What To Think About When Looking For Outdoor Displays December 4, 2019 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Chuck Lewis, Palmer Digital Group A lot of thinking, engineering and testing goes into designing an outdoor digital kiosk that will work well, and last. Unlike indoor digital kiosks, almost every aspect of an outdoor digital kiosk has to be scrutinized and designed properly to survive the heat, cold, moisture and winds that …
Duty Free At Istanbul’s New Airport Features Some 1,000 Sq. Meters Of LED Display December 3, 2019 by Dave Haynes Istanbul’s new airport – which when fully built out is expected to be the world’s busiest – already has the biggest duty free store, fronted by a giant LED media facade. The Unifree Duty Free zone in the airport is the size of nine soccer fields, with 53,000 square meters of perfumes, watches, scarves, chocolates …
Experience Center Uses Transparent Film LED As Room Divider Panels November 22, 2019 by Dave Haynes Here’s a case where transparent LED doesn’t look so bad from the rear – the big differences being the tech used and the way these glass room dividers are set in place and used. This is a project the workplace design firm Gensler did for HP Enterprise, at its headquarters customer experience center in Palo …
The Problem With “Transparent” LED, In Two Images November 21, 2019 by Dave Haynes Transparent LED mesh displays have come a long, long way in terms of resolution and scale, and the tech’s ability to deliver tight and bright visuals. In the right setting, it can look really good, particularly at a distance. For glass curtain walls that aren’t really windows, that people don’t really look out, they’re a …
10K+ Smart Digital Signage Screens Installed Across 50+ Topgolf Venues November 20, 2019 by Dave Haynes Digital signage projects have grown a LOT in scale in recent years, but the numbers of projects that involve 10,000-plus screens are still pretty limited. So it’s interesting to see news that Topgolf Entertainment Group has kitted out each of more than 50 venues with 200 or more displays. Topgolf, if you are not familiar, is …
400-Plus Dual Outdoor Screens Positioned Around Riyadh For Saudi Culture Fest November 18, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Saudi government used more than 400 custom dual-sided outdoor LCD screens to drive public awareness of events surrounding Riyadh Season – one of a series of cultural festivals staged around the country to attract tourists. Developed by Saudi-based Faden Spectrum Optoelectronics – a digital signage solutions provided based in Riyadh – the screens are …
175-Foot Wide Curved LED Marquee Lights Up At North End Of Vegas Strip November 14, 2019 by Dave Haynes If you know Las Vegas, you probably know the intersection on the Strip down by the Venetian, Fashion Show Mall and Treasure Island resort. Like much of the Strip, this area seems to steadily evolve, and the corner that is part of TI has just lit up a huge, curved LED board touted as the …
LG Display Reports Big Loss; 3rd Bad Quarter In Row November 14, 2019 by Dave Haynes LG Display has reported a big loss in its recent Q3 earnings release, its third bad quarter in a row – forcing out the longtime CEO, prompting a round of voluntary departures and most interesting in the context of the commercial display business, the start of a move away from LCD. LG Display reported a …
Start-up Firefly Starts Using 2mm LED For Rideshare And Taxi-Top Ad Screens November 13, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Silicon Valley media start-up Firefly, which puts car-top media screens on taxis and ride-share cars, has started using 2mm pitch LED displays that it says delivers 4X the visual crispness of competing display systems. The new product – called Sunrise – supplants previous car-toppers that used 4mm pitch LED. This will sound nerdy, but …
More Trouble With Timmie’s Menu Boards November 13, 2019 by Dave Haynes A reader sent along this photo shot this morning while on the way to work in the pedestrian walkway system that runs below street level in Toronto’s business district. The Tim Hortons screens at 55 University aren’t dead, though one is in a bad way. The software appears hung up, so instead of mission-critical menus, …
