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THX's CES 2008 booth tour
We took a stroll through the THX booth, where they were showing off all sorts of audio Jedi magic. In-car audio got some attention, evidenced by the Lincoln MKS at the booth featuring THX tech. Worry not, though, the living room experience hasn't been forgotten.%Gallery-13255%
Samsung's CES 2008 booth tour
Despite the shadow of justifiable hype cast by Panasonic's 150-inch TV, Pioneer's 9-mm thin and "extreme contrast" prototype plasmas, Samsung still managed to make a respectable (yet quiet) showing at CES 2008. After all, it's not every day we see a pair of 31- and 14-inch OLED TVs, a touch-screen RTS-A1100 Media Center beauty, and 82-inch quadHD and 52-inch Ultra Slim LCDs. They've even tamed their usual push of "world's first, fastest, biggest, etc." boasting... a bit. But hey, it wouldn't be Samsung if they didn't crow a little.%Gallery-13272%
Xohm's CES 2008 booth tour
Xohmigod, it's the Xohm booth at CES 2008! The booth itself was pretty small and unremarkable, but cut these guys some slack, they haven't even had a commercial launch yet. There were a handful of test devices on display with Xohm modems integrated, including a trick little gaming device with a slide-out control pad, an ASUS Eee, an OQO Model 02, and a couple of data cards. Xohm's open structure allows for all sorts of bizarre, independent devices to hook up to the network, so with any luck, this is exactly the kind of variety we should see after the launch gets official.%Gallery-13163%
Art Lebedev's CES 2008 booth tour
Let's get this straight: Lebedev by no means only does the Optimus Maximus, and his studio is one of the most prolific design firms in Russia. But Art and his crew were at CES for one reason, and one reason alone -- not that we have a problem with that. Don't forget to check out our Optimus Maximus video.%Gallery-13143%
AMD's CES 2008 booth tour
As sleepy as Microsoft and Intel's booths were this year, they paled in comparison to AMD's showing. Situated in what was essentially a thruway / food court, the sad little cube that was the chipmaker's booth made us feel generally bad. Hey -- it's possible they're just not too worried about CES, and that's fine -- with no new products, announcements, or partnerships to speak of, maybe they're just taking it easy.%Gallery-13149%
Audiovox's CES 2008 booth tour
Just in case you didn't get your fill of Audiovox from our liveblog of Monday's press conference, we've got a full booth tour for your to feast your eyes on, featuring new products from the 'Vox along with family members Jensen, RCA, TERK, and Acoustic Research. Sure, these companies might not produce the flashiest or most popular devices on the market, but what they lack in panache they make up for in affordability -- and in a few cases, as we noticed during our tour, unique functionality. Hit the link below for the full walkthrough, including a shot of a special Engadget fan.
HP's CES 2008 booth tour
HP has an absolutely massive booth at this year's CES -- everything from tablets to cameras to printer supplies has an elaborate installation. We caught up with the oft-delayed iPaq 200 and 300-series PDAs, totally befuddled a PR person by asking him when the tx2000 tablet would get capacitive touch (he just kept repeating "It has a digitizer!" until we backed away slowly), and hid behind a printing display while two MediaSmart TV reps had an exasperated conversation about how to answer the apparently-constant question "Why should anyone buy this instead of a real TV?" There was also one lonely Compaq desktop. Check it all out in the gallery? %Gallery-13133%
XStreamHD's CES 2008 booth tour
So we rolled into XStreamHD's booth hoping to get some more details on the newcomer to the HD satellite field. Lo and behold, we didn't find a lot of clues at the booth. The press conference announced a working demo of 1080p content at the booth, so we were more than a little crushed when we showed up and there was nothing to be seen. Can you hear our hopes deflating?%Gallery-13118%
Nokia's CES 2008 booth tour on Engadget!
Although the outer dimensions remain unchanged, Nokia's CES booth is considerably larger in usable square footage this year compared to last because some of its private meeting space has been jettisoned to a location elsewhere in the convention. They've used the extra space well, too; in addition to several areas where passers-by can handle the latest phones, there's a long, wrapping counter for demoing what Nokia calls its "experiences" -- things like the Music Store, for example. Check out all the pretty colors in the gallery over on Engadget!
