STRATACACHE Hopes To Be Producing MicroLEDs Display Chips In US By Q4 2021 January 25, 2021 by Super User More details are starting to emerge about STRATACACHE’s intentions for that microLED production facility the company is spinning up in Eugene, Oregon. The new factory, reports microled-info, will be a complete microLED production line, from epiwafer (on 300 mm silicon wafers), through transfer process and to final module assembly. The company plans to produce a …
DV LED Special Report – January 2021 January 25, 2021 by Super User The Jan. 2021 Direct View LED Special Report by Sixteen:Nine is now available for free download. There are no strings attached. No fee. No registration form. No tracking. Just click on the download link here and you can grab the PDF file, and save to your PC or other device. All I’d like and appreciate …
Patent Office Shoots Down LG’s Plans To Trademark QNED Term For Its New Premium Displays January 22, 2021 by Super User Hat Tip to Bob Raikes, who does the paywalled but valuable What Bob Saw newsletter through Display Daily … The US Patent and Trademark Office has denied an application by LG Electronics to register the the term QNED as a trademark. The patent office said that QNED is an acronym for Quantum Nano-emitting Diode, so it …
Volta Completes $125M Raise To Expand U.S. DOOH Network Based On EV Charging Units January 19, 2021 by Super User A digital OOH media network based on electric vehicle charging stations just got a huge vote of confidence from investors – with an oversubscribed $125 million funding round for Volta that was guided by Goldman Sachs. The company puts totem-style units, equipped with the charging apparatus and 55-inch displays, in parking areas that see a …
Get A Useful Video Glimpse Inside Ray-Ban Flagship In NYC January 19, 2021 by Super User Here’s a great example of how you don’t need a camera, lights and sound crew to produce a useful video about a digital signage project. This is Samsung’s Parrish Chapman, who I think leads the retail sector for the company’s pro display division in the U.S., walking and talking his way through the Ray-Ban sunglasses …
DOOH Start-up Issues Creative Awards Based On Insights From Anonymous Audience Analytics January 18, 2021 by Super User My start in digital signage and digital OOH came in elevators, 22 years ago, and I still have this weird habit of walking into office tower elevator cabs and looking at where a screen might go. So I am always curious to see how the medium and technology have evolved over two decades. Vertical Impression, …
Startup View’s Smart, Switchable Glass To Turn DFW Airport Windows Into Digital Signs January 18, 2021 by Super User The expanded Terminal D at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport will include smart architectural glass that reduces glare and heat, but also allows dynamic messaging on the switchable, network-controlled windows. The windows are expected to be and working by April, with the technology supplied by a Silicon Valley start-up called View. In View’s PR about …
Philips Pro Display Division Re-Brands As PPDS January 15, 2021 by Super User The professional display solutions side of electronics giant Philips has been re-branded as Philips Professional Display Solutions, or PPDS. There is a new logo, look and website at ppds.com, and a new tagline – powering evolution. The company explains the just-announced change: Over the past two decades, PPDS has rapidly evolved from a position of …
Sony Donates Crystal LED Video Wall, Other AV Tech, To New Int’l African American Museum January 14, 2021 by Super User Sony Corporation of America is making a $1.7 million product donation to the the International African American Museum (IAAM) that’s going up in Charleston, SC, with the key component being a 32 foot wide fine pitch LED video wall. The in-kind donation is made possible through the Sony’s Global Social Justice Fund, and will be used to create displays …
London’s Cheese Grater Gets 2mm DV-LED Upgrade For Lobby January 13, 2021 by Super User This is the updated reception lobby of The Leadenhall Building in the financial district of London – known by the nickname of The Cheese Grater, because of its tall wedge shape. The lobby originally had a 24-screen videowall, but the operators switched that out for direct view LED, putting in 32 sq. meters of 2mm …
