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Software Comparison
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Pinnacle Liquid Edition |
Adobe
Premiere Pro |
Apple
Final Cut Pro 4 |
Avid
Xpress DV 3.5 |
Avid
Xpress PRO |
Sonic
Foundry Vegas 4 |
Ulead
Media Studio Pro 7 |
Suggested Retail Price |
$699 |
$699 |
$999 |
$995 |
$1,695 |
$495 |
$495 |
GPU Effects |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Number of RT-Effects |
1000+ |
150+ |
200+ |
100+ |
100+ |
75 |
170 |
Timeline Integrated DVD authoring |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Background Processing |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Dynamic Timewarp |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Secondary Color Correction |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Hardware Comparison
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Pinnacle Liquid Edition PRO |
Matrox
RTX. 100 xtreme |
Matrox
RTX. 10 xtreme |
Canopus
DVStorm2 Plus |
Canopus
DVStorm2 + Edius |
Avid
Xpress PRO + Mojo |
Suggested Retail Price |
$999 |
$999 |
$499 |
$1,299 |
$1,687 |
$3,390 |
PCI/AGP |
AGP |
PCI |
PCI |
PCI |
PCI |
1394 |
Real-time DV out |
BP* |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Analog I/O |
A&V |
V-only |
V-only |
A&V |
A&V |
A&V |
# of Streams |
up to 10 |
2 |
2 |
up
to 5 |
up
to 5 |
2+ |
*Background Processing generates DV output while you work
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