This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

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This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby guy07 » Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:55 pm

For those of us old enough, I made a thread a few years back and asked people to calculate how much their editing expenses came to. This entails anything you buy with the intent of using it for editing. (DVDs, Rigs, Monitors, CDs, etc. )

Last time I think i was around $2,000CDN. Since then I've gotten a new laptop, speakers, DVDs and a few CDs. It'd say I'm sitting at around $3,500 by now.


Be sure to list what currency you're talking about, as we're not all from the same country.
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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby NS » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:03 pm

around $1800-$2000 USD

Most of it is my computer, but still.
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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby Kariudo » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:06 pm

More than I care to admit >_>
though less than you guy...I think
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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby mirkosp » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:27 pm

I should be at about 3000€, mainly due to computers.
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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby ZephyrStar » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:45 pm

Probably around $5000. Gonna build a new machine soon and buy CS4..so tack another 3.5k on that :/
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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby Megamom » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:31 pm

Well... around $ 2200

New HP laptop
New Headphones
New mouse
New cold plate
New table
New chair
2 DVD towers


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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby gotenks794 » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:42 pm

The compy and stuff is probably about $2000 USD. But I use it for everything, not just editing...
Anime would probably be at least $1000...give or take.
And in a short while I'll be getting a new editing system at about $1800, and switching to adobe so about $2800 total for the new stuff. Throw in any anime I'll buy in the coming months at about $200, for a new purchases total of $3000 USD. That would bring the grand total to about $6000 USD.
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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby lynit » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:03 am

$750

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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby machina21 » Sat Aug 08, 2009 1:06 am

A few thousand so far. And counting.
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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby Kitsuner » Sat Aug 08, 2009 1:55 am

Two dollars.

Plus tip.
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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby Pas » Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:16 am

Kitsuner wrote:Two dollars.

Plus tip.

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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby Bauzi » Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:59 am

1710€ for new laptop, headphones, external drives and ram well ok I think the main reason for my old pc was editing and there goes another 1000€. :|

I better don't calculate the value of the dvds or I would start to cry. I think they are worth around 1000€.

Makes 3710€ for... 8 years of editing. Sounds ok.
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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby Falconone » Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:40 am

well the pc and the new laptop, with two external HDD, Headphones.... i think i paid like 2600€
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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby LittleAtari » Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:55 am

You cant put a price on time...
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Re: This ain't a free hobby - UPDATE

Postby Otohiko » Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:13 am

-Atari- wrote:You cant put a price on time...


Well, usually anyway. I can certainly put a price on lost productivity due to AMVs, but maybe then I'd rather not .____.

It's hard for me to count it up, because AMVs overlap with other hobbies pretty heavily for me. I don't spend that much on anime, but I spend lots on music which is not always (but often) AMV-related, since my AMVs are usually music-inspired. Computer-wise, my computer is only a small part editing machine - most of the time it's a work tool, media centre, social crutch, generic gaming system and a moderately-cheap flight simulation setup. Go figure what part of its cost I can blame on editing.

If I had to guesstimate though, it's probably well over $3000.
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