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Catalogues on CD
These have begun to appear in recent years and I am wondering what
members think of them. For myself, I think they should be searchable, printable (with colour images), navigable (easy to look up a given stamp) and browsable. What features do YOU consider essential or desirable? The Pipex account is dead. so to contact me direct use: Douglas |
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"Douglas Myall" wrote in message
... These have begun to appear in recent years and I am wondering what members think of them. For myself, I think they should be searchable, printable (with colour images), navigable (easy to look up a given stamp) and browsable. What features do YOU consider essential or desirable? The Pipex account is dead. so to contact me direct use: Douglas Less expensive. For example Zumstein costs 3 to 4 times more on CD than printed. I understand that on CD there are eventually more data and that they are eventually easier accessible, but their production is less expensive than of the printed versions. -- Victor Manta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://www.pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/ Romania by Stamps: http://www.marci-postale.com/ Communism on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/communism/ Spanish North Africa: http://www.values.ch/sna-site/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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I have my own method. I check with the local library and find out when
the reference room is discarding last year's catalogues and replacing them with this years. I just bought all 6 books of the 2003 Scott's for $6. I thought that was a pretty good buy. |
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I can only speak of the Scotts cats, and the features you mention are
sound. The one thing I do not like about them is the lack of portability, unless one has a laptop. If all your work is done at home and you don't expect to need portability, then they are a viable option. After looking at the Scott US Specialized, I opted to stick with paper, even if my old ones are B&W, not color. John Douglas Myall wrote: These have begun to appear in recent years and I am wondering what members think of them. For myself, I think they should be searchable, printable (with colour images), navigable (easy to look up a given stamp) and browsable. What features do YOU consider essential or desirable? The Pipex account is dead. so to contact me direct use: Douglas |
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"John DeBoo" wrote in message ... I can only speak of the Scotts cats, and the features you mention are sound. The one thing I do not like about them is the lack of portability, unless one has a laptop. If all your work is done at home and you don't expect to need portability, then they are a viable option. After looking at the Scott US Specialized, I opted to stick with paper, even if my old ones are B&W, not color. John Douglas Myall wrote: These have begun to appear in recent years and I am wondering what members think of them. For myself, I think they should be searchable, printable (with colour images), navigable (easy to look up a given stamp) and browsable. What features do YOU consider essential or desirable? The Pipex account is dead. so to contact me direct use: Douglas OK so it would be a good idea to make the CD copyable, e.g., to one's laptop or hard disk. I find it surprising that one would also want the paper copy if one could print anything from it, especially as it would be in colour whereas a paper copy probably would not. On another tack, I certainly would not expect to pay the same for a CD and a printed copy. Moreover, the postage on a CD is much less than that for a heavy book. Also, with a CD there is no turning of pages and no wear and tear in use. Douglas |
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Douglas Myall wrote : OK so it would be a good idea to make the CD copyable, e.g., to one's laptop or hard disk. Douglas, It is perfectly feasible : the Philatelix (Dallay) CDs (for France, Monaco, ...) I mention in another post are perfectly copyable on one's hard disk. When you first install the CD, you may use it 30 times only. But you obtain a private key number which depends on the serial number of your own computer. Then you mail this private key together with the serial number of the CD to the designer of the software. Within hours, he sends you back an activation key which unlocks the software. (This to prevent illegal copies) With this product, I just have to click on the icon on my "desk" and 2 seconds after, the catalog is open. -- All the best, Pierre Courtiade courtiade at free dot fr |
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"Douglas Myall" wrote in message
... OK so it would be a good idea to make the CD copyable, e.g., to one's laptop or hard disk. Very easy to do. Lots of software programs exist to do this. Does Scott prevent the user from installing the CD completely on the Hard Drive? If so, that sucks. The software by Mario installs the images to ND so you dont' need to bother inserting a CD if you dont' want to. |
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Douglas Myall wrote:
snip OK so it would be a good idea to make the CD copyable, e.g., to one's laptop or hard disk. You can probably do that now although I didn't try with the one CD I borrowed. I'f you've lots of HD space its an option. I find it surprising that one would also want the paper copy if one could print anything from it, especially as it would be in colour whereas a paper copy probably would not. Color is important oftimes, especially if the prices is the same or less, however B&W isn't that bad either. Don't forget that if you scratch the CD the entire thing is kaput (provided you did not make a BU or copy to the HD)! If you lose a page from your catalog it's simply one page. Cat doesn't require a power source either. On another tack, I certainly would not expect to pay the same for a CD and a printed copy. Moreover, the postage on a CD is much less than that for a heavy book. Very true, however companies will feel the value is greater given the sheer amount of data onthe CD or DVD and will price accordingly. Whatever the market will bearsigh. Also, with a CD there is no turning of pages and no wear and tear in use. Continual swapping out of CD's in the tray and jewel case will cause them to scratch and go turtle much sooner than a book will by turning its pages. John |
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I have Scott's, Yvert and a couple of others,
and I hardly use them. I still prefer hard copy for cataloguing. I find them a little irritating to navigate, the scans borderline. They seem to be caught between a rock and a hard place for the production of scans, and the protection of copying them. I like my scans at least 400dpi. I still revert to my own limited e-album, where the early scans are poor, but I also catalogue and build, stories and legends behind the issues catalogued with Gibbons numbers. When I pass on, someone will have a good read perhaps "Douglas Myall" wrote in message ... | These have begun to appear in recent years and I am wondering what | members think of them. For myself, I think they should be searchable, | printable (with colour images), navigable (easy to look up a given | stamp) and browsable. What features do YOU consider essential or | desirable? | | The Pipex account is dead. so to contact me direct use: | | | Douglas | |
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Rodney wrote :
I have Scott's, Yvert and a couple of others, and I hardly use them. I still prefer hard copy for cataloguing. I find them a little irritating to navigate, the scans borderline. They seem to be caught between a rock and a hard place for the production of scans, and the protection of copying them. I like my scans at least 400dpi. ............. Rod, I have Scott for Australia Yvert, Cérès and Dallay/Philatelix for France Dallay/Philatelix for Monaco, Andorras (Fr & Spanish) and French Antarctic Territories. Like you, Rodney, I prefer hard copy catalogs for cataloguing. But I do use the CDs extensively to search for stamps, knowing only some words written on the stamp, or the face value, or the designer /engraver of the stamp. Scott, Cérès and above all Yvert have *very* limited search capabilities, while Philatelix is a very nicely designed and user friendly sofware. Above that, scans in Philatelix are at a very high definition (~ 600 dpi) May be, one day, they will issue a Philatelix for Australia ??? ;-) -- All the best, Pierre Courtiade courtiade at free dot fr |
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