NYPC Videos

January 2008 General Meeting

A video of our General Meeting from January 17, 2008 is available at Google Video. The topic was Digital Video Recording from Your TV to Your Own Computer and the presenter was Leftonred Atanycorner. If you have a computer with Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ultimate, or Windows XP Media Center, and a TV tuner card installed, you can have your very own DVR. Even if you don’t have those specific versions of Windows, there are hardware devices that can be used to view and record TV broadcasts to your computer. Lefty demonstrated one such device manufactured by Pinnacle that even allows you to pick up HD (high-definition) broadcasts with an antenna. He also discussed a new service called Joost that streams free TV shows over the Internet.

Bits & Bytes

NYPC produces a monthly half-hour TV show called Bits & Bytes that features tips for better computing.

The show can be seen on Manhattan Cable TV, Public Access. It is on a few times each month, on different channels. See our calendar for the schedule.

The fourth Bits & Bytes show from January 2008. Steve McGraw and Emily Vick host. Mary Ginsburg shows the power of Picasa. Mike Ostrove talks about what is needed to get your old LPs into your computer. Patrick McEvoy explains BART.

The third Bits & Bytes show from September 2007. Mary Ginsburg talks about the differences between Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, Patrick McEvoy shows how to charge your gadgets on the road and Dario explains the power of Java.

On the July 2007 show*, Mary Ginsburg talks about digital cameras, Mike Ostrowe optimizes his computer, and Ted Cohn demonstrates his Treo. The hosts are Steve McGraw & Kit Giordano. The show is 28 minutes.

The June 2007* show is available at Google Video. The hosts are Steve McGraw* and Kelly Heindel. On the show Mary Ginsburg talks about NYPC, Mike Ostrowe cleans a computer, Patrick McEvoy demos Skype, Fred Kahn offers Ebay advice and David Pogue talks about Vista.

The last NYPC Podcast was February 2007. See www.nypcpodcast.org*.