[chbot] OT....what should it cost?

[Mark Atherton]

..also the (not so) simple issue of discussion around system 
requirements, design, and optimization associated with cost and 
longevity - all which fit under the engineering umbrella

I wish to echo Richard's sentiments and continue to encourage lively 
and mostly-relevant discussions, sort of associated with Robotics

Mark

At 02:12 PM 1/27/2011, Richard Jones wrote:
>Carls subject line has a prefix OT which means "Off Topic".
>The robotics community bring to bear diverse disciplines and
>technologies such as physics, software, chemistry, mechanics,
>electronics, wood work, metalwork and so on. So it is quite natural
>for Carl to ask advice on something that we may be able to offer views
>and advice on. Even though not directly a robotics application many
>robots do use video technology. Hence the large number of helpful and
>thoughtful replies. I offer this in the spirit that there are no
>stupid questions, just stupid answers. (Including mine!)
>
>Richard
>
>On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Robyn Edwards <robyn at domain-ix.net> wrote:
> > Trying to work out, what has this got to do with Robotics.....
> >
> > Am I missing something here?
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On 26/01/2011, at 11:16 AM, Charles Manning 
> <manningc2 at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> >
> >> Golly! All this to watch TV?
> >>
> >>> I'm open to alternatives provided they will give the necessary 
> reliability.
> >>> I'm suspicious of boxes that claim to do it all over a cat5e (eg.
> >>> http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=QC3684 ).
> >>> I don't reckon they'll give acceptable quality but let me know if anyone
> >>> has had good experiences with those.
> >> At $60-odd it is surely worth having a play if this is going to 
> potentially
> >> save you $2000
> >>
> >> The specs are there. If they don't provide the specced quality 
> then surely you
> >> just take it back for a refund.
> >>
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