Vol 24 – Issue 33 – Display Daily

IFA Busy with OLEDs and HDR

by Bob Raikes

We’ve got to the end of another IFA. The show was interesting but is not as interesting from a technology point of view as CES – and there’s a reason for this. Because of …

Dell Boosts its IFA Presence in Displays

by Bob Raikes

Dell had a number of displays at the show and, overall, had more of a presence than it has previously had at the event with additional marketing and advertising as well as a bigger …

Blu-Ray Disk Association Bullish on UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

We met with the Blu-Ray Disk Association on the Philips booth in the well-equipped Philips press area. The Association is doing well with player sales growing well – it claims that they are up …

UHD Alliance Heads for the Next Phase

by Bob Raikes

We met with the UHD Alliance at the show – it had a meeting room that was in the Samsung area. The group now has 44 members and recently got a new Board of …

YouTube HDR Now Available for Mobile

by Andrew Fenn

It’s been a year since YouTube added support for HDR through its apps for enabled Smart TVs — now smartphones are joining the club. Any smartphone that can decode Google’s VP9 Profile 2 is …

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Large AV Installation at Bayer’s New UK Headquarters

by Andrew Fenn

Focus 21 has collaborated with MiX Consultancy on a grand-scale audiovisual set-up at life science organisation Bayer’s new UK headquarters. The installation has been designed with content sharing and modern efficiency at the forefront, …

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Next-Gen Amazon Fire TV Specs Revealed

by Andrew Fenn

AFTV News has revealed specifications for three new Amazon Fire TV products, due for release this year. Two editions of the Fire TV capable of outputting Ultra HD resolution and HDR at 60 FPS …

Asus Highlights Mixed Reality & Convertibles

by Bob Raikes

Asus had its press event away from the Messe, as usual and called it ‘The Edge of Beyond’. It was introduced by corporate VP, Eric Chen. The company was an innovator in 2in1 systems, …

Showstoppers Busy with Headsets & Smartwatches

by Bob Raikes

The Showstoppers event took place on the evening before the show. There was a small number of exhibitors that were of interest to our readers, although many of the exhibitors were showing gadgets and …

IFA Opening Press Event

by Bob Raikes

The IFA organisers and the GFU trade association always holds a pre-IFA press event when they talk about the ‘big picture’ developments in the market and highlight changes in the show organisation. Hans-Joachim Kamp …

IHS Updates on UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit held an event on UltraHD at the IFA Summit+ location. Initially, it looked as though there were only around three display analysts, as the other streams were running late, but the session …

Acer Looks to Gaming

by Bob Raikes

Acer got in early with its IFA press event and it started several hours before the ‘official’ opening Press event. We’ve seen that Acer has not had a good time in business in the …