Comment On CEDIA By A Reader Since we posted our open letter to CEDIA we have recieved several emails and telephone calls. Kevin Wicks of Queensland wrote: CEDIA should be more accessible to members, potential new members, retailers, installers and the public, and a better structure for the event should (not must) be agreed to.
Why CEDIA Needs A Wake Up Call Open Letter I write with reference to the recent CEDIA event on the Gold Coast. After 5 years of dealing with CEDIA it is abundantly clear that you lack event marketing skills and the failure by CEDIA to invest in marketing is having a profound impact on both your members and the vendors who have supported you in the past.
UPDATED: CEDIA Expo Attendance Down UPDATED: CEDIA Australia claim that attendance at last week's CEDIA Expo on the Gold Coast was extraordinary, but a week after the show started they have refused to issue any attendance numbers, nor have they given ChannelNews answers to how they differentiate vendors who attended the show to exhibit at the event from genuine visitors.
5.1 Soundbars Set To Be Hot Hi Fi sound bars that deliver 5.1 channel sounds from a single device are set to be hot as several vendors roll out new offerings. Ideal for football or watching sporting events some of the new sound bars have up to 40 speakers.
Harvey Norman Scores Major AV Brand Coup Denon one of the hottest selling AV brands in the US is set to be sold in Harvey Norman after local distributor Audio Products Australia was put under pressure to sell the brand to mass market retailers.
Vendors Thin On The Ground At CEDIA Expo CEDIA Expo on the Gold Cost has kicked off with several vendors shunning the event in favour of next year?s Expo which is set to be held in Sydney.
Service Charges To Be Big Issue At CEDIA Expo How to charge for services is set to be a key issue with several CEDIA members admitting that they intend to look for answers at this year?s CEDIA Expo that kicks off on the Gold Coast on Thursday. A big reason for the services push say CEDIA members is the pending downturn in the market and a tightening of credit with specialist installers looking for new revenue streams.
2008 CEDIA Expo To Target End Users According to Steve Miller, CEDIA Executive Director, this years CEDIA Expo is designed to directly target the end users of home digital automation.
Porteo Shows You The Door The Porteo is the new, convenient way of getting doors to open effortlessly and then to safely close again. Automatically, quietly, reliably ? and at an attractive price.
HD PVR From Topfield The digital HD PVR supports ICE TV EPG supported via LAN/WLAN, Firmware update via LAN/WLAN and can record 2 programs simultaneously, as well as having the following features:
LCD Screens Big & Small At CEDIA this year, Qualifi will feature the latest LCD screens from Philips ? from the smallest to the biggest.
Super Size Display From Panasonic Panasonic?s 103-inch plasma panel is designed for any location where a super size display is needed to deliver maximum impact.
Opening A Pandora?s Box The straight fire Pandora barbecue, roasted, weighs in at 3kg; diameter 30 cm / height 5 cm), stent diameter (diameter 22 ~ 32 cm / high 7 cm)
Unleash Your Digital Life With MediaHub Niveus embraces digital content as part of the everyday lifestyle. Never before has viewing photos, listening to music, screening movies, or watching television been such an inviting and enjoyable experience.
Home Theatre For That Wall Of Sound The PMC wafer series of on-wall & in-wall monitor speakers will be launched at the Cedia Expo 2008 by Neotec Audio.
The fidelity of in-wall and on-wall loudspeakers has always suffered due to unavoidable design flaws? until now.
Putting The Home Automation Puzzle Together Visitors to CEDIA will not be able walk past Clipsal Integrated System?s display. Instead, they will find themselves walking through an impossible to miss 12 m x 16 m automated home.
Are You Being Media Served? The HAL range of Telly Media Servers from Total Q and Ozhifi were developed with U.S company Interact-TV and are the most competitive full functioning server products available in the market today.
LCD Projector With A View AB Image are the Viewsonic Pro AV Distributor for the Eastern Seaboard, and are launching the 2 following Viewsonic samples at the CEDIA expo.
2008 CEDIA Expo To Target End Users According to Steve Miller, CEDIA Executive Director, this years CEDIA Expo is designed to directly target the end users of home digital automation.
EXCLUSIVE: CEDIA To Move To Sydney In 2009 CEDIA is set to quit the Gold Coast and hold their 2009 Expo in Sydney at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre. The controversial move has been welcomed by CEDIA members who claim that the decision should have been made a long time ago.
CEDIA: Asia Pacific The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association is an organisation of experienced companies involved in the design and installation of electronic systems for the home.
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