for me to "upgrade" than to buy new ? I'm interested in the DVD Authoring portion as well (Pinnacles horrendous Menu System is what's forcing me to change) ... it sounds like I can expect to pay an additional $200 or so to upgrade to the Vegas 7 + DVD whenever it's released.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 7/9/2006, 3:19 PM
it's eigther $200 or $250 for the first month. I forget which, but I'm betting $250. Eigther way, that would be V7+DVD4 for $400 total. :)
elvindeath wrote on 7/9/2006, 3:28 PM
Sounds like a good deal to me ! Order placed, and a new convert on board. Plus an old copy of Vegas 6 to give to a friend. Bonus !