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Helpful info for choosing your next TV JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – December 18, 2019 – South Africans love their TV’s. From their favourite soapies to great sporting moments, it’s a part of our homes, culture and some of our best times with family and friends. However, when choosing a new TV, here are a few frequently asked questions you may need answered. What is a ‘Quantum Dot’? Quantum dots are tiny particles of between two and 10 nanometres in diameter. Each dot gives off a different colour according to its size. This is the reason they’re so brilliant at displaying colour. Is there a difference between OLED and QLED? There definitely is. Since QLED TVs don’t use organic elements, they are essentially immune to screen burn-in. This is a display issue in which certain facets of an image shown on a TV screen, such as a channel logo, are either not shown properly, or fragments of that image remain on the screen. It then appears longer, as though it is embe...

The visual language has become an essential element of today’s mobile communication. Designed to bring passion to your life, the  Galaxy Note10 and Note10+ ’s Cinematic Infinity Display lets you work and play with more freedom than ever before. With just a small, centered cutout for the front camera, the Galaxy Note10 ’s edge-to-edge design offers a truly immersive viewing experience. Galaxy Note10 with HDR10+ certification and its Dynamic Tone Mapping delivers rich, vivid contrast and color for unmatched video quality. Nowhere do these features come together better than on the Galaxy Note10+, described by DisplayMate as the most innovative and  high-performance smartphone display  they have ever lab tested. Whether you are watching the latest TV shows or playing your favorite game, images and graphics come alive on the Galaxy Note10’s best-in-class display. Check out the infographic below to learn more.  

A perfect combination of timeless looks and cutting-edge technology with a powerful triple camera and always-on HDR PureDisplay technology Johannesburg, South Africa, 18 November 2019 - HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, today announces the Nokia 7.2, the first Nokia smartphone to combine a triple camera and PureDisplay. Nokia 7.2 features a powerful 48MP triple camera with Quad Pixel technology and ZEISS Optics. Nokia 7.2 also premiers a range of ZEISS bokeh styles, exclusive to Nokia smartphones, that recreate the way legendary ZEISS lenses produce high visual impact and signature blur. Alongside even more AI-powered features such as night mode, fans can get even more creative with their stories. Building on the strengths of its predecessor, Nokia 7.2 combines stunning PureDisplay technology and always-on HDR, with timeless design to redefine what fans should expect from this smartphone segment. Shaun Durandt, General Manager of HMD Global Southern Africa: ...

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...