I’ve been
in the game since the early nineties when editing meant copying analog video
signals from one Betacam VTR to another. The thought of being able to have your
own editing suite at home or in a small freelance office was then unthinkable.
The cost of three Beta-VTRs alone was about 50 000 euros. When the desktop
editing revolution came in the nineties and prices on hardware and software
continued to drop into the next decade, building your own high end editing
suite was suddenly possible for a whole lot more people.