[balug-admin] BALUG - video projection hookup, etc.

[Michael Paoli]

P.S. - we also generally have laser pointer available too.

Quoting Michael Paoli:

> This:
> http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2005-May/000030.html
> covers most of the video projection details.
> 
> I'd also add the following general notes of correction/update/addition:
> "Our" (available to BALUG) converter thingy covers "640x480" (less
> perhaps some slight edge losses as noted on the URL above).  However it's
> not fixed to the upper left 640x480 - it will, for example, track
> mouse motions and pan the area of the input video that is converted and
> output.  So, ... for example, if one designs the "slides" for the upper
> left 640x480, and has on-screen notes, if/when one moves mouse over one's
> on-screen notes, what's covered on the projection will pan to show that.
> If one's able to make the jump back and forth pretty quick (e.g. when
> changing slides anyway), and remembers to shove the mouse/cursor to the
> upper
> left right after any repositioning/scrolling of "notes", the effect works
> out to be rather to quite tolerable and only slightly or very slightly
> distracting.  I don't know that we've got anyone that's presented that's
> found/had significantly different experiences with our video hook-up, but
> at
> least that's what I've observed with my personal laptop (IBM ThinkPad
> T40p TYPE 2373-G1U running Debian GNU/Linux) and our available video
> hook-up.
> 
> We do also have microphone/PA available to us (handy for those of us who's
> voices don't project as well and/or when our turnout is on the larger side
> and some tables aren't as close to the "stage"/platform/podium area.
> 
> Quoting Michael Paoli:
> 
> > Yes, ... let me find you the link that has the relevant technical
> details.
> > 
> > I'll send you that shortly.
> > 
> > Quoting Don Armstrong:
> > 
> > > Looks fine to me; one quick question: will there be a projector/screen
> > > at the restaurant? [Don't want to be depending on having one and find
> > > out that there won't be one.]