I participated actively on the forum and spent many, many hours trying to get the most out of PD7 which I bought specifically to edit AVCHD.
I have demonstrated and documented failings of the programme in relation to AVCHD video and I had assurances that fixes were forthcoming.
PD8 has been released and although there are cosmetic changes and a few extra features I have tested, these will not be particularly useful to me and as such upgrading will be a waste of money. I believe there will be little support in regards to patches for PD7 now PD8 has been released.
All this leaves me with probably little to contribute to the forum as most users will be moving onto PD8.
Thank you for your encouragement & advice, and I hope I have in turn helped a few people out.
Regards
pjc