Las Vegas
Consumer Electronics Show
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is 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 exhibit 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
[1] 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
[2] 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.
Attendence was over 150,000 individuals in 1.67 million ft² of space.
Products
Products and technologies introduced at CES include:
Video Cassette Recorder (VCR), 1970
Laserdisc player, 1974
Pong, 1975
Camcorder, 1981
Compact Disc player, 1981
Nintendo Entertainment System, 1985
CD-i, 1991
DVD, 1996
HDTV, 1998
Personal video recorder (PVR), 1999
Microsoft Xbox, 2001
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