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Electrosonic SA’s buzzing stand
Abrie du Plooy and Eugene Coetzee
(Electrosonic SA)
watering with the crisp Full HD images and high
contrast delivered by a full array backlit LED light
source. Both products offer 24/7 warranties and
built-in redundancy to create an ideal solution for
mission critical control rooms and public display
requirements. An added Crestron touch panel
and processor created a graphic dashboard for
the user to orchestrate the required demands.
As far as projectors are concerned, we
demonstrated NEC’s Full HD PA500U with 5000
ANSI lumens, the PX750U, with its beastlike 7500
ANSI lumens and a smaller UM280Wi ultra-short
throw projector with the eBeam add-on to turn
any surface into an interactive display, which
sparked much interest from representatives from
schools and universities.
As we all know, no projector can fully deliver a
quality image without a projection screen at the
other end, and Elite Screens, one of the quality
products in our arsenal, does just that. Elite Screens
accommodate various screen requirements, with
a pricing structure to cater for all. The Elite Product
Manager, Joel Davies and Linda Swart (Sales &
Support) handled the division’s area on the stand.
“The Elite Screens portion of the Electrosonic SA
stand was well attended from far and wide by
all sectors of the Mediatech visitor spectrum:
Broadcasters, Entertainment & Events companies,
and Educational facilities. With our new clients
on board, Elite Screens will soon be conquering
Joel Davies showcasing his Elite Screens
Crestron’s Integrated by Design™ stand
the wider African markets through visibility and
availability. Of the items on display were the line of
staging screens, which enjoyed the most attention
as well as the various material options across the
range of fixed frame and motorised screens,” said
Linda.
The rest of the expo floor was covered with demos
from many old friends, as well as the odd foe, as
competitive industries must have. Mediatech
2013 had much to offer the thousands of industry
focused visitors, many of who had travelled across
the globe to participate. One of the highlights was
‘The Museum’, where one could view audiovisual
equipment from many moons ago, without which
we would not have been where we are today.
Mediatech 2013 was an overall success and the
Electrosonic SA team is very happy with its efforts,
and the orders which started rolling in very soon
afterwards. Eugene Coetzee, one of the captains
of our ship, gave his opinion, “Electrosonic SA’s
booth at Mediatech 2013 was more than double
the size of our booth in 2011. This gave us the
opportunity to show off more products and
solutions than before. One of the very important
design goals of our booth was that it should be
easy for visitors to flow through our booth, and we
achieved this. Our booth was divided into 3 parts,
with an aisle in the middle so we had visitor access
from three aisles! I think this really worked well.
Dean Govender and Jason Johnstone from
Electrosonic SA with Raul Novick, Kramer’s Regional
Sales Director for Africa
Our booth was well attended by both existing and
prospective clients. It was also a great opportunity
to see so many of our clients and integrators in the
space of three days. Something that stood out for
me in particular when looking at the show as a
whole was that exhibitors put in a great effort with
the design of their booths. It was on international
standard!”
Electrosonic SA would like to use this opportunity
to thank each and every one of our stakeholders
who contributed and visited our stand. We thank
you for your input that resulted in our success, as
well as to congratulate the organisers for an event
that was well put together. We cannot wait for
2015.
Crestron in South Africa, a subsidiary of Electrosonic SA, also attended Mediatech and Derek Marsden shared his experience: “After a long hiatus, Crestron’s
participation at Mediatech was a huge success. Amongst the show’s highlights was the showcasing of the latest 3 Series processing engine along with the
new Core 3 UI™ touch panel technology. Also, Creston’s DigitalMedia™, video routing and reticulation solution, was a highlight that amazed visitors with its
broad range of applications; from simple boardrooms to command centres and even creative video wall applications. Room scheduling also piqued the
interest of the punter, with Crestron’s lighting control and energy monitoring products getting the nod from facility managers and consultants. All in all we
are very pleased with the positive response and look forward to participating in future Mediatech events.”
PROMAG
– third quarter 2013
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