Multimedia Projectors

NEC (UK) has appointed Midwich as a distributor for its multimedia projectors to the PC/IT channel. The deal covers NEC’s wide range of products, from micro portables and desktops through to specialist and conference projectors, which will be supplied through the Midwich Presentation Solutions Division. multimedia projectors

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Projector Installations

UK AV distributor Steljes has launched a new nationwide trade-only installation service as part of its ComfortZone package for resellers. It says the service is designed to offer additional installation resources for specialist AV resellers, whilst supporting IT and office equipment resellers that want to up-sell projector installations, but may not have the resource and level of expertise in-house to effectively support it. The installation service comprises five options for education and business applications. These include the installation of ceiling mounted projectors, wall and ceiling mounted flat panel displays, wall mounted SMART Boards or projector screens, SMART Board’s 3000i & 2000i rear-projection cabinets and Sympodium - SMART’s interactive lectern. In addition to installation and project management, the service offers site surveys, delivery of equipment to the site, all installation bracketry, a comprehensive range of peripherals, and SMART Board training and product familiarisation for up to four users.

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Panasonic Projectors

Panasonic Projectors Presentation Products has restructured its sales and technical product management team to provide increased support and service to its customers. Neil Colquhoun has recently joined the team in the newly created role of channel business manager. He will increase strategic growth through Panasonic Projectors channel partners and support senior account managers Lisa Justice and Lee Harrison. Lisa Justice has now taken on the responsibility for the sales development and support of Panasonic Projectors Southern based major accounts, whilst Lee Harrison will continue to grow and support Northern based accounts. Charlie Fenton will be providing product assistance in his new position of product specialist, as part of the Technical Product Management Team. General manager Tim Grimshaw says:"This is a very exciting time for our Panasonic Projector Presentation Products business growth. These changes and additional investment in our resources have been designed to demonstrate our commitment to our customers and our investment to this market and will ensure we maintain our position as the UK’s number one supplier of plasma displays and the fastest growing brand in the data projector sector.

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Epson Projectors

Distributor Computer 2000 has launched a drive to increase sales of specialist audio visual products after signing two distribution agreements for Epson projectors and Sony large format plasma displays. The company says that the agreement with Epson makes it the first non-specialist AV products distributor to win a franchise for the products in the UK. Russell Blackburn, general manager of the PC and peripherals business unit at Computer 2000, comments: "Sales of epson projectors and presentation systems are set to grow significantly over the next few years and we believe there is a significant opportunity in this area for all our reseller customers. "AV sales need not be confined to specialist solutions providers. Epson Projectors and large-format screens are becoming more affordable and with DVD players now standard on desktop and portable systems and both home and business users becoming sophisticated in their use of multimedia, we see potential in all sectors of the market.

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Panasonic Projectors and Panasonic Plasma

AV distributor Maverick Presentation Products has added the range of Panasonic Projectors and Panasonic Plasma screens to its portfolio of AV products and services. The range will be available from 1 April. Mark Tildesley, product marketing director, says the company is constantly looking to provide the best levels of choice, product and margin to its dealers. "We believe Panasonic’s superb range of products fits this brief ideally, providing the perfect complement to our existing range of offerings. The Panasonic brand and range of products will further help us to ensure Maverick’s dealers can offer an unparalleled AV solution to their customers.

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Projectors

Dealer group OfficeSMART has launched a new specialist technology catalogue called E-Smart in collaboration with distributor Ingram Micro. E-Smart is the first OfficeSMART catalogue dedicated to IT-related products and includes products such as printers, PCs, laptops, PDAs, projectors and zip drives. Quarterly training programmes have been introduced to provide related sales and product training. OfficeSMART MD Laurie Coyle comments: “No dealership can afford to ignore the IT sector and for our part we’ve really thought about how we can supply our customers with the best possible service. With a £10 billion sales potential, this is definitely an area that all dealers should be taking seriously.

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Dell Projectors

Number two PC maker Dell Computer Corp is said to be considering a move into the printer business, according to a Wall Street analyst. While there has been no announcement from Dell, an analyst from Bear Stearns who met with founder Michael Dell says the company is looking to capture ongoing revenue from ink cartridges. This could be through an OEM relationship, where it rebadges another vendors printers, or through a deal where it retains a share of the ink cartridge revenues. Dell currently resells Epson, HP and Lexmark printers and has recently expanded into networking switches, data storage equipment and digital projectors.

