PSB’s Paul Barton, proud designer of the new Imagine Mini. In one case, I saw a three-way not-too-huge floorstanding speaker that I thought might be under the $10k that for me defined the top of the moderately-price range. But CES had lots for the Ferrari/Lamborghini/Aston Martin crowd, and sometimes I was taken aback by the prices. ![]() As I said in one of my reviews, I’m more of a Volkswagen/Honda/Toyota than a Ferrari/Lamborghini/Aston Martin kind of guy. My show report assignment was low-to-moderately-priced speakers, and I was very pleased to get this assignment, leaving John Atkinson to report on expensive speakers. One veteran speaker designer told me that some of the questions he was asked at this year’s CES were quite naïve, like “What if you played all these speakers at the same time?” He attributed this to these attendees being consumers (and not very knowledgeable ones at that). This had the effect of increasing attendance, which I guess is not a bad thing, but it also meant that some of these attendees were really consumers, not industry people. Although officially CES is not open to the general public, there were a lot of attendees with “Industry Affiliate” badges, and being an industry affiliate was apparently very broadly defined. At the Venetian, home of high performance audio, there were long lineups for the elevatorssee photo. At the convention center, the scene was at times like being on a subway platform during rush hour. At the Venetian, in addition to the traditional areas of speakers and amplification, it was music servers and related productsably summarized by Jon Iverson in his wrap-up. ![]() At the Las Vegas Convention Center, it seemed that almost every exhibit had to do with 3D, iPods, or tablet computers. Although many things have stayed the same, there were also interesting changessome of them profound. So obviously, the gadgets Samsung and LG bring to the CES will be dissected and debated by observers, who had been criticizing the companies for their lack of creative input in products.The last time I attended CES was three years ago. The CES will also serve as a crucial audition for Korean industry giants Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, which are desperate to pass the coolness test of global consumers after being upstaged by companies such as Apple in mobile devices in past years.Īlthough the Koreans have been maintaining an impressive share in their main markets of consumer electronics and mobile phones, they have yet to establish a reputation for ground-breaking products and technology. ![]() ![]() 6 to 9 CES, claimed as the world’s largest consumer technology trade show that attracts around 126,600 visitors each year. More than 2,500 technology companies around the world are to participate in the Jan. It’s the time of the year when all eyes in the technology sector get glued on Las Vegas for the newest version of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the lavish geek heaven that descends every January.Īnd unlike the previous events, which had been dominated by the black-and-silver army of flat-screen televisions, it seems that 2011 is shaping up as the year of the tablet.
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