[kwlug-disc] Where to fix an Acer A500 tablet?

[Bob Jonkman]

Ah, I thought you might be exposing its guts to show off the repair job. You'd need a light for.that.

On December 11, 2014 11:59:30 PM EST, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>But if the we are streaming a laptop, then its own brightness should
>be sufficient. If we use a light, then there will be glare, and not
>what the tablet is displaying.
>
>On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:49 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
>wrote:
>> Also, bring a bright worklight to point at the work so that the
>webcam
>> has sufficient photons to project.
>>
>> --Bob, who may not need to bring his micro-HDMI cable after all.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/11/2014 08:49 PM, B. S. wrote:
>>>
>>> Presumably you'll be bringing your laptop / slides, just plug the
>cam
>>> into that. The VGA of your screen being projected will just pick it
>>> up.
>>>
>>> Note: You may need to lower / change the camera resolution - the
>>> projector may present just a black box in the webcam area, depending
>>> upon the bpp/resolution within the webcam box.
>>>
>>> If you use a usb keyboard on the tablet or something, you may be
>able
>>> to leave the cam & tablet in one place for the duration,
>particularly
>>> if you can KVM the display / VGA - switching to the HDMI when
>>> desired, leaving / switching to the laptop in split screen cam|slide
>>> the rest of the time.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>
>>>> From: Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> To: KWLUG discussion
>>>> <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> Cc: Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 9:47
>>>> AM Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Where to fix an Acer A500 tablet?
>>>
>>>
>>> . . .
>>>>
>>>> The only sure way is to have a separate video camera / webcam
>>>> pointed at the tablet. But I don't know how a video camera / webcam
>>>> would connect to the VGA output.
>>>
>>>
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