CES 2010 Wrap-up – Looking to our Future
Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2010 has come and gone. This mega-trade show held in Las Vegas, Nevada was held in perfect Winter weather from January 7-10. Everything about CES is huge and it is the place where well over 2,700 exhibitors – a record increase of 330 over last year – showed off and demonstrated more than 20,000 new products. This trade show takes nearly 3 weeks to set up and take down, and is housed at the Las Vegas Convention Center and at nearby hotels in over 1.4 million square feet of jam packed show space. Early numbers coming in on CES show that attendance was up this year over last year. CES attendance was calculated at more than 120,000, which was way up from 98,495 for the first two days at the 2009 event.
This year there appeared optimism and hope in contrast to last year’s CES. There is also an emphasis on efficiency and going “green” – being thrifty while still getting excellent results. This editor can only give a tiny slice of what he experienced at CES this year and hopes it is relevant to your interests. Much of the time ABT spent at CES was spent on PC-related products and especially how they relate to PC gaming and PC hardware. Next year, we expect to field a team of ABT reporters at CES to give you much more thorough and quicker coverage.
I do not believe that the CES management anticipated the large numbers of the members of the press who covered CES. If you did not get your (free) lunch before 12 Noon, you could generally forget it. CES was an enjoyable if exhausting event for the press, exhibitors and attendees who were there for all four days.
There were over 20,000 individual products on display at CES but certain categories got a disproportionate amount of interest. You could divide these up generally, as follows:
- 3DTV
- Smartphones/Super-smart phones
- eReaders, tablets
- Storage
- Wireless/Content everywhere
- Gaming
- Automotive
There were a lot of e-reader and tablet systems. Lenovo introduced a combination notebook/tablet PC. As evidenced at CES, tablet PCs will be one of the top technology gadgets for 2010 and beyond. Staying on top of the trend, NVIDIA launched its next-generation Tegra processor which is designed to complete the web browsing experience on tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices. We can expect that NVIDIA will showcase new tablets and other devices at Mobile World Congress, February 15 – 18, in Barcelona, Spain. These new tablets will show off 1080p HD video, super-fast web browsing, complete Flash Player 10.1 support and several days of battery life.
Both D-Link and Netgear demonstrated outstanding in-home content solutions that let you stream HD audio and video anywhere in the house with Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Their all-in-one control stations are setting the stage for future complete home management solutions including security and energy. These boxes allow you to expand by adding features – not just more boxes.
3D and Televisions
TV LCD manufacturers had record sales this past year because of the high-definition conversion. In America, over 110 million homes have one TV but less than 50 million have HD capable sets. So there is a lot of room for future sales in regard to new things like, 3D TV, Skype, IPTV or iTV, and wireless connectivity.
I have seen the future and it is 3D. However, I am not as optimistic about television transitioning as fast as for PC and console gaming. With games, there is a bit of depth already programmed in and it generally works well with 3D as long as you can adjust it. However, with converting 2D to 3D there are some issues with action that have to be worked out, in contrast to viewing still photos. Of course, to watch 3D TV requires that you purchase a new set that won’t be economical for quite awhile. It also requires a constant stream of quality 3D programming which appears will start with sports. And one must consider what the premium cost will be for 3D content from your provider.
Manufacturers do not seem to consider the consumer cost to make the switch. Consider that a single pair of active shutter glasses can cost $200. One just need picture the expense to equip a family of five just to watch a 3D movie at home together – $1,000 just for 3D glasses. And with kids and their friends, glasses break and will need replacement, in many cases out of warranty. We also saw the 120 MHz and 240 MHz LCDs that are required to use 3D technology cost a premium over last year’s models. How many people – except gamers – are willing to give up their big screen TVs and LCDs that they recently purchased for another big purchase of a 3D-capable TV?
It is hard to believe that 3D TV is as yet disruptive to the industry despite many optimistic projections. And again there is the issue not yet settled as to which 3D format will be chosen as a standard in the industry. Add to the negatives of 3D the cost of a new Blu-Ray player for playing 3D content. Of course there are the pessimists who will remind everyone of the many previous failed attempts of the industry since the 1950s to convince people to switch to 3D.
