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LG Electronics OLEDs are in TVs and Commercial Use

by Chris Chinnock

LG Electronics USA used its CEDIA press conference to unveil its flagship TV – the 77-inch class LG Signature OLED TV. This is a UHD resolution, HDR Smart TV (OLED77G6P) that carries a suggested …

Sony Adds VW675ES 4K HDR Home Theater Projector at CEDIA

by Chris Chinnock

Sony announced a new home theater projector to its ES line at CEDIA. The VPL-VW675ES offer native DCI 4K resolution (4096 x 2160) and HDR support for HDR10 and Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) – …

Dutch Stepping Down from Peerless

by Bob Raikes

Peerless AV said that Gordon Dutch is stepping down from his position as MD of BBG/Peerless to move to a part time ‘non-executive role’. His position will be taken by his brother, Keith Dutch. …

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Estimote Mirror Is a Beacon for Displays

by Milos Pavlovic

Estimote, a developer of beacon technology, has released what it is describing as the world’s first video-enabled beacon called Estimote Mirror. The Mirror can communicate with nearby phones and their apps and take content …

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First MediaTek-Powered Smartphone Introduced by Sprint

by Milos Pavlovic

Mediatek said that its Helio P10 chip is being used in the LG X Power smartphone, and is now being sold by Sprint in the US – the first phone to use processors from …

Tech Data Backs Demand for Childrens’ Smartwatches

by Milos Pavlovic

Tech Data in the UK has signed up with Tech sixty four to sell the Gator Watch, aimed at children between five and ten years old. The watch allows parents to keep track of …

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Schulz leaves Ingram Micro

by Yvette Raikes

EVP Gerhard Schulz is leaving his role as president of Europe Technology Solutions of Ingram Micro for personal reasons. He was recently responsible for the restructure of Ingram’s EMEA operations. He moved to the …

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Oppo to Join Sony, Samsung & Panasonic

by Milos Pavlovic

At IFA, Sony joined Samsung and Pansonic in announcing an UltraHD Blu-ray player and these companies will be joined by Oppo according to some journalists who were briefed at Cedia. Chris Heinonen, Editor of …

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Metz Begins OLED TV Production

by Yvette Raikes

Germany-based Metz Consumer Electronics (now owned by Skyworth of China) has started production of its Novum Twin R OLED TVs in Zirndorf, Germany. It will label them as “Made in Germany”. The TVs are …

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Mixed Results for VideoConferencing

by Milos Pavlovic

IDC released its Q2 2016 data for videoconferencing systems and highlighted 2.0% growth on the Q1 data, but a 0.4% drop in revenue on an annual basis. However, worldwide enterprise video equipment revenue in …

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Dawonsys Developing a New OLED Deposition Method

by Arthur Berman

Dawonsys (Ansan-city, Gyeonggi-do, Korea) has developed a new deposition process that has the potential for use in the mass production of OLED panels. Particular note is made of the fact that the process is …

From Food to OLEDs?

by Milos Pavlovic

We have seen reports that a Chinese food company called Blackcow Food is planning to raise a large amount of money to build a G6 OLED fab in China. However, we were not able …

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