NPSC 2005 Report

Introduction
Landmarks events don't occur very often in life, and as advancements in technology come and go, the landmark evens come less frequently. Consider the area of transportation. For centuries, we relied on the brute force approach, while in the last 125 years we have gone from horse-drawn carriages to steam powered and gas powered engines, on to flight and eventually to space travel. The last major landmark is now more than 30 years in the past, and it's difficult to say what will happen next.

We can see similar progress in the realm of Electronics, and narrowing things down a bit in the history of Televisions, there have been a few major transitions over the past 50 or so years. B/W TV to Color TV was a massive step forward. The transition from tubes to solid states semiconductors came quite a bit later, and to many technicians, it was hard to learn. The benefits were all there, but it required quite a bit of effort to realize them, and it wasn't until the introduction of microprocessors, memory's, eeprom's and all associate digital electronics, that we really saw the shift away from the old analogue electronics to the new world of digital electronics. Keep in mind that while there are many more releases in the modern era, many of the releases are incremental upgrades.
The next transition is now upon us. Of course we're talking about the digital display devices (LCD, DLP, LCoS and Plasma), yes the 60 years old CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) is dead. I didn't see any CRT Television in the next release of new models. There is the major transition since the invention of the television. This year's NPSC (National Professional Service Convention) focused on the advancements that the new display's will bring, as well as taking a look at other technologies that are due in the current year.

The new technology is a challenge to many technicians and I feel the NPSC is the most important tool to keep us updated. The seminar and manufacturers training course were simply awesome.

NPSC '2005 in Orlando, on a scale of 1 to 10 scored 12 , as far as I'm concerned. The cost to go is minimal compared to the training, friends relationships and industry partners that I have now.
NESDA staff worked very hard to get us to places where there is something for the whole family...it's definitely not boring. The manufacturer and distributor representatives were awesome.

If you are a technician or a owner of a service center, please come with us, in the next convention. I promise you never regret that decision.

I will post some pictures of the convention, unfortunately I was busy taking the seminars, CET, CSM test and I was unable to take enough pictures.

Note: the last 4 pictures were taken at Downtown Disney the Friday at night