Some friends I know have Pinnacle and Corel VideoStudio Pro.  I have VS Pro only.  They tell me they are similar but Pinnacle doesn't seem to flow as well as Corel.  Problem with Corel is it is very quirky and tech support standard answer to everything is clean re-install and never identifying nor correct the causes for long reported and well documented bugs. (personally I have found that deleting a project folder that still has content when I have finished a project will permanently lock the program and requires a complete install.  This week trying to render a file to 1080p comes out 208X100pix size no matter what the program reports it is doing.  Tech support answer "delete and re-install" start over, thank you.

I am getting more and more involved in prosumer level camera usage, live video switching and post editing in a church setting.  This level of hardware may soon be going up a notch to pro level equipment (but just short of broadcast quality) Because our auditorium has large, state of art theatrical lighting and sound we are constantly allowing other organizations use the facilities. Examples: outside choral groups, local high school productions, documenting outside ministry activities, etc...

Many of these affairs are requesting live video on the screens and post edited DVD's.

It is time to up the level of video to keep pace with the improvements in lights and sound. 

But in the mean time the post editing is the most time consuming.  Rule of thumb- one minute of video requires 1 hour in editing.  Having a crashed project or wanting effects and features a $50-$125 software program can't handle has me looking for a better solution.

This is all in the early exploratory stage. I'm still learning and open to any advice.

I'm on a quad core Windows 64bit machine.  I have a Mac available at church. I would rather work on the Windows unit because of familiarity.

I truly apologize to my Bryce friends here for this off topic inquiry.  I was just hoping someone here might at least be able to point me in right direction.  Of course googling the different products results in claims from all the manufacturers they are the best and only solution one would ever need. But looking that forum threads I find disgruntled users in all the low price products.  Same as we all love Bryce but it will never be Maya.