Re: FW: Video link P.C. to Mac.

2006-06-23 Thread Rod
Hi Dan and All! There are a number of options now: http://www.sightspeed.com http://www.wengo.com http://www.yak.com The ideal one is Sightspeed. Easy to set up, and a lot less painful than iVisit. The most promising (and stable) out of the lot imho. There is another option though. Yahoo

Re: Video link P.C. to Mac.

2006-06-23 Thread Daniel Kerr
Thanks all for the responses. Question wasn't for me, it was sent to me for WAMUG as the person couldn't post to WAMUG, so although I could answer it, I thought the group might have some different answers as well. :o) So, yeh, that's why :o) I was just the middle man ;o) Kind Regards Daniel On

Re: Reflections on Intel macs

2006-06-23 Thread Tony Evers
Re HP 8150 - for more modest printer needs (not as fast but smaller than a microwave oven) the HP 2100TN is bullet-proof - I have had one networked for 50 users/20 terminals in a Primary School for 6+ years, serviced once (staple jammed inside), and have purchased 2 more at auction, $30

[COMMPOST] Parallels with Compressor for Mac Intel

2006-06-23 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi All With the advance of the Intel Mac's being able to run Windows we saw Bootcamp released from Apple. One of the other competitors was Parallels, which is the same principal (running Windows, or any other OS) on the Mac, but without the need to restart. The product is nearing shipping, and

JVC HDD Camcorder

2006-06-23 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi WAMUGers, Is anyone using a Hard Disk Camcorder? If so, what are your impressions please? Yesterday I purchased a JVC HDD GZ-MG37AA Camcorder. It has a 30GB HD. It comes with software 'Capty MPEG Edit EX' so you can convert the MPEG-2 (Muxed) file to DV Stream for Editing in iMovie HD. It

Mac Media Centre

2006-06-23 Thread Chris Watt
Hi Guys, I want to create a Mac Media centre (I plan to buy a case I like and put the guts of a mac inside it) that has TV, DVD, Pictures, etc. Basically I want to do the main features of Windows Media Centre Edition but as a Mac. I want to use an internal IR receiver so that one remote

Re: JVC HDD Camcorder

2006-06-23 Thread Stephen Chape
The feedback I have been getting is as follows. Both DVD camcorders and HD camcorders compress the images and consequently significant quality is lost in the process. By comparison Mini DV tapes record high quality video without compression. I also believe (but am not positive about this)