CES 2008: Day 1

**Capper** · January 7th, 2008

In what's supposed to be the most exciting time of the year for tech journalists and enthusiasts alike, day 1 of CES is in the books. We say 'supposed to be,' because to be blunt, we've so far been underwhelmed by CES as a whole. We've watched the show decline in attendance the last three years and really hoped that 2007 was simply an off year, but here it is 2008 and we've yet to be swept off our feet.

But lest we come off as total negative Nancies, we're not declaring the show a total bust this year. After all, we're but a single day into the event, and we've only scratched the surface of the show floor and meeting with companies. So who did we meet with so far? Today we talked with EVGA, Antec, Corsair, OCZ, and Foxconn.
Rich Caporali and Paul Lilly

CES 2008: Day 1

Stormcrow · January 7th, 2008

Did EVGA happen to have any samples of their 8800GS by chance?

**MantaBase** · January 7th, 2008

Oh yeah - Paul and Rich......Chris was nowhere......just covering your butts and all. Making excuses for your ill behavior and all.

That's ok - leave the **** out.

lol.

BTW - the floor was lack luster :(

**One4yu2c** · January 7th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by MantaBase

just covering your butts and all. Making excuses for your ill behavior and all.

That's ok - leave the **** out.

I have no idea what you're talking about, but we probably should mention that Manta laid one helluva stinky egg in a crowded elevator, thereby probably damaging the illustrious reputation of HardwareLogic for good...

**Capper** · January 7th, 2008

WTF, Manta was there!?!? Just kidding, we had fun hanging out Chris, HL's degenerate gambler...

EDIT: Thread updated to reflect main page article.

**Reloadron** · January 8th, 2008

Hopefully things will pick up and as you guys said, you only scratched the surface a little. I am sure given time to explore there will be some things to share.

Wonder if the lackluster of the show is a result of a slowing economy? Do the companies represented seem enthusiastic?

Suggestion: Avoid using the elevators with Chris in tow. Now you know bad things can happen.

Ron

**gvblake22** · January 8th, 2008

Oh man, that Antec 1200 looks VERY NICE! Can't wait to see more pictures of that beauty!

Quakindude · January 8th, 2008

Man, I would love to go to this one day.

Diggin it!

**gvblake22** · January 8th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Quakindude

Man, I would love to go to this one day.[/url]

It's nuts man. There are so many people you can hardly move and so much technology you can hardly see it all! You seriously have to push your way through people like the whole time and be careful not to knock that shiny new motherboard off Asus's display as you make your way across the show floors.

halutzparilla · January 8th, 2008

and i was actually about to ask Rich when are they gana post their CES adventure this year...

i want more.... that CM 380 Stacker are all time favorite... but that Antec 1200 sure looks good with all black paint job...

January 7th, 2008	#1
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,676 Blog Entries: 6	CES 2008: Day 1 In what's supposed to be the most exciting time of the year for tech journalists and enthusiasts alike, day 1 of CES is in the books. We say 'supposed to be,' because to be blunt, we've so far been underwhelmed by CES as a whole. We've watched the show decline in attendance the last three years and really hoped that 2007 was simply an off year, but here it is 2008 and we've yet to be swept off our feet. But lest we come off as total negative Nancies, we're not declaring the show a total bust this year. After all, we're but a single day into the event, and we've only scratched the surface of the show floor and meeting with companies. So who did we meet with so far? Today we talked with EVGA, Antec, Corsair, OCZ, and Foxconn. Rich Caporali and Paul Lilly CES 2008: Day 1 INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

January 7th, 2008	#2
Stormcrow HL's Technomancer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Frozen North Posts: 1,168 Blog Entries: 1	Re: CES 2008: Day 1 Did EVGA happen to have any samples of their 8800GS by chance?

January 7th, 2008	#3
MantaBase Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 322 Blog Entries: 2	Re: CES 2008: Day 1 Oh yeah - Paul and Rich......Chris was nowhere......just covering your butts and all. Making excuses for your ill behavior and all. That's ok - leave the **** out. lol. BTW - the floor was lack luster :(

January 7th, 2008	#5
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,676 Blog Entries: 6	Re: CES 2008: Day 1 WTF, Manta was there!?!? Just kidding, we had fun hanging out Chris, HL's degenerate gambler... EDIT: Thread updated to reflect main page article. INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

January 8th, 2008	#6
Reloadron Helper Person In General Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,382	Re: CES 2008: Day 1 Hopefully things will pick up and as you guys said, you only scratched the surface a little. I am sure given time to explore there will be some things to share. Wonder if the lackluster of the show is a result of a slowing economy? Do the companies represented seem enthusiastic? Suggestion: Avoid using the elevators with Chris in tow. Now you know bad things can happen. Ron

January 8th, 2008	#7
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,361 Blog Entries: 1	Re: CES 2008: Day 1 Oh man, that Antec 1200 looks VERY NICE! Can't wait to see more pictures of that beauty!

January 8th, 2008	#8
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,739 Blog Entries: 7	Re: CES 2008: Day 1 Man, I would love to go to this one day. Diggin it! Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

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halutzparilla ako the pinoy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: by the beach Posts: 1,694	Re: CES 2008: Day 1 and i was actually about to ask Rich when are they gana post their CES adventure this year... i want more.... that CM 380 Stacker are all time favorite... but that Antec 1200 sure looks good with all black paint job... Abit IP35-E C2D E6750 G0 @ 2.66ghz [TR Ultra120EX] EVAG 8800GTS [TR HR03] Corsair [2gbDual@800] 820GB HDD[120/200/500] Antec TP 550W Silverstone Temjin 09 Saitek Eclipse1 & Razer DeathAdder Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

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