[H-GEN] Big ticket spending [was: The lca movie.]

[QuarkAV.com - Hilton Travis]

On 22/06/2009 1:24 PM, gavin duley wrote:
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> On 22 Jun 2009, at 04:11, Russell Stuart wrote:
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>> On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 03:38 +0100, gavin duley wrote:
>>> To me, the purchase of a video camera does seem like it would be a
>>> good idea. It wouldn't be wasted after LCA, it could be used to film
>>> talks given at regular HUMBUG meetings which could then be made
>>> available on the internet. This assumes HUMBUG starts having at least
>>> semi-regular talks, though.
>>
>> Matt has collected some quotes for purchasing the A/V equipment for LCA
>> 2011 outright verses renting it.  Matt says the prices are in the same
>> ball park.  If they are with 50% or so I'd say purchasing them is a very
>> good idea.  However it ain't our money we are playing with there, so we
>> would have to run it past Linux Australian.  That said, I suspect if we
>> won Linux Australia would accept whatever we put up in our bid.
>>
>> I don't think Greg is talking about that though.  Matt (who should put
>> his 2c in here anyway), is proposing Humbug purchase some A/V equipment.
>> This would cost a substantial fraction of Humbug's current bank account
>> balance.
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>
> My confusion, then. I assumed that the video equipment purchased for 
> HUMBUG would be the same as the video equipment purchased for LCA.
>
> Given that HUMBUG has to purchase video equipment for LCA, and that 
> funding for this is pretty much a given, would it be possible for 
> HUMBUG to keep hold of it after LCA?
>
> gavin,
>
G'day Guys,

Have a look at www.kogan.com.au and see what they have available.  A 
1808p HD handycam at $369.  Sure, it may not be the same build quality 
as a $1500 Canon unit of *extremely* similar specifications, but at the 
price, and if treated well, I can't see this being a bad investment (if 
the investment is needed) even with the $99 for a 5 year extended 
warranty option.

- Hilton Travis