Posted by doc on 03/22/06 02:41

Tony, how do you like AL7? we're thinking of updating but waiting to see if
the latest version resolves some of the known issues. 6 has been a great
product for us and we don't want to mess it up. got some input?

drd

"TonyP" <arpierre@hooptown.net> wrote in message
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> justin case wrote:
>
>> Let's assume I was in a position where I was searching for a cheap
>> editing app. I would do some research first. If I did any research on how
>> people felt about Pineapple gear and what they were experiencing I would
>> be
>> scared away from the product. But since I have used their gear, DV500,
>> DC2000, DC1000, and seen countless people in Pineapple Hell come through
>> this NG in the last whatever, 5 or 6 years I don't think it would make
>> sense
>> that I would be using it. Would it Tony? Savvy?
>
> No doubt that v10.x of Studio was a bomb. I even said that. There was a
> "cheap" upgrade price for me that I turned down. Too many people with
> problems. Sure. Do the research yourself. As I have stated before, you can
> go into *any* forum and read about problems and disasters. Does that mean
> you stay away from the product? If that were the case, most of us wouldn't
> be using Windows. Yet, we still do in spite of it's short comings. As for
> *your* experiences, they are yours, just as *mine* are mine. I have very
> positive results with Pinnacle. Many have. And there aer those that have
> not. I have posted my experience with Matrox, yet, you don't see me
> bashing the product because *I* could not get it to work. It was apparent
> in their forum that there were happy people using it with no problem.
> Why you invested so much money in Pinnacle if you were having so many
> problems is beyond me. Speaks volumes for you.
>
>> You are one of the rare.. Actually maybe the ONLY vociferous defender of
>> Pinnaple gear I have ever seen here. makes you a rare bird Tony.
>
> Not a defender of anything. Just putting my experiences in there along
> with the rest. But is seems that that is unacceptable to a lot of people.
> All they want to see is negative experiences. All you would have to do is
> go the the Liquid forums and reas for yourself. Same with Premiere,
> Canopus, etc.. You will read the same type of stories. Successes and
> problems. Pinnacle (since it isn't bundled as Premiere is) Studio has sold
> more software.
> I liked Premiere 6.5, but after the learning curve of Liquid, I can't go
> back. Now, using Avid Liquid with pretty good success as are many others.
>

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