Re: NEC SmartHome Show

["Rob Lamb" <those@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We were sitting through the same seminar then! Cable, cable, CABLE!

Rob

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, mark <mark@m...> wrote:
>
> I was at the show today (thursday) and overall thought it was a
great
> effort and worthy of a visit to see all the toys.   Very busy,
lots of
> people.     Most exhibitors are offering either plasmas/screens,
> multi-room or Windows MCE devices.  You have too look much deeper
to see
> the broader picture.
>
> (Also, "they" have cloned "M" (Mark McCall) with
some {yet to be
> disclosed} automated cloning machine, as I was sure I saw him
wandering
> the aisles on a couple of occasions!)
>
> The seminar I attended was embarrassingly bad.  The Multi-Room
> technology  presentations at 1:30pm.    A good indicator for the
future
> of automation I guess is that the lectures were overflowing, even
with
> people standing around the outside to see the presentations.
The
> presenters seemed to be presenting amongst themselves with little
regard
> for the poor audience!  As a previous message
said "opinionated".    I
> could understand them dumbing-down to gain wider appeal, but it
was
> completely lacking in content in my opinion.    I sat near the
front, so
> couldn't easily get up and leave!   Vague statements included "be
> careful in selecting supplier"......"many so-called
multi-room
systems
> here at the show are not what they seem!"....."forget
Windows MCE
as a
> sound-server / source - would you trust your music to Bill
Gates?".
> Putting Bill Gates to one side, if I was an exhibitor at the show,
I'd
> be really pissed-off at the messages coming out of
this "technology"
> discussion/presentation - it was certainly not fair and unbiased
and put
> the fear of god into anyone ready to invest in a system.
>
> The teaming of the show with the homebuilding show works really
well.
> I'm interested in self-build, so that helps.  Once you are in the
hall,
> you can wander freely between the smarthome show, the bar, the
> homebuilding show and back again.
>
> Finally, one tip.    Wickes have a demo-theatre at the end of Hall
12.
> They are handing out 10%-off discount cards valid on everything in-
store
> till end of May and you can use the card as many times as you
want.  no
> connection etc....
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
> p.s. Check out the lectures, but sit at the back!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Neil Fuller wrote:
>
> > Personally, I found it difficult to stay awake during the first
> > presentation
> > and gave up soon after!!
> >
> > Got there at 10:00 and had seen almost everything by about
11:30. Many of
> > the stands were staffed by sales bimbos who looked blank when
asked any
> > technical questions. Notable exceptions were Comfort and Simply
Automate.
> >
> > IMHO, not worth the drive from Guildford, even with a look
around the
> > Housebuilding show.
> >
> > However, if you are currently planning a selfbuild, you'll love
it.
> >
> > For the weekend crew, I'm sure the highlight will be the meal -
Let the
> > battle commence!
> >
> > I did find myself wandering around, looking at people with
beards (and
> > maybe
> > a belly :-o ) thinking "I wonder if he's a UKHA'er".
How about
some
> > kind of
> > discrete "badge"  (a carnation behind the ear
perhaps!!!) to let
> > others know
> > that you're around. On second thoughts, how about a sticky label
> > saying "I
> > know Otto-mate"!
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Neil
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rob Lamb" <those@t...>
> > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:14 PM
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: NEC SmartHome Show
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Just got back from the show. Good to see lots of stuff up
close like
> > > the web brick and of course Mark's stand! Some of the
seminar
> > > presenters were VERY opinionated - were more interested in
their kit
> > > than a balanced veiw of the various ways to acheive the end
result.
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mark McCall"
<lists@a...>
wrote:
> > >> Well, the show starts today!
> > >>
> > >> I will be there from around 10am tomorrow (as long as
flights
are on
> > > time).
> > >>
> > >> There's nothing formal arranged for the meals on Friday
or
Saturday
> > > nights
> > >> ut if you are attending and want to meet up I have
diverted
my YAC
> > > number
> > >> (always available from the "Contacts" page on
automated Home -
7092
> > > 177990)
> > >> to my mobile for the weekend.
> > >>
> > >> See you there!
> > >>
> > >> M.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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