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janknepper · April 20, 2011, 07:43 AM

>> They sell their software CD-ROM for $250 which is a bit steep, any decent web programmer could replicate something similar. <<

A "web programmer" would not know where to begin. They could make an alike mock-up of the screen, but the technology to process the camera feed, locate the laser beam hit is not something they generally if ever deal with.

Software for $250 is cheap. Especially if it works well.

Given the hardware and the hardware specs I probably could write the software for something alike this.

Check the following links for systems alike the BeamHit 190:
http://laserlyte.com/Laser_Training_...LT-1/LT-1.html
http://laserlyte.com/Laser_Training_...RO/LT-PRO.html
http://laserlyte.com/Laser_Training_...B-1/TLB-1.html

http://www.laserdevices.com/index.cf...aster_Z_23.htm

One could buy:
LASER TRAINING TARGET TLB-1 MSRP: $199.95
PISTOL LASER TRAINER LT-PRO MSRP: $99.95
And spend a total of ~$300.00

However, does that truly give the "same" as the BeamHit 190? I guess that depends on personal preference and expectations.

April 20, 2011, 07:43 AM	#5
janknepper Junior Member Join Date: April 20, 2011 Posts: 1	>> They sell their software CD-ROM for $250 which is a bit steep, any decent web programmer could replicate something similar. << A "web programmer" would not know where to begin. They could make an alike mock-up of the screen, but the technology to process the camera feed, locate the laser beam hit is not something they generally if ever deal with. Software for $250 is cheap. Especially if it works well. Given the hardware and the hardware specs I probably could write the software for something alike this. Check the following links for systems alike the BeamHit 190: http://laserlyte.com/Laser_Training_...LT-1/LT-1.html http://laserlyte.com/Laser_Training_...RO/LT-PRO.html http://laserlyte.com/Laser_Training_...B-1/TLB-1.html http://www.laserdevices.com/index.cf...aster_Z_23.htm One could buy: LASER TRAINING TARGET TLB-1 MSRP: $199.95 PISTOL LASER TRAINER LT-PRO MSRP: $99.95 And spend a total of ~$300.00 However, does that truly give the "same" as the BeamHit 190? I guess that depends on personal preference and expectations.