Re: This popped up on Twitter today. The Avid 1 Media Composer from 23 years ago.

[Tim Wilson] "A lot less than you'd think."

We paid around £80, 000 for our first system in 1992. As a commercials editor agencies insisted upon using it despite the fact it was slow and unreliable. I bought a Lightworks a couple of years later for the cut-down price of £42, 000 - still my favourite NLE...

Liam Hall
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