I'm a relative novice at home movie editing (played around with Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle Studio 8) and am thinking of buying either Cyberlink's PowerDirector 7 Ultra, or Sony's Vegas Movie Studio Platinum - because they both support AVCHD and will write to blu-ray.

Does anyone here have experience with either or both of these?

PowerDirector7 is currently $119, while Vegas is only $69 (Amazon).

I've read two reviews ( Link 1 Link 2 ) that PowerDirector is easier for a beginner - but does this make it a $50 better program / investment?

Thoughts?

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