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The end of CES is
nigh and we have definitely had a good year, we met with some big companies as
well as the little guys, and overall had a good experience with some innovation
and improvements on previous products. I just have a couple last companies I
want to touch on briefly here.
Zalman had a pretty small booth this year, actually it wasn't a booth it was a
private suite that we went to see. They had some improved products; the CNPS
9900 was on display which has a blue ring of light and a plastic cover between
two circles of heat spreaders so fingers don't intrude.
Also they have
version three of their fan controller which has done quite well for them but
they have fixed a viewing angle problem on the LCD and moved a button to
provide more ease of access. As well they have some extreme gaming PSUs this
year with odd numbers of 660 and 770 watts which I found quite odd.
One fairly new
company that we saw this year was Thrustmaster and Hercules; they actually have a few
places even up here in Canada that distribute their products. That said they
have a few Gaming controllers that they make, first and foremost was their
Magnetic Joystick, it (as the name implies) uses magnetic positioning rather
than optical. So its quite a bit more precise than regular joysticks, it has
all the features, tons of buttons, throttle, the whole bit, and for 50$ MSRP it
isn't bad. I almost feel sorry for the suckers who paid 100$+ for their super
high end not so long ago.
They also had a force
feedback gaming Ferrari gaming wheel on display with pedals. They were weighted
nicely so that when you slam on the brakes quickly the pedals don't fly out
from underneath. It retails for approximately 180$ retail here in Canada, which
is still quite expensive for a steering wheel. Also a company named Hercules
was combined in the same booth and had a few speakers up for display. You can
take a look at some pictures in our gallery here.
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