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Huawei Gets Kirin Chip to 7nm Process

by Bob Raikes

Huawei gave a keynote and after an introduction when the IFA exec said that he had visited the Huawei HQ in China and that it is extremely impressive, Richard Yu of Huawei came on. …

Tags:5G| Big Data/AI| Huawei| IFA 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 34| Wi-Fi

TCL Aims to Go Past LGE

by Bob Raikes

TCL had a significant presence at IFA this year. It kicked off its presence with a ‘global’ press event that started with the inevitable noisy corporate video. TCL claims to be the #3 TV …

Tags:IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart TV| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Lenovo Continues to Innovate

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo was showing its own brand, Medion and Motorola products on its booth. It has also started to develop smart home products. We started by looking at the X1 Extreme which is a 15.6″ …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Desktop Monitors| E Ink| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Notebooks| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Dell’s Monitors Well Represented at IFA

by Bob Raikes

Dell showed its S2719DC which combines a glass LGP, DisplayHDR 600 and USB docking into a single monitor at the Showstoppers event, but the company also had a good presentation of its monitor range, …

Tags:Dell| Desktop Monitors| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Optoma FullHD Projector is UST

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has a new DLP-based UST projector, the HD31UST, which has 3,400 lumens and FullHD resolution which can be displayed with a 100″ diagonal from just 30cm (throw ratio 0.25:1). Contrast is quoted at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Optoma| UST Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 35

NEC US Exploits S[Quadrat] Acquisition

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions in the US has released the F-Series indoor fine pitch direct view LED (dvLED) and Q-Series indoor and outdoor dvLED panels which are designed to make the most of the acquisition …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| NEC| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 35

Just a Few Displays at Showstoppers

by Bob Raikes

We went to the Showstoppers event on the evening before the main event after a dash back from the 3IT event. There is less and less display-related technology, it seems, at Showstoppers each time …

Tags:Flexible Displays| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Toshiba Moving to Full Android TVs

by Bob Raikes

Toshiba held a press event on its booth that clashed with the Sony event, so had a relatively limited turnout from journalists. The Toshiba brand is currently run by Vestel in Europe, although Hisense …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| toshiba| TVs (TV Sets)| Vestel| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Philips TVs ‘Not Just Another OLED’

by Bob Raikes

Philips held its usual big press conference in the back area of its booth, which is then used for supplier and partner meetings. The first topic was health and lifestyle and topics covered include …

Tags:Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Quantum Dots| Touch Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 34

IFA, IBC, VR and 8K Musings

by Bob Raikes

The early part of the week saw us still at IFA and we have shorter issues this week as we have also been working on the IFA special report, which will be out early …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Eizo Supports HDR Content with New Monitor

by Bob Raikes

Eizo Corporation globally announced the ColorEdge CG279X, a 27″ QuadHD 2560 x 1440 monitor designed for colour critical applications and using a number of features for content creators. The monitor supports HLG and PQ …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Fujifilm Outputs 4K with 10 Bits

by Bob Raikes

Fujifilm has added a new mirrorless camera, the X-T3, that is able to record true DCI 4096 x 2160 video at 60fps with 10 bits of grey scale in 4:2:2 format through its external …

Tags:4k| 4K DCI| Cameras| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 35