Re: Multimedia

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"ellisr63" <ellisr63@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Robert Green wrote:
>> "IVB" <ivb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > Whilst not as good as a DVD, there's a few of us with threads over on
>> > the
>> > CQC forum that showcase our interfaces. If you see my thread, then to
>> > see
>> it
>> > "in actin" would be pretty boring as you'd just see me press buttons.
>>
>> Don't know how I missed your reply the first time but I just found it
>> while
>> looking for your message about the Fuj3400, which just arrived a few
>> minutes
>> ago.  I'm apparently going to need lots of help getting it going.  It
>> boots,
>> and looks pretty darn sweet, but locks up at the desktop with a two large
>> rectangles, one green, one orange.  The mouse pointer occasionally moves,
>> but for reasons I can't fathom.  The ports I thought were keyboard and
>> mouse
>> ports are actually mic and earphone inputs and the keyboard (which DIDN'T
>> come with the machine :-( is apparently connected by IR.  I am going to
>> try
>> my Compaq IR keyboard to control it, but I don't have much hope they're
>> compatible.  I think my only other choice is a USB mouse or keyboard.
>> Any
>> resources you can point me to, like an operations manual, will be deeply
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Getting back to a CQC DVD, IMNSHO I think a lot of technical product
>> makers
>> don't quite see the value of presenting their product in a coherent
>> marketing light.  No offense to Dean intended, but a CQC DVD might be a
>> good
>> investment because it doesn't require any installation of anything -
>> something Dean's already agreed that's a problem with Windows
>> installations.
>> A DVD allows for a nice, detailed presentation of the product with
>> narration
>> and examples from a lot of end users.  It can show how quickly and easily
>> a
>> user can program screens.  I'm sold on visual presentation because of
>> This
>> Old House.  I can't tell you how many times I've watched them do
>> something
>> and said "Aha, I've been doing that the hard way all of my life!"
>>
>> > My main interface thread:
>> > http://www.charmedquark.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=1429
>> > My PPC interface thread:
>> > http://www.charmedquark.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=2005
>> >
>> > You'll see that my stuff is pretty different from most, in that I
>> > dislike
>> > all this techie type/super-clean but to me super-sterile looking
>> > screens.
>>
>> This is your Stinkular "sell" phone stuff (no offense meant to you,
>> plenty
>> meant to Cingular!), right?  I wanna see Fujitsu stuff!!!! I also see
>> that
>> we're both "Aliens" fans!  Which is your favorite?  (As a total aside, I
>> rented some old Outer Limits TOS DVDs from Netflix and one episode showed
>> a
>> futuristic video phone WITH A DIAL!!!!)
>>
>> > But, there's plenty of those too:
>> > http://www.charmedquark.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=1722
>> >
>> http://www.touchscreengraphics.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id
>> =13&Itemid=29
>> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/MusicOverlay.jpg
>> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/CurMusicOverlay.jpg
>> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/MoviesOverlay.jpg
>> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/CurMovieOverlay.jpg
>> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/LightingOverlay.jpg
>> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/AudioOverlay.jpg
>> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/WeatherOverlay.jpg
>> >
>> > http://www.touchscreengraphics.com/images/screenshots/ripper-1024.png
>> >
>> http://www.ncrypt.net/touchscreengraphics/images/screenshots/ripper-sharp900
>> 0.png
>> >
>> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web2/Downloads/MiscImages/AlanBrowseMovies.png
>> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web2/Downloads/MiscImages/AlanCable.png
>> >
>> > http://woodgrant.net/CQC_Backgrounds.htm
>>
>>
>> I assume the above are all on your Fuj.  We've apparently got similar
>> tastes
>> in music, too.  I thought no one else had ever heard of "Art of Noise!"
>> How
>> long did it take you to design the screens and "hook them up?"  You've
>> really done a smash-up job.
>>
>> --
>> Bobby G.
>
> Hi Bobby,
> I have listened to Art of Noise for years... hard to find anything on
> CD though. The screens are ab ongoing project as CQC keeps coming out
> with new features... and I keep adding them too. Originally I spent
> about a week to get them up and running. I am currently refining them
> to get the number of templates down. It was up to 100 screens the other
> day and now I'm down to 81 and slowly getting them down more.
> Ron
>