CES 2012
Cars of CESEvery year we see an amazing amount of cars being shown off at CES. Cars range from stock cars from the different manufactures all the way to one off full carbon fiber builds. This year was no different. Here are a few of the cars that we saw while wondering around the LVCC.
Mushkin @ CES 2012
In between my meeting with Trendnet and Intel I took the tram from the Mirage over to TI to visit the guys from Mushkin. They invited me up to show off what they have planning for 2012. Little did I know how exciting they were! This is where I ended up finding the product I am most excited for from CES this year.
CyberPower @ CES 2012
Alex and I made a quick visit to the Cyberpower suite in between our other meetings. Eddie from Cyberpower showed us around and we saw a few really interesting things that they have to offer this year.
Asus @ CES 2012
I found the time to stop and check out the Asus suite at Trump Tower while running around Las Vegas. JJ from Asus was kind enough to take me around even though I’m fairly sure I interrupted his lunch time. He showed off their current lineup and some of the products we can look forward to in 2012.
Kingston @ CES 2012
It was only a few months ago that we visited Kingston so I wasn’t expecting to see very much new stuff from our visit to their suite this year. Surprisingly I was very wrong; they had a few nice displays and a few cool interesting products from different parts of their product lineup to show off.
Sapphire @CES 2012
We made it all the way out to the end of the strip at the MGM to visit our friends at Sapphire this year. Other than the obvious things like the HD 7970 that we recently covered and the HD 7950 that we couldn’t photograph we did get a look at a few upcoming products from Sapphire to be excited about in 2012.
Razer @ CES 2012
Our Razer visit this year was fairly focused. I had planned on having lunch with RazerGuy like we did last year but a problem in scheduling messed this up. So when we got in we took a tour of the booth but all I really wanted to do was get my hands on the Fiona tablet that everyone was talking about. Look all the way to the bottom for the video ;)
EVGA @CES 2012
This year was our first visit with EVGA at CES so I wasn't sure what to expect when heading into the Wynn. But being such a community oriented company I figured they had to be cool people and we all know their product line is always interesting.
Trendnet @ CES 2012
It wouldn’t be CES without dropping in to see what Trendnet has going on. Their support for our events has been amazing and their products rock solid. But the networking world is always moving. A quick run-through of their suite showed that.
Zotac @ CES 2012
Even though my schedule was packed full of meetings I did find the time to swing by both the Zotac suite and their booth on the showfloor. Between the two I had a chance to get a few sneak peeks at upcoming products and we also saw a few cool case mods that Zotac was showing off.
NZXT @ CES 2012NZXT has a very promising year ahead of them with a few new products coming out, some that I will note here. I cannot talk about all of them due to NDA but they will be worth the wait I can assure you.
A day in the life of a news editor/reviewer during CES 2012CES is one of the biggest electronic's shows held here in the states and also is a big show internationally. I would like to walk you through a day of covering something like this so that you the reader can see what hard work everyone goes through to set up something like this. CES was held this year from January 10th-13th, 2012 and registration for this is done about 6 months out before getting to the footwork of covering the floor.
In the South Hall you really need a booth that stands out from the rest. Thrustmaster had no such problem. With the DJ spinning the tunes and the two LCD TV’s with racing games being played it sure caught my attention. Written By: Skyler
Pictures By:Skyler
For 2012 they were showing off their new F1 style wheel and pedal setups. This is top of the line in performance. From the finely detailed knobs and descriptions that go with them you can really see that they have taken the time with the R&D. The paddle shifters felt great as a pulled the next gear and the downshifts also were crisp and clean. The overall design is probably as close as your going to get unless you walk into Maranello and steal a real F1 steering wheel.
The pedals that are included in the price also feel great. There is a major difference between the clutch, brake and gas pedals as there should be. They don’t feel spongy or soft in any way. The feedback through the pedals felt just like driving a normal car.
What is really nice is once you get the system you can add on pieces as you go. Want to play a bit of Dirt 3 instead of F1 2012? Fine, just attach the GT wheel and be on your way. You can also add a shifter to the configuration and be really disappointed in your driving skills. It really adds that extra dimension of game play that you are not used to. I did run into a problem while playing, sometimes it would get stuck in Neutral but the clutch would be out and the gearstick in gear. Now if this was a problem with GT5 or the setup is yet to be determined. This did not occur with the F1 wheel only on the GT wheel with the shifter option.
Thrustmaster also makes some really slick flight controllers. This are heavy duty to the max. Even lifting them off the shelf was a task. If you have seen the A-10C Warthog sim then you know what these are all about. From the ridiculous detail to the weight of them they really knocked the realism out of the park.
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