Re: Multimedia

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"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.