This reporter does believe that 3D is the future, but is waiting to see a compelling reason to switch to 3D TV quickly. For gaming, however, it is far more compelling. “Immersion” is the keyword here as NVIDIA has joined AMD in offering its “EyeFinity”with an extension of its Quadro-enabled multi-monitor Mosaic setup – now called “NVIDIA’s Surround”. Here we saw Age of Conan being demonstrated on GTX 280 SLI at NVISION08, so the technology has been around for awhile, but now something new has been added.
What is new is that NVIDIA has upped the ante over Eyefinity by allowing their 3D Vision to be enabled on its Surround, also. This 3D demo was running at both of their booths. The difference is that NVIDIA does three panels in 3D at 120MHz with GT200 or GF100 SLI, whereas AMD’s Eyefinity is rendered on a single card or in CrossFire in regular 2D and will drive up to six LCDs with their new 5000 series. Below we see NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround running on DepthQ HD 3D projectors and three Acer GD245HQ 1080p LCD displays.
NVIDIA showcased new products and technologies that demonstrate PCs based on their GeForce GPUs along with the NVIDIA 3D Vision hardware and software is an excellent platform well-suited for Blu-ray 3D movies, games, photos, and the Web. They even demoed Youtube 3D using a 3D version of Adobe Flash player.
On display in the booth, NVIDIA demonstrated 3D Vision technology running on desktop and notebook PCs equipped with 120Hz 3D-capable displays. Their 3D Vision Surround spans 3D content across three high definition monitors or projectors. We saw Blu-ray 3D software players playing 3D movie trailers including Toy Story 3 as well as the latest PC games running in 1080p stereoscopic 3D which were viewed with NVIDIA’s active shutter glasses.
Samsung has promised to cooperate with both AMD and NVIDIA by offering a new thinner bezel for their LCDs which debuted at CES as shown below:
One of the most impressive displays at CES was by Samsung. They went all out to make their huge space both artistic and spectacular – in contrast to many other displays that were traditional. They did not allow photographs at their exhibit except by the press who needed to be accompanied by a qualified Samsung representative.
Of course, Samsung had many 3D displays and mostly they required 3D glasses. One thing that was touted was the conversion to 3D from 2D, but to this reporter it looked a bit unnatural in motion, unlike PC gaming that mostly has depth already pre-programmed in. The still images that were shown were spectacular, however.
Energy savings is important to Samsung and their next generation plasma TVs use quite a bit less electricity that the current ones, as they demonstrated:
And of course, OLED makes an appearance and also in 3D:
As a major exhibitor, LG was not to be outdone by Samsung but put on quite a display which was quite pretty in pink.
One most unusual kind of “simulated 3D” comes from Ireland. Real View‘s V-Screen uses a screen to overlay your PSP’s LCD. There is also a larger 22″ screen to overlay your LCD monitor and a 46″ big screen overlay that gives a rather convincing illusion of depth. The technology comes from the medical imaging field. They were busy promoting their $39 overlay for the PSP handheld which is available now. This Summer they will ship 22 inch overlays for 1680×1050 LCDs and 46” overlays for big screen TVs.
Panasonic officially announced a shipping date for its first 3-D plasma television at CES with Sony, Samsung, LG and Toshiba all close behind. Panasonic’s VT25 series won CNET’s 2010 CES: Best in Show Award. It is set to arrive this spring.
Television
Skype-TV was being demonstrated with requirements to buy a special camera with an added set up, that requires special connections. I believe this might prove more popular for web conferences than the average consumer but it might appeal to people who want to see friends and relatives on the big screen TV.
Internet TV looked impressive considering the freedom it brings from cable and satellite provider’s rising costs. There is a lot of free content available and increasing options for video on demand. Here is where iTV and the Roku box have advantages in bringing flexible TV programming into the home on the big TV. Roku announced after CES that they had sold their 500,000th unit.
All kinds, including projectors, completely wireless and even dupic screens were demonstrated:
Interactive touch screens were available in all sizes.
Thin will always be in.
AMD and NVIDIA
AMD
AMD was all about “Vision”. Its “Vision Experience Center,” AMD’s booth in the Grand Lobby was much larger than NVIDIA’s secondary booth directly right across from it which featured a single demonstration of 3D Vision Surround. AMD has a new hardware buying guide program called Vision. It is similar to Intel’s “star” rating program and also similar to Vista/Windows 7 with its Basic, Premium and Ultimate products in that AMD now differentiates performance levels between its series products.
