Re: Multimedia

["ellisr63" <ellisr63@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Green wrote:
> "IVB" <ivb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:GK6ug.7823$ye3.4535@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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