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Searching for a Decent Scanner?

Posted by Cliff on from the what-would-you-recommend dept.

Stumped about Scanners asks: "My little sister's scanner is acting up, so she's in the market for a new one. However, the software she wishes to use it with (some funkadelic 'music OCR' thing that lets you scan sheet music and transforms it automagically into MIDI files) claims that it doesn't work too well with HP scanners. And, truth be told, I've never known much about which scanners are good and which are crap. So, which scanners lately are decent? Which are crap? I know that DPI matters very little (just like it does in printers)-- it's quality that matters. Could the SlashDot community provide some info on which scanners (some from HP and some not from HP) are decent? Are there any quasi-reputable sites (a la Tom's Hardware?) that have reviews on such things?"

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  1. I know a site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    it's called "Google"

    That's really all that needs to be said about this.

  2. Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I thought we outsource all that menial clerical stuff to India?

  3. STFW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    search the fucking web.

    seriously, since when did slashdot start doing community homework?

  4. I have an idea by RamboIII · · Score: -1, Troll
    Let's see how many dumb-ass questions we can ask of slashdot, and divide them by the number of Karma-Whoring assholes that can come up with a 'nifty" answer. When we get the answer, that's how many "good" scanners there are out there for your sister, buddy.

    Sorry folks, I'm just tired of this.

    --
    Time is comparison of movement to other movement.
  5. Re:Can SlashDot ;-) people please recommend by CynicalGuy · · Score: 0, Troll

    A site that actually has News for Nerds and Stuff that Matters ?

    sheesh this place is getting lame...

    I get most of my news from Digg.com now... Usually a few days before it hits slashdot.

    Anymore on slashdot, I mostly just troll and call people retarded. Oddly, it's actually gotten me better karma and more fans..