In its heyday the CES in Chicago was a great experience. At McCormick Place most of the larger, more mainstream companies were there and many of the higher end audio companies were in rooms at surrounding hotels. I once had the honor to be in a room at the Drake when the Advent Videobeam was introduced. Watched a tape of Blazing Saddles with some great peole from Advent, and some decent food and wine. A good memory.