AMD Vision gives consumers and non-enthusiasts a rather over-simplification of the hardware differences between the various PCs that they see for sale. At AMD’s booth, notebooks were displayed carrying their three logos, Vision, Vision Pro and Vision Premium logos.
The latest AMD mobile graphics was also set up on two Acer Ferrari notebooks. This new external GPU technology for notebooks is called the eXternal Graphics Platform. Notebooks with the right connectors can use the new Mobile Radeon HD 5000-series which were also announced at the show.
The company also had several large triple-monitor EyeFinity setups on display running DiRT 2 in DirectX 11 (2D). In contrast to NVIDIA’S 3D Surround which requires SLI, each Eyefinity setup was using only a single Radeon HD 5870 to power their LCDs. AMD was stressing that they have the first and only graphic chips that are DX11 capable.
NVIDIA
NVIDIA had much more than 3d Surround Vision and automobile computers.
They had little netbooks powered by their GeForce graphics on ION platform and could easily stream HD content to large screens; quite unlike Intel’s integrated graphics, they stressed.
A picture is worth 1,000 words. At least.
NVIDIA stresses the pairing of their graphics with any capable CPU for a superior viewing and playing experience.
Fermi, NVIDIA’s upcoming new GeForce GF100 was at CES and they were demonstrating DX11 features such as tessellation as in this “Rocket Sled” real time demonstration.
NVIDIA’s partners were also demoing their products at CES and vReveal is one of the most interesting. It is by MotionDSP and it uses CUDA to speed itself up. vReveal cleans up the background, eliminates digital noise, stabilizes the content, balances color and more. I was so intrigued by this, I got a copy of vReveal from the presenter in the following video clip so that I can review it for our readers. At present, the current version does everything for standard definition content and in a couple of months, an upgrade will be released for HD. What is cool is that current users will have a free upgrade to the HD version of vReveal.
I also got a review copy of muvee’s Reveal which I am also using to upload all of my videos made at CES. Muvee Reveal is a quick and painless way to create home videos with flare. Simply add your photos and/or video, choose your background music and select a style. Muvee Reveal creates personalized, automatically edited home movies that are perfectly synced to your music in just a few clicks. As with all video production software exporting the final movie can be extremely time consuming – even with Core i7 and support for hyper-threading – so as with MotionDSP’s vReveal, muvee’s Reveal supports NVIDIA’s CUDA acceleration technology, which claims to speed up video creation by as much as eight times. It simplifies video editing and sharing so that even the busiest of us will no longer be frustrated by complex programs – but one can start immediately sharing their videos on social networking sites.
I will do double duty and review both muvee’s Reveal (video editing SW) and MotionDSP’s vReveal (stabilization and cleanup) in a forthcoming review. These same videos in this article will be further transformed for that article. Both of these products have trial versions available at their individual above linked web sites.
vReveal was originally developed as very expensive commercial software for the military and and forensics especially for cleaning up surveillance video and images. The cameras we use; the phones, the helmet cams, and especially anything with telephoto, all are shaky unless shot on a tripod. You can see in the examples above why MotionDSP’s vReveal is such a quality and inexpensive solution for all photographers. We look forward to bringing your our reviews of muvee’s reveal and MotionDSP’s vReveal shortly.
Intel and Microsoft
Intel
Intel was busy showing off its new Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs. Their competition simply cannot touch the performance of Intel’s new CPUs. Intel CEO Paul Otellini expanded on their vision to link Web-based PC applications inside the home. “Computing is no longer confined to your computer, it’s everywhere,” Otellini said during his keynote address on the first day of CES.
The Intel and Microsoft booths were directly next to each other and appeared to share the same designer
Microsoft
During his keynote address at CES, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer laid out details of how his company will transform home entertainment with enhancements to the Xbox 360, a new tablet-style PC, and interfaces that respond to users’ gestures and more. “From the largest screen on the wall to the smallest screens in people’s pockets, we are delivering the entertainment people want,” he said.
Microsoft was all about Windows 7 and simplicity. However, this editor doesn’t see much difference between Vista and 7 – arguably there was more difference between XP and Windows 2000. Hopefully, Windows 7 will succeed where Vista failed to become popular, as DX11 does bring more to the table for PC gaming than XP ever will.
