Initial reaction to the update from PD8 to PD9 Ultra 64 on my Windows 7 64bit Dell, although I have only been into EDIT so far, is that it's very impressive in the use of 64 bit technology and how well it presents previews of the edit fixes and power tools. And does seem to have cut out the stuttering and stalling I was prone to on the final DVD

I am disappointed that it has somehow lost the way PD8 dealt with the audio on transitions. Where the sound essentially faded out from the first scene and faded in on the 2nd scene - giving a seamless change.

I've been editing over 40 hours of family video during 2010 (on PD and must have inserted well over 1000 transitions.

That type of transition was ideal for the jump cuts I experienced in much of the material shot at school concerts where music was involved. In fact I came to the conclusion that many of the transitions were only necessary because of the way the sound changed dramatically from one scene to another. The same thing applied to shot changes in scenes involving the quiet of the country followed by waves crashing on a beach.

Neither the OVERLAP transition (with the sound overlapping) or the CROSS transition (with the sound abutting) appear to cover that type of shot change and I look forward to a patch or an update - just for me ! Incidentally I haven't managed to show the audio waveform on the PD9 TIMELINE.

Also, I'm sure someone will explain but I am at a loss to understand how I could possible want, or make use of 100 TIMELINES.

Finally, I do have to say that Cyberlink do have a remarkable programme for around £60.

Grandad Ronald