Samsung Launches More MicroLED, Portrait Mode TV At CES2020 January 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes The massive CES consumer gadgets show is on this week in Las Vegas, and there are plenty of poor souls from this industry who are obligated to be there this week – dealing with endless line-ups for everything and supply/demand hotel pricing that sees terrifying places like Circus Circus charging $300+ a night. The argument …
Food Court Vendor Uses Tape, Paper And Scissors to Update Digital Menu Displays December 30, 2019 by Dave Haynes Every so often I will get an email and pix from a reader who has spotted a food concession – usually – that has resorted to a manual fix for a digital problem. I have unavailable menu items hidden by tape and entire displays covered by paper … and everything in between. But I had …
White Castle’s New HQ Has Vast Interactive Wall, Projection-Mapped Throne December 30, 2019 by Dave Haynes The longtime burger chain White Castle has moved into new HQ digs in Columbus, Ohio that factored in a lot of tech to set the company tone and also tells its story. The building has a pile of traditional AV and collaboration systems, but in the public areas like the lobby, Detroit-based solutions firm Bluewater …
Florida Grocer Opens Seed To Table Concept Store With 100+ Screens December 30, 2019 by Dave Haynes A new grocery in Naples, Florida – heavily focused on locally grown and sourced product – has more than 100 screens deployed around the floorplate. Arguably the most visually compelling component – from what I can see in videos and still images – is one set of stocked shelves that has 32 feet of LCD …
Seoul’s Vast Subway System Adds 4,200+ Samsung Screens December 23, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Seoul metro subway system – which is vast and bewildering (trust me) – has upgraded its passenger experience across some 90 stations, adding more than 4,200 Samsung screens across the network. The screens replace analogue posters and maps with interactive way-finding, timetables and information for the districts surrounding the stations. They provide nice tools …
Montreal’s Integrated Health Systems Does Waiting Room Signage Reset December 18, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is one of the screens running for the City of Montreal’s Integrated University Health and Social Services – four care organizations spread out across 43 locations. The digital signage network was described as ailing, and Montreal solutions firm VIF Tele won a bid to revamp and reimagine it, working with Philips for displays. The …
New Tech Out Of Portugal Bridges Physical Coffee Table Books With Screens December 17, 2019 by Dave Haynes There has been lots of talk through the years about how digital signage could be effectively bridged with smartphones, but I’ve seen very little exploration about bridging screens with printed material. A Portuguese start-up is marketing a smart catalogue that pairs a printed book with screens, changing on-screen material as a user flips pages in …
LED Canopy Ceiling With Generative Content Designed To Attract Premium NYC Tenants December 17, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is the LED ceiling of 250 West 57th Street, up near the south end of Central Park in New York. The 80 foot long by 8 foot wide art installation has been running for the last couple of years, but I just heard about it last week, and found time Friday morning to walk …
Twin Giant LED Rings Are Centerpieces Of Chase Flagship On NYC’s Madison Avenue December 17, 2019 by Dave Haynes I was in NYC for a couple of days late last week, and on Friday had a big walk around to check out some installations I’d previously only seen in text and photos. A big target visit was the new Chase flagship branch at 390 Madison Avenue, which has a custom LED system designed and integrated …
Samsung’s microLED The Wall Finds Way Into NYC Boardroom December 16, 2019 by Dave Haynes Samsung’s The Wall has been showing up at trade shows for a couple of years now, and while there’s been talk of high net worth individuals and business customers buying and installing the big microLED video walls, I’d not seen one in the wild. Until last week. Samsung did a tech media tour last week …
