CES 2008 booth gimmickry: Best of the worst
by Barb Dybwad, posted Jan 11th 2008 at 1:23PM

We've herein rounded up our picks for some of the best of the worst booth displays and decorations, and a good smattering of booth gimmicks we couldn't decide whether to file under "best" or "worst" -- we'll leave it to you to arbitrate the true winners in the comments. For our part, we don't care how fracking big Bumblebee was -- our personal favorite in this category has to be the bowl of pretzels.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Datacide @ Jan 11th 2008 1:30PM
lol tbat Intel laptop pillar looks like something I'd put in my house
Datacide @ Jan 11th 2008 1:30PM
lol tbat Intel laptop pillar looks like something I'd put in my house
Chris @ Jan 11th 2008 1:37PM
wow that's a shiny mario....
Dan Z @ Jan 11th 2008 1:44PM
Gaint Mario = Best
Dan Z @ Jan 11th 2008 1:44PM
Gaint Mario = Best
customjmn @ Jan 11th 2008 4:41PM
Double Post = Worst
Randy @ Jan 11th 2008 1:48PM
Where are the pics of the Booth Babes? (And no more Veronica Belmont please?)
VicD @ Jan 11th 2008 2:22PM
Yup, any photo essay of best/worst of CES without Veronica is just not a credible one.
ScareyJ @ Jan 11th 2008 1:51PM
With all the new skins available, was that a leopard print couch or a really big router?
Steve Jobs @ Jan 11th 2008 1:54PM
The hot girl in the bikini from picture 7 has to be the winner.
Green @ Jan 11th 2008 2:04PM
She looks like this was all Norcent could afford.
Steve Jobs @ Jan 11th 2008 2:13PM
I kinda felt like she could have been hotter too, but I'd rather see her naked than mario.
Jon @ Jan 11th 2008 2:01PM
The first pic, with the robot and the two dudes. You're making fun of the dudes right, cause the robot is the least fugly thing in that picture.
DocZ @ Jan 11th 2008 2:21PM
Technically, that was only a dish of pretzels. Best was the helix tower of laptops.
OneLove @ Jan 11th 2008 2:42PM
stargate is all new tonight.
StrangeBum @ Jan 11th 2008 3:21PM
Poor HD-DVD I spotted 'The Bourne Supremacy' in their spiral pyramid thing twice. I wonder how many other movies were in there more than once.
The Norcent booth babe was alright.
I really liked Pioneer's metal look, very Fallout-ish in my opinion.
But the Intel setup and also the Sharp setups were very eye-catching and rather cool in their own ways.
But what exactly were those chem beakers for? I assume some sort of 'oxygen' bar thing. I don't know, but I want to breathe whatever was in them.
barb dybwad @ Jan 12th 2008 4:38PM
yep, you called it -- oxygen bar
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/ces-2008-most-random-booth-gimmick-award/
JosephMohmed @ Jan 11th 2008 3:36PM
Those pretzels look pretty badass.
customjmn @ Jan 11th 2008 4:39PM
JVC jetpacks FTW!
golferal @ Jan 11th 2008 7:53PM
OMG! An oxygen bar? WTF?????!!!?
Phantom1219 @ Jan 11th 2008 8:47PM
Mmmm... pretzels...
Josh Leath @ Jan 11th 2008 10:09PM
Ha... I saw a couple bowls of pretzels. They were all from Asian companies pawning some pretty cheesy toys.
Nihal Thomas @ Jan 12th 2008 12:46AM
Tacky display, but Eneloop's batteries are actually pretty good.
duestown @ Jan 12th 2008 2:01AM
Hahaha... "Retro gaming with DLP..."
You mean I can play Galaga on this? Well, I was gonna go with LCD but now... HOLY CRAP SCREW THAT AND SIGN ME UP FOR IT'S AMAZING IT'S THE MIRRORS!!!!1
John @ Jan 15th 2008 7:49AM
Ah, the Vegas oxygen bar. I guess the old tricks are the best tricks.