Pthd 8 => pthd 10 = €1300 ?!?!?!?!

[Bassturbator]

http://shop.avid.com/store/product.d...07527273749472

Please tell me this is an error in the system... or that I made a stupid mistake or something...

[Nemosonic]

There seems to be different prices all around the Avid website depending on the link.

On this one:

http://shop.avid.com/store/product.d...07527273741024

the price to upgrade to 10HD from 9HD is £238.80

But in the link here:

http://shop.avid.com/store/product.d...07527273749472

The prices from 9HD to 10HD £754.80.

Hey, what's happening here???

I would personally upgrade to 10HD from 8HD NOW!!! if the price was reasonable. But is seems to be that Avid has been a bit confused in setting the prices right.

Come on Avid! You are about to render our gear obsolete. Do us a favor and make at least the upgrade prices attractive in order to lure us to the hardware. I personally would assume that for this kind of upgrade, and 9HD being quite a recent update, to have 10HD for free. Or something ridiculous low. Anyway....

[Darryl Ramm]

Either there was a web page that was in error and has been fixed or you are confusing the Pro Tools 9 to 10 and the Pro Tools HD 9 to HD 10 prices.

PT 9 to 10 is US$299, PT HD 9 to HD 10 is US$999.

Darryl

[Nemosonic]

[bleep][bleep][bleep][bleep]! You're absolutely right. I think my eyes just didn't want to believe it!

[Nemosonic]

Bugger! I think 10HD is truly an amazing piece of software. All the new features seem great and I can see how it would make my life better when working for post, which is the 90% of my work. But this excessive pricing along with some of the Apple rumors regarding the future of Mac Pros makes me thing...I will defo be building an i7 PC, splash for a copy of Sequoia and give it a go. The Accel HD2 system will stay, but perhaps it is time to give a try to something more cost effective.

[Dizzi45Z]

Okay. So my question is how do we go about this? I ordered a copy of Pro Tools 9 HD upgrade yesterday and I have a minute to sit on it since the store I bought it from is asking if I meant to purchase 10.

Here are four possibilities.

1. I purchase the Pro Tools HD 9 upgrade and register it and hope that Avid will give me a free upgrade to 10 like they state all over the place. However, something tells me that this is unlikely the way Avid will handle it.

2. I purchase the Pro Tools HD 9 upgrade and then pay $999 for the upgrade to 10, thus saving $150.

3. I purchase some service plan that people keep mentioning on these forums for $599 which includes all free upgrades for a year. This seems like the best option, but how do we purchase this service? Does anybody know more information about this?

4. Pay $1500 for Pro Tools HD 10 upgrade.... Uhhhh...no.... Not going to happen.