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Haier Looking to Focus on Upscale TVs

by Chris Chinnock

Haier is not well known in the European market and has sold mainly small-sized and value TVs to date, but it wants to change that by moving upmarket. Judging by the quality of the …

Kobo to Offer New eReaders

by Chris Chinnock

At IFA, we caught up with Rakuten Kobo, a Toronto company which sells e-books, e-readers and tablet computers. It is a subsidiary of the Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten. The name Kobo is an anagram …

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Sharp Shows 27-inch 8K Monitor at IFA

by Chris Chinnock

In Europe, the Sharp brand name was purchased by Slovakia-based UMC about one and a half years ago. At IFA it was showing TVs but not really talking much about them. The recent acquisition …

Grundig Unveils its First OLED 4KTV with HDR

by Chris Chinnock

Grundig used IFA to unveil its first OLED TV – and it looked great. The VLO 0790 SP is a 65” product with UHD resolution using a panel from LG Display. Grundig TVs are …

New Sets from Bang & Olufsen in 40″ and 48″

by Chris Chinnock

Just prior to IFA, Bang & Olufsen (B&O), the Danish high-end audio-visual designer and manufacturer, released details on its new BeoVision 14 LCD TV range. At IFA, they then revealed the new Horizon line …

AMD Lays Out VR Vision in IFA Keynote

by Chris Chinnock

Mark Papermaster, CTO at AMD and Roy Taylor, Corporate VP for Alliances and Content shared a keynote speaking spot at IFA where they laid out their view of the status and future of VR. …

Loewe is Back at IFA with New TVs

by Chris Chinnock

Loewe began at IFA in 1931 when founder Sigmund Loewe first showed a television. But, like many high end specialty brands, it has suffered as TV supply chains have consolidated in Asia and sales …

Skyworth Releases One New HDR TV at IFA

by Chris Chinnock

Skyworth told us that they had one new HDR TV at IFA, the S9B which is part of the previously released H9 series. It is only for sale in China right now and is …

Hisense Highlights LaserTV and HDR TVs

by Chris Chinnock

Hisense is one of the many companies selling a new class of display generally dubbed “LaserTV.” These are ultra short throw projectors that sit below a screen in the home to create a ~100” …

USB Type-C Connector Will Now Support HDMI 1.4b Signaling

by Chris Chinnock

HDMI, LLC used IFA to announce new support functionality for the USB 3.1 Type C connector. When placed in Alt mode, supporting chip sets can now use HDMI1.4b signaling over the connector. USB is …

Daimler’s Zetsche Discusses Improvements Coming to Mercedes Cars

by Chris Chinnock

Daimler’s CEO Dieter Zetsche delivered a keynote address at IFA this year which focused on three new features coming to Mercedes automobiles. These include Office Manager, Fitness Coach and Personal Assistant. Office Manager is …

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Toshiba Describes 2017 Line

by Chris Chinnock

Toshiba was at IFA to describe its new deal with Vestel (Vestel Wins Toshiba Brand for TV in Europe) and to show off the 2017 TV line, which should be ready by Q2’17. Planned …