Consumer Electronics Show
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The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association. At the show, many previews of products are introduced, or new products are announced.
The first CES was held in June, 1967 in New York City. From 1978 to 1994, CES was held twice each year: once in January in Las Vegas known as Winter Consumer Electronics Show (WCES) and once in June in Chicago, Illinois known as Summer Consumer Electronics Show (SCES).
CES is now considered one of the major technology-related trade shows, with the cancellation of Comdex.
2005
The 2005 exhibition was from 6 to January 9 in Las Vegas. The event started off with a twist when the main keynote address by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates went wrong as a device that was being demonstrated failed, much to the amusement of the onlookers.Samsung showed off a 102-inch plasma television.
2006
The 2006 CES show took place on Thursday January 5 to Sunday January 8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. HDTV was a central theme in the Bill Gates keynote [link] as well as many of the other manufacturer's speeches. The standards competition between HD-DVD and Blu-ray was conspicuous, with some of the first HD movie releases [link] and first HD players being announced at the show. Philips showed a rollable display prototype whose screen can retain an image for several months [without electricity].Attendance was over 150,000 individuals in 1.67 million ft² of space.
2007
In a break from recent tradition, the 2007 CES event will not begin on a Thursday, nor span a weekend. It will run from Monday January 8 to Thursday January 11. The venues will also change slightly with the Alexis Park venue moving to the Ventian. The remaining venues are the same as previous years : the LVCC will be the center of events, with the nearby Hilton, and the Sands Expo Center hosting satellite exhibitions. The Hilton's Main Theater will almost certainly be the location for the main keynotes.Products
Products and technologies introduced at CES include:
- Video Cassette Recorder (VCR), 1970
- Laserdisc player, 1974
- Pong, 1975
- Camcorder, 1981
- Compact Disc (CD) player, 1981
- Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), 1985
- CD-i, 1991
- Virtual Boy, 1995
- DVD, 1996
- HDTV, 1998
- Digital Video Recorder (DVR), 1999
See also
External links
- [CES web site]
- CES 2006 news coverage: [CNET], [Reuters], [Engadget], [Gizmodo]
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