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Sling TV Takes Home Top Honors at the 2015 International CES, Wins Engadget’s “Best of the Best” Award

January 13, 2015 by Helen Vince

Sling TV L.L.C. today announced it received awards from Digital Trends, Engadget, GottaBe Mobile, Mashable, PCMag.com, Reviewed.com, Techlicious, TechnoBuffalo, TechRadar and The Verge at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Sling TV is a live, over-the-top television service that will be available to customers nationwide in the first quarter of 2015. “We’re humbled to … Read more

NEC Display’s ‘Ticket to Digital’ Program Paves Way for Theaters to Make Conversion to Digital

January 13, 2015 by Helen Vince

NEC Display Solutions of America announced today a special financing program to help the remaining 1,000 screens at movie theaters across America make the conversion to digital cinema. Called the “Ticket to Digital” program, NEC Display is teaming up with Element Financial to include 100 percent of the technology necessary to convert to digital requirements, plus … Read more

Hisense Curved ULED2 Appears on the Market, Adopts Quantum Dots Technology

January 13, 2015 by Helen Vince

Known for its product advantages such as high color gamut, high dynamic range, high definition and high FPS, Hisense ULED TV has been popular with consumers since it appeared on the market. The upcoming upgraded G2 products also appeared at CES 2015. From the live contrast demo, it could be seen directly that, compared with its predecessor, this newcomer … Read more

New tech for work, home & play amazes at record-setting ShowStoppers press event at CES

January 13, 2015 by Helen Vince

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

Qualcomm and Wearable Devices

December 21, 2022January 13, 2015 by Norbert Hildebrand

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

Tablet and Smartphone Markets on Different Paths

January 13, 2015 by Norbert Hildebrand

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

Dr. Jon Likes LG’s super-wide, high-res, IPS LED Monitor

January 13, 2015 by Jon Peddie

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

Will Apple Watch Change Everything Again?

January 13, 2015 by Steve Sechrist

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

TCL Transitions From Manufacture to Entertainment

December 21, 2022January 13, 2015 by Tom Allen

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

Eyesvis UK Launches National Control Room Demonstration Venues

January 13, 2015 by Tom Allen

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.

Industry Stakeholders Form UHD Alliance

January 13, 2015 by Tom Allen

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

The PC is not Dead Yet

January 13, 2015 by Bob Raikes

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