Xenarc at CES Show in Vegas!

celicagtsblak · 01-10-2005, 05:38 AM

Hey all,

I'm not sure who went to CES 2005 Show in Vegas .... but I did :0)

Anyway, I stopped by Xenarc's booth, and asked about the Motorized In-Dash LCD with VGA and the guy told me that not anytime this year

Oh well ..... And I also stopped by Shuttle's booth, and they had some nice car installs, with Xenarc LCDs and they looked very nice. The show in general was very good ... but I'm now tired of walking and my feet hurt, ha!

Just thought I should let you guys know.

PS: Lilliput was there also ... but I didnt stop by because I just had like 20,000 more booths to look at!

big_cali_dave · 01-10-2005, 05:54 AM

NOT THIS YEAR????

Oh great. just the news we were all hoping to hear. Oh well, I hope this other one will be out this month, see the motorized vga thread. Ya know, it's kinda BS how long GAIN is making us wait for that screen. I ordered my first sample of it in 2003.. Still no word.

That company has put a lot of effort into marketing the car computer with TRC and trying to get mainstream. They really need the indash to make it work.

Dave

SamDude · 01-10-2005, 09:18 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by celicagtsblak

Anyway, I stopped by Xenarc's booth, and asked about the Motorized In-Dash LCD with VGA and the guy told me that not anytime this year

<clutching at straws>
Maybe he didn't realise 2004 had finished and he was trying to make a sly joke but he...kinda didn't?
</clutching at straws>

alti · 01-10-2005, 09:23 AM

rgardjr · 01-10-2005, 02:44 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by celicagtsblak

Hey all,
Anyway, I stopped by Xenarc's booth, and asked about the Motorized In-Dash LCD with VGA and the guy told me that not anytime this year

I'm guessing that they must not have understood which model I was asking about. Were the single din 7" motorized displays in their booth not VGA or touchscreen? They told me that the model on display was in production and should be available in about a month. I thought I was pretty clear when I asked about a single din, 7" touchscreen, VGA, motorized monitor-but I was pretty tired by the time I made it to Xenarc I just wanted and answer and not to spend a bunch of time bsing. They did give me a free t-shirt

SwapMeet · 01-11-2005, 04:12 AM

Stopped by the Xenarc booth and asked about the motorized in-dash VGA touchscreen pre-production model they had on display. They said it was going to retail for about $699-$799, and should be ready in a month or two.

They were running the displays 800x480, and it looks pretty good. However, using touchscreen on that resolution is always tricky because your finger is bigger than the window icons/buttons.

Scouse Monkey · 01-11-2005, 05:37 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by SwapMeet

However, using touchscreen on that resolution is always tricky because your finger is bigger than the window icons/buttons.

Stick your finger in a pencil sharpener

$700 for a motorised screen! Well i guess that puts it is line with other top end screens like sony and pioneer only this has VGA and touchscreen so is miles better!

DarquePervert · 01-11-2005, 08:29 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by SwapMeet

Stopped by the Xenarc booth and asked about the motorized in-dash VGA touchscreen pre-production model they had on display. They said it was going to retail for about $699-$799, and should be ready in a month or two.

Yeah, yeah yeah.
I'll believe it when I see it. I'm hopeful, but skeptical.

Quote:

They were running the displays 800x480, and it looks pretty good. However, using touchscreen on that resolution is always tricky because your finger is bigger than the window icons/buttons.

You do realize that icons can always be made larger....

SwapMeet · 01-12-2005, 02:10 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by DarquePervert

Yeah, yeah yeah.
I'll believe it when I see it. I'm hopeful, but skeptical.

You do realize that icons can always be made larger....

Of course, it just makes the ones they had on the floor a little unusable unless you have a finger-mounted stylus.

DeltaFX · 01-12-2005, 08:04 AM

What, no pics ? Damn, were you asleep guys ?

pesos · 01-12-2005, 05:34 PM

quick call to xenarc and the rep said that they did *not* have a motorized version (having prodcution issues?), but rather a spring-load version that will be available asap -- does this guy just not know what he's talking about or what?!?

heyitwrx · 01-12-2005, 09:09 PM

I too went to CES, however that place is HUGE!!! So I didn't even know Xenarc was there, but I did go to shuttle's booth. By far the best booth was Creative's though because they gave me a free MP3 player! And you want to know the best part? I didn't even have a CES badge!

rgardjr · 01-20-2005, 06:52 PM

Just got this email from Xenarc and thought it might be of some interest:

"From: Sales Department [mailto:sales@xenarc.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 11:14 AM
To: Sales Department
Subject: Xenarc Technologies - CES 2005

Thank you very much for visiting Xenarc Technologies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

We had a great turnout this year, with lots of exciting product releases and innovations, as we’re sure you saw at our booth. We would like to invite you to visit our website at www.xenarc.com and browse through our product line and see what’s up and coming for us and our industry. If you see a good product fit, please feel free to set up an account with us at http://www.xenarc.com/cprofile.html and we can send you further information and dealer pricing. If you’d like to speak to a sales person prior to setting up an account, please do not hesitate to contact us at the telephone number listed below. You may also reply to this e-mail to get answers to your questions.

Xenarc Technologies is looking forward to a new year with many new products. We are the first in the industry with an in-dash touchscreen VGA monitor, as well as a 15.3” wide screen VGA roof mount monitor. We will also be continuing our line of VGA touchscreen monitors with our 10.2” widescreen monitor, built in a sleek aluminum casing. We are also proud to launch the iMobile software that brings an easy all in one solution to your vehicle. The innovations just keep coming. Join us for the ride!!"

egeekial · 01-20-2005, 06:57 PM

So.... where is the in dash....?

SamDude · 01-20-2005, 07:17 PM

Hint: www.xenarc.com