Vol 24 – Issue 33 – Page 8

Grundig Does Still Make TVs

by Bob Raikes

Grundig has been building white goods from four years ago as the company and brand has been owned by Arceli/Beko in Turkey. Hakan Bulgurlu is CEO of the company and the parent company (Arçelik/Beko) …

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Sony’s 77″ OLED and 4K Projectors Look Good

by Bob Raikes

Sony’s press event was very over-crowded, so we ended up watching it on a stream from the press centre as it wasn’t even going to be possible to get good photos. In TV, the …

Philips Adds QD TVs and 8K/49″ Monitors At IFA

by Bob Raikes

After TCL’s audio overload, we were looking forward to some moderation from Philips, but no, it started with an audio blast – although not with quite the body blasting bass of the Chinese brand! …

TCL Uses IFA for Global Launch

by Bob Raikes

TCL held a press event which kicked off 15 minutes late on the day before the show opened. The company used a fine pitch LED behind the presenters to add graphics and show video. …

Samsung Adds Flat QLED TVs, a Gaming Monitor and Wearables

by Bob Raikes

Samsung had its press event at the Tempdrom – a large venue well away from the Messe and with several thousand attendees including Samsung staff. The theme at the event was ‘Your new normal’. …

LG Short on New TVs, but Plenty to Show!

by Bob Raikes

LG held its press event one day before the show opened and started by launching the V30 smartphone which has been widely previewed by the company. That was the only real topic for the …

Metz Maintaining Brand and Adding Skyworth

by Bob Raikes

Metz was taken over by Skyworth a couple of years ago and held a press conference before the event. There was a clear message about the future of TV with Alexa, Android TV and …

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Panasonic Still Going for Power and Adds Big OLED

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic held a press event before the show and after the obligatory bass-heavy video, Laurent Abadie, CEO of Panasonic Europe, arrived on an electric scooter. These are now being introduced in Berlin and Paris …

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Telekom Adds UltraHD to its STB

by Bob Raikes

Deutsche Telekom (DT) is releasing a new STB, the MR401, will support UltraHD and will support direct access to Netflix. The Netflix access will be added to the DT Entertain TV offering. Ultra HD …

Indian Tablet Market Stable Thanks To Commercial Growth

by Yvette Raikes

Although consumer tablet buying fell 13.8% QoQ and 26.8% YoY in Q2, due to the introduction of the Goods and Service Tax, healthy growth in the commercial sector contributed to a 2.9% rise to …

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Apple Considering Means to Provide Privacy to Display Viewing

by Arthur Berman

Years ago, when LCDs were first introduced into commercial products, the display typically had a narrow angle of view. One aspect of this seeming limitation could actually be thought of as a feature. A …

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PMA Names Best-Selling Professional Flat Panels for July

by Andrew Fenn

North American market analyst PMA Research has released its monthly professional flat panel sales results, naming the top sellers for July. The results are as follows. Professional 50 – 65″ Displays: LG 65LX341C Samsung …

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