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Is the world ready for HP Calculator DVDs? - Dave Hicks - 02-12-2002

It's looking like the next set of manuals might require 7 CDs. The idea of a single DVD-ROM is starting to sound very appealing. If you are interested in the manual sets, could you please tell me which category best describes you:

  1. Have a DVD-ROM drive today and would want a Museum DVD-ROM.
  2. I don't have a DVD-ROM drive but would prefer 1 DVD so I would buy a drive (~$50 in the US.)
  3. I don't have a DVD-ROM drive and wasn't really planning on getting one but if you stopped shipping CDs, I'd probably buy one.
  4. I am only interested in CDs - please keep the CDs at least as an option.

I'm trying to figure out if there's a demand for DVDs and, if so, can I drop the CDs or do I need to keep an inventory of the 7 CDs plus the DVD,

Please reply with the number (from the list above) in the subject line and feel free to add any comments or concerns in the body of posting. Thanks!


1 - Mark - 02-12-2002

CD-R is dead. Long live DVD.


I'll do the DVD - Todd G - 02-12-2002

Option 1, Dave.


Re: Is the world ready for HP Calculator DVDs? - Karl Hafen - 02-12-2002

Option 1 sounds good to me.


door #2 - Glynn - 02-12-2002

Make them Dolby surround and widescreen format, too, please... with the Director's cut and extra footage and trailers, compatible with Region 1 players. ;-)

Or, anyway, will the dvd be cheaper to buy than a 7-cd set?




Re: Is the world ready for HP Calculator DVDs? - Juan J - 02-12-2002

Option 1 sounds good to me too. Widescreen, Dolby surround and director cuts are also welcome.


Door 1 - want a DVD - Gene - 02-12-2002

No text. Lol.


Re: Is the world ready for HP Calculator DVDs? - db (martinez, ca.) - 02-12-2002

i didn't catch it at the theaters. is it true that sly stalone plays dave hicks in the movie?


Re: Is the world ready for HP Calculator DVDs? - Ernie Malaga - 02-12-2002

Option #1.

Question: How many HD floppies would it take? 8^)

-Ernie


4 - Mike Sebastian - 02-12-2002

If I buy a DVD-ROM drive, that's less money to spend on calculators.


1 - Spice_Man - 02-13-2002

1


1 / 4 for the next set - Stephan Mettauer - 02-13-2002

Personaly I have no problem with DVD I even prefer the idea of having only one single data carrier. To give everyone the time to adapt to the DVD keep the CD as an option for at least the next set.
Sincerely yours Stephan.


4 - Nenad (Croatia) - 02-13-2002




3 - Massimo Gnerucci (Italy) - 02-13-2002

Whichever you choose I'll take it/them!

Massimo


4 (at least by now) - Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) - 02-13-2002

Hi;

after some months trying to figure a way out to buy the CD set, I`ll finally have mine till next month, thanks to my brother that lives in USA. I intend updating the CD`s so far, but I do not believe a DVD-ROM would help much. I think if I have problems in one CD and loose it, it`s one in 5 (or 7). If I loose the DVD, I loose everything. I do not mean manufacturing problems, I mean scratches, dust, temperature variations, and so.

I do not deny the possibility, if the CD set is an option.

Cheers.


Re: Is the world ready for HP Calculator DVDs? - L. Deruyck - 02-13-2002

Option 1. and if You could find that (almost not to find) solution book about aneshtesia (HP 67), that would be perfect.


4 - Wayne Brown - 02-13-2002

4 is my first choice, though 3 is a (slim) possibility.


1+4 - Evgen Fedorenko - 02-13-2002

Red Hat Linux is going to be 13 CDs with the next release...doesn't seem to bother them too much=)


Choice #1 - ED - 02-13-2002

Put me down for one! Especially if you can get some of the software library on it as well. Cheers.


1 + 4 - Luca Passaggio - 02-13-2002

I agree with Stephan, Dave.

Regards,

Luca


Re: Is the world ready for HP Calculator DVDs? - Frank - 02-13-2002

1. DVD
Frank


1 - Ellis Easley - 02-13-2002

Can't wait! I've got a number of things I can contribute, too.


Re: Is the world ready for HP Calculator DVDs? - Ren - 02-13-2002

The world may be ready for DVD, but I'm not.


1 - steve - 02-13-2002

It would be nice if those of us who already have the museum on CD could get an upgrade to the DVD version when it came out.


There will be one or two upgrade options - Dave Hicks - 02-13-2002

An upgrade to DVD option and probably an option to get two additional CDs.


The DVD probably will be cheaper - Dave Hicks - 02-13-2002

One disk for me to bother with, less postage etc.

The media cost for DVD is still higher and I don't have a DVD writer yet but I think the "one disk" advantages will outweigh those costs.


Option 1, DVD - Philip Reagan (Texas) - 02-13-2002

1 DVD is a great idea!


4 - W. Bruce Maguire II - 02-13-2002

This is a tough one, Dave.

I'm sure that the migration to DVD will march forward, and I would want to be the LAST person to deprive the other MoHPC fans (who want to actually USE their DVD readers), but I don't see myself getting a DVD reader.

I promise not to cry if you go to DVDs though... (I'll just pout!)

Bruce.


Four For Me! - Marx Pio - 02-13-2002

HP manuals option 4

Marx Pio


Re: Is the world ready for HP Calculator DVDs? 1 - John L. Shelton - 02-13-2002

I have a DVD ROM drive and would prefer this mechanism.


Option 1 - Albert Graef - 02-13-2002

DVD, please!


3 - GE (France) - 02-14-2002

I have the 5-CD set (can you hear a loud GREAT !) from here ?
A 2-CD set 'update' would be fine, but with shipping charges the advantage compared with the full set is meager.

Please make the DVD compatible with our good ol' trusty Macs, the way the CDs already are !

Thank you again for your work.


3 - Bill Smith - 02-14-2002

will a DVD unit even work in my P90? maybe a USB unit attached to my laptop.


1 - Chris Randle (UK) - 02-14-2002

1


It should - Dave Hicks - 02-14-2002

They are available with IDE or SCSI interfaces. Playing a DVD movie on your 90Mhz system might not be possible without a decoder card but I don't see why accessing data would be a problem.


1 - Andre' Wilhelmus - 02-18-2002

Option 1, all region, MAC compatible or two update CDs.


Re: Is the world ready for HP Calculator DVDs? - John Ioannidis - 02-18-2002

1, of course.

Even if you go for the multi-cd format again, can you please set it up in such a way that all CDs can be copied to a single directory structure on disk, and accessed that way (single index, etc.)? 5GB of storage is nothing these days, and I'd much rather have the stuff online all the time than have to mess with CDs or DVDs every time I need them.

tnx

/ji


Dave, can you predict when the DVDs will be available for upgrade? - Frank - 02-21-2002

Dave, can you predict when the HP MOC DVDs will be available for upgrade?
Thanks, Frank