Does this look authentic to you?

nitelife · 05-03-2009, 10:36 AM

Hi chaps,

I need some new video editing software as the magix software I currently have doesn't work in my new pc (won't recognise the camera even though windows does).

Im tired magix's of instability so was wondering about "Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8 Platinum Edition". Its available on PlayTrade for £24.99(!) which is half the price of anywhere else.

Would you risk it? (and more importantly is it as good as the reviews make out?)

Play.com (UK) : Sony Vegas Movie Studio DVD 8 Platinum Edition : Computing - Free Delivery

TIA..

Richard Jones · 05-03-2009, 11:24 AM

Sony Vegas is an excellent editing system and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

As for Play.com, they claim to have won the Which award for the best on-line retailer and it might be worth checking this out with Which. If it's true, there wouldn't seem to be much of a risk in going for it (and I see they also offer a telephone number so perhaps a call and a few perinent questions might resolve any doubts you might have.)

Richard Jones

Andy98765 · 05-03-2009, 12:20 PM

Play.com has been around for years and I have ordered 100's of DVD's, CD's, electronics etc from them and they have never been a problem.
Great track record as far as I am concerned.

dave_bass5 · 05-03-2009, 12:49 PM

Agreed, Play is a company you can trust. Ive been dealing with them for about 15 years.
They are based in Jersey so they can sell a bit lower than mainland based companies.
That price seems reasonable. I paid £29 from Amazon last year for version 8.
Its a good program and seems to run quite well on my PC's, much better than Studio 11 and 12.

Mr Lazy · 05-03-2009, 1:35 PM

Just to point out that this is sold by a Playtrade trader, not play.com themselves (just like Amazon marketplace), though they have 97% positive feedback out of 2238 ratings in the last 12 months.

This trader also sells on ebay and has 99.6% positive feedback (it so happens I was looking at Sony Vegas on ebay just this morning), which sounds good, but it's 9 negative ratings in the last month.

eBay Feedback Profile for gamewholesaleltd

Remember that Vegas MSP is on v9 now (I'm sure you knew that).

dave_bass5 · 05-03-2009, 1:47 PM

I must admit i didn't follow the link, i was just commenting on Play.

And yes, V9 is better.

nitelife · 05-03-2009, 2:38 PM

Thanks for your replies. Yes its a playtrade sale which is why I posted it, wouldn't have a problem with play themselves.

And.. umm no I didn't know about version 9

so i'll look into that instead.

Thanks

edit:
then again for the price I might just go for this instead...

alpine101 · 05-03-2009, 3:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nitelife

Thanks for your replies. Yes its a playtrade sale which is why I posted it, wouldn't have a problem with play themselves.

And.. umm no I didn't know about version 9

so i'll look into that instead.

Thanks

edit:
then again for the price I might just go for this instead...

It's worth watching Amazon, particularly before their quarter ends. They seem to operate a 'phew, figures a bit low this quarter, let's randomly chop prices for a couple of weeks' policy. I got my Mediastudio Platinum 9 on Dec 12th for £29. It's back up to £60 now.

dave_bass5 · 05-03-2009, 3:54 PM

Thats how i got my MSP8. It was reduced for about two weeks then went back up.

nitelife · 06-03-2009, 7:35 AM

Good idea, ill keep an eye on Amazon. In the meantime ive downloaded the trial of the new Magix MEP (it doesnt look too bad and seems to work).

So will use that in the meantime.