Dispatches from the Home Theater Cruise
The Home Theater Cruise's high-def debates on the high seas left a good impression on columnist John Caldwell.
My wife and I recently attended the 6th annual Home Theater Cruise aboard the largest cruise liner in the world, Royal Caribbean's opulent Freedom of the Seas. Along with approximately 300 home theater enthusiasts, manufacturers, reps, dealers and various luminaries and industry experts we cruised the eastern Caribbean for seven days in search of sun, fun and home theater treasure.
Since its inception in 2002, I've been curious as to what goes on at one of these cruises and why anyone would want to spend a fair sum of money on such an event. My preconception was something analogous to a Star Trek convention mixed with your wife's bad high school reunion.
I couldn't have been more wrong.
The cruise struck the right balance between fun, timely and useful information, great live demonstrations, illuminating discussions and dialog. Most important, it was relevant. The consumer attendees were genuine people with a sincere interest, and for many, shared a love of all things home theater. What surprised me was that all the consumer attendees had a fairly significant investment in one or two theaters of their own. In one case, one gent had three home theaters. This was a pretty well-healed bunch indeed.
To find out more about John's adventurous on the high-def seas, check out http://www.electronichouse.com/artic...heater_cruise/
The Home Theater Cruise's high-def debates on the high seas left a good impression on columnist John Caldwell.
My wife and I recently attended the 6th annual Home Theater Cruise aboard the largest cruise liner in the world, Royal Caribbean's opulent Freedom of the Seas. Along with approximately 300 home theater enthusiasts, manufacturers, reps, dealers and various luminaries and industry experts we cruised the eastern Caribbean for seven days in search of sun, fun and home theater treasure.
Since its inception in 2002, I've been curious as to what goes on at one of these cruises and why anyone would want to spend a fair sum of money on such an event. My preconception was something analogous to a Star Trek convention mixed with your wife's bad high school reunion.
I couldn't have been more wrong.
The cruise struck the right balance between fun, timely and useful information, great live demonstrations, illuminating discussions and dialog. Most important, it was relevant. The consumer attendees were genuine people with a sincere interest, and for many, shared a love of all things home theater. What surprised me was that all the consumer attendees had a fairly significant investment in one or two theaters of their own. In one case, one gent had three home theaters. This was a pretty well-healed bunch indeed.
To find out more about John's adventurous on the high-def seas, check out http://www.electronichouse.com/artic...heater_cruise/
