Pics & Cars From CES 2009

In the short time I lived in Vegas, I learned that there are 3 major weekends a year where the ongoing convention or show that is in town literally takes over Sin City. One of the biggest is definately the C.E.S., so this year I had to give in to my inner child & take myself out to the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show.

Now, Im a sucker for a sweet car, and seeing as how I spent 90% of my time in the Automotive Hall, I have to share some of these pics with ya'll. This really has nothing at all to do with finance, except for the ridiculous amounts of money these guys told me they spent designing some of these whips...

The $120k Charger - Minty Fresh

42" TV & a COSTCO size bottle of Scotch

(not to be used while driving, of course)

26" Baby

Escalaaaaade!

Baby Blue Bentley

Nice eh?

Not to be outdone, some of the the individual company displays were equally impressive, displaying new technologies and new equipment. Microsoft had a huge booth. So did Intel, Samsung, and Sony. Here are some of the other pictures I took:

Microsoft Featured really nothing new, though they were heavily promoting their MSN network... no wonder Apple skipped the show...

Sharp's display was interesting, very massive. So was Panasonic. Overall tho people were buzzing more about the job done by Samsung.

Panasonic did well in unveiling its new VIERA HD TV Channel as well as this new "thin-profile" HD screen for plasma as well as LCD displays. The screen is only 1/3 of 1" thick, almost as thin as a credit card, and uses 1/3 of the energy used by TV's of the same size. And oh yah by the way, they have a 37", 42", & 50" model...WOW.

I had alot of fun and I must give a big thank you out to Timothy Trujillo and everyone at GAMETESTERS for getting me a pass into the show. I hope to be there next year, and next time with a better digital camera. :)

~AP