On Jun 20, 2008, at 2:00 PM, Gary Pearce KN4AQ wrote: > This clip comes from the ($15) DVD that contains the full four hours > of the > Dayton 08 D-STAR meetings. This is the one Nate keeps saying is so > wonderful! >
LOL! I'm just trying to help you sell 'em Gary. They're well produced, and for those of us that a trip to Dayton wasn't possible, they're definitely the "next best thing"! If the community wants good quality videos like this, we need to support anyone's efforts to bring them. Why am I saying all this nice stuff? We BEGGED someone... anyone... to record (even just as a home movie) some of the early IRLP conventions, and no one ever did. There was information "lost" in those early years... presenters didn't post their presentations, no videos were shot, etc. The only way it works is someone like yourself, getting a few bucks a DVD (hopefully you don't lose money on this whole thing, but I've seen lots of ham businesses do that as a labor of love, while they made their "real money" elsewhere)... making it worthwhile for you to go and do it. I was expecting a good video, but not a multi-camera, professionally edited video where even the presentations on the screen were easy to read. (Heck, I can ALMOST read Robin's tiny font on his "eye test" portion on a big enough TV. You've got nice gear there, Gary!) Certainly don't think the videos will ever be the "demise" of things like Dayton, but it suuuure is nice to watch them in the living room in the comfy chair versus spending over $500 to fly to Dayton from here! Anyway, I'll stop "gushing" now, but I really enjoyed watching the DVD on the HDTV in the living room -- I could rewind and replay stuff, you know... all the usual perks of watching media. -- Nate Duehr, WY0X [EMAIL PROTECTED]
