I as well picked up VV 3.0, now 4.0 after messing with Premier. I noticed it was much easier to be creative.

You can even create the new WMV with 5.1 for others to share which I find sweet. So, in Nuendo, you create TRUE 5.1 sountracks and import the mono files into vegas and you got a serious soundtrack onhand. Then I assume you got an excellent 5.1 DVD to watch. Even if it's a amatuer movie, done right, can sound far better than 2.0 projects.

Not everyone has this software(Nuendo) but if you have a chance to get it, it's far worth it and gives you 5.1 mxing experience.

So, basically you can watch the movie you made, send a song thru and pan the tracks in Vegas and hear it in REAL time if you have a capable soundcard like the AUDIGY or AUDIGY 2.

My Audigy has a firewire input which helps too. I don't have a DVD recorder though yet, so I can't give you my views on how it turns out on TV. Eventually I will and although I bet it's very time consuming, once done, it should be sweet to have such good audio for your home movie. Of course no need to bother with weddings and such or your REAL life home videos, but if you make small movies it should be a nice bonus.