Just my .02 about the EMA show

Re: Just my .02 about the EMA show

Ray,

It was a pleasure to meet you and your wife. Honestly, I hope
that this will not be the last event that you attend with us. We would
love to see you again next year.

We are working very hard to convince EMA that our presence at
this year's show was a huge asset for them. Your remarks reaffirm
our position, and appreciate the mention.

Re: Just my .02 about the EMA show

Ray,

Like the vast majority of people here I had a great time at the HTF/EMA fest (even not counting all the great goody bags!). One of the few things that I regret was not being able to meet all the people I had intended to touch base with, such as yourself. As new owners of JVC DLA-RS1 FPs I wish we had some time to compare notes, etc. I was so busy rushing around to so many functions that I didn't even realize this until it was over. Please accept my apologies for not seeking you out.

One of the problems involved not having the flexibility of an opening and a closing HTF session where we could have all introduced ourselves to each other and then have some immediate feedback. I'm not blaming the organizers of this event. It was their first time at this and such gatherings will be included in future events of this type. The rush to set up the room and other factors played into this as well. Next time things will be a bit easier.

Are you, by any chance, heading out to CEDIA 2007 in Denver? A number of HTF staff will be in attendance as usual and if you happen to be there as well we definitely have to link up at some point. If not, then at a future HTF event.

Take care and enjoy your great projector!

Re: Just my .02 about the EMA show

I had exactly the same thought go through my mind. When I first heard of the "power user panel" I envisioned people like ourselves (who is more of a power user than someone with 5 HDTVs, 4 dual tuner HD DVRs, many thousands of titles, etc. etc. etc.?) And I looked forward to hearing what our fellow fanatics had to say. I was a bit surprised that the "power user" tag was all about using the various media outlets (video stores, Netflix, etc.) and not really about the hardware. But in retrospect I now see that since the audience was mostly Video Software dealers and such this was an appropriate panel. And I do think that the EMA might have been better served to have two panels - one involving power software users and one involving people like HTF members who are "power" HW and SW users in a more literal sense. Maybe next time. A guy like Leo LaPorte can certainly moderate a panel with a bit more of a technical emphasis, given his background.

I will say that one of the more enlightening things I heard came out of the so-called "Power Users" panel. Specifically, when the lady with the five kids and the new HDTV was asked which HD player format she was going with and she didn't even know that there was both Blu-ray and HD-DVD out there she stated something to the effect, "I own an HD-TV so I'll be getting an HD-DVD player. I don't want to have to buy a Blu-ray TV!" To me that really nailed the issue to a large extent. I'm willing to bet that the majority of ordinary folks have the same "understanding" of the format war. Like I said, that single statement underlined the whole "format" issue for me.


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