Microsoft also showed off its upcoming Office 2010. If you are interested in testing it out, you can get the beta here:
Microsoft appears to have somewhat ignored PC gaming at CES. Although Games for Windows Live was mentioned once in their keynote address and MS also demoed Dirt 2 in DX11/3D on some impressive gaming notebooks, their primary emphasis was clearly on the XBox 360.
Automobiles
The auto industry realizes that the best way to sell us new cars is by adding desirable computing and entertainment packages into them and they are using CES to promote their technologies. All of the major manufacturers showed their integrated computing systems that encompass everything related to the automobile. At CES they showed us the future that they are planning to give us including an automobile cockpit that enhances reality and safety – if the driver can keep their hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road. Of course the auto manufacturers are also looking far into the future and these new PC enhanced cars are ultimately being targeted at our kids and grand kids who will grow up with these technologies.
NVIDIA and Audi announced at CES that NVIDIA GPUs will power the navigation and entertainment systems in all 2010 Audi vehicles worldwide. This integration of Silicon Valley technology and German engineering introduces GPUs to the automotive industry which enables advanced visual capabilities including, full 3D navigation with advanced driver assistance and safety systems, and a “dual zone” entertainment system that enables two videos to be shown simultaneously on different screens to the passengers.
The navigation and entertainment system in the new Audi 2010 product line is the 3G MMI, and it uses NVIDIA GPUs to process and generate all of the visual imagery. The built-in navigation system features 3D topography of buildings and cities. Real-time traffic reporting and navigation information is given as audible route-guidance prompts and by turn arrows. This system can recognize complex scenarios and even make anticipatory decisions.
In addition, NVIDIA worked with Audi to develop a complete multimedia engine called Vibrante which is the media backbone of 3G MMI. The Vibrante multimedia engine allows Audi passengers to watch DVDs and/or listen to music while having the option for online video content – even to allowing passengers to simultaneously enjoy two different movies on two different screens on the backseat monitors.
NVIDIA and Audi also worked with Google to enable Google Earth on future 3G MMI systems powered by NVIDIA GPUs. The Google-based service enables drivers to plan trips at home and then use them in the car as needed. Users can also search for points-of-interest from the 3G MMI. This will be the first time that Google Earth will be available in any production vehicle.
In addition, the next generation NVIDIA Tegra ultra low-power HD mobile processors will drive the advanced entertainment and navigation systems in all 2012 Audi vehicles, as well as other Volkswagen AG brands, including Volkswagen, Bentley, and Lamborghini. “The primary focus of car computing is safety,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer, NVIDIA. “With the power of Tegra’s eight processors, the car’s computing system can have cameras both inside and outside the vehicle monitoring the driver and the road, providing real-time feedback and guiding you to your next destination, all at the same time.”
Microsoft also demonstrated their mobile products.
It was a pretty large exhibit. Check out their automobile exhibit in this video.
It is projected for 2010, that OEM commitments to HD Radio Technology will total 15 automobile brands across 80 vehicle types of which 36 will be “standard” to include HD radio in their vehicles. Of course, much of CES is devoted to audio and especially automotive sound. Where you have autos, you have guys and there are pretty girls to demonstrate the new products.
What would an electronics show be without the superstar cars?
Or what would it be like without the girls?
The above is MSI’s booth where they offered a free MSI gaming notebook if you could out shoot their resident gamers in Quake and a couple of other fast paced PC shooters. They gave it away in a drawing at the end of the show.
Let’s head for the tech area.
PC Technology – More Major Manufacturers
MSI had a nice display of thin PCs and dual-screen notebook/tablets besides their usual offering of video cards and motherboards.
ASUS
ASUS had a impressive display at CES that featured their current and future products. They stressed the reliability of their current notebooks and also demoed their 3D and gaming notebooks. They also featured their super-thin all-in-one PCs which use Core2Duo and NVIDIA ION graphics to deliver a great full 1920×1200 HD display.
Of course there are the concept PCs that fold flat into a dual screen tablet; some of these features may make it into future notebooks. One of the features may include rolling up your screen and wearing it on your arm.
Let’s take a look at a small section of ASUS’ video cards display at CES.
We also see insanely high-performance PCs.
All of the major PC hardware vendors are represented.
Cooling & storage
CoolIT Systems, a leader in advanced liquid cooling technology, announced 4 new products at CES. The pointed out how easy it was to cool the CPU, but a GPU took more work and the willingness of the end user to void the manufacturer’s warranty. The chief advantage of liquid cooling over the highest end air coolers is that the liquid cooled systems are quieter.
