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NRF: Point of Sale Terminals

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Toshiba’s New TCx 800 POS Terminal, partially disassembled and with some accessories. (Credit: M. Brennesholtz) Toshiba introduced its new TCx 800 all-in-one modular point-of-sale (POS) solution at NRF. This unit will be available later …

NRF: Electronic Shelf Edge Labels

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Two 2” and one 4” (at bottom) Edge displays at the NRF (Credit: M. Brennesholtz) Edge R&D holdings, LLC was showing an interesting variation on electronic shelf edge labels (ESLs) (previously reported by us …

NRF: Analytics, Big Data and Image Processing

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Virtually every exhibitor at the NRF Big Show was showing at least some products that could have been reported under this headline. If I had to choose a single trend from the NRF, I …

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NRF: The Innovation Lab & Startup Pavilion II: Displays

by Matthew Brennesholtz

This section of the IL and Startup Pavilion story will deal with customer-oriented display technologies. This, of course, is only a subset of all customer-oriented display technologies at NRF. Others, presented by more established …

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NRF: The Innovation Lab & Startup Pavilion I: Robots

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The Innovation Lab (IL) was on the top level of the Javits convention center and was dedicated to startups and other small companies with breakthrough technologies for retail. That level has huge windows on …

NRF: Overview of The Big Show

by Matthew Brennesholtz

When a consumer walks into a store, he sees shelves with groceries, racks with clothes, a line of televisions, etc. The exhibitors at the NRF’s Big Show, the annual trade show for retail technology …

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The State of US Retail – is it Dead, Yet?

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Is retail dead? Not according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), the voice of retail in general and brick-and-mortar stores in particular. Reportedly, the NRF is the world’s largest retail trade association, representing discount …

DisplayLink Upbeat and with a Big Booth

by Bob Raikes

DisplayLink is enjoying life at the moment. The company has progressed well with some key breakthroughs that we have reported before for its display over USB compression technology. The company has seen the inclusion …

Sky Announces Move to Online, Dish-Free Model

by Andrew Fenn

In the company’s latest financial report, Sky has revealed plans to provide its entire service via the internet, allowing subscribers to stream or download content without a satellite dish. The company previously announced that …

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ATSC 3.0 Announcements Outnumber Related Product Showings at CES 2018

by Aldo Cugnini

ATSC member companies and partners made several rollout announcements at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. But despite these developments, new ATSC products were few and far between – perhaps …

Competition is Good for Consumers in TV at CES

by Bob Raikes

Because of its position in the calendar, the CES show in Las Vegas is always the most important for TV technology. While IFA is also an interesting show, at that show in September, the …

IRT Commences 5G TV Broadcast Research Project

by Andrew Fenn

German broadcast technology institute IRT is planning a 28-month research project, examining the suitability of the new 5G mobile network standard for the large-scale transmission of TV channels. The project is a collaboration between …