Extron Claims Crestron is Guilty of Unfair Business Practices and Misrepresenting Product Performance
On Monday morning we posted an article pondering the idea of a Switcher Shoot-Out at InfoComm. It was sparked by a couple of videos we saw that Crestron made comparing its DM switchers to those made by AMX and Extron. It reminded us of the old days of the Projection Shoot-Out at InfoComm (10 years of which were chaired by rAVe founder Gary Kayye). Here’s the article from Monday with the videos: http://bit.ly/10UVOS3
Well, apparently, Extron is not amused by the videos and is claiming unfair business practices by Crestron. Read the company’s response here:
http://www.extron.com/company/andrewonline.aspx?id=ao-21&s=hp01
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