Lifting Eyebrows for a Fourth Year at the CEDIA Expo

View from inside the Denver Convention Center

It was another successful year at the CEDIA Expo! This was our fourth year at the show, and it just keeps getting better. We appreciate all the excitement and positive feedback about our TV Lifts. Even better, we got the chance to see many old friends again and to meet lots of new ones.

The CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association) Expo was held this year in Denver, CO. It takes place annually and is attended by thousands of AV Professionals from all over the world. It is exhilarating to be associated with an industry that offers such exciting and diverse products!

Our TV Lifts display at the CEDIA Expo

This year we not only displayed our lineup of super smooth TV Lifts, we also got to show off our NEW component shelf and swivel models. With these additions to our product mix, clients can raise their TV AND their components (like DVD player and cable box) all together at the touch of a button, and then turn the whole assembly to be seen from any viewing angle. Everyone loved it! We are not sure which we raised more of: TV's or eyebrows!

As always, visitors were impressed with the compact size of the lifts, as well as how QUIET they are! Our Industry-Best Warranty was also a popular topic of conversation, since many installers have had negative experiences with other manufacturer's TV Lift products.

Our Trade Show Team: Heather Sanders, Nicole McClain, and Cory Lovett

Of course there was also time to socialize! Thank you to everyone who invited us to their private parties, and took the time to get to know us. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the Expo next year in Atlanta GA.

Nicole McClain Rides Again!

That's right, Nicole McClain has done it again! Except this time, she took a lift from Nexus 21's L-39 TV Lift model. Minus the TV, the "seat" for Nicole was much smaller than the cabinet lid in the last video of the L-27 (to view the L-27 video, click here).

"The lift is so steady and smooth, there really wasn't anything to worry about. But when it first started, it felt a little wierd because there was only the top plate of the TV lift to sit on and my legs were stretched out across the front of the cabinet," said Nicole. "Let's just say I was focusing on keeping things 'decent' if you know what I mean!"

"The name of the song is 'Jump.' Do you think I should I jump?"
Nicole McClain on the L-39 TV Lift System

The L-39 TV lift accommodates 42" to 65" flat panel TVs weighing under 100 lbs. The L-39 TV lift reaches 38.4 inches in height with an installation dimension of 4.25" wide, by 7" deep, by 29.5" high. The L-39 is available and ready to ship. Please call 866.500.LIFT (5438) or click here to order your L-39 today!

Nexus 21 Jet-Planes to Anaheim for InfoComm

InfoComm is the leading business-to-business marketplace for display, projection, audio, conferencing, lighting and staging, digital signage, Internet streaming and networked presentation and communications systems. More than 28,000 professionals from over 80 countries gathered to explore new products, learn the latest trends and techniques and interact with peers.

Panasonic unveiled its remarkable 103" plasma TV weighing 474 lbs for the bargain price of $69,999.00 with out-of-the-box 1600 x 1200 resolution (drop more cash for 1920 x 1080 resolution). "No one would believe it if I told them. I've seen this size as a projection TV, but not a plasma TV," said Nicole McClain, Business Development Manager and IT Marketing Manager for Nexus 21. "I had to take a picture to back up my story - only I've come home to find it's not on the camera!" To get the scoop on Nicole's Fantasy or Fiction? TV, click here.

Is the Eye of the Tiger Infra-Red?

It has crossed our minds that we should have called our TV Lift "Hercules" rather than the L-27 TV Lift System. No offense Nicole, but the TV lift is just that strong! Watch the L-27 TV lift "lift" Nicole McClain, Nexus 21's Business Development Manager, to the ceiling and back down in this video.



"I just had to," said Nicole. "I've seen the strength of our lift prove itself with flat panel TVs before, but I just wanted to test it out myself. Literally!" Nicole volunteered her weight class of 120lbs which is in addition to the weight of the flat panel TV and the floating-top of the cabinet.

Tell us what we should lift next! Email your creative ideas to NicMcClain@Nexus21.com. In the mean time, we're going to move the TV lift back into the warehouse so Nicole can do some dusting on the higher shelves.

Learn more about "Hercules" and watch this video again at Nexus 21 or click here to see Nexus 21 videos on YouTube!

ROAD TRIP! Nexus 21 BBQ's with Calise Outdoor Kitchens

We love Phoenix - the sunshine, the blue sky, the cactus. But we also love Las Vegas, and one of Nexus 21's coolest OEM's, Calise Outdoor Kitchens, is located in the heart of the desert.

If you are ready for the outdoor kitchen of your dreams, put Calise Outdoor Kitchens on your speed dial. They are the leader in manufacturing the highest quality outdoor ModularTM cabinets, ModbarTM, stainless steel gourmet grills, integrated stainless steel products and matching accessories. Their patent-pending ModularTM cabinet offers more than 1.9 million possible configurations and every single one of them is made right here in the USA.

The Nexus 21 L-27 TV Lift System is featured inside a Calise "moveable island."

What's even more exciting? We sprayed the TV island down with a hose because the whole system is completely (goofball-with-a-hose) weather resistant inlcuding the TV! Calise uses Mirage Vision televisions which are wireless and weatherproof. The entire outdoor integration of the cabinet, TV lift and TV is a finished product and an outdoor success!

President of Calise Outdoor Kitchens, Bruce Spangrud, teaches Jeff Meskan and
Heather Sanders of Nexus 21 more about Modrock (Nicole McClain learns
from behind the camera lens).

Calise Outdoor Kitchen employee, Luis, polishes one of the Calise Gourmet Grills.

A diligent worker welds in the 144,000 square foot warehouse and manufacturing facility.