IFA 2014 – Display Daily

Early News from IFA

by Tom Allen

We were at IFA for the press conferences and we went to press just as the show itself was due to start, but already there were some interesting snippets of news from the press …

Philips Introduces “Safe Blue” Desktop Monitor at IFA

by Raverstead

Philips introduced a new technology that eliminates “harmful” blue light from LED backlights, while still giving a colour balance that looks complete

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QD Vision Highlights Quantum Dot Advantages

by Raverstead

Interview between Matt Mazzuchi of QD Vision and Bob Raikes of Display Daily at IFA 2014 on the TCL stand. Mazzuchi explains the advantages of QD Vision’s technology.

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Panel Session Debates Quality and Containers

by Super User

Following the talks by Semenza and Hsieh, there was a panel session that was introduced by Paul Gray who asked, “Why UltraHD?” Looking at TV by region: * China – there is no clear …

Philips Tempts Then Disappoints

by Super User

Despite arriving 10 minutes late to the Philips conference (Samsung overran), we only missed some appliance talk. The conference itself was quite light on display-related discussions, although there were certainly more than we’d seen …

The Market for Wearables

by Super User

Paul Gray talked about wearable electronics. Until the first world war, watches were kept in the pocket, and wrist watches were seen as “effeminate”. However, the need for accurate time keeping during the war …

Samsung Display Hides Away

by Super User

Samsung Display had a private area in Hall 14 and we went around to see the range of products. Showing where the priorities lie for the local sales people in the Display business, we …

QD Vision Bullish on TCL Demo

by Super User

QD Vision was at IFA on the booth of one of its customers, TCL of China. TCL was showing a 55″ prototype TV using the QD Vision technology to give >100% NTSC colour gamut …

TCL Uses HDR and Wide Gamuts to Support LCD

by Super User

TCL might be dabbling with OLED technology, but – following the tenet of ‘anything you can do, I can do better’ – is putting most of its effort into LCD TVs. How, you ask? …

Wearables Panel Session

by Super User

Simon Forrest from Imagination, Ruth Hutchinson from Fitbug and Ulrich Schulze-Althoff from Medisana joined the panel session on wearables. Simon Forrest is from Imagination Technologies which believes it has lots of the elements needed …

Tongfang Has High Hopes for Welsh Plant

by Super User

We talked to Simon Lucas and Phil Jones, manufacturing director and managing director of Tongfang’s new TV assembly plant in Wales (Display Monitor Vol 21 Nos 3 & 30). Seiki TVs for the UK …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

There’s a Sparkle at IFA…

by Super User

We’re not talking metaphorically, here – Philips really did make the walls glow. But more on that later…IFA, so far, has been the normal rush of meetings, press events and elbow work (to get …

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