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New technologies that make life better at work, home and play rocketed out of ShowStoppers @ CES 2015, the largest-ever new-product showcase produced in 22 years of ShowStoppers press events. Setting new records, the 11th annual edition of ShowStoppers @ CES featured news and new products from 128 industry leaders, startups and innovators – and almost … Read more
Wearable devices were a major topic at CES with many companies showing products for this developing market. Qualcomm, as one of the key suppliers for mobile devices today, has a natural interest in all products that will influence and interact with smartphones. While wearable devices were not the most important topic for the Qualcomm press … Read more
Smartphones and tablets have been the darlings of the CE industry for the last few years. While smartphones took over the growing mobile phone market in one swift motion, tablets have often been seen as the PC killer over the last few years. Up until last year growth rates of both devices were among the highest ever … Read more
LG’s super-wide, high-res, IPS LED Monitor Nearly three feet of desktop make this the ultimate gaming monitor Jon Peddie Why is this the ultimate gamer monitor? Wide field of view – the more you can see the more you can shoot. High-contrast IPS display. Non-glare (not shiny) screen. Input for every high-speed high-bandwidth source available, … Read more
In the post CES world of wearable devices, attention is once again shifting to Apple and its looming launch of the long-discussed Apple Watch wearable device. Look for this no later than March 2015 (so we are weeks away) with all the tell-tale signs that include hints of Retail training programs in process, new Beta versions … Read more
Li Dongsheng, TCL’s CEO, greeted the assembled journalists at the company’s press conference. The room was quiet when we arrived as most of the press was queueing for its lunch – although TCL had kindly laid out a spread as well. TCL is now selling almost 30 million TVs annually. The company has 75,000 employees … Read more
Eyevis UK has launched two new national venues for control room solution demonstrations. Located in London and Manchester, the facilities mean that clients can arrange appointments to see Eyevis’ product range in action.
The formation of the UHD Alliance was announced the day before CES officially began. A collaboration between Hollywood studios, consumer electronics brands, post-production and technology companies, the Alliance aims to establish standards for UltraHD and higher video, focusing on ‘better pixels’ (HDR, wide colour gamut, immersive 3D audio, etc). Samsung, LG, Sharp, Sony and Panasonic were among … Read more
This is a good summary of why the PC is not going away anytime soon. Meko’s monitor forecasts have been (relatively) positive for the same reasons, despite the clamour a couple of years ago about the end of the PC. http://www.eweek.com/pc-hardware/why-the-much-hyped-post-pc-era-never-arrived.html
Stream TV Networks is the developer of the Ultra-D glasses-free 3D system, which converts 2D content to 3D and eliminates ‘sweet spots’. It introduces a proprietary optical stack to a plasma, LCD or OLED display that directs light from the sub-pixel level, to create a 3D image. Last CES saw partnerships with several Chinese brands, including Chimei, … Read more
Unlike previous years, Sony’s whole stand was open before its press conference began – nothing was covered up, including the new products. However, there was little time to walk around and we chose to get a seat, instead! After a short stop-motion video (very Python-esque), Kazuo Hirai arrived to look back at the year that … Read more
Public display (PD) shipments grew 16% YoY in Q3’14, says DisplaySearch. LCD PD shipments were up 18%, while plasma shipments were ‘negligible’ due to the market exit of many plasma vendors. Following the start of an improvement in PD performance in Q2’14, QoQ growth reached 3% in Q3 – the market’s highest sequential growth rate … Read more
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