Rockin it Out at Gnomedex 4.0!

Gnomedex 4.0 Lake Tahoe, USA - September 30 - October 2

For the second year running, VIA was a sponsor at Gnomedex taking place in beautiful Lake Tahoe. At the show VIA demonstrated our latest and greatest personal electronics integrating VIA’s latest technology, held a number of special events including a Live Recording Session, and also gave away over $5000 in prizes.

Speakers and Agenda

Gnomedex 4 Geeks Gone Wild! is designed for those who want to learn how technology can be used to improve their businesses, their careers, and their lives. Attendees came with a wide range of backgrounds including IT professionals, business owners / managers, and tech enthusiasts from all over the world. The heart of Gnomedex is a series of roundtables, with guest speakers discussing their successes as well as talk about "what's next" in the industry.

This year the information tracks included:

» The Future of Online Content
» The Future of Security
» Maximizing Your Blogging Strategies
» Maximizing Your Digital Lifestyle

The show also featured two keynote speakers; PC legend Steve Wozniak, and celebrity Wil Weaton (of Star Trek fame).

One of the many information tracks at Gnomedex 4.0, right next to beautiful Lake Tahoe.

Steve Wozniak’s keynote at Gnomedex 2004 (left) and Wil Weaton - best known for playing Wesley Crusher on Star Trek Next Generation - signs copies of his latest book.

VIA's Booth and Digital Entertainment Demos at Gnomedex 4.0

At the VIA booth at Gnomedex, VIA displayed the WorldVibrations Radio Station-in-a-box based on the VIA EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX mainboard and the highly acclaimed VIA Envy24 audio controller, an all-in-one, professional quality yet easy to use appliance for on-the-air, Internet, corporate network, satellite or in-house broadcasting.

VIA also showed a range of innovative digital entertainment devices focused on online distribution and management of digital content, including the new Lafayette MediaREADY 4000 from Video Without Boundaries that features the Linux-based Media Convergence Software Suite (MCSS) from C.A.C. Media and combines consumer electronics, PC and PC peripherals into an all-in-one product for the living room. For the telematics enthusiast, VIA showed the Mediabox from Autocom that acts as an all-in-one in car media player, Internet service and navigation system due to incredible versatility of the VIA EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX mainboard.

The VIA Audio Studio for the live recording event, being set up by resident VIA geek Keith Kowal - a high performance system based on the VIA K8T800 Pro with the AMD Athlon™ 64 processor, plus an Ego Systems soundcard featuring the VIA Envy24 audio controller. High quality field recording couldn’t be simpler!

Russell Johnson shows off the remarkable World Vibrations Radio Station in a box; based on the VIA EPIA M10000, this smooth device brings out the broadcaster in you, enabling professional quality on-the-air, Internet, corporate network, satellite or in-house broadcasting.

Ken Nelson demos the new Lafayette MediaREADY 4000 from Video Without Boundaries based on the VIA processor platform that features the Linux-based Media Convergence Software Suite (MCSS) from C.A.C. Media and combines consumer electronics, PC and PC peripherals into an all-in-one product for the living room.

For the telematics enthusiast, the Mediabox from Autocom acts as an all-in-one in car media player, Internet service and navigation system thanks to the versatile VIA EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX mainboard. Here it is with all mod cons, including screen, fold-up keyboard, wireless antennae and infra-red sensor.

VIA Gnomedex Partners

If you are interested in VIA’s demos at Gnomedex and want more information please go to the following sites:

Advanced Micro Devices - www.amd.com
Autocom - www.autocomonline.com
CAC Media - www.cacmedia.tv
Ego Systems Soundcards - www.esi-pro.com
Terratec Soundcards - www.terratec.com
WorldVibrations - www.worldvibrations.com
Video Without Boundaries - www.vwbinc.com

Exciting Giveaways

VIA sponsored over $5000 dollars of giveaways at the show, including VIA EPIA Mini-ITX mainboards, high-end audio cards from leading supplier Ego Systems and Terratec featuring VIA Vinyl Envy audio controllers, special web authoring software from Adobe Systems, processors from AMD, Techie Toyz from Mad Dog Multimedia and much more.

Just some of the more than $5000 dollars of giveaways from VIA for Gnomedex.

Live Recording Session

As our world quickly transitions from analog to digital, the PC is radically changing our interaction with digital media. In the past for someone to do a high quality recording they needed to pay obscene amounts of money to get access to a proper recording studio. Now anyone who has a PC can unleash the musician inside, do very high quality recordings, and then through the power of the internet can release that music to a worldwide audience.

To demonstrate the power of the everyday PC as a high definition recording device, VIA played host at this year’s Gnomedex to the Silicon Valley Houserockers (www.svhouserockers.com) in a live concert, with a recording of their performance made available on CD to attendees the very next day. VIA also brought together an expert team of audio and PC specialists including Elric Phares (motherboards.org), Jim Louderback (Ziff Davis) who performed the on-site audio engineering and mastering. The system being used for recording and mixing the CD featured a high-end soundcard with the VIA Envy24 Audio Controller, the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset, and an AMD Athlon™64 processor.

Attendees at Gnomedex enjoy a great performance by the Silicon Valley Rockers, while VIA Reps join in the performance.

Elric Phares (left / left), one of the Recording Engineers for VIA’s Live Recording event, enjoys a moment with Bill Tasto, the Silicon Valley Rocker’s Sound engineer, and masters the album with Jim Louderback right after the show finished.

The VIA crew and Chris Pirello pose in front of the CD duplicators as they pump out copies of the VIA CD for attendees (left). Elsewhere Jim Louderback, the executive producer of the VIA CD, poses with a newlywed couple who got hitched at Gnomedex - now that is dedication to a show!!

VIA was very honored to be part of Gnomedex 2004, a truly great event. We end our coverage with a picture of the man who made the whole show possible - Chris Pirillo.

Resources

	VIA at Gnomedex 4.0 Video footage from the show... » Download Video! (wmv / 6.1MB)
	Gnomedex 4.0 official site - www.gnomedex.com