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Submission by Eleanor

CEDIA Expo 2005 ReviewSHARP INCREASE IN VISITORS FOR "OUTSTANDING" CEDIA EXPO 2005 - The European custom installation sector is in a positive, upbeat mood, following an overwhelmingly successful CEDIA Expo, which saw attendance leap by more than 50% compared to last year's figures.

A total of 4,714 visitors came to the event during four concentrated days of education and three showcase days which saw the leading industry brands pack all the latest innovations into two exhibition halls of Birmingham's International Convention Centre. This number included a high proportion of overseas visitors attend the event, 569 in total from 57 countries outside the UK.

"We were absolutely thrilled and delighted with CEDIA Expo 2005" says CEDIA Chairman, David Hyman. "There was a real buzz about this year's event, reflecting the positive spirit around the industry and the rapid year-on-year growth currently taking place. We saw packed stands, busy aisles, seminar sessions which were very well-supported and, in some cases, completely sold-out. We are confident we can build on this success next year, when we move CEDIA Expo to ExCeL, London. In fact, already 70% of exhibition space has been reserved for next year's event"...

Submission by Paul Freeman - "I have been hunting around for a while now, on the Internet, looking for a small Form Factor Multi Media solution so I could store my media (DVDs, DivX, MP3s etc) to play quickly and easily from a hard drive at home or even mobile in the Car. Now I know I have found just exactly what I needed, in the form of the "TIVX Multi Media Player"... 

Submission by David Pullen

Some of you will know that I am a big fan of the VIOM from Phaedrus. I use 4 VIOMs to control my heating, some windows and blinds, led lights, electromagnetic locks and also to take inputs from motion detectors and a variety of other devices. Some of the VIOMs are connected directly via the serial port and some over ethernet via MSS100s from Lantronix. It is rather helpful being able to connect the VIOMs over the network and so I was pleased to hear that Phaedrus was producing the Netiom. When I contacted Roy Schofield (at Phaedrus) I was even more interested to hear that he was planning to work on a xAP-enabled Netiom...

I'm back from a hectic weekend at the Smarthome Show. I've just uploaded the photographs I took and a little review of the show. "The first ever Smart Home show ran from 14th to the 17th April 2005 in Hall 9 of Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre - the NEC...