First I want to thank everyone that helped make this happen..
AVS Forum for the venue to all meet...and report back results
KBK for Goo products to be made up and trusting a rookie screen finisher
also for getting the chance to meet someone that I can learn invaluable insights into many varied aspects of this "fun" stuff.... and just being a very likeable person... satelite hd feed his .5 projector.....etc etc etc etc
Mark Kaye came early... and was a great helper at the actual event... and took good care of property that was given to me direct from the manufacturers..
Eric Chong ...for supplying the cabling that was invaluable and for assistance setting up..
Mississippi Man for helping ride shotgun on the pickup truck delivering products...setting up ... and some lively conversation. lining up the products and making up screen etc etc..
Andy with his JVC Dila projector... it appears alot of people enjoyed it.
All the people that actually brought the projectors as promised...
I dont know how to constructively state my disappointment in receiving an email the night before just before 12 midnight....and for those that didnt show up at all.... In an effort not to dissappoint (just in case) I called went out of the way to get an NEC 260... and also a Epson TW100...
BigJim for making up nametags.. and his wife for dealing with our loonies...
The Manufacturers
Infocus for the X1 ...
Studio experience for the SE20
NEC for the LT 260 ... in a days notice
Epson for the TW100 ... in a days notice
Goo for the .5
Dalite for 3 full screens on a one phone call
Dazian for all the blackout material on the windows..this fabric is great...the screen materials....check out their website for curtains and specialty fabrics
Stewart for providing the greyhawk and firehawk sample
Goo for the Goo screen coatings
Parklands Plastic for two full 5 * 10 sheets (I am going to see what a skid of these will be worth to bring over if anyone is interested)
I will fill in the blanks on an edit...
I want to say thanks to everyone that showed up.... Hopefully you all had a good time and wouldnt mind some feedback for the next one. Unfortunately as some did not show I will have to make up a fee structure ... sort of like a penalty for not showing up...maybe pay up front and get your money back when you arrive. If you have any feedback you would like to share please do so ... [email protected]
Hopefully the pics can be shown here on this post...
I will post the actual form people filled out at the shootout.
Some people stated that they were newbies and did not feel confident enough to fill out the ratings sheets....
Due to the fact that I stated I was a reseller and dealer for some (most) of the products that were coming I did not want to bias opinion on the products that were at the event. I also did not think it was appropriate to spend time discussing pricing etc... as this would have eaten into viewing time as we already seemed to be eye strained from looking at the same source.
Sorry for the products that did not show up... I did up the two rooms and the lineups got completely skewed as a result. If anyone is still interested in these other products let me know and I can set something up with a smaller venue for viewing as the promised as I have these available... I am going to review the new Benq projector as well so that may interest people.
As far as screens go ... I have already determined that I may work out something with Parklands Plastic to Canada with some Goo in the middle of the box... If there is enough interest let me know again @ [email protected] ....
For locals give me some heads up and we can discuss the use of my gravity gun HVLP... and compressor...
Gotta go get a haircut... and take care of some non fun stuff... look forward to hearing more...feedback
Thanks again..... everyone was great... sorry I didnt get to meet you all but I think we should do this again. It will be much easier the next time around and unfortunately I will not be able to rely on other people to bring product and will just get the product from my direct contact with manufacturers.... Easier to plan... Easier to set up in advance... and my nerves wont be sticking out of my neck waiting for a projector to arrive.
Rob
AVS Forum for the venue to all meet...and report back results
KBK for Goo products to be made up and trusting a rookie screen finisher
also for getting the chance to meet someone that I can learn invaluable insights into many varied aspects of this "fun" stuff.... and just being a very likeable person... satelite hd feed his .5 projector.....etc etc etc etc
Mark Kaye came early... and was a great helper at the actual event... and took good care of property that was given to me direct from the manufacturers..
Eric Chong ...for supplying the cabling that was invaluable and for assistance setting up..
Mississippi Man for helping ride shotgun on the pickup truck delivering products...setting up ... and some lively conversation. lining up the products and making up screen etc etc..
Andy with his JVC Dila projector... it appears alot of people enjoyed it.
All the people that actually brought the projectors as promised...
I dont know how to constructively state my disappointment in receiving an email the night before just before 12 midnight....and for those that didnt show up at all.... In an effort not to dissappoint (just in case) I called went out of the way to get an NEC 260... and also a Epson TW100...
BigJim for making up nametags.. and his wife for dealing with our loonies...
The Manufacturers
Infocus for the X1 ...
Studio experience for the SE20
NEC for the LT 260 ... in a days notice
Epson for the TW100 ... in a days notice
Goo for the .5
Dalite for 3 full screens on a one phone call
Dazian for all the blackout material on the windows..this fabric is great...the screen materials....check out their website for curtains and specialty fabrics
Stewart for providing the greyhawk and firehawk sample
Goo for the Goo screen coatings
Parklands Plastic for two full 5 * 10 sheets (I am going to see what a skid of these will be worth to bring over if anyone is interested)
I will fill in the blanks on an edit...
I want to say thanks to everyone that showed up.... Hopefully you all had a good time and wouldnt mind some feedback for the next one. Unfortunately as some did not show I will have to make up a fee structure ... sort of like a penalty for not showing up...maybe pay up front and get your money back when you arrive. If you have any feedback you would like to share please do so ... [email protected]
Hopefully the pics can be shown here on this post...
I will post the actual form people filled out at the shootout.
Some people stated that they were newbies and did not feel confident enough to fill out the ratings sheets....
Due to the fact that I stated I was a reseller and dealer for some (most) of the products that were coming I did not want to bias opinion on the products that were at the event. I also did not think it was appropriate to spend time discussing pricing etc... as this would have eaten into viewing time as we already seemed to be eye strained from looking at the same source.
Sorry for the products that did not show up... I did up the two rooms and the lineups got completely skewed as a result. If anyone is still interested in these other products let me know and I can set something up with a smaller venue for viewing as the promised as I have these available... I am going to review the new Benq projector as well so that may interest people.
As far as screens go ... I have already determined that I may work out something with Parklands Plastic to Canada with some Goo in the middle of the box... If there is enough interest let me know again @ [email protected] ....
For locals give me some heads up and we can discuss the use of my gravity gun HVLP... and compressor...
Gotta go get a haircut... and take care of some non fun stuff... look forward to hearing more...feedback
Thanks again..... everyone was great... sorry I didnt get to meet you all but I think we should do this again. It will be much easier the next time around and unfortunately I will not be able to rely on other people to bring product and will just get the product from my direct contact with manufacturers.... Easier to plan... Easier to set up in advance... and my nerves wont be sticking out of my neck waiting for a projector to arrive.
Rob