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  Does your livelihood revolve around Zoom meeting after Zoom meeting and the occasional virtual presentation? Well, if it does, don’t let it be a drag. Show up prepared to perform at your best with the exciting new Epson 880X 3LCD 1080p smart portable projector . Work isn’t just contained in the office, and this new portable projector allows you to take the professional experience with you from the lake house to the hotel or any other possible setting where hybrid work can find you. “As the dynamics of work environments continue to shift, it’s important that business professionals have the proper tools to set them up for success in any space,” said Kenny Tang, product manager, projectors, Epson America, Inc. in the press release, “The demand for bigger displays has continued throughout the pandemic for both business and home entertainment. The 880X smart projector is ideal for video conferencing and presentations with the added versatility to transform spaces into entertainment hu...

Launched by a mix of photographers and technology entrepreneurs two years ago, Berlin Photo Week (BPW) will be held again for the second time since 2019 on August 26-29, 2021 at the Haubentaucher, a multipurpose events venue with exhibition spaces, restaurants, clubs, and a swimming pool in Berlin’s Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district. In addition to booths and installations by major photography brands such as Sony, Panasonic, FujiFilm, and Leica, the three-day event will offer workshops, Instagram-friendly shooting stations, photo tours, lectures, and even opportunities to buy both used and the latest new cameras. In addition, exhibitions of work by established and emerging photographers alike will be held at satellite locations in galleries, museums, and other points of interest across the city. Even though one of its major partner exhibitions, IFA Berlin, won’t take place again until 2022, BPW will continue as scheduled. While it was originally meant as a more art-and-lifestyle-focuse...

Known best for its sound systems, bookshelf speakers, and personal audio devices, Chinese audio company Edifier announced the July release of its new NeoBuds Pro, which are among the first true wireless earbuds to receive Hi-Res Audio certification. The NeoBuds Pro blends a dynamic driver, a Knowles balanced armature, and a LHDC+AAC codec that allows for the transmitting of 96kHz 24Bit HD audio over Bluetooth. The 24Bit HD audio allows for greater sound resolution in comparison to the standard 16Bit found in most earbuds, with an end result that’s close r to what is heard by musicians and engineers in the studio. The NeoBuds Pro bi-amping with DSP-based active crossover technology precisely splits the Bluetooth electrical signal into high and low frequencies before reaching the amplifiers in the earbuds. Within the earbuds, there are two separate amplifiers that create sound: the dynamic driver and the Knowles balanced armature. The dynamic driver provides the bass using magnetic techn...

It’s probably not hyperbole to state that Fall 2021 will be the most unpredictable back-to-school season retailers have ever faced. As we lurch back to normal from a year of almost exclusive remote learning, most parents (and kids) are expecting to see students return to the classroom. But there is still some understandable hesitation to a full return, and how that will play out in terms of retail trends remains in question. Will families look for traditional back-to-school tech, or plan for more homeschooling? A recent survey of parents in Massachusetts, for example, found that almost 70 percent want their children to go back to in-person scho oling this fall — while about 28 percent still want a hybrid or fully remote learning option. Either way, analysts and tech companies say some of the technologies adopted during the pandemic are here to stay. “Of course, the laptop is the centerpiece of coursework,” notes Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. So he believes that dem...

Beko U.S., a subsidiary of Europe’s leading home appliance brand stands by their refrigerators so much that they are willing to put their money where their mouth is. The Fresh Produce Promise, launching on May 27, promises customers that their fruits and vegetables will remain fresh for 30 days with Beko’s EverFresh+ technology or their money back. The global home appliance manufacturer says they will work with dealers to ensure customers’ full satisfaction with their refrigerator purchases. In order to qualify for a refund or store credit, customers must keep their refrigerators for the full 30-day freshness cycle and fulfill a few simple requirements detailed on Beko’s dealer-specific webpage. The Fresh P roduce Promise applies to all ten Beko refrigerator models that include the advanced technology, including French door, side-by-side, top-freezer and bottom-freezer models. Because of their safe and efficient pandemic plan, Beko is one of the few appliance manufacturers with signifi...

1. What has been happening in the last couple of months in your business sector? Every spring/summer marks the new model year for TVs.  This year’s new TV models have more significant video display technology upgrades and enhancements that exploit the abilities of the new 4K HDR TV Video System.  Brighter OLED TVs not only deliver brighter images and better HDR and improved DCI P3 with good color saturation and full color volume, but it also gives the users another technical advantage that has not been discussed yet and that’s the much larger dynamic tonal range.  The larger dynamic tonal range that is only possible with LG’s G1 Gallery Series and Sony’s A90J Master Series OLED TVs gives the images more detail and the perception is a sharper and more real to life detailed picture. Larger screen sizes with these new high-performance OLED TVs are now available up to 83”, ranging from 55”, 65”, 77” and now the 83” class. Samsung’s new Neo series includes a beautiful range of...

