TCL Unveils Next-Gen Super-Thin, High-Contrast Displays Using MiniLED For CES January 11, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Chinese electronics firm TCL is very much a consumer-driven company, but what happens with TVs often finds its way to commercial display design. It is CES this week and the firm announced a range of new products, including new miniLED-based TVs that show where that technology best fits on the commercial side of displays. …
Samsung Debuts 110-Inch MicroLED TV, With 4Vue, For CES 2021 January 11, 2021 by Dave Haynes CES 2021 is on, but it is virtual, so there’s no jammed trade show in Las Vegas and we will all likely see far fewer broadcast news stories about the buzzworthy, crazy or purpose-deficient gadgets being launched annually at this circus. The show is indeed on, though, and the big tech companies are still using …
NBA’s Cavs Add 750+ Screens To Updated Home Venue January 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, where the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers plays its games in normal times, recently did a digital facelift that added more than 750 displays around the sports and entertainment venue – from the concession areas to behind the scenes in the locker rooms. The 25-year-old venue contracted local area AV integrator Crescent Digital …
Sony Launches Two Next-Gen Crystal LED Video Wall Products January 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes Sony Electronics has announced the next generation of its Crystal LED video wall display series – the technology that gained all the attention when Sony first launched Crystal LED. The original Crystal LED was the industry’s first look at large format microLED video walls, and the new versions, from what I am hearing, are microLED-ish …
NYC’s New Moynihan Train Hall Features 1,700 SF Of 4mm LED January 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Moynihan Train Hall opened for passengers last week in midtown New York City – an expanded, much more open and welcoming section of NYC Penn Station. Among the big visual features in open atrium passenger hall is a giant, old school analog clock and some 1,700 sq. feet of 4mm direct view LED. The …
LG To Market New Line Of Premium LCDs As QNEDs January 4, 2021 by Dave Haynes Technology marketers have a habit of playing a bit fast and loose with terminology, in an effort to gain a mindshare edge with buyers, I suppose. But their efforts also contribute to confusion. In the context of the display and signage industry, we’ve seen LCD displays called LED TVs, when they were LCDs with LED …
Lamar, FEMA Partner On Public Alerts, Warnings For 1,000s Of Digital Billboards Across U.S. December 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes The U.S. government’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has put together a partnership with the big OOH/DOOH media company Lamar Advertising Company to show emergency alerts on its many digital billboards. The emergency alerts, provided through FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS), will be displayed on select Lamar digital billboards throughout the country. …
Bayern Munich Using AR Selfie Screen To Bridge Lack Of Fan Contact Caused By COVID-19 December 14, 2020 by Dave Haynes The legendary German pro football club FC Bayern Munich opened a new flagship store in central Munich, with a signature interactive feature an AR-driven display that allows fans to take virtual selfies with their favorite players. The feature is particularly valuable right now because the Bundesliga, like most professional sports leagues, are playing games in …
Visionect Adds 32-Inch E-Paper, Cord-Free Display For Workplaces December 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes Larger-sized e-paper displays have been around the marketplace for a while now, but a combination of price and applicability for projects have seemed to limited their adoption I think one of the big challenges is working with what you have, and making the most of that, and few people seem to do that better than …
Samsung Launching MicroLED TV For Very Upmarket Consumers Early 2021 December 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes Various tech blogs are reporting that Samsung is planning to launch a 110-inch microLED TV for the consumer market early in the new year. It’s not clear from reports whether the display will be a fixed-size version of The Wall, the company’s flagship product series for microLED, or something marketed as a different brand. It does …
