President's Message

July 2008 (v2.5)
Rob Limbaugh - President

A couple of months ago I started using Vista Ultimate. Outside of the fact AMD is refusing to update their TV tuner application for the video capture card I have, all has been well. There have been zero crashes. No hang-ups of any kind. No horrible news to report.

Matter of fact, I’ve concluded it is a suitable time to install Vista Ultimate on another machine, which is my Home Theater PC. This will allow me to check out more of the new Media Center Features. For those who don’t know, I was running an HTPC built with Windows XP and running GB-PVR (http://www.gbpvr.com/). I needed to find an alternative to GB-PVR anyway since the TV listings are no longer a free download.

I’m not going to get into all the details here, but let’s just say I’m duly impressed with the changes from Windows MCE 2005. If anyone is interested in this for the August Windows SIG, please drop me a note in an email.

In case you missed it…
Thanks to Gary Spring’s informative show-and-tell about the different classes and features of camera technology, I’m confident in my upcoming camera purchase. It looks like I’ll be going for a digital SLR. Now I know why I was having such trouble with my camera: I didn’t buy what I really needed in the first place!

Lesa King’s tips from her “How to Shoot and Edit Like a Pro” presentation have already served me well. While my camera limited me due to lack of features and capability, it was certainly clear that most of my problem with my pictures is, well, ME!

Instant Replay
For the past couple of months I’ve been recording our General Meetings directly to a hard drive. This includes the July double-header. The process is simple and easy to duplicate. Is anyone interested in being able to view the video online? Would anyone be willing to champion the cause of digitizing the General Meetings so that absentee members can view them later?  Please let us know by using the Feedback page (http://www.dacs.org/feedback/suggestions.aspx) from the DACS website.

Keeping it short
There are some last minute things that require some urgent attention. Since we’re heading out for vacation in a few days, I best get to them. We’ll be back in plenty of time to catch the next SIG!

 - Rob

ROB LIMBAUGH
relimbaugh@dacs.org


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