I'm going to IFA in Berlin this week. Not as reporter this time, but I'll try to see if there are some fun things regardless. I'll go by car from Norway so it's a packaged road trip, shopping, show visit and Berlin sightseeing all at once.

I have in the past visited IFA more or less every time since 1994. But long gone are the physical format wars of the past: SD/MMCD, DVD-A/SACD, HD-DVD/Blu-ray. Which sort of made the show a fun place. Also, these days you find mostly anything online. In the past you got home with 20 kgs of paper, photos and slides to read.

These days IFA become focused on cell phone accessories to a large extent. And the domestic appliances for cooking and washing. But after some years of covid19 hiatus, it looks like many of the older halls surrounding the west Berlin tv-tower is empty.

I'll try to post some images here during the weekend after my visit on friday.

If you know of any item or exhibitor which is of particular interest please give a suggestion.

Espen

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