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Jacques Bentley - Southern Africa Sales Manager, Skyworth  Times may change but even in the Digital Age, the meeting or boardroom remains a key part of doing business. And with presentations increasingly using multimedia (typically video) to wow clients, invigorate brainstorming sessions and successfully onboard new employees, it makes sense to transplant those visuals from a laptop to the biggest, best-quality screen available – courtesy of today’s sleek, high-definition TVs. What should you prioritise when buying a TV for the office, though? Are these considerations any different from those when choosing a TV for your lounge? While there is some overlap, the needs of business make a few TV features absolutely essential. Size and placement When buying a TV, one of the primary considerations is always size. For a business meeting room, you should never look at a screen smaller than 40 inches (101 cm). Bigger is better, if you can afford it, but whatever size you choose,...

Jacques Bentley - Southern Africa Sales Manager, Skyworth  When it comes to home technology, there’s nothing like the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to showcase the latest in innovation from the world’s top brands. Skyworth was at the January 2019 event, held in Las Vegas, which spotlighted how the next generation of Internet-connected electronics and appliances are making our homes more convenient and comfortable. Central to this intelligent ecosystem is that beloved household staple: the TV. Here’s how increasingly sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) functionality is transforming our TV viewing, and the role of “the box” in our lives. Goodbye to remotes Voice search already exists on some top-performing smart TVs but AI takes the feature to a whole new level. The latest generation of AI voice chips make legitimate hands-free voice command a reality because they have the processing complexity to understand accents and filter out environment noise. Addi...

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the world's largest annual gathering for consumer technology businesses and provides a platform for companies to flaunt their latest innovations and battle it out for recognition as the best of the best – everything from baby tech and fitness equipment to drones and home cinema advances. This year’s conference, hosted at the prestigious Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, attracted more than 4 500 exhibitors and over 180K attendees from 150 countries, including international business pioneers and top-class thought leaders. * In light of the cutting-edge releases and with the numerous marketing terms and acronyms to emerge from CES 2019, we asked Jacques Bentley, Southern Africa Sales Manager at Skyworth, to help decode the most prominent tech buzzwords and offer his insights into what they could mean for TV technology.  Artificial Intelligence (AI) If you don’t live under a rock, you’ve probably heard of AI technology by now...