Edit Review—Avid Xpress DV and Free DV

Published Thursday, April 01, 2004

The low-cost branch of the Avid family tree offers surprising functionality. Today a DV editor can choose from many Avids: Xpress Pro for $1,395, Xpress DV for $695, or even Free DV for, yes, free. These Avid choices are paralleled by three Apple products. For free, or nearly free, you can get iMovie 4. At only $299, Apple offers Final Cut Express. And, at $999, Apple has Final Cut Pro. Over the past nine months, Video Systems has reviewed four of these six options (to read our reviews, see the web-expanded version of this article at

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