Awaiting for a response, I went ahead and downloaded trial version for Vegas 8.

While the stretching was found to be easily achieved, I was abhorred to labor through the procedure of placing two clips side-by-side i.e. splitting the screen. See, slowing down & placing clips next to each other for comparison are the only 2 tasks I need to complete for golf swing analysis. The same task is completed simply via drag'n'drop in Premiere!

As a final piece of input, I'd appreciate confirmation of the procedure for splitting the screen. Here's the tutorial I am referring to:

http://www.douglas.bc.ca/multimedia/...0Guide-Web.pdf

Best,
wirefree