Notable CES Product Introductions

By Jon Accarrino, NBC Universal

Before products become common household names, they usually make their first appearance at CES. For example, HDTVs are everywhere these days, but the first HDTV made its debut a decade ago.

Here are some more notable products/services that debuted at CES:

• Videocassette Recorder (VCR), 1970 [pictured]
  
• Laserdisc Player, 1974
• Pong home console by Atari, 1975
• Camcorder, 1981
• Compact Disc Player, 1981
• Commodore 64, 1982
• Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), 1985 [pictured]
  
• Digital Audio Technology, 1990
• Compact Disc - Interactive, 1991
• Mini Disc, 1993
• Radio Data System, 1993
• Digital Satellite System, 1994
• Digital Versatile Disk (DVD), 1996
• High Definition Television (HDTV), 1998

• Hard-disc VCR (PVR), 1999
• Digital Audio Radio (DAR), 2000
• Microsoft Xbox, 2001
• Plasma TV, 2001
• Home Media Server, 2002
• HD Radio, 2003
• Blu-Ray DVD, 2003 [pictured]
  
• HDTV PVR, 2003
• HD Radio, 2004
• IP TV, 2005
• Blu-Ray and HD-DVD dual format player, 2007

How many of these products did you buy? I'm guilty of owning most of the stuff on this list. Loved the NES. Not sure I ever got my money's worth out of my Mini Disc recorder. And I'm kind of happy I never owned a VCR with physical switches and dials.

I wonder what announcement will be the talk of the show this year...