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Reply RE: Vlab & V-Flyer Two very different machines. Both can take video/audio in, cut it up, paste it and play it back. In excellent quality. They accomplish it in very different ways (American vs. German) The Flyer would be the machine of choice IF you wanted fairly easy setup, quick effects (since all transitions are real time) and didn't want to spend a whole lot of time discovering new ways to do new things. My first thought is that this would be great for quick news stories and the like. Vlab, on the other hand, takes a little extra time to learn, tweek for your tastes, and learn. It does, however give you an unbelievable advantage in versaitility in multiple picture effects and quality of digital effects. All effects (except cuts) are rendered, thus the speed is machine dependent (not too much different than the Media 100). I would compare the Vlab more closely to the Media 100 system than to the Flyer. The software is not developed in the same direction (yet) as the Media 100, but that's just the German way. The Vlab time line has virtually unlimited (well, OK, limited by 1000 effects, video streams, and sound streams) simultaneous events., but you actually have to build the dramatic effects from elements. In short, if you're doing Post Production, or Pre-Production, and want to knock the socks off your clients, the Vlab (once learned) is the way to go. It doesn't have the tell-tale canned effects look of the Toaster. By the way, I use both the Video Toaster (in an A2000) and a Vlab Motion (in an A3000) feeding each other, depending on the application.