Pinnacle Studio 8.0 Video Editing with CD/DVD Authoring

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Summary: greatest waste of time in the history of software!!!!!!!!!
Review: Do not buy this software. Seriously, if you spend the time you spend working with this software at a part time, minimum wage job to buy a better video editing package, you would be happier. I have worked with literally thousands of software packages in my 15 year career as systems\network Administrator, and this is the most pathetic software I have ever used. There is not one facet of the package that works right. You will spend hours, days, weeks creating a video only to find it has disapeared or become corrupted.

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Summary: Poor Service
Review: Pinnacle Studio 8 offers a great deal and for those fortunate enough to successfully install the software, it very well might. Unfortunately, this system is rife with problems. A ten-digit serial number is required for installation but an eleven-digit S/N is provided instead. This problem can be fixed if one is willing to work through the maze of troubleshooting tips at the Pinnacle website. Furthermore, we received an addendum with instructions to load a driver (as a fix) during the installation process. Going to the correct folder on the CD, I discovered that the driver does not exist. However, these are minor problems when compared to the damage that Studio has inflicted on a computer that is more than adequate to run Studio (according to Pinnacle's system requirements). The software is causing slowdowns and the machine to crash. Even uninstall will not fix the problem! There are endless patches but none work. Tech support is almost non-existent. The most popular suggestion offered by Pinnacle seems to be to upgrade to a different version but as this requires spending additional money on a proven failure I see no reason to throw good money after bad. It has been a $100 waste with the further frustration of troubleshooting the damage caused by Studio 8 to Windows. Successful installation appears (according to others who have been more fortunate) to provide excellent results. But, given the large number of dissatisfied customers, including our own family, I would strongly discourage anyone from taking a chance on purchasing this software in the expectation that it will work.