Chad's Crappy Corner and a brand new theme for November.

Chad polled our loyal (and much appreciated) Patreons and asked what theme they would like to see for November. They picked: “Chad's Gadget Warehouse”. Old stuff Chad still has! And for his first Chad's Crappy Corner Chad picked the Olympus W-10!

Chad said he got his Olympus W-10 when he went to middle school. He was about 13 years old at the time. This Olympus W-10 had a feature I never heard of before in a pocket recorder. It had a built-in camera! Chad said the pictures were pretty grainy and during the show  he looked up the specs. Wow, it had an amazing .03 pixel camera! Lucky it took pictures at all with resolution that low. It was about $60 way back then, but can still be found on Ebay. Chad posted a link below with more about the Olympus and this some of what the amazing W-10 could do.

The W-10 is a digital voice recorder with a built-in digital camera. The camera has a four-element, 6.5 mm f2.8 glass lens and shoots in VGA (640 x 480) resolution. The support software for the W-10 is Olympus Voice Album. Using this software, the W-10 can also be used as a PC camera with a one-second refresh rate. Clicking on a frame saves it in the software. Olympus Voice Album can also be used to associate image and audio files with one another. This makes it possible to create Visual Index points in audio files, attach audio notes to image files, and narrate slideshows of captured images. The W-10 is supported by Windows® 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, and Windows XP Home Edition. The W-10 is not compatible with Windows XP Professional x64 or Windows Vista™. The W-10 is not compatible with Macintosh™ operating systems because the WAVE audio format is not supported by Macintosh platforms.

You can still find the Olympus W-10 on ebay here for under $28 (as of 11/5/2015): http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/261806485306?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82

See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/1543