LAS VEGAS -- CES -- Led by a first-ever keynote from a top cable exec, the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show could go down as cable's CE coming-out party. (See Comcast 'Gets It', CES: Roberts Declares Open Season, Comcast Fires Up Fancast, and Comcast Launches 'Project Infinity'.)

Although the stage was set aside purposely for Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) this year, we'll have to reserve judgment about whether cable can execute on its plans -- and wait to see what operators other than the industry's largest one have to say and announce in the year leading up to the '09 confab.

In the meantime, we strolled the floor seeking the presence of tru2way, the new retail-focused moniker for what was known as the OpenCable Platform. We found some limited evidence of it and, for grins, a few other non-cable things that got our attention. Click on the pic below to rev up the slideshow:



— Jeff Baumgartner, Site Editor, Cable Digital News