December 2000


2001: Home Is Where the $ Is
by Denise Harrison
The consumer market is so very different from the corporate, business and entertainment market. You'll need to set up a separate marketing effort with a wider range of activities. You'll want to lead your local market and FAST. Here are a few tricks to help you nab more than your fairshare of market in 2001.
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Serving Success
Experienced A-V contractors share their insight and tips for the restaurant and bar installation market.
by Rosanne Soifer
Since January 2000, when actor Robert DeBlasio took over Bar 169, it has been featured in Italian Vogue and Time Out New York, and it is becoming known as a local watering hole with live and recorded music and well-known DJs.
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The Class of 2000
Will this group of projector graduates be able to cut it in the real world? Find out which projectors scored well on our standardized tests and which may need to head back to school.
By Peter H. Putman
With INFOCOMM comes a never-ending parade of new models, ranging from featherweight designs to full-featured installation projectors. Trying to pick one that suits your needs is not an easy task. As usual, I picked 11 models that I saw in Anaheim that looked interesting. All of the review units were either shipping at the time of this review or now are on their way to dealers.
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REVIEW • NEC's MT1050 Digital Projector
by David Nagel. This is an outstanding projector. You can actually get it for a lot less than its suggested retail price. I've even seen it in the low $7,000s, which puts it in the same price bracket as the VT540 but gets you a projector that's a league above.
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