Comments on: CES 2009 with 22% attendance drop

By: D

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:35:35 +0000

I went to CES two years ago. I would never bother going back, the show was awful and I doubt the economy has anything to do with sub-par attendance reports.

It's filled with coorperate buisiness suits who go around hobshnobbing each other for contacts and whatnot. Half or better of the devices seen at the show you could already purchase at your local Best Buy and find better information about on the net. The floor/booth attendants have next to no idea what they are talking about as far as the products they represent and it only gets worse when they have more stuff to show off.

You don't get to see anything new much at all. The best parts are the big companies keynote speeches and they aren't that great, just a lot of self back patting and flashy shiny video clips. So yeah, go check out a few big TV's that cost as much as a new car, some new cellphones that your not even allowed to touch, and yeah, basically just navigate your way through a crowd of adjudicated business men if your into self-torture.

By: Thinkster

Thinkster — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:19:10 +0000

I definately noticed the attendance level wasn't there like previous years! I also got the feeling they cut back on stuff and some of the smaller Consumer electronics exhibitors had even smaller booths this year. There were none of the perks and entertainment like previous years either. And no Traditional keynote speech from Mr. Gates this year!
Hope next year is better and of course the economy too!

By: cast

cast — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:43:07 +0000

its still a good show, sum really interesting ideas.

Sample with night vision nav, internet car radio, and ATT's satellite TV service for car

http://rapidshare.com/files/182579413/cs09_cars2_pod.mp4

By: Can O Whoopass

Can O Whoopass — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:27:06 +0000

More lead up to Bush's New World Order's take over, a world-wide depression, famines and the 3rd World War.

Thank you Americans.

By: 000

000 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:42:13 +0000

yep, i can see how the attendance dropped, look at that post, just 2 comments by now.

By: David B.

David B. — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:26:19 +0000

I would think that exposing more people to CES exhibitors would be better. Isn't the whole idea of the event to expose people to the new technologies. I am a retailer. I would love to be able to attend and find new products for my store. People like me tend to be left out of these events due to other industries getting priority.
The coverage of CES was limited to the few products I could see on the news, and a couple of specials on TV. As a retailer, I like to actually touch the products I sell. There's just something about actually touching a product that tells us if it will work in our stores. Every retailer has a different idea of what works for them.
I really hope they don't limit access to the event. Perhaps they could do what convention center is smaller cities do. They use buses. Load up a bus with people from a hotel, and take them to the event. Have them make the rounds to the hotels that have the most people going….usually, that is just a few big places. The rest can use the standard transportation methods.

BTW… getting a cab in Vegas has ALWAYS been hard.

By: Pegasus

Pegasus — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:43:17 +0000

Hmm, their spin does bear a distinct scent of sour grapes, but meh. There's also at least 2 grammatical mistakes in there, PC World should get some proper reporters :/.