Using free Skype video phone for tv troublshooting help.

[ronl]

i know what you mean Kamakiri.
been there myself many times-too many wires! lol
but think about the amount of help you could get with just 1 more wire and a cheap tabletop tripod?sometimes i have gotten people to tape the cam to the adjustable bench lamp-works very well.most of us have 2 or more adjustable lamps on our bench so getting the lighting and cam placement right would be an easy adjustment?

im thinking that could this be a extra tool to use more on arf and videokarma?
i read the posts in the tv section and see that sometimes perhaps a experianced member might have an easier time helping if it was possible to be there in person. virtualy via webcam if long distance?

with a little work getting camera postioned stable and good lighting,its amasing what can be done. expecialy when both have a schematic.perhaps use this when posting is taking a long time?

i ussaly dont post much because i see most members have covered what i would suggest anyway.
mostly i see if any members need rare canadian vintage tvservice info that i have a lot of. the arf forum helped me a lot on my fansworth 651 p (service info and knobs) plus i see a lot of arf member names that helped me on this forum too and i see that i can help with my old service info.

i have posted this on arf as well. 1 member there has posted that he used vidphone for remote troubleshooting so far.good to see im not the only one-ha

just some ideas for more tools that the forums could use perhaps?

Cheers
RonL