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Lenovo Tries AR and Adds Convertible, 2in1 and Phone

by Bob Raikes

We met up with Lenovo which had a booth that was divided up between the Lenovo branded products, Motorola (a small area) and the Medion brand that it runs. In the middle of the …

Tags:Convertible PCs| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Epson Has 13 New Projectors at IFA

by Chris Chinnock

Epson was at IFA 2017 to launch the new LS100, an ultra short throw laser phosphor projector, which was then launched in the US the next week at the CEDIA Expo. Epson seems to …

Tags:Epson| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Haier Underwhelms with TV Quality

by Chris Chinnock

Haier did not have a press event so we learned what we could about their TVs in the booth. Unfortunately, that was not much information. The company currently offers four series of LCD-based UHD …

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Hisense Plans UST Laser and is Ready for 8K

by Chris Chinnock

Hisense did not have a press conference at IFA so we learned what we could from booth personnel. In the booth, the company was featuring FIFA-themed demos as the firm is a sponsor for …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Hisense| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 33

IFA 2017: Huawei unveils Kirin 970

by Milos Pavlovic

Huawei gave a keynote and had a big booth at the show, but the company told us that there were no new finished products on the booth. However, there was a new component, the …

Tags:CPUs| Huawei| IFA 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 33

IFA is an OLED Fest!

by Bob Raikes

We’ve been through a couple of days of press events and a day and a half of the show and there’s a clear pattern. At every TV press event, except those by Samsung and …

Tags:External GPU (eGPU)| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 32

Euronics Now Truly in EMEA

by Bob Raikes

The Euronics press event changes every year and this year there was a ‘theatrical’ presentation in German that was intended to highlight the desire of Euronics to be the leader in the Smart Home …

Tags:CE (Consumer Electronics) Data| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 24 - Issue 33

B&O Uses LG Chassis & OLED

by Bob Raikes

B&O held a press event on its booth and explained that for the company, when designing products, it put ‘people first’. It also tries to take into account ‘domesticity’ – that is to say, …

Tags:Bang & Olufsen (B&O)| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Sharp To Re-enter Smartphone Business and Push TV

by Bob Raikes

After a day that was almost exclusively devoted to OLED, the last conference on the day before the show opening was held by the Sharp TV business (happily, there was a separate conference for …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Loewe Moves to OLED at 55″ and Above

by Bob Raikes

Mark Hüsges is an executive from Loewe and he started Loewe’s press event by restating Loewe’s commitment to quality. The company recently introduced the Bild 7 and has been very successful with that product, …

Tags:IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Grundig Does Still Make TVs

by Bob Raikes

Grundig has been building white goods from four years ago as the company and brand has been owned by Arceli/Beko in Turkey. Hakan Bulgurlu is CEO of the company and the parent company (Arçelik/Beko) …

Tags:IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Sony’s 77″ OLED and 4K Projectors Look Good

by Bob Raikes

Sony’s press event was very over-crowded, so we ended up watching it on a stream from the press centre as it wasn’t even going to be possible to get good photos. In TV, the …

Tags:Cameras| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| LCOS| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 33