  Voting for  Dealerscope’s inaugural Audience Awards  is now open! For the 2021 Dealerscope Audience Awards, we’re asking YOU, our avid readers, to help us choose which products truly stand out in the consumer tech industry. The products up for recognition this year span a wide range of categories from audio, to smart home, to accessories, and more. All you have to do is go through the list and select the products you feel are innovative, practical, and worthy of a Dealerscope Audience Award. You may choose as many or as little as you’d like. Please make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of the form so you don’t miss any. Once you’re finished, click “submit” to ensure your vote is counted. Voting closes on Friday, July 23. Vote Now

Despite the lack of any hard evidence to back up his claims of TikTok as a “national security threat,” Donald Trump had seemingly set his sights on taking down the wildly popular looping video social media network as one of his last orders of business as president. Luckily, the former president struck a deal that kept the app alive (and somewhat under U.S. control), enabling brands to still reap the benefits that TikTok has to offer. Perhaps the most eye-opening statistic from Adweek revealed that 49 percent of TikTok users have made a purchase after seeing a product appear on the platform. Comparatively, the survey found that 41 percent of adults reported purchasing something after seeing it on Facebook. That eight percent upper hand doesn’t seem like a big deal on its own, but when you consider just how much longer Facebook has been around compared to TikTok, which was founded in 2016, it is impressive. What’s even more interesting about the purchasing power TikTok holds is that the ...

Citing continued international travel restrictions and rising COVID-19 variants across the globe, the organizers of CE China 2021, which was scheduled to be held from September 16th to September 18th, announced that the show has been canceled. Held at the Guangzhou Poly World Trade Center in Guangzhou, China, the annual event connects international electronics and appliance manufacturers with some of the biggest retailers across Asia, including Suning and Tmall/Alibaba. This year’s event was meant to be a return to the traditional company booth and show floor format, with a special German manufacturer pavilion and brands such as Changhong, Cuori, Galanz, Konka, Vatti, and Whirlpool signed on as exhibitors. As a result of the pandemic, last year‘s stripped-down version of the show, dubbed the CE Summit, featured a mix of workshops,  speakers, and exhibitors showcasing new products on a stage before an audience of mask-wearing, socially-distanced attendees.  “Of course, this wa...

After a devastating year that saw the Olympic games thrown off of their quadrennial cycle due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is a major relief to see the global community once again gather under the banner of sports. Set to kick off on July 23, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games is bound to be one of the most-watched sporting events to date. In anticipation of this highly touted event, Comcast Xfinity this week announced plans to optimize viewer accessibility to Olympic content across its three major platforms: Xfinity X1 (TV), Xfinity Flex (Internet), and Xfinity Stream (mobile app). In the American market, NBC has held exclusive broadcasting rights to the Summer games since 1988, and the Winter games since 2002. In 2011, Comcast purchased NBC’s parent company NBCUniversal which has a monopoly over Olympic content via the NBC network, Telemundo, the Olympic Channel, and the streaming service Peacock.  This relationship gives Xfinity customers unparalleled access to NBCUniversal’s 7...

Voting for Dealerscope’s inaugural Audience Awards is now open! For the 2021 Dealerscope Audience Awards, we’re asking YOU, our avid readers, to help us choose which products truly stand out in the consumer tech industry. The products up for recognition this year span a wide range of categories from audio, to smart home, to accessories, and more. All you have to do is go through the list and select the products you feel are innovative, practical, and worthy of a Dealerscope Audience Award. You may choose as many or as little as you’d like. Please make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of the form so you don’t miss any. Once you’re finished, click “submit” to ensure your vote is counted. Get detailed info:  Vote Now in Dealerscope’s Audience Awards Important Link:  Appliance Distributors

  Miami’s bustling design district, known for its sleek architecture, luxury boutiques and celebrity-chef restaurants will be receiving a new tenant in 2022.   On June 23,  BSH Home Appliances  announced it would be opening an Experience and Design Center in Miami to showcase its newest product innovations. BSH’s Experience and Design Centers give consumers the opportunity to interact with home appliances from Bosch, Thermador and Gaggenau, and to see their products in action during live cooking demonstrations.    The Miami Experience and Design Center will be located in an 8,000 square foot showcase on the top floor of the Design 41 building within Miami’s design district. Thomas Staebler, Head of Experience and Design Centers, North America, for BSH Home Appliances said, “By strategically locating our new space within Miami’s bu stling Design District, we will be where consumers, designers, builders and trade professionals alike come for design ...