Transparent LED On Film Starting To Get Market Adoption October 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes LED on film is getting better and tighter, and starting to see some marketplace adoption. The Chinese manufacturer Nexnovo has been a major supplier of mesh-based transparent LED, but I have discovered it also does film – with a focus on horizontal ribbon-like displays that can overhang things like entryways. The attraction of LED on …
Re-Opened American Dream Filled With Direct View LED Displays October 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a glimpse inside American Dream, the destination retail/entertainment attraction that opened up, closed for COVID and then re-opened at the start of the month. The huge mall (the backers don’t like that term, but …) is located in the New Jersey meadowlands, on the other side of the Hudson from New York City. …
Looking For More Feedback On 16:9 Direct View LED Survey October 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes Re-upping this post from two-three weeks ago. I have lots of responses but would absolutely welcome more from manufacturers, resellers, integrators and end-users! About three years ago I traveled to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Shenzhen in China to see first-hand the ecosystem and process behind direct view LED, a technology that back then was just …
How Digital Signage Can Help Digitalization for Businesses October 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Chloe Weaver, Allsee Technologies Digitalization is the process of converting existing business operations into digital form by applying new technologies. For instance, this could be a retail brand transforming their high street store into an e-commerce website, or a local fast food restaurant running social media ads instead of posting flyers through people’s letterboxes. …
Samsung Developing Super Pixel Density OLED Displays October 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is not coming to a digital signage job anytime soon, but Samsung is deep into R&D on a new kind of OLED display that has as many as 10,000 light pixels per inch. That’s JUST a bit tighter in pixel density than a typical OLED commercial display or TV, which will typically have a …
New Touch Film Enables Smartphone-Level Touch On Big, Tiled LCD Video Walls October 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes The touch technology firm TSItouch has started marketing a new touch film that can be applied to commercial LCD displays, resulting in the sort of responsiveness available on handheld device screens, and spanning between multiple screens on video walls. The company, based in Pennsylvania, worked with the Portuguese firm DISPLAX on what is called PCAP …
That Giant LCD Fab Touted For Wisconsin … Never Mind October 22, 2020 by Dave Haynes People who genuinely know the display industry, and how it works, would have looked at the big announcements about plans for a huge LCD display plant in Wisconsin, and thought, “Yeah, that dog don’t hunt.” It appears they were right. The much-touted Gen 10.5 LCD factory that Foxconn said it was going to build in …
Screen-based COVID Counter-Measures Keep On Coming October 22, 2020 by Dave Haynes Back in late Q1 and early Q2, when the gravity of the pandemic really grew evident, there was an initial flood of companies rapidly developing and marketing a series of screen-based counter-measures aimed at retailers, restaurant operators and businesses. I wondered how much take-up there might be of all of these devices, and if the …
Preview: Almo’s E4v Virtual Learning And Product Showcase Set For Oct. 27-29 October 22, 2020 by Dave Haynes Pro AV distributor Almo Professional A/V has a long history of doing popular regional road show events that pair product marketing with education, but 2020 has gotten seriously in the way of how things normally work. So the company has pivoted to online events, with a virtual program that does live online education and provides …
Korean Firm Embeds LED Displays In Commercial Glass Window Panels October 20, 2020 by Dave Haynes I’ve written and spoken a number of times about direct view LED starting to become a core design consideration – as in do we do the main lobby wall in granite, tile or LED – for the people who design and fit out buildings, stores and other venues. Now we’re seeing the first tangible signs …