Here they showed the difference between the typical do-it-yourself components and their complete kit.
Memory, harddrives, storage and PSUs
Memory and storage was featured along with power supply units.
Making the drives portable and smaller and smaller appears to be the manufacturers’ goal.
Kingston showed off their insane 24 GB of RAM installed in this PC at Pole Position – an off-CES overclocking event – and another PC with 36 GB !
What about those Red Kingston heads, the company logo? The Kingston represetative gave me a plastic one and a story to go with it when I asked him about them and if they were in anyway connected to the Easter Island statues. Nope. It is evidently not the first time he heard this comparison and so he finally set the record straight. When Kingston wanted some advertising quite a few years ago, they got someone to design a man with his head open at a hinge and memory being put in. Well, eventually the top half of the head disappeared as Kingston branched out into hundreds of products and became a successful multi-billion dollar company. Please note that although some recent images show the Kingston man’s eyes glowing, it is for the gamers. Kingston still has the same open-minded red man as their logo.
PSUs and Mini-cases
Does anyone really need 2,000 watts? Oh yes!
For the less extreme system, ‘only’ 1200W
Of course, going green is also important, especially for the power supply of a PC. Sparkle shows off their efficient 600W PSU.
And there are many minis for many purposes.
Small and attractive cases were eye-catching.
We have just touched on a small corner of CES, but we do see that “green” is in as well as powerful but efficient systems.
Gaming
The space allotted to games at CES event nearly doubled from 2009. Some new gaming innovations included a motion-control system from Microsoft and also from Razer. We also saw actual, functioning guitars that can be used in “Rock Band”. The Wii was again really big this year – would you believe Wii bowling balls? Of course. As we noted earlier, Microsoft was totally behind its XBox 360 and Sony behind its PS3.
Razer
Razer is branching out from PC gaming into controllers for XBox 360. Here is a new controller that should appeal to the pro gamer.
Razer also demoed a new “aesthetic mockup” of their new wireless headsets for XBox 360 and PC:
One of the most interesting innovations was motion control for the PC – using electromagnets and handheld controllers, much like the Wii. This would be cool if devs would impliment this into their games.
Handheld and Wireless
Mobile-phone companies introduced a huge array of new devices and technologies at CES 2010. There was created a new “superphone” buzzword that may describe this industry’s new direction.
There is also a race on to gain momentum in the emerging e-reader device market space in a very crowded field. Brand new and established companies are developing devices and accessories to meet what they hope will be a strong demand by consumers.
Polaroid
How about an instant camera with the ink built into the photographic paper? at least you can preview the shot before you print it
Anyone remember this? A real camera with self-developing film. It’s back. About a buck a shot.
Kodak had an interesting interactive display that people literally could not keep their hands off of.
Wireless connectivity
Of course wireless connectivity was big. Some companies were demonstrating full HDTV over wireless – up to 30 feet away from the transmitter with a totally clear picture and almost no interference. Some of these devices had the ability to transmit a signal through some walls.
Cables to Go had a nice demonstration with their TruLink Ultra Wide-band. You could use your home PC to connect to six devices simultaneously (or 6 PCs on a device as in sharing a projector or LCD). Currently they use USB 2.0 to even connect your HD big screen TV to your receiver 30 feet away!
Wireless PC tablet – Nvidia/Verizon
NVIDIA and the Verizon Wireless LTE Innovation Center demonstrated the full Internet experience in 1080p HD on touchscreen tablets. The demonstration took place using an NVIDIA Tegra-powered Ultra tablet which utilized the ultra-broad bandwidth of a Motorola 4G wireless.
Network/Skype
Everyman headsets
As ABT’s staff and senior editors are scattered all over the globe, we use Skype for our conferencing and these headsets seemed like a great idea. Courtesy of In Store Solutions, we got a half-dozen pair of Freetalk’s Everyman headset and they are currently being sent out to our individual editors for their use. So far, this editor likes them for music and the flat fold design makes them great for traveling. Expect a full review from all of us in the next couple of weeks as we set up a Skype-conference to test out the Everyman Skype-optimized audio. I have a pair of Plantronics DSP 500s that I have used as a headset for well over a year and will compare it to the Everyman for you.
