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Vestel Looks to Automotive and Better Pixels

by Tom Allen

Vestel is one of the world’s largest display makers, but most people visiting IFA will have never heard the name. This is because the majority of TVs and public displays made by the company …

Digital Focus is All About Cameras

by Tom Allen

Taking place in the Grand Hyatt Hotel again, Digital Focus is a press event that is – technically – not affiliated with IFA. Unlike Showstoppers, companies do not need to have space on the …

Grundig Adds All of 2015’s Premium Features

by Tom Allen

Grundig is a German manufacturer of high-end TVs, which has been owned by Turkey’s Beko since 2004 (which at least makes a difference from the Chinese owners of national fellows Metz (Skyworth) and Loewe …

ZTE Axon Wins User Experience Gold Award at IFA 2015

by Tom Allen

ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, today announced that the ZTE Axon phone was awarded a ‘User Experience Gold Award’ by IDG and German Industry and Commerce Ltd. at IFA 2015. The award …

Tags:Awards| IFA 2015| ZTE

It’s All Gone Mobile at Showstoppers

by Tom Allen

Showstoppers is the official pre-IFA press event, consisting only of those companies with a presence on the show floor. It is a chance for journalists to see representatives in a (very, very slightly) less …

IFA 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

Amazon introduced UltraHD HDR content streaming earlier in the year (High Dynamic Range Coming to Amazon Prime Instant Video This Year), but it was only available to customers using Samsung’s SUHD TVs. Now, the …

Google Aims at VP10 in 2016

by Tom Allen

Google has spoken to CNet about the company’s plans for its VP10 codec which is under development. Google’s existing VP9 codec is an alternative to the more mainstream HEVC. However, it has recently been …

Switzerland Prepares for New DOOH

by Tom Allen

The Swiss DOOH organisation, APG|SGA, will begin its new booking period on 5th October. Simultaneously, the body has announced new installations for 2016. These will include: New shopping ‘ePanels’ in four shopping centres around …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Metz Replaces Loewe, Adds UltraHD

by Tom Allen

The combined Metz/Skyworth stand was in the space previously taken by Loewe, which was not at the show this year. Skyworth was mainly demonstrating TV technologies, such as prototype OLED models, while the new …

Early News from IFA

by Tom Allen

We were at IFA for the press conferences and we went to press just as the show itself was due to start, but already there were some interesting snippets of news from the press …

Philips Brings SoftBlue to Home and Office

by Tom Allen

Philips/MMD is in the process of introducing a variety of new SoftBlue displays to stores, for both the home (E-Line) and office (P-Line). SoftBlue monitors were launched last year, and first seen at IFA …

Tags:Blue Light| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Barnes & Noble Co-Brands Samsung’s S2

by Tom Allen

A variant on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S2 (New Samsung Tab S2 is Very Thin) has been released through a collaboration with Barnes & Noble. The Galaxy Tab S2 Nook has B&N’s Nook software pre-loaded, …

Tags:Barnes & Noble| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 36