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>> Maybe I've missed something, but what image editing software gives you
>> more than 1 level of undo?
>
> The GIMP. It's in your price range, too :)
Uhuh. And who (apart from me) uses that?
>> I own a camcorder. It bearly produces SD quality, never mind HD! And
>> it was not cheap by any stretch of the imagination.
>
> Sounds like an old cam-corder.
It's only about 1 year old.
> Put it this way: 4 years ago, when I
> worked at Best Buy (not the cheapest shop, mind you), you could buy an
> SD camcorder for <$200 (that's about GBP130). You could buy a really
> nice HD one for $800 (GBP500 or so).
Doesn't necessarily mean that you can buy it in the UK for that price.
UK. I'm also told - I don't know if it's true - that CDs are roughly 10x
cheaper in America than here.)
>>> A quick Google revealed that in 2006 8% of homes had an HD-capable TV.
>>
>> That's a really tiny percentage.
>
> That's about what Macs have, and they're not exactly rare.
Rare enough that in my entire life, I've never seen a real Mac. Except
on TV.
>> And let's not forget, you still need an HD source. Those are still
>> prohibitively expensive too. (Last I heard, a BluRay player is abour
>
> You can get a PS3 for $399 now (GBP 250), or a stand-alone player for
> $200 (GBP 130).
>> This suggests to me that you only need large stacks of RAM if you're
>> doing professional video editing work. I mean seriously, I don't even
>> *know* anybody else rich enough to afford a video camera, much less
>> technically expert enough to attempt to *edit* video beyond what you
>> can do with a DVD recorder...
>
> You need to get new friends, the ones you have are affecting your
> viewpoint :)
"New" friends? What makes you think I have any to start with?
I said I didn't *know* anybody - nothing about being friends with them. :-P
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