In Store Solutions also announced Skype Certified webcams. Three New FREETALK Webcams Provide Skype Users with true High-Definition and High-Quality video calling and conferencing. Prices start at just $40 for the VGA model. When ABT begins video conferencing between our editors, you can be sure our readers will know all about it.
Plantronics
Plantronics was busy showing off their new products.
Gadgets, robots and hovercraft
What would CES be without the gadgets we all love and depend on and … hovercraft … and … robots?
An Irish company was demonstrating their completely interactive remote, the “Amulet” that works with Windows Media Center and voice commands for the couch potato in all of us. You can also talk to it and even ask it, “what song is this?”
I remember Audio Technica from my last visit to CES over thirty years ago. Actually, quite a few of the famous audio brands have survived since the 1970s although some have had to completely re-invent themselves. Here we see their complete vinyl to PC solution.
While vendors are happy to meet consumer demands for “green” environmentally-friendly technology and products, they’re also attempting to stay ahead of the demand for products that will help consumers save energy and money. Saving money is becoming a theme that is making sense.
Our friends at P3 International (Kill-A-Watt) have a new tool (center):
MagicJack was getting a lot of attention.
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CelLynx unveiled the first affordable mobile plug ‘n play cellphone signal booster that is guaranteed to work with any usable signal. With the 5BARz Road Warrior, anyone can enjoy crystal clear cell phone reception and avoid dropped calls in areas with even the weakest signal.
Brain Igniter
And the truly weird was also in Las Vegas CES. This music promises to move your – or relax you – depending on what you choose.
http://www.vth.biz/driver/imusic/university
I supposedly got a demo from them at CES but the download link was broken and they never responded to my email requests for help. Perhaps they are using too much of their own product.
Outside CES
There was far more going on at CES than what is viewed in the exhibition halls. Many vendors chose to exhibit by invitation-only in the private meeting rooms in CES and also at the nearby hotels. This editor had the opportunity for several such meetings including AMD’s tailgate party at the Wynn Towers which we reported on in Day One of our CES coverage.
XtremeSystems O/C’ing event at Pole Position
Fugger over at his XtremeSystems gave an open invitation for an overclocking event at Pole Position Raceway a couple of miles away from CES. Here the food was free, delicious and you could ride the mini-race cars from 5 PM until midnight on Saturday. Plus there were vendors representatives available to give away prizes and information on their products. It was a very cool event and ABT thanks Fugger and his sponsors.
If you are going to attempt a world record overclock, you need LN2. It is really not expensive and although not dangerous, it can cause permanent damage to someone if used carelessly.
Here is the team that used Phenom 975 X4.
You have to prepare the board before you can use LN2:
The food was ethnic Eastern European and delicious! Many thanks to the sponsors.
Huge thanks to AMD, Intel, Gigabyte, MSI and Futuremark for splitting the venue rental. Bulgarian dinner thanks to Kingston Memory and the Serbian late lunch was by Thermaltake. All of the food was delicious. Transportation was provided by Swiftech and LN2 provided by EVGA. Prizes from OCZ, Corsair, and Futuremark.
Thanks, XtremeSystems!
Here is a video from the event. Listen carefully to hear what overclock the team using Phenom II achieved:
That Phenon II 965 x4 made it to 6.5 GHz; it’s extreme limit and wall. As to the Pole Position race, Fugger is the owner of XtremeSystems.org – XtremeSystems won overall fastest of the night. ASUS won fastest manufacture. OCTV won fastest media. I didn’t compete. I have a herniated neck disk from an auto accident – and these guys play rough and will bump you to get ahead.
Conclusion
If you didn’t take a shuttle between exhibition halls, you often had a long walk
The Wynn looked close but was at least a 15 minute walk. You could sometimes beat the crowded shuttles by walking, however. Public transportation in Las Vegas is excellent with buses running every half hour – after 10 PM, every hour. The best bargain was $4 for 24 hours of rides ($5 on Sunday).
ABT promises to return to CES 2011 with more reporters. It has been 30 years since this editor has been to CES or Las Vegas. Much has changed and we shall continue to keep our readers ahead of it all. This year promises to be one of hope and optimism and … 3D. We shall see how it goes. Make sure you mark the date for 2011. Join ABT at CES again in Las Vegas, Thursday, January 6th through Sunday January 9, 2011 as we bring you expanded and more timely coverage of the world’s greatest annual electronics show.
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