Presenters: Greg Van Antwerp, Franny Hannigan, Mark Ingram Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2015, 7:30 PM Location: Danbury Hospital Creasy Auditorium By Lisa Leifels Are you one of the growing number of people spending more of your time online watching digital videos? Instead of just watching the … [Read more...]
Social Media – Tom Zarecki – April 7th, 2015
Tom Zarecki brought his enthusiasm for social media to Danbury Hospital’s Creasy Auditorium and it wasn’t long before his infectious energy excited all the people in the room. He was able to get everyone standing up and walking around, introducing themselves to one another. Tom was in his element … [Read more...]
Ask DACS, September 2014
Moderated and reported by Jim Scheef Q – I have a new cable modem from Charter that I cannot install. The device is an Arris TM822. When connected to the incoming cable, the modem does not get an IP address. Has anyone else had this problem? A – A member suggested connecting directly to the … [Read more...]
iPhone 6 – Apple SIG, September 2014
Turnout for the September 9th meeting was high, with keen interest in discussing Apple’s announcements. As predicted, two iPhones were announced, an iPhone 6 with a 4.7” screen and an iPhone 6 Plus with a 5.5” screen. The starting configuration for either one is the usual 16GB of storage, but then … [Read more...]
Watching YouTube on Your TV
We’ve all watched YouTube videos on our computers, whether it was on youtube.com, or a video embedded in another site’s web page. Sometimes you run across videos that you might actually like to sit back and watch on your large-screen TV rather than on your computer or even smaller-screened mobile … [Read more...]
YouTube, TiVo – Mobile SIG March ’14
By Richard Corzo In March I brought in my TiVo to demonstrate how to watch YouTube videos on your TV as described in my newsletter article. I had the TiVo connected to a display monitor with an HDMI cable to simulate the connection to an HDTV. The TiVo is just one example of a device (in this … [Read more...]
Apple TV, Airplay – Apple SIG Jan. ’14
By Richard Corzo In January I was able to demo the Apple TV in the Resource Center as follow-up to my presentation on the Apple ecosystem at the general meeting. This little box connects to your high-definition TV and home Wi-Fi network to give you access to a couple of dozen "channels" or apps, … [Read more...]