On February 20, 2012 at 21:12, DrSheldonCooper said...
Great way to go, i assume that continual canning of all imported competitors product is part of that Neutral stance. Nice work not identifying the brand being replaced as it allows you to lump all competition into the same basket.
Or maybe he has enough class not to name names and honestly with the almost exception of one company they pretty much are in the same basket.
Thats simply experience talking.
Jeff, although i choose not to reveal my alter ego, I can assure you that i have been around here for years longer than yourself, am well respected and have many times the number of posts that you do. I can't speak for 2nd rick or Whitevan but I'm guessing they would agree that it's an ad and that there are rules for ads even if they don't object to this particular one because it is yours and might let it slide.
I love your alter ego but this time DrSheldonCooper you are wrong. Zektor has been a pivotal resource in the knowledge we have of HdBaseT and Jeff has been very involved in helping us solve our HDMI and other issues for a very long time.
I know Jeff. Who he is, where he came from and what hes about. I guarantee this video is not an ad but rather an answer to a question most of us have been asking for a long time.
We know where Zektor shines just as we know where Ethereal and Audio Authority shine and they have all been very important to the success of my business.
I will further say that due to Jeffs involvement in the industry and the friendship we have built that has long proven to come without a price tag has led to a recent change within that will have us using Zektor as an everyday company.
How many times can you say that's happened since the day you opened shop?
I think it's safe to say that we have all had our issues with HDMI particularly when sending over distance and all appreciate a product that works. But how would we feel if every time a manufacturer or distributor came up with a product that worked in a given situation, they came into the custom installers lounge and posted an infomercial about it. Think of all the brands out there and all the development that is constantly going on.
Again, you need to look at who posted and the material in question.
I did watch the video and correct me if I'm wrong but that system had worked for some time with the previous devices before it failed. You have pretty much declared success and years of reliability the same day as you got the system going and before the equipment has had a chance to fail or adapt to changing conditions. After all we have all had occasions where we thought we had a problem beat but then had to go back out 2 weeks later due to the problem coming back.
HDMI Baluns are known to fail without reason and are generally finicky to say the least. You say you watched the video so you obviously saw the speed in which the system lit up and the working picture with the cable half pulled out. Certainly caught my attention.
I have no problem at all with you organizing a webinar to educate the masses on the technology, or in fact if you made people aware of it here as it was an alert to a new technology and a chance for people to learn. It was not an outright sales tool to promote Zektor products in an inappropriate forum.
Again you are wrong and that webinar has indeed happened. The result of that webinar was a lot of people including myself asking Jeff to keep us posted.
I've now seen 2 videos where Jeff was on site with RESPECTED fellow RC members going above and beyond the call of duty. For that alone I say post away! I want to watch!
Again i'm not objecting to introducing people to new technology and I'd have no problem with it if you weren't waving the Zektor flag and canning other products at the same time. If you don't think i'm being fair then perhaps you'd care to name the other US made equivalent (HDBaseT) products seeing as you canned all imported products purely for being imported.
First of all! Wave away! Show me a product that works and show it to me in front of someone I trust. Let me see and learn so my life is easier tomorrow than it was today.
Secondly, the technology he pulled was HDMI baluns and not an HdBaseT product. He didnt can sh*t. Thats been done for a long time.
What he did do was show us a working example of a technology that works where another does not and is well known to cause headaches and stress.
However you have dressed it up, this is clearly an ad for Zektor product and not just the technology.
I have absolutely no problem with you advertising your product in an appropriate way, but that way is not here in my opinion. Telling you this thread in this forum is ok, is the same as telling every manufacturer out there that this is the shortcut to making your product known if installers might use it.
Again, Jeff, Brent, Trent (Now Anthony) and at least one up and comer have earned respect and remained neutral along the way. You have lost sight of big picture my friend.
I'm pretty sure I know who you are outside of your alter ego and I like you so Im going to ask that you step away for a bit and think this through. Its easy to have a bad day and jump on something only to have it blow up and take a path of its own.
Hell, I've done it. Ask Motech. (Great guy by the way)
If you still feel this way tomorrow then you are entitled to your opinion but I'm sorry and I must disagree.
My hope for you is that you get the chance to meet Jeff and get to know him and what hes about. If you love this industry the way I do then you will understand why I say that when you meet him.
Jeff, Thank you so much for all that you do. Keep posting and don't be discouraged by any of this. Those of us who know you know better.
Last edited by WhiteVan Lifestyle on February 21, 2012 00:16.