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OneEyedKing (Posted on 03/12/10, 01:33 AM)
The “Call Your Rep” advice is a waste of time. Your Rep didn’t do anything to stop it and now he isn’t your rep. Good luck getting him to spend time taking care of someone who isn’t his problem.
OneEyedKing (Posted on 03/12/10, 01:30 AM)
This is silly an an example of how bad things have actually gotten at AMX. Would you wager that 700 dealers didnt meet the $25k minimum for the first time last year? Or would you say that AMX has been carrying “dead weight” for…
39 Cent Stamp (Posted on 03/12/10, 01:16 AM)
Awesome article Julie and Aaron! Aaron tweets great tutorials all the time. I don’t even bother looking for tutorials anymore because Aaron has them all listed @ http://twitter.com/NTDesigner…
Nathan (Posted on 03/11/10, 10:42 PM)
I missed this article and glad that I found it. I feel this is one of the important elements that many of the CEDIA dealers have forgotten. When we began this industry many of the products and services we provided were custom, different and…
Anuya (Posted on 03/11/10, 08:49 PM)
Most existing cellular alarm communicators—used largely as backup in the event a land line is cut or otherwise inoperable—are based on AMPS, the analog phone system standard introduced in the Americas during the early..patek…
MCE INTEGRATOR (Posted on 03/11/10, 03:24 PM)
GRRRR. Many possible explanations. Hope they will release as scheduled. It’s been a long time coming! Tim C. what do you know about this?
Julie Jacobson (Posted on 03/11/10, 03:17 PM)
I do have some reservations about the CEDIA/Parks survey, which surveyed only 134 integrators .... and integrators from a relatively skewed pool of CEDIA dealers—generally the higher end integrators. I believe our own survey…
John Nemesh (Posted on 03/11/10, 12:42 PM)
gen-x, if 50” is too small for you, Panasonic is releasing a 65” set, Vizio has a 72” coming out, and we will see larger sets with 3D by fall. Personally, I think most people will happy with 50” of 3D goodness,…
gen-x (Posted on 03/11/10, 12:35 PM)
I do not see it as negative posting, I see it as an unfavorable opinion towards corporations shoving their advertising down our throats. Just because you are for or against something doesn’t mean you are negative or positive. Besides…
Brent (Posted on 03/11/10, 11:01 AM)
I really do not understand all the negative wait and see, no content, etc, positions. Certainly if you’re not currently in the market for an HDTV you wouldn’t want to run out and buy one just because it’s 3D. But if…
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