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We stopped by the Vestel booth but were told that there was not much new since our report at IFA (Vestel to Mass Produce OLED HDR TVs). As this headline notes, Vestel planned to launch 55” and 65” OLED TV with panels from LG Display only with HDR10 support. These are now in mass production … Read more
The Nvidia keynote was the opening one of CES, so the first section of the talk was a pitch for CES, highlighting the 50 year history. CTA president, Gary Shapiro, then came on to welcome the keynote speaker, Jen-Hsun Huang of Nvidia came on, in his regulation black leather jacket. Gaming has moved from a … Read more
The CTA held the opening event which followed the traditional format with Shawn Dubravac and Steve Koenig of the organisation giving, first, a view on technology and then a report on global markets. Dubravac started by saying that this year’s event is the 50th edition of the CES show. There are more than a thousand … Read more
As we were waiting for our plane out to Las Vegas, we noticed this display from the Wagamama restaurant chain which now has a large sign outside using ‘stretched’ displays. The content is designed specifically for the displays with text appearing in a vertical format to match the shape of the individual displays.
Samsung and LG battled for next gen TV display technology dominance at CES 2017. Top consumer brands generally showcase their latest and greatest TV products at the event to establish technology supremacy and set the stage for the coming year. This year, LG showcased OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display technology’s supremacy through super thin … Read more
BBC iPlayer received a record 69.3 million requests in the week between Christmas and New Year. It was particularly popular on mobiles on New Year’s Eve! This helped to make December its best ever month with 281 million requests. The majority of these requests came from connected TVs, followed by tablets, mobiles and computers.
Dell had booked the Yardbird restaurant in the Venetian to show its latest monitors and PCs. We met up with the monitor group and we immediately were attracted by a new 31.5″ 8K monitor, the UP3218K that was being shown. The unit has a target price of $5,000 and is driven using dual DisplayPort 1.3 … Read more
JCDecaux has extended its coverage in the Basque region of France. Its contracts with the cities of Bayonne and Anglet have been extended by 18 and 15 years respectively. The company has also won a 17-year contract for 398 installations for bus shelters in seven Basque cities, to include 84″ iVision LCD screens. The company … Read more
In Stockholm, Sweden, a pharmacy chain has placed a DOOH poster in the city centre which ‘coughs’ if anyone passes by smoking. The screen has been fitted with a smoke detector and is to advertise medication to help people to stop smoking.
MediaTek’s Q1 shipments of smartphone chipsets are predicted to fall by 20% QoQ, according to the China-based Commercial Times. It cited lower demand for entry-level models in India and keen price competition. MediaTek’s Helio X30 and X35 10nm CPUs have received a lukewarm response because of their high production costs and selling prices.
Xiaomi’s CEO has said that the firm’s target this year is CNY100 billion ($14.5 billion) in 2017, a slower rate of growth as it tries to cope with its fast growth. It believes that changes it made in its organisation in 2016 will pay off in 2017. From 54 Mi Home stores opened in 2016, … Read more
Sources in Asia are pointing to shortages of key components of displays as well as memory and optical sensors as being potential blocks to the growth of brands below the top rank that are trying to boost their shares, particularly Chinese vendors. Huawei may try to get to 150 million units, up from 139 million, … Read more
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