Audience Response System Demand
Infocomm 2008 in Las Vegas (June 18-20) this year was hot, and not just because the temperature hit 107 degrees by 12:30 pm. From my vantage point, traffic seemed quite strong. In fact, Infocomm states that attendance was over 38,000 people, an increase of more that 5,000 over last year in LA.
I spent my time in ComTec’s booth of course, where we focused on Fleetwood’s audience response system hardware. In general, interest was extremely high in Reply Mini and Mini Plus. It was my first look at Mini Plus and I have to say, this product is going to be a winner. It’s due to launch this summer.
In my view, the fact that with the Reply Plus product line you can have a full featured keypad with an LCD, or a “smaller than credit card” sized keypad (no LCD) is huge. As a rental service provider I can fill any traditional customer need with this combination, providing either a power based or a price based solution. And in either case, I don’t forfeit quality.
Reflecting on the show, it struck me just how educated most potential buyers were. Most knew exactly what they were after, asking questions like “can this system support a 300 seat auditorium and avoid 2.4 GHZ wi-fi?”
It was also nice to see a number of industry friends who I haven’t seen in . . . well, too long. Padgett Communications hosted a cocktail party for “Friends of ComTec” who attended the show, and what a great time we had. Thanks Todd.
I spent my time in ComTec’s booth of course, where we focused on Fleetwood’s audience response system hardware. In general, interest was extremely high in Reply Mini and Mini Plus. It was my first look at Mini Plus and I have to say, this product is going to be a winner. It’s due to launch this summer.
In my view, the fact that with the Reply Plus product line you can have a full featured keypad with an LCD, or a “smaller than credit card” sized keypad (no LCD) is huge. As a rental service provider I can fill any traditional customer need with this combination, providing either a power based or a price based solution. And in either case, I don’t forfeit quality.
Reflecting on the show, it struck me just how educated most potential buyers were. Most knew exactly what they were after, asking questions like “can this system support a 300 seat auditorium and avoid 2.4 GHZ wi-fi?”
It was also nice to see a number of industry friends who I haven’t seen in . . . well, too long. Padgett Communications hosted a cocktail party for “Friends of ComTec” who attended the show, and what a great time we had. Thanks Todd.
Labels: audience, interactive, meetings, polling, response, system, systems, voting
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