MC4 upgrade policy

[Terence Curren]

1. Any version of Avid Xpress DV and Avid Xpress Pro or Avid Media Composer prior to v3.5 to Media Composer v4.0 Upgrade (Physical Shipping Kit with Production Suite) – $ 495 US MSRP

2. Any version of Avid Xpress DV and Avid Xpress Pro or Avid Media Composer prior to v3.5 to Avid Media Composer v4.0 Upgrade (Software Download Only – no hardcopy manuals or Production Suite) – $ 395 US MSRP

3. Avid Media Composer v3.5 to Avid Media Composer v4.0 Upgrade (Software Download Only – no hardcopy manuals or Production Suite) – $ 295 US MSRP

4. Avid Media Composer prior to v3.5 to Avid Media Composer v4.0 Upgrade (Software Download Only – no hardcopy manuals or Production Suite) – $ 395 US MSRP

5. Any Avid Media Composer version to Avid Media Composer v4.0 Upgrade (Physical Shipping Kit with Production Suite) – $495 US MSRP

Terence Curren
http://www.alphadogs.tv
http://www.digitalservicestation.com
Burbank,Ca

[Phil Byrd]

Thanks Terrance.

But what about the upgrade policy for next 4 years- is it the same as for the academic version. I can’t find anything about follow-on upgrades anywhere on the web. That’s my question.

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Phillip Byrd
Brandenburg Productions, Inc.
Montclair, NJ USA

[Terence Curren]

The education policy is to get you on the system through school. That doesn’t apply to the regular upgrades. Every point upgrade has a charge unless you are on Avid assurance.

If they didn’t do this, how would they pay for the engineers to write new code?

As far as how much it will cost, Avid couldn’t tell you even if they knew. I believe that might affect how they can report profits, etc.

And in reality, I’m fairly certain that none of the corporations out there could tell you what they are going to charge for anything 4 years form now.

Terence Curren
http://www.alphadogs.tv
http://www.digitalservicestation.com
Burbank,Ca