Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio Dongle

Unlocking the studio version is a joy- all that extra format and res support, as well as various extremely fancy features like better denoising, more comprehensive GPU acceleration support, tracking and a bunch of other impressive stuff. Some of the AI-driven grading, scaling and other stuff is a real timesaver in the Studio version.

Compared to renting Premiere, Da Vinci Studio is a really good deal. The dongle lets me move between machines and unlike FCP-X, it's cross platform. Right now it feels like the sweet spot for NLE in a lot of ways. I really hope that BM don't ruin it- the features, stability and performance are really impressive right now.

One thing- I bought a short USB extension, as the last thing I want is someone accidentally snapping the dongle off while it's sticking out of a machine- might be a good idea.