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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 produced by Turkey-based Arçelik, but they are also sold to other brand names as well. The panel is equally impressive with … Read more
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 of LCD TVs. B&O products always feature an emphasis on design, followed by high level visual, audio and interface capabilities, but … Read more
BrightSign, LLC®, the global market leader in digital signage media players, today announced the first major overhaul of the company’s players in nearly two years. BrightSign’s lineup of digital signage media players has been completely redesigned and will ship with a portfolio of technology updates including an M.2 interface for Wi-Fi antennae or a solid-state … Read more
Brightsign has completely refreshed its line of media players. New features include better Wi-fi, a revision of BrightAuthor software, and B-Deploy for set up and BrightSign Network for large networks. There are seven new models in four lines, all with a new industrial design and a profile that is less than 1″ (2.5cm) in height. … Read more
On the first day of press events, Samsung held a launch event for the Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch, attended by its staff, partners and press at the Templedrom venue in Berlin. The S3 is the seventh design of smartwatch from the company. Samsung started by bringing on specialists in the premium watch market, including Yvan … Read more
Philips used a press conference at IFA to announce a new OLED UHD TV that is the first to use Ambilight technology. Ambilight produces a background light from the edges of the TV that can be any color and that varies based upon the color of the content on the screen or a specific mood … Read more
The latest integrated touch technologies were shown at the Touch Taiwan 2016 conference that took place in Taipei during late August. Of particular interest, liquid crystal display panel manufacturers showed devices with in-cell touch capability based on Touch with Display Driver Integration (TDDI) technology. Devices of this type included a single IC to integrate display … Read more
Atlona, a leading manufacturer of connectivity solutions for AV systems, introduced the Centum Series AT-CENT-301-CEA, the industry’s first high dynamic range (HDR) compatible video extender, which delivers 4K/UHD video @ 60 Hz with 4:4:4 chroma sampling and HDMI data rates up to 18 Gbps, to meet next-generation residential integration requirements. The AT-CENT-301-CEA is the latest … Read more
At Cedia, Atlona introduced the entum Series AT-CENT-301-CEA, which it claims as the industry’s first HDR-compatible video extender that can deliver 4K/UHD video @ 60 Hz with 4:4:4 chroma sampling and HDMI data rates up to 18 Gbps, using DisplayStream compression. It’s HDCP 2.2 compliant and provides HDMI transmission up to 330 feet (100 metres) … Read more
UK-based advanced displays company Bodle Technologies Limited announced today it has achieved a key milestone for bringing its Solid State Reflective Display (SRD) technology to market. Bodle Technologies founder Harish Bhaskaran said: “We have achieved reflective specifications for the three primary colours required for manufacture of the core optoelectronic films in our Solid State Reflective … Read more
Keepixo, a leading provider of software-based headend solutions for IP-based video delivery, today announced that its Genova Software suite for OTT has been fully optimized to run on the graphics-enabled Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1500 v5 product family. Keepixo’s software suite takes advantage of Intel® Quick Sync Video, which uses the dedicated media processing capabilities of … Read more
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. Last year, there were 2-3 VR companies at IFA but this year: 35. Forrester has forecast 32M headsets will be sold … Read more
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