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Voice Control and China at IFA

by Bob Raikes

Well, I’d like to pretend that this editorial was carefully planned and thought through, but the reality is that it’s being hammered out in my hotel room as we desperately try to get both …

IFA is an OLED Fest!

by Bob Raikes

We’ve been through a couple of days of press events and a day and a half of the show and there’s a clear pattern. At every TV press event, except those by Samsung and …

Euronics Now Truly in EMEA

by Bob Raikes

The Euronics press event changes every year and this year there was a ‘theatrical’ presentation in German that was intended to highlight the desire of Euronics to be the leader in the Smart Home …

B&O Uses LG Chassis & OLED

by Bob Raikes

B&O held a press event on its booth and explained that for the company, when designing products, it put ‘people first’. It also tries to take into account ‘domesticity’ – that is to say, …

Sharp To Re-enter Smartphone Business and Push TV

by Bob Raikes

After a day that was almost exclusively devoted to OLED, the last conference on the day before the show opening was held by the Sharp TV business (happily, there was a separate conference for …

Loewe Moves to OLED at 55″ and Above

by Bob Raikes

Mark Hüsges is an executive from Loewe and he started Loewe’s press event by restating Loewe’s commitment to quality. The company recently introduced the Bild 7 and has been very successful with that product, …

Tags:IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Grundig Does Still Make TVs

by Bob Raikes

Grundig has been building white goods from four years ago as the company and brand has been owned by Arceli/Beko in Turkey. Hakan Bulgurlu is CEO of the company and the parent company (Arçelik/Beko) …

Tags:IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Sony’s 77″ OLED and 4K Projectors Look Good

by Bob Raikes

Sony’s press event was very over-crowded, so we ended up watching it on a stream from the press centre as it wasn’t even going to be possible to get good photos. In TV, the …

Philips Adds QD TVs and 8K/49″ Monitors At IFA

by Bob Raikes

After TCL’s audio overload, we were looking forward to some moderation from Philips, but no, it started with an audio blast – although not with quite the body blasting bass of the Chinese brand! …

TCL Uses IFA for Global Launch

by Bob Raikes

TCL held a press event which kicked off 15 minutes late on the day before the show opened. The company used a fine pitch LED behind the presenters to add graphics and show video. …

Samsung Adds Flat QLED TVs, a Gaming Monitor and Wearables

by Bob Raikes

Samsung had its press event at the Tempdrom – a large venue well away from the Messe and with several thousand attendees including Samsung staff. The theme at the event was ‘Your new normal’. …

LG Short on New TVs, but Plenty to Show!

by Bob Raikes

LG held its press event one day before the show opened and started by launching the V30 smartphone which has been widely previewed by the company. That was the only real topic for the …