What is Consumer Electronics Show?
The '''Consumer Electronics Show''', also known as just '''CES''', is a yearly [[conference]] for technology held every January at the Las Vegas Convention Center, [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], [[United States]]. Technology companies come here to host previews of their products and announce new products. It is not open to the public. Products that were first introduced to the public at a Consumer Electronics Show include the [[videocassette recorder]] (in 1970), the camcorder (in 1981), [[high-definition television]] (in 1998), the [[Xbox]] (in 2001), and the [[Blu-ray Disc]] (in 2003).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cesweb.org/About-CES.aspx#335 |title=About CES |publisher=cesweb.org |access-date=2013-01-08 |archive-date=2016-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313072430/http://www.cesweb.org/About-CES.aspx#335 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was first held in June 1967 in [[New York City]].<ref>[http://www.twice.com/article/246418-1967_First_CES_Goes_Broadway_in_June_1967.php First CES Goes Broadway in June 1967] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515132659/http://www.twice.com/article/246418-1967_First_CES_Goes_Broadway_in_June_1967.php |date=2010-05-15 }}, Bob Gerson, ''TWICE'', August 28, 2006</ref> In 2009, ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' taped the [[Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions|Tournament of Champions]] and Celebrity ''Jeopardy!'' at that year's show. It introduced a new set that would become their main set in the fall of 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeopardy.com/showguide/virtualsettour/|title=This is Jeopardy!—Show Guide—Virtual Set Tour|access-date=March 5, 2013|archive-date=January 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108064427/http://www.jeopardy.com/showguide/virtualsettour/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Consumer Electronics Show}} *[http://cesweb.org/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706080618/http://www.cesweb.org/ |date=2007-07-06 }} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Technol