STRATACACHE Deal Sees LCDs Sourced From China Giant BOE January 14, 2020 by Dave Haynes STRATACACHE appears to be timing partnership announcements this week to coincide with its presence at the NRF retail trade show in NYC. On the heels of a partnership announcement Monday regarding the Japanese market, CEO Chris Riegel has announced what is a more significant and momentous deal with a huge Chinese LCD panel manufacturer. The …
AMOLED DisplayCo Has 1,000 Screen “Tree” At CES 2020 January 10, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a decorative tree, with leaves made out of flexible AMOLED screens, that has been set up this week by display manufacturer Royole at its CES 2020 stand. The company also has a smaller version at Shenzhen’s stunning airport terminal that went live this past summer. The company says the “tree” has some 1,000 …
Planar’s CES 2020 Stand Includes 219″ 0.6mm LED; Jumbo 120″ LCD January 9, 2020 by Dave Haynes Portland, OR-based display-maker Planar Systems has a stand at CES 2020 this week and while I have not seen PR, there are tweets out there showing a couple of giant screens and tech advances. Planar has a 0.6mm pitch LED display measuring 216″ diagonal and delivering 8K. Weirdly, the booth image says the display is …
LA’s PORTL Marketing Real-Time Kinda-Sorta Hologram Projection Screen Tech January 9, 2020 by Dave Haynes An LA start-up called PORTL is marketing what it calls the world’s only completely self-contained life-sized, single-passenger, 4K resolution hologram projection machine. The marketing pitch is that a person – like a performer or political candidate – could be captured on a white screen in one place, and that person’s life-sized, three-dimensional image be replicated …
LG’s CES 2020 Booth Gateway Features 200 OLEDs In A Giant Wave January 8, 2020 by Dave Haynes I’ve not come across as much buzz as was generated in the last couple of years for LG’s booth gateway at CES, but the use of OLEDs remains as impressive as the first time the Korean electronics company did this. The 2020 version of of its OLED signature piece – which it tends to replicate …
Start-Up Touts New Screen Tech That Shows 100 Messages, At Once January 7, 2020 by Dave Haynes I am usually a reasonably quick study on new technology, but a new display technology for airports touted at CES today by Delta Airlines and a Seattle-area start-up has me pretty much cross-eyed. Delta has partnered with Misapplied Sciences (I like the name) to launch what is called a Parallel Reality display experience later this year …
Stretch LCDs, Low-Rez LEDs, Glass And Film Mashed Up For Virtual Water Wall January 7, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a very slick experiential digital piece done for the water treatment company Pentair at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, where the NFL’s Vikings play. The project was developed and delivered by Twin Cities-based Microgigantic, with creative that highlights how Pentair “Brings Water To Life. For Life.” There are layers of custom led lights, …
TCL’s Mini-LED Backlit Display At CES A Glimpse Of Where Pro Displays May Go January 7, 2020 by Dave Haynes A lot of the media is attracted to the loopy products that turn up each year at CES – like robots that deliver toilet paper rolls – but if you pay more attention and follow outlets that genuinely cover tech advances, there’s good stuff amidst all the noise. An announcement by the Chinese display maker …
Intuiface, IAdea Partner On Non-Proprietary Meeting Room Signage Solution January 7, 2020 by Dave Haynes The French interactive software firm Intuiface has done an interesting tie-up with Taiwanese digital signage hardware manufacturer IAdea, offering a combined solution for end-users and integrators who don’t to get locked into specific meeting room signage platforms. The partnership enables end-users and solutions providers to develop specific meeting room sign user experience and functionality using …
LG’s CES2020 News Adds 48-Inch OLED TV; Talks More About 8K January 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes LG has had its press conference at CES this morning, and while there was lots of cool consumer stuff, it was more about appliances and gaming than about displays – though there was lots of talk about OLED, as you might expect. No real signage-ish stuff to report, however. There is now a 48-inch OLED, …
