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Panasonic Joins the Exclusive OLED TV Club

by Bob Raikes

The Panasonic press event took place in part of its (large) booth. The first speaker was the Panasonic Europe Chairman and CEO, Laurent Abadie and he said that Panasonic’s focus is on “smarter living” …

Acer Looks to Gamers, Chromebooks and “PC Phone”

by Bob Raikes

Acer had a bigger than usual conference that was full with press. Clearly, the difficult financial times have not stopped the company from trying to market its message! Jason Chen, who clearly sees himself …

Intel Launches Skylake 6th Gen at IFA

by Bob Raikes

The first keynote of IFA was by Intel and the firm started with a video highlighting the latest generation of PCs with “6th generation” Core processors (Skylake). The first speaker was Kirk Skaugen, head …

IFA Press Conference

by Bob Raikes

During the first press day, the IFA organisers gave their traditional update on the market and the fair. This year there were a record number of exhibitors, 1,645, and they took floor space of …

Grundig Adds All of 2015’s Premium Features

by Tom Allen

Grundig is a German manufacturer of high-end TVs, which has been owned by Turkey’s Beko since 2004 (which at least makes a difference from the Chinese owners of national fellows Metz (Skyworth) and Loewe …

It’s All Gone Mobile at Showstoppers

by Tom Allen

Showstoppers is the official pre-IFA press event, consisting only of those companies with a presence on the show floor. It is a chance for journalists to see representatives in a (very, very slightly) less …

IFA 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

Amazon introduced UltraHD HDR content streaming earlier in the year (High Dynamic Range Coming to Amazon Prime Instant Video This Year), but it was only available to customers using Samsung’s SUHD TVs. Now, the …

Metz Replaces Loewe, Adds UltraHD

by Tom Allen

The combined Metz/Skyworth stand was in the space previously taken by Loewe, which was not at the show this year. Skyworth was mainly demonstrating TV technologies, such as prototype OLED models, while the new …

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 …

Barnes & Noble Co-Brands Samsung’s S2

by Tom Allen

A variant on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S2 (New Samsung Tab S2 is Very Thin) has been released through a collaboration with Barnes & Noble. The Galaxy Tab S2 Nook has B&N’s Nook software pre-loaded, …

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Dolby Vision Signs New Partners

by Tom Allen

Dolby announced three new design wins at IFA, concerning its Dolby Vision HDR technology. Matt has covered them in detail in his latest Display Daily (HDR Coming “Real Soon Now”), but they are also …

Toshiba Knows the Importance of Colour

by Tom Allen

We were kept busy at the Toshiba stand for at least an hour and a half last year, but the 2015 booth was much more compact. Toshiba had moved from Hall 22 to Hall …