Vol 22 – Issue 36 – Page 7

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” …

Eyevis Slim Cube Technology Chosen for Traffic Control Project

by Helen Vince

AV company Electrosonic has selected Eyevis’ slim cube technology for a new traffic control centre in the UK. Eyevis is supplying its LED illuminated DLP 50″ HD Slim Cube rear projection system, to replace …

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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 …

HDBaseT Nominated for Technical Emmy

by Helen Vince

Valens has been nominated as one of the recipients of the 67th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, for the “Development and Standardisation of HDBaseT Connectivity Technology for Commercial and Residential HDMI/DVI Installations”. The …

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Digital Europe Adds to UltraHD Logo Users

by Helen Vince

The UHD logo introduced by Digital Europe at last year’s IFA (Digital Europe Unveils New UHD Logo) is now being carried by 10 of the world’s best known TV brands. Grundig, Loewe, TCL, Technisat …

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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 …

HDR Coming “Real Soon Now”

by Matthew Brennesholtz

UHD TV is expected to be more than just additional pixels. It will also include wide colour gamut (WCG), high frame rate (HFR) high dynamic range (HDR) and, perhaps, other features. These additional features, …

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 …

EVS joins TICO Alliance

by Helen Vince

EVS, a provider of live video production systems, has joined the TICO Alliance, which is working to establish a new visually lossless video compression standard that enables 4k/UHD transport over existing SDI infrastructures, as …

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