Donna,
I reckon I will look at other displays. After hearing about the
changes in technology in new displays I know I can't settle for an Edge
even though I liked its simplicity. Sounds like you may have to give
yours away. Someone on a different list is selling his 2-month old Edge
for about half its original cost.
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On 4/28/2018 5:59 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
ET,
So far as I know. I bought directly from them. For best info on this I
suggest you email David Bradburn. The only email I have for him is
dbradb...@baumusa.com <mailto:dbradb...@baumusa.com>. Alternatively,
you could reach out to him on the VU list. I believe he still reads it.
Cheers,
Donna
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Donna,
You mean, Baum USA was the only vendor? That changes things. That is
indeed unfortunate. I will look into the new Focus and learn more.
Appreciate your input.
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ET,
You cannot purchase them new. You would have to find someone who
wants to sell theres, which is why I suggested the VU list.
Cheers,
Donna
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Mary and Jason,
Good question on availability. I will need to look into that.
The new Focus sounds interesting. In general how well has the
Focus line held up? That auto scroll feature is intriguing. I may
see if I can get one to look at.
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On 4/28/2018 9:35 AM, Mary Otten wrote:
Can you even still purchase a v u? I didn’t think baum USA, which
is now out of business, even had any stock left. It’s a great
display with a big learning curve. I would really seriously look at
the new generation focus if I were you. It has multiple devices
capability and will have some notetaking capability later this
year. A friend of mine just got one and says it’s very well-built,
and he really likes it a lot.
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On Apr 28, 2018, at 9:31 AM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com
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Donna,
Good feedback. When I first got the Edge I was impressed with
it. But I think HIMS moves on rather too quickly and legacy
products pile up. I think the last update is from 2015.
There is no end to the learning curve so since you anticipated
my desire to join a VU list, I just joined! Thanks for that.
I do like the multiple Bluetooth concept. I found the user guide
too so will go through it over the next week or so.
Perhaps someone will take over Baum. If that happens, lets hope
it does not decrease in quality of product and support.
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Hey ET,
I currently own both those displays--I replaced my Edge with the
VU, and was never able to sell my Edge.
This is a really hard question to answer. Erik is right, the
bankruptcy issue with Baum has real nightmare potential.
Currently David Bradburn is providing some repair support, but
he's doing it as a side-gig. The only tech support is the VU
list. It's a lot of knowledgeable and very helpful folks, but
that's not the same as getting tech support from the company.
That said, the VU is the best display I've ever owned. The
Braille Edge frankly doesn't even come close. I'm not sure what
happened with the Edge. It has lots of coolness potential, but
it's like HIMS started to develop it and then just stopped. It
has all these function keys, for example, but most of them don't
do much. The apps are also very limited. It has a sort of
minimal word processor and file manager, and a calculator, but
it's all kind of like something you'd find on an old flip phone.
The VU has a nice word processor with separate file manager, a
PDF reader, and an Excel spreadsheet viewer. And as Erik pointed
out, can connect to multiple bluetooth devices.
The VU also has by far the nicer form factor. It's funny, when
the Edge came out it felt relatively small, but it is very heavy
and blocky compared to the VU, which is small, and light, and sleek.
The VU has a significantly higher learning curve, but I wouldn't
imagine that that would be an issue for you.
One last thing to think about is that with the Edge, you transfer
files onto it with an SD card, which is pretty dated. With the
VU, you can transfer either via USB drive or you can connect it
directly to a PC, and it functions as a stand-alone drive.
Unfortunately, that feature does not work on the Mac.
So, that's the sum of my wisdom on the subject. The VU is by far
the better display, but it depends on whether you want to get
involved with the Baum situation. Were it me, I'd probably still
go for the VU, it's just that much better. But I can certainly
understand someone not wanting to take that risk. If you want to
try and track down a VU, I'd suggest joining the list and asking
there. The URL to subscribe is:
varioultra-reque...@freelists.org
<mailto:varioultra-reque...@freelists.org>. Put Subscribe in the
subject line. If you have any other questions, I'm happy to try
and answer them.
Cheers,
Donna
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I have the opportunity to replace my Braille Edge. Donna, I
hope you will chime in.
I can choose just about anything but will limit my choice to
either another Edge or the Vario Ultra 40. Given that Baum is in
bankruptcy, the question is then what about tech support. Is the
Vario Ultra still a good bet?
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