Show
Information
Tickets
The Future At Your Fingertips
The Room Of The Future
How To Get To The Show
Trade Visitors Register Now
Further Information
Tickets
Public admission to the Show on the 15th and 16th September is
£8 on the day.
The Show is held at:
Novotel London West
1 Shortlands
Hammersmith
London
W6 8DR
England
Public days are the 15th and 16th of September
Opening Hours: 10am to 6pm
Trade only days (strictly no public admission) are the
13th and 14th of September
Opening Hours: 10am to 6pm
The
Future At Your Fingertips
Heightened expectancy is justified: the home entertainment industry remains highly productive, upbeat and buoyant amid choppy economic conditions. To our great delight, there is no better indication of this than the success of this year’s hi-fi shows around the world; no better barometer of what we can anticipate in September. CES in Las Vegas, shows in New York, Bristol, Frankfurt, have all reported record attendance and an abundance of new products. But because Hi-Fi Show 2001 in London is the largest, most widely-covered and most important ‘open-to-the-public’ home entertainment show in the world, we’re looking forward to even greater things.
It’s not just the global success of other shows in 2001 which has fired our enthusiasm: we are now at a point where home theatre is a mature technology, where the UK has become a valid market for custom install (with no small thanks to CEDIA UK), and where the dust is settling on the audio industry’s newest formats. Whatever has plagued SACD and DVD-Audio in the past, these problems are behind us. At last, there is sufficient hardware to tempt consumers, with Pioneer, JVC and others producing affordable and versatile DVD-Audio players, while Sony, Marantz and Philips have ensured that SACD players are available at all price points. Better still, the software is flowing, and the growth in popularity of surround sound has enhanced the appeal of both SACD and DVD-A, as the two formats feature up to six channels of sound.
DVD, of course, continues to attract ever-increasing numbers of videophiles. With the number of Region 2 titles having increased to more than satisfactory levels, the DVD-Video format is now firmly established as the audio-visual medium of choice.
Already booked and raring to go with dazzling displays of new, mouth-watering components are Absolute Sounds, Audiofreaks, Castle, Chord, JVC, Linn, Musical Fidelity, Naim, Path Premier, Pioneer, Marantz, REL, Sony, Tannoy, UKD and a host of other exhibitors representing a huge number of brands. With vastly increased media presence, completion of the improvements at Novotel, the public’s escalating sophistication in understanding and enjoying home cinema and the aforementioned upturn in home entertainment’s fortunes, we know that the Hi-Fi Show 2001 will surpass all which have gone before. Don’t miss out!
The
Room Of The Future
New millennium, new formats, new lifestyles: to mark the long-awaited, true convergence of the myriad systems which make up home entertainment, the Hi-Fi Show 2001 has created ‘The Room of the Future’. In this massive display area, exhibitors have been invited to present their most forward-thinking products, the finest examples of the marriage between pure audio, audio/video, home computing, home automation, multi-room systems and other new technologies. With the internet emerging as the music provider of choice for a whole new generation of music lovers; with SACD and DVD-Audio promising multi-channel sound from discs derived from CD; with improvements in plasma screen technology, it’s no
cliché to state that the future is here. Now.
Hi-Fi Show 2001’s Room of the Future will offer the public a chance to see, hear and use the finest products that point the way to genuine fingertip access to music, information, films and everything else that enriches our lives. And all of this is achieved with better sound, better imaging, greater convenience and resistance to obsolescence.
Unlike other events which seem to encourage dumbing down, the Hi-Fi News-sponsored Room of the Future will show that automation, convenience features and aesthetically-acceptable designs need not preclude absolute quality. And it’s not a case of what’s in store for us in
ten years time. The most surprising feature of this display is that everything on offer is available, right now, in 2001!
How
To Get To The Show
Ideally located on the west side of Central London, the hotel is exceptionally well served by road, rail and tube networks.
By Main Line Rail & Tube Trains: The Hotel is within five minutes walking distance of Hammersmith underground stations (Piccadilly Line, District Line and Hammersmith & City Line), with direct connections to central London, Heathrow, Victoria and
Paddington.
By Air: Direct link from Heathrow Airport via the Piccadilly Line to Hammersmith. From Gatwick Airport, use the Gatwick Express Rail Link to Victoria, then District Line tube to Hammersmith.
Car Parking: There are 1000+ spaces within five minutes walk of the Hotel.
Bus: Hammersmith is well served by many frequent bus services both from Central London and from surrounding areas.
Trade
Visitors Register Now
The Hi-Fi Show opens to bona fide trade and press visitors only
on the 13th and 14th of September. If you qualify for admission as a trade visitor, e-mail your company name, type of business, name, address and number of tickets required to
janet_belton@ipcmedia.com before
the third of September.
Further
Information
For further information please contact:
Janet Belton, Exhibition Manager,
IPC Focus Network
Focus House, Dingwall Avenue
Croydon CR9 2TA
England
Voice: +44 (0) 20 8774 0847
Fax: +44 (0) 20 8774 0934
E-mail: janet_belton@ipcmedia.com
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complete listing of show exhibitors.
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