How realistic do you think the CSI shows are

No way. They solve murders completely randomly. Its like the main guys, Grissom, Horatio, and Gary Sinese always have the answers at the end of the episode. Some vague clue will come up and they'll know exactly what it means and have the whole thing solves out just because of one little thing. And they abuse technology too, they use imaginary techniques with computers like blowing up pictures without losing quality.

They do have the equipment to do such things as they show in there. They do speed up how long it takes for results on them, mostly due to the limitations of the shows. Yes they want to solve the cases, it's why we watch it after all so they will find out the answers from the infromation. No real life isn't that easy like they show in there but then it's not real life. Real forensics do have all the technical stuff it's just a matter of having all the things to run through it. That's were it can get problematic. Also they don't just use it on every little thing, those things cost money so they do wait till they have to before they do.

I believe that most of the equipment we see them use is real, but it is the stuff you would find in only the most advanced and well funded departments. And I'm sure they stretch the percisness of the results, like how well they can clean up video from a crappy gas station camera enough to see a clear reflection in a car window or something; that's probably not very likely. I think the main thing they do is compress time and combine jobs, they can run tests and do interviews and track information in hours instead of the weeks it would really take. And they have the CSIs doing things like interviews and clearing crime scenes that they would never do in real life, it would be someone else's job. Mostly, people need to remember that it is a show for enertainment, not a documentry. If some one wants factual re-enactments, they sould watch Forensic Files on the Discovery channel instead (which is actually also quite good, it also happens to be true stories).

Yeah, all those processes that are done on the show are really capable to do. I believe it is pretty much the same thing real forensics do, just with stories also on the characters. Even those types of murders on there happen.

It sure looks easy but I think they are very unrealistic. The way they dress is even ridiculous. When is the last time you seen someone investigating a bloody murder in a white pant suit and her chest exposed. And they ALWAYS find the killer.

Think about it, they've only got ONE HOUR to solve a crime. It's entertainment. I'm sure forensic processes take longer based on what the characters clothings are in each scene; they're different when they get the results from a sample they submitted 2 and a half minutes ago. I still find it fascinating though; the forensic science is great but the show actually made me want to be a medical examiner.

On a percentage I would say 90%-95% real. the cases maybe fictional but it emulates the real thing. All the equipments and methods are real.

The forensics as portrayed in CSI is completely unrealistic. They somehow manage to get blood tests back within hours, DNA results while they wait. In the real world, these tests could take weeks or months to come back. CSIs don't discuss cases the way they do on these shows either. CSI x would never tell CSI y what they were working on or what their results were. This would prejudice any work the second guy was doing and make it inadmissable in court. Thirdly, CSIs don't bust down doors, chase bad guys or run interrogations. Lawyers in both the US and Canada are finding it more and more difficult to get convictions because jury members assume that what they see on CSI is the real thing. So if a prosecutor doesn't present DNA evidence, they assume the prosecutor doesn't have a strong case and will tend to acquit. Jurors may doubt an eyewitness if there is no CSI-style evidence given to back the story up.

Though they use it scientifically using high technology gadgets they used in a crime lab. I'd say the show is simanthically correct but synthactically wrong.

First off, it's a TV show, not even close to a reality show. It is to be expected that there would be an entertainment value to it, so there are a lot of exaggerations. Possible in terms of the use of high-tech gadgets; highly improbable in terms of how quick and sharp-witted the CSI investigators could get, and always getting the job accurately done-- and on the dot! If the show at least comes close to reality, then almost all the high-profile cases in the U.S. (or in Miami) could have been solved with such precision and speed.

I also think that the EXaggerate events but one thing i like the most is the technical stuffs. After seeing CSI a lot of people had gained the knowledge how the science is helping to solve the crime. Technologies they have been showing are cutting edge technology and they do exists in rich countries line usa, england etc.