Sony Creative should complement the release of Vegas 11 with their own branded line of monitor preview cards. Sure, you can get the Blackmagic Intensity Pro for $190, but at least one year ago, that card's drivers were so buggy that it crashed Vegas all the time. That was one of the main reasons I stopped using Vegas and went to Edius, because Grass Valley has an affordable preview card, the HD Spark, which allows me to properly edit AVCHD 1080i footage with a preview that looks as good as connecting the camera directly to the TV set.
Vegas' own Windows secondary monitor preview is useless, since it doesn't display interlaced footage correctly, and the levels are off. I'm sure professional editors can't rely on this preview mode for their final edit with color correction.
So SCS should come up with a nice preview card that doesn't cost an arm and a leg and provides perfect preview of the timeline and trimmer. If they want to make it better, they can even add playback acceleration.
Designing their own card means they control the software and hardware and can ensure they work together well. And it would make it a much more attractive product for professional editors, many of which are currently switching to Premiere because of their disappointment with FCPX.
Vegas' own Windows secondary monitor preview is useless, since it doesn't display interlaced footage correctly, and the levels are off. I'm sure professional editors can't rely on this preview mode for their final edit with color correction.
So SCS should come up with a nice preview card that doesn't cost an arm and a leg and provides perfect preview of the timeline and trimmer. If they want to make it better, they can even add playback acceleration.
Designing their own card means they control the software and hardware and can ensure they work together well. And it would make it a much more attractive product for professional editors, many of which are currently switching to Premiere because of their disappointment with FCPX.