Las Vegas [hexus.net] You know, life is full of difficult choices. Whether to jump on the all-too-expensive property ladder now and face years of high payments, or whether renting and paying someone else’s mortgage is the right thing to do? Whether to have children now, or to wait a while longer? Life isn’t as simple as it should be.

In a list of difficult decisions, there is one that is not just difficult, it’s excruciatingly hard, and it goes something like this. There I was, standing at the intersection between two halls at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, trying to work out what to do next. Directly in front of me was the main CES hall, used by the smaller companies that, unlike Samsung, Intel, Microsoft and LG, couldn’t afford to spare the necessary change for 5,000 square-foot display areas in the main convention center.

The world’s technology hacks could, if they wanted, peruse the delights of, say, the Shenzhen Jingrui Industry Company, specialising in garish feet-washing systems and the like.

The other option and directly to the left of where I mused on what to do, and remember it was difficult to decide, was the AVN (Adult Video News) Adult Entertainment Expo 2007, home to the largest adult entertainment event in the world, packed chock-full of ravenously beautiful, extrovert, and damn sexy women (and men, if that’s your wont) this side of, well, anywhere.

Accidentally finding myself in the AVN press-registration area and, somehow, gaining an all-access press pass in just a few minutes, there was but one thing to do; enter and evaluate whether big, heaving bosoms beat out LCD monitors technology and flash media sizes.

Upon entering the upper of two rooms devoted to the expo, even the air is different. Yours truly turned from a bespectacled geek into super-stud Sandhu, ready to take on the entire room, in a journalistic way, of course.

The AVN expo is more, much more, than just a place where eager fans can meet and mingle with their favourite stars of the blue business. Whole industries have grown up alongside the business, where trade customers can peruse and purchase the latest HD DVD (yes, p*rn in high-definition), can purchase more adult toys and clothing than is reasonable or healthy, and hook up with producers and directors from the main studios.

You can also visit one of numerous seminars, ranging from ‘How Would You Like It? Advances in Delivery Technology’ to ‘A Novel Approach-Workshop and Demonstration of Adult Toys & Novelties’. I somehow think Bill Gates and Michael Dell won’t be giving keynotes this time around.

Indeed, looking at the exhibitor list that runs to almost a thousand, you’d never be short of a company with an interesting name and, probably, an equally interesting product line-up. Tongue Joy, ID Lubricants, Good Vibrations, Swingers Symbol, Chicken Ranch Brothel, Titty Tops, Best Whip, Inc., and My Party Doll all evoking particular interest.

Running alongside CES 2007, you’d expect the AVN Expo to play second fiddle in technology stakes. Not a bit of it! The main floor is littered with high-definition panels, the latest sound systems and high-definition cameras for the last ounce of detail on a pert bottom. Too bad my attention was drawn elsewhere.

The 4-day event will attract a record number of visitors and it’s not hard to see why. You can spend an (un)healthy time ogling your favourite star(lets) and then buy their digital version, doing what they do best, on any one of thousands of DVDs and a sprinkling of high-definition discs on offer.

They say you can lose your shirt in Sin City; this was one place where that wasn’t such a bad idea.