Just look at the tech CES has brought the world — PHOTOS

Showgoers try out 3D glasses at the Panasonic booth during the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. ...

The first Consumer Electronics Show was held in New York City in 1967. According to the Consumer Technology Association — which produces, manages and owns CES — that first show drew 250 exhibitors and 17,500 attendees.

CES 2020, which begins in Las Vegas on Sunday and runs through Friday, is expected to draw more than 175,000 guests from more than 160 countries. Beyond the sheer growth of CES as a trade show, its influence may be most keenly felt in the products and technologies over the years that either were introduced or made a notable splash there.



Here, according to the CTA, are some of those products, many of which changed consumers’ lives:

1970: Videocassette recorder, or VCR

1974: Laserdisc player

1981: Camcorders and CD players

1990: Digital audio technology

1994: Digital satellite systems

1995: The digital versatile disc, or DVD

1998: HDTV

2000: Satellite radio

2001: Microsoft XBox, plasma TV

2003: Blu-ray DVD

2004: HD radio

2009: 3D HDTV

(Source: Consumer Technology Association)

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