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The first CES was held in June, 1967 in New York City. From 1978 to 1994, CES was held twice each year: once in January in Las Vegas and once in June in Chicago, Illinois.

Products and technologies introduced at CES include:

• video cassette recorder (VCR), 1970
• Laserdisc player, 1974
• Camcorder, 1981
• Compact Disc player, 1981
• CD-iThe CD-i (short for Compact Disc Interactive , which was released in 1991, was a multimedia system created primarily by Philips and to a lesser extent Sony, though only Philips proceeded to sell the system. Its initial price was around USD 400. It was cap, 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac
• DVDDVD is an optical disc storage media format that is used for playback of movies with high video and sound quality and for storing data. DVDs are similar in appearance to compact discs. History During the early 1990s there were two high density optical sto, 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan
• HDTV, 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting
• Personal video recorderThe personal video recorder PVR , also called digital video recorder DVR , is a consumer electronics device that records television shows to a hard disk in digital format. This makes the " time shifting" feature (traditionally done by a VCR) much more con (PVR), 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep
• Microsoft Xbox, 2001

External links

• CES web site

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