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Tommy, the DVD is no big deal... Maybe 10 minutes of work on my end.  Considering the (assumed) demand, I'll just mail them out on my dime.

I was going to turn the camera down to 640x480 or somewhere up in there but I can shoot it in HDTV if you want it for the TV station. You could run it at night instead of infomercials.    Actually instead of a regular mpeg2 DVD I'd just send you the original files so you can copy them to a hard  drive. (I shoot 720p H.264)
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Steve, I was going to shoot this from a tripod, but since you're so close, do you want to build it and I will shoot it? I have a Lynx in this coop. (the one that won't end ) We can build it... BTW Blue painter's tape rocks and I'll make you one of my patented hands free, zero cost, ESD protected, PCB holders for your next assembly. (I'll video that this week if I get a chance)
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As for the hosting RJ, I was going to open a Vimeo account. (best quality) and just embed them in the Wiki or something. You don't want to pay for that bandwidth.  You can host them if you want.. but why? lol
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Lastly, I want some input on one more thing... After much consideration I've decided (so far) that rather than narrate the videos, I was going to use captions.  It is a bit more work but there are several reasons for this. --

* The biggest one reason is that this is (by far) an international board.  Many people who can read and write English don't do as well with the spoken word.  I also know from past experience that many people who struggle with even the written language lurk on many of the electronics boards.    The plan was to write captions in clear concise English to make it accessible as possible to as many people as possible. 

* Then there is accuracy. I might have a slip of the tongue and say something backwards.  (AC when I mean DC) It's harder to do that in captions.

* I watched a series of training videos that was captioned and I could watch them at night with the volume down and not have to worry about waking anyone or wearing headphones. They just had music in the background which I turned low. I disliked it at first, but ending up being sold on it after I watched a few videos.

I am serious when I say I am open to input on the narration vs captions but I admit,  for the reasons listed, (and some not listed) It would  take a lot of demand or a very sound argument to flip me. 

I have been kicking around the idea of doing a sort of video assembly guide for each of the products here at DIYLA. In fact, it is one of the reasons I bought a Lynx.

The idea is to make 8-10 min videos with an overview of how to do it.  With tips and tricks I learned along the way...  Kinda Norm Abram does blinky flashy. (but without the $100,000 workshop)

So the questions are:

Do you think it would help you?

What do you think about the length? 

Do you have anything you'd like to see in the videos?

I think it would be helpful in two ways. First, it would help people actually do the assembly. But also it would help people who don't have the item learn more about it and (very importantly) help newbies decide if this is something they can tackle or not.

Give me answers as well as any additional thoughts.  I don't want to do it if nobody cares, but if there is a demand, I'll start with either the Lynx or the dongle, whichever gets here first.

ok my bad... when I followed the link on another thread, I thought the 180 was just the engine...  Either way my point is sorta the same, I think for many the $180 would find a lot of competition....

As far as the lens goes, I've seen many projects on the web that buy this flashlight (or similar) and steal the lens.
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They can often be found for $2.50 shipped. I don't know if it will fit but I know a lot of people by it just for the lens. Something to think about.