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Las Vegas, NV — Officially called the “International CES,” the CES or Consumer Electronics Show is the world's largest show of its kind.
As its name indicates, it comprises all types of gadgets and products related in any way, shape or form to the electronics purchased by you and I. Think televisions, audio systems, computers, head phones, all the way down to phone cases.
We, at Auto123.com, are used to the SEMA show which is held in one of the venues where CES and its exhibitors display their goods. Yes, just one.
Here are a few stats.
SEMA features 2,200 exhibitors across 1 million net square feet with somewhere in the vicinity of 120,000 participants.
By contrast, CES boasts 3,250 exhibitors across 1.9 million net square feet and no less than 165,000 attendants. CES is on another scale.
Other interesting facts are that SEMA unveils about 2,000 new products, whereas CES, ten times as many. Approximately 2,500 members of the media cover SEMA; twice as many cross the doors at CES.
CES is owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The CEA is a trade association that promotes a $200 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. The aftermarket industry is “worth” about $30 billion U.S. ...
Olivier and I have spent the last few days scouring the Mandalay Bay, Wynn and the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC is where SEMA is held) and will be exploring the Venetian in the next few days. Needless to say, our feet are covered in blisters (better shoes next time) and we've yet to complete our tour of duty.
So far, CES has proven to be a worthwhile trip. Between Olivier and I, we've gathered a number of stories that we will be publishing over the next while. I'm more into the direct car-related stuff while he's more into the actual technologies. One of the oddities I came across was a plasma powered engine... Not quite CES as far as I'm concerned, but it's fascinating to say the least.
The principal goal of covering CES is to meet people and be introduced to products for future tests and stories that will be published over the coming months in our Techno Section. So far, we're on the right track.
Wish us luck!
As its name indicates, it comprises all types of gadgets and products related in any way, shape or form to the electronics purchased by you and I. Think televisions, audio systems, computers, head phones, all the way down to phone cases.
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| Photo: Matt St-Pierre |
We, at Auto123.com, are used to the SEMA show which is held in one of the venues where CES and its exhibitors display their goods. Yes, just one.
Here are a few stats.
SEMA features 2,200 exhibitors across 1 million net square feet with somewhere in the vicinity of 120,000 participants.
By contrast, CES boasts 3,250 exhibitors across 1.9 million net square feet and no less than 165,000 attendants. CES is on another scale.
Other interesting facts are that SEMA unveils about 2,000 new products, whereas CES, ten times as many. Approximately 2,500 members of the media cover SEMA; twice as many cross the doors at CES.
CES is owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The CEA is a trade association that promotes a $200 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. The aftermarket industry is “worth” about $30 billion U.S. ...
Olivier and I have spent the last few days scouring the Mandalay Bay, Wynn and the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC is where SEMA is held) and will be exploring the Venetian in the next few days. Needless to say, our feet are covered in blisters (better shoes next time) and we've yet to complete our tour of duty.
So far, CES has proven to be a worthwhile trip. Between Olivier and I, we've gathered a number of stories that we will be publishing over the next while. I'm more into the direct car-related stuff while he's more into the actual technologies. One of the oddities I came across was a plasma powered engine... Not quite CES as far as I'm concerned, but it's fascinating to say the least.
The principal goal of covering CES is to meet people and be introduced to products for future tests and stories that will be published over the coming months in our Techno Section. So far, we're on the right track.
Wish us luck!