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November 8, 2005Why go to the CES show?
Over the last 10 years or so, Comdex used to be one of the biggest IT trade shows in the world and it was widely seen as the show to go and see the technoracy such as Bill Gates and the latest and greatest new products.
Although CeBIT in Germany claims to be the biggest trade show in the world and perhaps has more of a business appeal, the Consumer Electronics Show is perhaps now seen as the "daddy" of IT trade shows and the one to go to.
Now held in Las Vegas with 100s of 1000s of atendees, the first CES took place in New York City in June of 1967 with 200 exhibitors and 17,500 attendees.
Mushrooming since then, the CES show will now have 2,500 exhibitors, filling 1.5 million net square feet of exhibit space. Last year, over 130,000 attended the 2005 International CES.
Did you now some of these products made their debuts at the CES show?
Products That Debuted at CES HD Radio, 2004 Digital Versatile Disk (DVD), 1996Videocassette Recorder (VCR), 1970
Hard-disc VCR (PVR), 1999 Laserdisc Player, 1974
Digital Audio Radio (DAR), 2000 Camcorder, 1981
Microsoft Xbox, 2001 Compact Disc Player, 1981
Plasma TV, 2001 Digital Audio Technology, 1990
Home Media Server, 2002 Compact Disc - Interactive, 1991
HD Radio, 2003 Mini Disc, 1993
Blu-Ray DVD, 2003 Radio Data System, 1993
HDTV PVR, 2003 Digital Satellite System, 1994
IP TV, 2005 High Definition Television (HDTV), 1998
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