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Epson Challenges DLP – Again

by Tom Allen

Epson revived its ‘colour brightness shootout’ area for IFA 2015 – a demonstration that was particularly unpopular, and caused a lot of bad feeling, with other projector makers at ISE in February. We were …

Alcatel Has Rugged Devices

by Tom Allen

Near to the TCL stand was the Alcatel Onetouch area. This is a subsidiary of the Chinese company, focusing on mobile devices. Two products intended to be used together are the Go Watch smartwatch …

Toshiba’s Vision for the Business Market

by Tom Allen

Toshiba has launched its Business Vision software, which was first shown at ISE 2015 (Toshiba to Compete in Signage Software). Specifically designed for digital signage, Business Vision comes in two different versions: ‘Business Vision …

Tags:Digital Signage Software| Large Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Connected Device Penetration Will Explode Worldwide

by Tom Allen

There will be at least five connected media devices in every household in the world by 2019, according to Merrick Kingston – principal analyst at IHS. The world’s mature hardware market will still be …

Merck: Samsung Will Return to OLED TVs in 2017

by Tom Allen

Brian Daniels, senior VP at Merck, says that Samsung is still committed to OLED panels – and will return to the OLED TV market by 2017. Quoted in an interview with The Korea Times, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Merck| OLED TVs| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 36

TCL Invests in Colour and Contrast

by Tom Allen

With Toshiba moving to Hall 12, TCL had more room at this year’s show – its stand had been doubled in size, to 1,700m². With the size of the TVs the company was showing, …

JVC Steals Show With Automotive Entry

by Tom Allen

JVC Kenwood does not normally have new display products at IFA, instead focusing on audio, so we were pleasantly surprised to find enough interesting topics to take an hour of our time! The flagship …

Sharp is Too Private

by Tom Allen

Sharp’s presence this year was extremely disappointing. Although the stand was quite large, and in a central location in Hall 6, most of it was private. There was no-one around to answer questions, and …

Seiki Wants to Stir Up Existing Markets

by Tom Allen

Tongfang Global is the Chinese company that owns the Seiki and Orion TV brands – the former being the most well-known. As Seiki, the company launched what was at the time the world’s cheapest …

Escatec Claims 10x LED-Cooling Improvement

by Tom Allen

Escatec is to launch an LED-cooling solution, which has implications for displays, at the LED Professional Symposium, between 22nd and 24th September in Austria. The Heat Spreader solution uses LEDs soldered onto a copper …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| LED Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Parker Highlights the Windows 10 Wave

by Tom Allen

Microsoft’s keynote speech, by Nick Parker (corporate VP of the OEM division), was really just an excuse to show off the new Windows 10 devices that have been launched in recent months, as well …

Inverto to License Software Stacks

by Tom Allen

Inverto has announced that it will offer its HTML5 browser and HbbTV software stacks to Android-based STB and TV manufacturers. Inverto developed the software to support its hybrid STB range for the HD+ market …

Tags:HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 36