InfoComm 08 in Las Vegas, NV

I went to Las Vegas, NV last week to attend InfoComm 08, the largest Pro AV show in history.

We arrived Tuesday morning and setup the booth without much difficulty. I have set up many show booths in my lifetime (my parents used to attend gift shows every year around the country) and setting up the booth in three hours was a breeze compared to the ten-plus hours it would take to setup my parents booth.

The following three days consisted of me doing a lot of standing between 9AM and 5PM:

The experience was not much different from the gift shows I had attended. Instead taking orders for product hanging on the walls, I needed to ask (and answer) questions about the company's product and talk to the people who came by the booth.

My boss let me take breaks to walk around the show and I saw lots of really nice screens and cool technology. One booth was selling remote control helicopters with HD cameras attached to them. He flew the smaller one around his booth and over peoples' heads while I was there. That's one way to attract a crowd of men who are fascinated by technology! Unfortunately I didn't take my camera with me, so I don't have many pictures of the show itself.

Taking down the booth was just as easy as putting it up, but we had to wait a good two hours for our boxes to arrive. Once we had the boxes we were out of there in an hour. My boss was flying back later that night and I planned to walk The Strip and then find a room for the night.