Hi,
The webpage is at:
http://www.portset.co.uk/pdmc.htm
The problem with it is that it just has no video output, which although
they had a good reason for doing this I don't believe there are many
blind people who are not paying a television license for one reason or
another, (i.e, if you have a video recorder you need a license), and it
just really makes the product closed to anyone else who needs to use it.
I still really applaud Portset for what they are doing, but I wouldn't
buy it without video out.
The other questions I have on the unit would be how would software
updates be delivered to users, and how easy would the product be to
recover (due to the fact it has a Windows based OS onboard) if a failure
occurred (i.e, file corruption etc)?
I have been looking into various appliances for various applications at
work, and these are two very important questions that I always ask.
Thanks.
Andrew.
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 13 May 2006 22:19
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
But if it won't play mp3 disks forget it.
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From: "Vince Thacker" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 10:15 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
> Yes, it's listed on the Portset web site.
> Vince.
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> Subject: [access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
>
>
>> This discription sounds exactly like the Portset media centre. I
wonder
>> if that is in fact what it is.
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>> From: "Brian Hartgen" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 2:21 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] talking digital media centre
>>
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Does anyone know the price of this new device from Hagger
Electronics
>>> please? Incidentally Steve, I note that from within the new Hagger
>>> news-letter, the R9 is now available.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This Digital Media Centre is specifically designed to make digital
>>> Freeview
>>>
>>> services of television, radio and teletext accessible to the blind
and
>>>
>>> visually impaired. Program information and user key action is
provided
>>> with
>>>
>>> high quality speech messages spoken to the user.
>>>
>>> The system is a standalone product measuring 36cm wide, 10cm high
and
>>> 27cm
>>>
>>> deep. User controls are available on the front panel together with a
>>> rotary
>>>
>>> volume control, personal headphone connector, front facing stereo
>>> speakers,
>>>
>>> CD/DVD slot player and Smart Card interface. External audio
connector is
>>>
>>> situated on the rear panel as is the aerial connection.
>>>
>>> Brian Hartgen
>>>
>>> MSN: brian@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> SKYPE: brianhartgen
>>>
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