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Philips Adds QD TVs and 8K/49″ Monitors At IFA

by Bob Raikes

After TCL’s audio overload, we were looking forward to some moderation from Philips, but no, it started with an audio blast – although not with quite the body blasting bass of the Chinese brand! …

Tags:Control Rooms| Desktop Monitors| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Philips| Quantum Dots| TPV (TP Vision)| Vol 24 - Issue 33

TCL Uses IFA for Global Launch

by Bob Raikes

TCL held a press event which kicked off 15 minutes late on the day before the show opened. The company used a fine pitch LED behind the presenters to add graphics and show video. …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| TCL| Vol 24 - Issue 33| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Samsung Adds Flat QLED TVs, a Gaming Monitor and Wearables

by Bob Raikes

Samsung had its press event at the Tempdrom – a large venue well away from the Messe and with several thousand attendees including Samsung staff. The theme at the event was ‘Your new normal’. …

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LG Short on New TVs, but Plenty to Show!

by Bob Raikes

LG held its press event one day before the show opened and started by launching the V30 smartphone which has been widely previewed by the company. That was the only real topic for the …

Tags:IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Metz Maintaining Brand and Adding Skyworth

by Bob Raikes

Metz was taken over by Skyworth a couple of years ago and held a press conference before the event. There was a clear message about the future of TV with Alexa, Android TV and …

Tags:IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Skyworth| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Panasonic Still Going for Power and Adds Big OLED

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic held a press event before the show and after the obligatory bass-heavy video, Laurent Abadie, CEO of Panasonic Europe, arrived on an electric scooter. These are now being introduced in Berlin and Paris …

Tags:IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Panasonic| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Telekom Adds UltraHD to its STB

by Bob Raikes

Deutsche Telekom (DT) is releasing a new STB, the MR401, will support UltraHD and will support direct access to Netflix. The Netflix access will be added to the DT Entertain TV offering. Ultra HD …

Tags:4k| Germany| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Germany Celebrates 50 Years of CTV at IFA

by Bob Raikes

The quiet of the summer news cycle has been disrupted this week with the launch of new chips from Intel and the announcement of the Galaxy Note 8 in New York. Next week, IFA …

Tags:Germany| IFA 2017| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 31

IFA Celebrates 50 Years of Colour TV

by Bob Raikes

In an article about the fiftieth anniversary of the start of colour TV transmissions in Germany, which started on 25th August 1967, the GfU said that there were 28 models on the market from …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| TV Reception| Vol 24 - Issue 31

UX Awards to be Presented at IFA

by Bob Raikes

There will be an award ceremony at IFA to present winners of UX Design Awards which are intended to reward companies that have created good human interfaces that make interaction with products and systems …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| HMI| IFA 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Foxconn CEO Cancels IFA Keynote

by Yvette Raikes

Foxconn CEO Terry Gou has cancelled his keynote appearance at IFA 2017, but says he will be happy to take part next year. He said that the company was working on a “global investment …

Tags:Back Panel| Foxconn (Honhai)| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 30