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Optima Projectors

Berrys, the London-based machines distributor, has signed a deal with Optoma Projectors to sell its portable, 1,600 lumens digital Optima projector the Optima EP750. The company is delighted with the new partnership which has been in the pipeline for four months. Commercial manager Andrew Rabin says data projectors are increasingly being sold by office supplies dealers and Optoma seems to have hit the right combination of price, quality and features.

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Projector Products

Promoting the opportunity for dealers and installers to add value to their top line sales and bottom line profits, TCI exhibited at the CEDIA Show for the first time. Their wide range of projector screens, audio-visual furniture and projector mounts were displayed to dealers form the Home Cinema / Audio Visual sectors. Shown for the first time and launched at the show was a complete new range of screens support brackets making the installation of a projection screen even easier. Also, two new methods of concealing a projector above a ceiling, particularly useful in home cinema situations. A number of new widescreen versions of existing projection screens were also introduced at the exhibition. These include 16:9 ratio models of TCI’s standard electric screens, framed screens for front projection and the stylish Base portable screens. Commented Tony Cochrane, MD of TCI, ‘We were very pleased to meet both existing and many new dealers at the CEDIA show. It was good to talk with people who have a sound technical understanding and so appreciated the easy installation of our products and our competitive net trade prices.

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Projector Screens

AV distributor Maverick has added Draper Inc to its product offering to complement its range of projector screens. Draper manufactures some of the finest projection screens in the world and their products are renowned for quality and dependability. Draper's products range from front projection screens, rear projection display systems, video projector mounts and lifts, plasma and LCD display mounts and lifts and presentation easels. Maverick will now offer the entire professional range of projector screens available on through its partner www.shopuk.co.uk

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Sharp Projectors

Leading IT and AV distributor Midwich has signed an exclusive agreement with Sharp to distribute its range of award winning AQUOS DLP home cinema projectors. The Sharp Projector range includes the entry-level XV-Z91, the mid-range ‘HD Ready’ XV-Z2000 and the flagship ‘HD Ready’ XV-Z12000 widescreen digital home projector. Midwich has posted record results in the final quarter of 2005. According to the latest DTC fourth quarter data, Midwich now ranks as the second largest distributor of B2B projectors in the UK. Divisional Director Darren Lewitt says: “This year has been tough but we have added Toshiba and Sony to our stable of projector brands. However, I believe that this success is due to our strength in markets outside of education, such as SME, Corporate and Home.

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Projectors

AV company InFocus has appointed distributors GBI and Maverick to operate alongside its current UK distributors Ingram Micro, Sahara and Steljes. From 1 July GBI became a distributor for ASK branded projectors and from 1 August Maverick will become a distributor for the InFocus brand of projectors.

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Sanyo Projectors

Sanyo Information Systems UK Ltd has changed the name of its European dictation business to Sanyo Speechtek following a restructuring at the company which has seen the UK office ear-marked as the company’s new European head office. European general manager Graham Davies says the old name never really reflected what the business was about, the new name with its combination of speech and technology is a more accurate representation. He says the changes also reinforce the company’s faith in the dictation market. “People think the dictation market is going away but we don’t believe that, our dictation sales for last year were up by £250,000. But the market is changing and it is our intention to embrace those changes and help dealers to develop their businesses with profitable results." Sanyo has been operating in the UK for the past 30 years with Sanyo Europe split into two divisions selling consumer electronics and LCD projectors and the dictation business trading under the Sanyo Information Systems name. It turns over around £6 million in the UK. The restructuring means the UK company has been given the responsibility for implementing a pan-European distribution strategy and developing export partners. Davis says the UK was chosen as the new HQ because it was recognised as the ‘centre of excellence’ for this product category. “We have always done well in Europe but our distribution policy was somewhat fragmented. This doesn’t mean we will be taking the focus off the UK, the UK is our biggest market, but we want to ensure that all of our European customers are getting the same level of service that they enjoy in the UK. I don’t believe that was necessarily the case in the past.”

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