Nokia's CES 2008 booth tour
Although the outer dimensions remain unchanged, Nokia's CES booth is considerably larger in usable square footage this year compared to last because some of its private meeting space has been jettisoned to a location elsewhere in the convention. They've used the extra space well, too; in addition to several areas where passers-by can handle the latest phones, there's a long, wrapping counter for demoing what Nokia calls its "experiences" -- things like the Music Store, for example. Check out all the pretty colors in the gallery!%Gallery-13129%
Microsoft's CES 2008 booth tour
Another year, another Microsoft booth. Truth be told, nothing really too exciting was going on with the cats from Redmond. Sure, they had their Zunes, PCs, and all manner of Windows-powered devices, but it just seemed a little... flat. Maybe it's the specter of Gates' final keynote haunting the scene. Take a look at the gallery and judge for yourself.%Gallery-13140%
Dell's CES 2008 booth tour
Dell has a surprisingly small presence at CES this year -- Billy Bob Thornton actually had more floor space to do...something than any of Dell's actual products. Regardless, we still managed to get some hands-on time with the high-res XPS M1530, the Inspiron 1525, the nerdtastic WoW XPS m1730, and that sweet Alienware curved DLP display -- which we got some exclusive details on. Check it all out in the gallery! %Gallery-13137%
More details about Alienware's awesome curved DLP display
We must have impressed Alienware's reps with our super-elite Crysis skills this evening, because it only took a little prodding for them to give up some more details on that awesome curved DLP display: It's definitely coming out in the second half of the year, but the model we've been seeing is just a late engineering prototype -- everything from the internals to the casing is probably going to change. There are four LED-backlit DLP projectors inside, which explains the lines in the image above, but the final version will show a seamless image. It's going to be an Alienware product, but it was developed by an ODM called Ostendotech. There's definitely some heavy-duty image-processing going on to make the images appear correctly -- the Ostendotech guy called it "the secret sauce" -- but most games will support it with very little effort, apparently. The ideal viewing position is directly in the middle at about two feet away. That's when the image seamlessly appears to wrap all the way around you, and it's just as sweet as you'd expect. Pricing information is still infuriatingly non-specific: the best we got was "more than a 17-inch flat panel and less than a Kia." Thanks, guys. %Gallery-13142%
Sony's CES 2008 booth tour
Sony invites you to "see it all" at their booth in the Central Hall, but you're hard-pressed to actually do so due to both sheer square footage and the immense volume of bodies jostling each other in between stations. The consumer electronics giant's got no shortage of bedazzling gadgetry out on the floor here, and we braved the teeming hordes to collate the following eye candy for you.%Gallery-13123%
Philips' CES 2008 booth tour
Philips had quite the smorgasbord of offerings at its CES booth -- everything from DAPs to flat-panels to ultra-sophisticated toothbrushes were on display. Nothing too earth-shattering, but it sure was pretty. See for yourself below! %Gallery-13103%
Pioneer's CES 2008 booth tour
Although we were fairly impressed by Pioneer's booth at CEDIA last year, we were left pretty underwhelmed by its showing at CES. Notably, the helpings of KUROs were interestingly complemented by loads of car audio equipment, but nevertheless, all the goods it had to offer are showcased below. %Gallery-13106%
LG's CES 2008 booth tour
LG's booth seemed to be strangely dominated by mobiles -- and then we found the other half. Though it's not atypical for mega-corps to bring their A-game to CES, LG really broke out the checkbook on its massive installation. Everything from handsets to (walls of) flat-panels were on display, so do yourself a favor and check out the walkthrough below. %Gallery-13095%
Hitachi's CES 2008 booth tour
For some reason, Hitachi's booth was set up so the grand entrance through that pyramid of 1.5-inch thick LCD TVs was in the back, but it was still full of some interesting stuff, like an ultra-ultra-short throw projector and a bunch of interesting IPTV concepts. Check it all out in the gallery! %Gallery-13087%
Intel's CES 2008 booth tour
Yes everyone, it's that time of the year again... booth tour season. Take a walk with us around Intel's offering at this year's CES -- replete with MIDs, gigantic laptops, and slightly less gigantic Penryn-based laptops. Oh, there's some egg chairs, a weird green meeting spot, and lots and lots of PR people. Enjoy!%Gallery-13082%
HP's DigitalLife booth tour
HP had a lot of new product at DigitalLife, what with the refreshed iPaq line, brand new notebooks and those Blackbird behemoths. Even Voodoo got in on the action. Such happy times. But don't take our word for it, check out all the gallery action below.%Gallery-7877%
