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Birdguides BWPi (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter peteh
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Colin
Axeman (Retired)
Pete,
I vaguely remember that an attempt was made to get BWP onto CD/DVD a while ago and a product did appear in the market but it was very poor. I believe that the text was scanned and there were lots of incorrect letters in many words and that the pictures, maps etc turned out poor. It then seemed to disappear presumably because no one was buying it. I assume that this newly advertised DVD is of good quality. I would like to see a demo before I buy. As Bert says, maybe try it out at the bird fair in a few weeks time or try to fnd another place where it can be viewed.
I vaguely remember that an attempt was made to get BWP onto CD/DVD a while ago and a product did appear in the market but it was very poor. I believe that the text was scanned and there were lots of incorrect letters in many words and that the pictures, maps etc turned out poor. It then seemed to disappear presumably because no one was buying it. I assume that this newly advertised DVD is of good quality. I would like to see a demo before I buy. As Bert says, maybe try it out at the bird fair in a few weeks time or try to fnd another place where it can be viewed.
digi-birder
Well-known member
Colin, I think the one you're referring to was the one that BWP produced themselves.
The BirdGuides one was demonstrated at Rutland Bird Fair and it looks excellent. I'm not sure if they're going to Martin Mere.
The BirdGuides one was demonstrated at Rutland Bird Fair and it looks excellent. I'm not sure if they're going to Martin Mere.
Colin
Axeman (Retired)
Diane,
Yes, you have jogged my failing memory. It was BWP themselves. Haven't seen this one but I didn't want Pete to shell out if it was the duff one. Sounds a good price to me. Might investigate it myself. See what BirdForum has done to me now!!! - spending money. Gone all faint at the thought of opening my wallet :bounce:
Yes, you have jogged my failing memory. It was BWP themselves. Haven't seen this one but I didn't want Pete to shell out if it was the duff one. Sounds a good price to me. Might investigate it myself. See what BirdForum has done to me now!!! - spending money. Gone all faint at the thought of opening my wallet :bounce:
Andrew Rowlands
Well-known member
Hi all,
The BWP cd's were very good ......... if they installed properly! Perhaps something to do with Borland databases running on Micro$oft systems? Mine, (@ £99?) not installed since recent reinstall of Windoze, so I will have to rely on (dodgy) memory, had all spp. that occur in the WP; some vagrants restricted to the type/plumage that had occurred here; therefore only a paragraph or two for some. I thought it was good value, though for the amount of detail on most species.
Andy.
The BWP cd's were very good ......... if they installed properly! Perhaps something to do with Borland databases running on Micro$oft systems? Mine, (@ £99?) not installed since recent reinstall of Windoze, so I will have to rely on (dodgy) memory, had all spp. that occur in the WP; some vagrants restricted to the type/plumage that had occurred here; therefore only a paragraph or two for some. I thought it was good value, though for the amount of detail on most species.
Andy.
A word of caution Peteh, i paid £150, for birdguides DVD rom to all the birds of europe, after a year it just stopped working, i worked out in the year it had been in use about 10 hours.
tried to get some help from birdguides but no joy so i am left with an expensive ashtray.
tried to get some help from birdguides but no joy so i am left with an expensive ashtray.
Geoff Brown
Well-known member
By co-incidence I got a catalogue from them this morning, although I did not ask for it. I think their DVD guide to British Birds for £49. 95 seems more up to my abilities. It still has over 700 video clips covering every species, nearly 500 recording of songs and calls, over 700 illustrations, and almost 400 distribution maps and over 3000 screens of text as well as a list of the best sites in Britain to see over 100 rarer species. Also available as a two disc Cd rom set for £39. 95. Each order is + £1.99 p & p.
brianfellows
Member
The BWP CDRom is excellent and I use it regularly. I also have the Birdguides DVD All The Birds of Europe also very good. Put the two together and you must have something very very good.
Brian
Brian
I also have been using the Birdguides DVD All The Birds of Europe (ver 7) as a brilliant guide for some while. I have given details in another thread on mounting the entire DVD (or CDs - depending on your version) onto the hard drive of the computer and running it from there. It becomes much more user friendly. It also solve the problem of having to back up DVDs in case of failure (as per Cuddy's post).
Still wondering about the BWPi version!
Still wondering about the BWPi version!
digi-birder
Well-known member
ivewalmer said:
No. It's a couple of quid dearer.
All
If you're a registered user of Birdguides All The Birds of Europe DVD or CD-rom, The BWPi is available for £140!!
THe same goes if your are the registered user of BWP cd's.
I have both but am still going to buy BWPi. More money than sense, or was it no money and no sense!!
paj
If you're a registered user of Birdguides All The Birds of Europe DVD or CD-rom, The BWPi is available for £140!!
THe same goes if your are the registered user of BWP cd's.
I have both but am still going to buy BWPi. More money than sense, or was it no money and no sense!!
pajdigi-birder said:
Colin said:
BWP has been on CD for at least 4 years to my knowledge! Nothing poor about it runs perfectly on a machine that does not have any programmes that conflicts with it. Also due to it being on 3 CD's its a pain changing disks. Although nowadays the second, 2 can be copied to the HD so you don't need to keep changing disks! or have more than 2 CD/DVD drives common now but not when the original BWP came out.
A DVD might be an improvement doubt it, the reason is that a DVD holds more info that's all!
I'll stick with the original
BI info etc 'aint changed the much!Os
peteh said:
Quite how you come to a figure of £1,100 price for Western P's books, I don't know
I've plenty of accurately informed books covering this region costing less. Unless you're talking about the "official" BWP books? Plenty of mistakes in the books and could/will be include on the DVD as on the original BWP CD and books.Also have the original BWP cd's. I won't be tempted. When in the field I don't want to lug a computer around
Os
DaveD
Well-known member
BirdGuides Customer Support
A quick message for Cuddy and anyone else requiring support a BirdGuides CD-ROM or DVD-ROM (sorry for the long delay but I've only just seen Pete's posting).
We offer free Customer Support by phone (for the cost of a local call only) on 0870 011 9803, by email at [email protected], or online at www.birdguides.com/support
If a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM is damaged or otherwise defective we'll happily issue a free replacement (in most cases and, in the case of older versions, assuming we still have replacement stock available). If a problem arises because of (e.g.) an operating system upgrade we'll do what we can to get it working again.
Regards
Dave Dunford
BirdGuides webmaster
cuddy said:
A quick message for Cuddy and anyone else requiring support a BirdGuides CD-ROM or DVD-ROM (sorry for the long delay but I've only just seen Pete's posting).
We offer free Customer Support by phone (for the cost of a local call only) on 0870 011 9803, by email at [email protected], or online at www.birdguides.com/support
If a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM is damaged or otherwise defective we'll happily issue a free replacement (in most cases and, in the case of older versions, assuming we still have replacement stock available). If a problem arises because of (e.g.) an operating system upgrade we'll do what we can to get it working again.
Regards
Dave Dunford
BirdGuides webmaster
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