Vegas 8 PRO for $178

[Dodgy Nick]

Hey guys (and 2 girls), just thought I'd share this little nugget with you. I just bought Sony Vegas 6 and Vegas 8 PRO Upgrade from B&H for $178 ($214 incl shipping) thanks to a post from Jules on the Digital Juice forum.

Sony Vegas 6 $79 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...o_Editing.html
Sony Vegas 8 Pro Upgrade $99 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...Vegas_Pro.html

It works on Vista x64, but is not optimised especially for it. They ship internationally, and if you're in the UK, you can add another £31 import tax.

Happy days!
Nick

[VideJo]

Nick,

This seems to good to be true.
If you buy a full new version of Vegas 8 you will pay a lot of dollars more . . .
Is there something I overlook?

Jo

[veg]

Ahem!
I posted here about this back in December Spoiler..
http://www.hv20.com/showthread.php?p=36828#post36828
Tis indeed a good deal.

[Dodgy Nick]

Jo to the O: B&H are legit, I've installed it, and trust me, there's *nothing lacking, it just works. I thought it was too good to be true too, but I took a risk and it paid off. Jump on the deal before they stop selling it!

Vegesaurus: My apologies mate, I didn't see that. This news does however deserve it's own thread. I can't wait till they bring out a version of Magic Bullet Looks that plugs into Vegas. They said Q1 2008, so I'm holding my breath.


*"nothing" is relative here, i.t.o. software. Since this is the upgrade version, you'll obviously not get the big thick manual, but who reads them anyway?

[Mal]

Yes, this indeed a working solution for a VERY low cost way to get VEGAS 8 PRO for little money.

It works, and B&H is totally legit (and they ship fast).

SpoilerWarning: it has it's own thread already:
http://www.hv20.com/showthread.php?t=4809

But this deal can't hurt to be mentioned again, I guess....

[Leo168]

I bought the B&H upgrade deal, but I already have the trial version vegas Pro 8 installed, is there a way of applying the serial number to the trial version?

Thanks,
Leo

[Rikki]

I bought Vegas Movie Studio Plat 8 from Amazon in the UK last month, is it worthwhile attempting this or do you have to have bought the original version from B&H?

And do they ship to the UK?

And... LOL ... for a relative noob like myself, is it worth getting Pro just now?

[Leo168]

I don't believe you can upgrade from the Platnium version this way, it is a different upgrade path. Check the Sony site.

As to my previous question, I figured it out, you can go the trial verion, go to buy by phone and enter your Serial number there, and it worked fine.

Strangely I chat online with someone on Sony support, they told me I had to uninstall the Trial version, I think he was ticked off because I refused to give him
my serial number, he didn't give me a good enough reason

[BobbyMurcerFan]

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*"nothing" is relative here, i.t.o. software. Since this is the upgrade version, you'll obviously not get the big thick manual, but who reads them anyway?

Believe me, the manual in the boxed version is neither big nor thick.

[stacyodell]

Yes, this indeed a working solution for a VERY low cost way to get VEGAS 8 PRO for little money.

It works, and B&H is totally legit (and they ship fast).

SpoilerWarning: it has it's own thread already:
http://www.hv20.com/showthread.php?t=4809

But this deal can't hurt to be mentioned again, I guess....

Saweet! Thanks all! I'm a noob with all of this stuff, and was using the free trial of VMSP (thinking I would ultimately buy it because it was < $125USD), but this is awesome -- for essentially $50 more I get the full blown pro version. I was already lamenting some of the limitations in the Premium version and it was inevitable I would want to upgrade to pro anyway.

Ordered mine today.