Take A Deep Look At The Incredible Visual Experiences In Dallas’s AT&T Discovery District July 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes Several industry contacts have been telling me, going back months, about a very cool project in Dallas that they were part of … but didn’t have permission to officially promote. That’s changed, and the formal word is out about a new-ish downtown Dallas destination venue that’s been dubbed the AT&T Discovery District. The four-block development …
Sony Technical Paper Confirms The Magic Behind MicroLED Is All The Black Around The Lights July 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes It’s behind a pay wall so you can’t just click through and read it, but Display Daily’s Bob Raikes has a very interesting post up that goes into considerable technical detail about Sony’s big, beautiful Crystal LED microLED video walls. It’s helpful because it drives home the broader message about microLED video walls marketed by …
Micromobility Start-up Taps Broadsign To Drive Media Side Of Its Business July 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes Admittedly, I had to look up micromobility when I got a press announcement regarding a tie-up between the ad-focused CMS software shop Broadsign and a company called Swiftmile, billed as “the pioneer in micromobility charging infrastructure and technology.” The deal sees Broadsign’s platform driving the digital posters at specialized charging hubs around downtown Miami that …
Skinny LCD Used As Header On Nice Chain Drug End Cap For Allergy Relief Product July 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a nice, sleek digital endcap developed by the packaging and fixture giant WestRock for a US chain drug operator (not sure which one). It’s a good use of those stretch or bar-type LCDs that have seen a revival in the last couple of years – probably owing hugely to dropping costs and less …
DC’s Union Station Gets Big, Ad-Driven Digital Display Upgrade July 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes Union Station, the main rail hub in Washington, DC, has been spruced up with a series of displays across the building’s three level – with a mix of travel, safety and weather information, supported by ads. The network is bankrolled by the media company New Tradition and was project managed by the LA consulting firm …
The Talking Flat Ladies Have Risen From The Dead, And They’re Now “Holograms” July 13, 2021 by Dave Haynes It was maybe 10 years ago, perhaps longer, when a few companies started marketing solutions for airports, retail and elsewhere that involved a looped rear-projection of a person on a sheet of plexiglas overlaid with a projection film. The idea was that this virtual person – albeit a short-ish and very flat person – could …
96M-Wide Visualized Data Display On Sydney’s Convention Center July 13, 2021 by Dave Haynes This isn’t new, but it is to me – a long, wide LED running visualized data as art on a permanent installation at the convention center in Sydney, Australia. The Datascape wall is 96 meters wide, or roughly the length of a football pitch. It is on a wall on what is known as Moriarty …
LG TV Factory And Warehouse Hit By South Africa Rioting July 12, 2021 by Dave Haynes Hopefully, posts about riots and looting are not going to be a regular feature here, but here is a second story today of rioting and unrest – this one from South Africa. Trefor Brock, who runs DC Media in South Africa and has a marketplace site called Digital Signage Arena, sent along video of looters …
Leicester Square LED Board Takes Beating From Drunk England Fans Before Euro2020 Football Final July 12, 2021 by Dave Haynes If you are a football (soccer) fan you will know the European men’s final was played yesterday at London’s Wembley Stadium – a game that unfortunately went to penalty kicks after 30 minutes of extra time. Not a fan of PKs deciding huge games, but that’s a debate that’s raged in football for decades now. …
Daktronics Builds Adflow CMS Features Into Unified Platform That Can Manage Giant LEDs … And LCD Menu Displays July 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes It has been a few years since LED display manufacturer Daktronics waded into the smaller-format digital signage display sector with its acquisition of the Canadian software firm Adflow Networks, and now the content management software for giant LEDs and much smaller LCDs has been merged to a single product. The latest software update to Dak’s …
