Vol 23 – Issue 36 – Page 9

KFC Adds Signage in the UK

by Bob Raikes

KFC in the UK and Ireland is experimenting with digital signage in the UK to improve communications and coordination in its 850 QSRs in the region. It has been working with Pioneer Digital on …

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Hisense Highlights LaserTV and HDR TVs

by Chris Chinnock

Hisense is one of the many companies selling a new class of display generally dubbed “LaserTV.” These are ultra short throw projectors that sit below a screen in the home to create a ~100” …

USB Type-C Connector Will Now Support HDMI 1.4b Signaling

by Chris Chinnock

HDMI, LLC used IFA to announce new support functionality for the USB 3.1 Type C connector. When placed in Alt mode, supporting chip sets can now use HDMI1.4b signaling over the connector. USB is …

Acer Jumps onto Gaze for Monitors & PCs

by Milos Pavlovic

Acer held the first press conference at IFA, a couple of hours before the main IFA press event. CEO, Jason Chen, started by talking about Pawbo, a new service which is for tracking and …

Daimler’s Zetsche Discusses Improvements Coming to Mercedes Cars

by Chris Chinnock

Daimler’s CEO Dieter Zetsche delivered a keynote address at IFA this year which focused on three new features coming to Mercedes automobiles. These include Office Manager, Fitness Coach and Personal Assistant. Office Manager is …

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Toshiba Describes 2017 Line

by Chris Chinnock

Toshiba was at IFA to describe its new deal with Vestel (Vestel Wins Toshiba Brand for TV in Europe) and to show off the 2017 TV line, which should be ready by Q2’17. Planned …

Vestel to Mass Produce OLED HDR TVs

by Chris Chinnock

Vestel, the big Turkish TV brand and OEM supplier for Europe, used IFA to unveil plans to offer UltraHD HDR OLED TVs. The first sets at 55” and 65” should be ready for the …

Changhong Launches New HDR TVs

by Chris Chinnock

We stopped by the Changhong at IFA. We saw a lot of TVs, most of which were previously shown at CES 2016. This includes a line of curved OLED 65” HDR TVs that looked …

JVC Reveals Native 4K Projector at IFA

by Chris Chinnock

JVC used IFA to launch its newest home theater projector with a native 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution set of D-ILA imagers. These imagers are new too at only 0.69″ in diagonal – that’s …

Alcatel Has Stand-Alone Headset

by Bob Raikes

Alcatel, now owned by TCL of China, is keen on VR and has multiple solutions. First, the company is supplying a ‘smartphone add-on’ (think Gear VR) headset for free with its Idol 4S phone. …

Absen Aims M29 at Rental Applications

by Bob Raikes

Absen is showing a new LED system for indoor rental applications at a special event in Rüsselsheim, Germany on the 20th and 21st of September. The new system, called the M2.9 is based on …

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Chromecast with 4K UHD in October?

by Milos Pavlovic

Rumours from the Android Police website have said that a new UltraHD Chromecast dongle (called Chromecast Plus or Ultra) and a new VR headset will be unveiled by Google on Oct 4th. There will …