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 show is held at the Las Vegas Convention Center with additional venues used for specific specialties.

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CES is now considered one of the major technology-related trade shows, following the cancellation of Comdex.

[edit] History

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).

[edit] Previous show highlights

[edit] 2005

The 2005 exhibition was from January 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.

[edit] 2006

Bill Gates at the CES, January 4, 2006
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Bill Gates at the CES, January 4, 2006

The 2006 International CES took place on Thursday January 5 to Sunday January 8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Sands Convention Center, the Alexis Park Hotel and the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. 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.

Attendance was over 150,000 individuals in 1.67 million net square feet of space making it the largest electronics event in the US .

[edit] 2007 show

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 Venetian. The remaining venues are the same as previous years : the Las Vegas Convention Center will be the center of events, with the adjacent Las Vegas Hilton, and the Sands Expo and Convention Center hosting satellite exhibitions. The Hilton's Main Theater will almost certainly be the location for the main keynotes.

[edit] Notable product introductions

Products and technologies introduced at CES include:

[edit] See also

OQO model 01, world's smallest XP computer 2004

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