Vegas 7 this month?

Mike Kujbida · August 11th, 2006, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Kepen

Question: In the past has Sony generally offered an upgrade for the current owners of Vegas? (Vegas 6 + DVD was my 1st version, purchased last winter.)

Yes they have. As I recall, for the first 30 days, it was $149 for Vegas only and $199 for Vegas+DVDA. After that it went to $199 & $249 respectively.
A look through the online Sony store at https://www.sonymediasoftware.com/sh...ory.asp?id=111 shows that you can upgrade to Vegas 6 + DVDA 3 from a wide range of software.

Edward Troxel · August 11th, 2006, 10:00 AM

Yes, an upgrade price is available for owners of previous versions right now. I would expect that to continue with any new versions. In fact, the upgrade price is usually even cheaper the first month or so after release.

Gary Bettan · August 11th, 2006, 12:59 PM

yes we will have upgrades available and we'll start booking pre-orders for them next week.

What i can tell you is it looks like there will just be the Vegas7+DVD version. Vegas 7 on it's own is not in the plans. So I also expect to have a killer offer for Vegas only custoemrs to upgrade to Vegas7+DVD.

I'll keep ya posted!

Gary

Mike Kujbida · August 11th, 2006, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Gary Bettan

What i can tell you is it looks like there will just be the Vegas7+DVD version. Vegas 7 on it's own is not in the plans.

I sincerely hope that's not the case or Sony will be swamped with complaints.
I know a lot of users (not me though) who have no interest in DVDA due to it's current lack of certain features.
Hopefully that'll change with version 7 :-)

Guy Bruner · August 11th, 2006, 01:52 PM

That's reasonable to me. I never could understand why Sony would sell Vegas separately but DVDA had to be bundled. Eliminating the separate product makes perfect sense.

Nate Fields · August 11th, 2006, 09:15 PM

i hope they come out with 7!!
5 wass till the best yet. version 6 was not as impressive as version 5 for some reason. maybe its just me

Sharyn Ferrick · August 11th, 2006, 09:38 PM

Any word on what the new features are going to be? Beyond AVCHD support
Sharyn

Jason Robinson · August 12th, 2006, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Sharyn Ferrick

Any word on what the new features are going to be? Beyond AVCHD support
Sharyn

I have the usual list of pet annoyances about Vegas that I would love to see fixed, but as far as new features.... meh... I haven't edited an HD project yet (no customers need HD and I cannot deliver HD unless on hard disk so why bother). If Sony offers something, I would hope it would be fixes for the current list of problems and ill-though out functionality. Don't get me wrong, I find very little to not like about Vegas which is why I bought it instead of Liquid a year or so ago. But there are times when I shake my fist at the monitor and say "Why cannot I find how to do..... or Why did you do that?"

jason

Bogdan Vaglarov · August 12th, 2006, 06:54 AM

One negative of Vegas (marketin?) was that there was no offer for buying the AC3 plug-in separately. The only option was to buy the full package with DVDA.
Some people preffer to render in Vegas and use other authoring app.
Now if the only option is full integration I hope Sony drops the price a bit ;)

August 11th, 2006, 10:00 AM	#17
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Yes, an upgrade price is available for owners of previous versions right now. I would expect that to continue with any new versions. In fact, the upgrade price is usually even cheaper the first month or so after release. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

August 11th, 2006, 12:59 PM	#18
Gary Bettan Sponsor: Electronic Mailbox Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Glen Cove, NY Posts: 757	yes we will have upgrades available and we'll start booking pre-orders for them next week. What i can tell you is it looks like there will just be the Vegas7+DVD version. Vegas 7 on it's own is not in the plans. So I also expect to have a killer offer for Vegas only custoemrs to upgrade to Vegas7+DVD. I'll keep ya posted! Gary __________________ Check out http://www.videoguys.com 800 323-2325 We are the video editing and live video production experts! DV InfoNet members save 5%! Use Coupon Code DVINFO5OFF

August 11th, 2006, 01:52 PM	#20
Guy Bruner Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ashford, AL Posts: 937	That's reasonable to me. I never could understand why Sony would sell Vegas separately but DVDA had to be bundled. Eliminating the separate product makes perfect sense.

August 11th, 2006, 09:15 PM	#21
Nate Fields Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Markleville IN Posts: 58	i hope they come out with 7!! 5 wass till the best yet. version 6 was not as impressive as version 5 for some reason. maybe its just me

August 11th, 2006, 09:38 PM	#22
Sharyn Ferrick Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sitka Alaska Posts: 128	Any word on what the new features are going to be? Beyond AVCHD support Sharyn

August 12th, 2006, 06:54 AM	#24
Bogdan Vaglarov Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Yokohama, Japan Posts: 366	One negative of Vegas (marketin?) was that there was no offer for buying the AC3 plug-in separately. The only option was to buy the full package with DVDA. Some people preffer to render in Vegas and use other authoring app. Now if the only option is full integration I hope Sony drops the price a bit ;)