IFA 2016 – Display Daily

IFA a Success for OLED

by Bob Raikes

IFA is always something of a disappointment, especially if your interest is in TVs. If your main interest is in domestic appliances, cooking or beauty there is lots of news. However, there is not …

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Update on VR in Europe

by Bob Raikes

Context held a meeting at a downtown conference venue during IBC to talk about VR and AR. The company has established a group including AMD, Oculus, John Lewis, Exertis, Retail Week and Dell to …

LG Display Focuses on M+

by Bob Raikes

Like Samsung Display, LG Display had a meeting room with a range of demonstrations on just a couple of topics. First, the company showed how much better the colour is on an IPS display …

Microsoft Collaborates – HP Has a New Monitor

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft disappointed a few people that had hoped to see new Surface phones at IFA, as there had been rumours of this development. However, the company was showing its Surface products along with a …

Samsung Display Claims 6,000:1 Contrast for VA

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Display had a meeting room to show its latest developments. The company started by showing us its latest developments in VA technology where it has been able to get on-axis contrast ratio up …

ZTE Boosts its IFA Presence

by Bob Raikes

ZTE had a significant presence at IFA for the first time as it promotes its brand in Germany, where it has been selling its phones since 2012. ZTE’s IFA Booth was its first big …

Huawei Adds Good Looking Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

Huawei had an impressive booth and was focusing on its mobile phone and tablet as well as its back end and cloud technology. The Nova and Nova+ are both new smartphones. We were, apparently, …

Dlodlo Has Carbon Fibre VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

Dlodlo is a company based in Shenzen and founded in 2013 that is 100% focused on AR and VR products and was showing its new V1, a very lightweight (88g) set of glasses with …

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Euronics Cuts Costs with Press Event

by Bob Raikes

Euronics changed the format of its annual IFA press event this year and ran it at the back of its booth – we suspect that this was a cost saving measure. The company started …

IFA Round Up

by Bob Raikes

Aiptek, the specialist maker of pico-projectors was showing its Boombox P800 which we reported on in detail in June (Aiptek Shows Pico and Micro Projectors at CE Week). The Boombox is now going on …

Panasonic Improves OLED Performance

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic held its press conference as the first of the TV brands at IFA. Although the company is currently out of the market in the US, it is still present in Europe. Laurent Abadie …

Scope For Growth in Services and Appliances

by Bob Raikes

Although there had already been a number of press events, the traditional kick off of the IFA press schedule is the opening press conference, which has followed a similar format for a number of …