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donbosco said:
Any thoughts on this model? $34.99 seems awful cheap.

#2: "HP OfficeJet 200 Portable Wireless Inkjet Color Printer" Link --> Site Maintenance
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I see it as $289.99.

Also, that's a travel printer that you can take with you alongside a laptop. It may be what you're looking for, but I'm not sure.
 
SnoopRob said:
I see it as $289.99.

Also, that's a travel printer that you can take with you alongside a laptop. It may be what you're looking for, but I'm not sure.
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I agree with this assessment. These type printers were designed and built for a narrow, specific use, as described by SnoopRob. Unless that narrow, specific use is exactly what you need, you are very likely to be disappointed by it even if it was being given away, new in the box, for free.
 
Printing anything in 2025 is wild to me. The previous owners left us their printer when we moved into our new house almost three years ago. I was reorganizing my office recently and realized that I hadn't used the printer even once since moving in nor could I think of a time that it would have been convenient to use. It's now on the list for my wife to post in her Buy Nothing group and I have more desktop real estate available in my office.
 
JCTarheel82 said:
Printing anything in 2025 is wild to me. The previous owners left us their printer when we moved into our new house almost three years ago. I was reorganizing my office recently and realized that I hadn't used the printer even once since moving in nor could I think of a time that it would have been convenient to use. It's now on the list for my wife to post in her Buy Nothing group and I have more desktop real estate available in my office.
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Most of my use comes from (a) having a student who occasionally needs to print things and (b) occasionally needing to print things for work.

Rarely do I print things for personal reasons.
 
Good stuff on the printers...going to make a purchase very soon.

Got another question -- Is it true that a DVD can be converted to an MP4 relatively easily?

Assuming that is something that I can do then anyone have an idea if then THAT might be screenable over Zoom Technology?
 
Went to CES again this year. Really quite disappointed, felt the same as last year. We may have reached maximum consumer electronic density. The new 'cool' things just didn't really resonate. Transparent TVs? Why?
 
CRHeel94 said:
We don't print enough at home to justify it...at least that was the conclusion I reached last time I was at that decision point.
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That’s the reason you should use a laser. I print about once as month. The cartridges in my old ink jet would dry up between uses. It was costing me about $10 per page. That’s a non-issue with the laser

Correction - the ink jet was an Epson. The laser is a hp.
 
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donbosco said:
Good stuff on the printers...going to make a purchase very soon.

Got another question -- Is it true that a DVD can be converted to an MP4 relatively easily?

Assuming that is something that I can do then anyone have an idea if then THAT might be screenable over Zoom Technology?
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A friend recommends Handbrake for doing this type of thing. Anyone familiar?
 
donbosco said:
Good stuff on the printers...going to make a purchase very soon.

Got another question -- Is it true that a DVD can be converted to an MP4 relatively easily?

Assuming that is something that I can do then anyone have an idea if then THAT might be screenable over Zoom Technology?
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A DVD is screenable over Zoom. I did it so I know that it works.

I'm guessing your issue is either a hardware or hardware/software compatibility issue.

Converting the DVD to an MP4 may or may not solve the problem. It might if it brings the video to a source that works around the problem that the external DVD is experiencing. Or it may not if it trips the same unknown issue you're experiencing with the DVD.
 
donbosco said:
So I watched this:



But I do not have a built-in player, will this work with the external one that I have?

And why is this stuff free anyway?
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Yeah, it should still work with an external one.

VLC is open source and has been the best media player for years. It will play just about any type of video or audio file.
 
chawkheel said:
Yeah, it should still work with an external one.

VLC is open source and has been the best media player for years. It will play just about any type of video or audio file.
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Thanks...after tomorrow (huge class load tomorrow) I'll give these things that you and @SnoopRob have suggested a try.
 
chawkheel said:
Have you tried playing the dvd with a media player like VLC?
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VLC is a good choice here. It's pretty flexible in working with a variety of other hardware & software and could be a good way to get around the problem if the issue is a software/software or software/hardware compatibility issue. Good thought, @chawkheel.

As to why it's free, @donbosco, it's a remnant of the old "open source" movement where folks would create internet programs just so that everyone had functional programs that didn't cost a bunch. You don't really see too much of them any longer as many have become outdated, but back in the day it was a big thing that a lot of lower-level or amateur programmer/coder folks did. There were tip jars that you could give the creators funds as appreciation, but you didn't have to.

I kinda miss that part of the internet as opposed to now when it seems as if everything online is owned by a large corporation and as much revenue squeezed out of them as possible.
 
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