Essential Install | EI Live! 2017 Review
Alltrade was just
one of the many
exhibitors who
enjoyed a steady
stream of visitors
throughout the show
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This year’s show was packed full of fresh introductions
and show exclusives; EI presents just a few of the many
highlights from a top two days of install innovation.
Visitors couldn’t miss the return of show sponsor,
HDANYWHERE’s ‘floating palace,’ which this year housed
an enthusiastic team who were demonstrating the
uControl App, including Alexa integration functionality.
HDANYWHERE also used the show to launch its
‘Beyond The Box’ initiative, inviting installers to become
a HDA Pro and profit from its new business support tools,
which include tech tools that save time and money and
sales and marketing support to help find more customers.
The company was also focussing on the MHUB 4K Pro,
which is optimised to do more, with less hardware with a
strong choice of models and functionalities. “This year’s EI
Live! was another win-win for exhibitors and attendees,”
said HDANYWHERE’s MD, Chris Pinder. “It’s a great advert
for an industry clearly in its ascendency. We were proud
to be the primary show sponsor at EI Live! this year and
were impressed with the number of visitors who came
to see us during the two-day show. I hope our technical
showcase, our hands-on-demos and our van wrap
giveaway impressed attendees as much as we think it did.
“Unarguably, the numbers suggest that this has
been the best year yet in our four years of attendance
as we recorded the highest interest in our products and
services. As an ambitious company and a challenger
brand, we must seize every opportunity to show installers,
new and old, exactly what HDA has to offer and I think EI
Live! is the best place to do just that.”
Exterior AV was a big theme at the show and although
exterior speakers are well established, exterior TV is
perhaps a little further behind. EI Live! did its bit to move
the sector on with the launch of the Aquavision Horizon,
the brand’s first exterior TV. IP66 rated, the set is based on
the established Silhouette interior set, is 50mm deep and
comes with enhanced heat dissipation abilities. The TV
is able to handle a temperature range of -40° up to 110°
with no problem. There is a two-year on-site warranty
available, supported directly by Aquavision. Invision is the
UK distributor.
Another UK debut went to the exterior TV from
Videotree. Described as a high-end exterior TV, the set
offers a really bright screen, anti-glare technology and
IP66 rating. This fanless design is another double-tough
TV and is suited to marine as well as domestic situations.
The manufacturer expects the product to be launched
in the middle of this year. Another new product on
the stand goes by the name of the Firewall, a mirrored
double screen installation set-up that offers a number of
AV options.