Outfront Starts Live Trial Of Planned 37,000 Screen NYC MTA Rollout February 27, 2019 by Dave Haynes Via NY Daily News Outfront Media has started testing on what will eventually be a rollout of a reported 37,000 new digital signage screens across the NYC subway and commuter rail systems. The digital OOH media screens are getting a test run on subway cars on the No. 7 line, the NY Daily News reports, …
LED Market Analyst Eric Virey Clears Some Fog About LED Tech And All The Jargon February 27, 2019 by Dave Haynes I have always felt sorry for any poor soul who gets the arm put on them to go to a trade show and get schooled up on digital signage – because there are so many hardware and software companies selling variations on what is essentially the same stuff. I would really feel sorry for someone …
Theme Hotel Adds Huge Samsung LED Wall Behind Registration Desk February 26, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Fantasyland Hotel at the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Canada is a large tourist-focused hotel bolted to the side of what was once the biggest shopping center on the planet. It is best known for its bizarro theme rooms – like ones with trucks and igloos or polynesian decor. Very odd place, though there …
LG-iGotcha Demo’ing Transparent LED Film At Next Week’s Dx3 In Toronto February 26, 2019 by Dave Haynes I’m not totally sure LG has publicly shown its LED on transparent film product in Canada, but if not, that will change next week at a retail marketing and tech event in Toronto, called Dx3. LG is working with Montreal’s iGotcha Media on a couple of showcases for the annual trade show, including a demo of …
Why Is So Little Shared About Digital Signage Errors? February 25, 2019 by Mitch Leathers Guest Post: Luis Villafane, Maler Final entry to my Cranky Spaniard’s Trilogy In recent articles, I gave my thoughts and facts about panel display manufacturers. Different providers with different issues. None of them are “free of sin.” All have issues, no doubt there. Today, I asked Google for the following: 1. Digital Signage Errors Got …
Full Color Advanced E Ink Digital Sign Testing In Japan February 22, 2019 by Dave Haynes Via Good e-Reader … E Ink keeps pushing the envelope on full-color signs – and a new version developed for the Japanese market is touted as low-power digital signage for retail. Good e-Reader has a post up about a pair of Japanese companies showing and testing what’s called an ACeP – or working Advanced Color E-Paper – …
DSE 2019 Booth Previews: Germany’s Simtec To Show Eye-Catching ScreenFlite Display System February 22, 2019 by Dave Haynes Simtec Systems GmbH – DSE Booth Number 1747 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Simtec Systems is showing its world new and innovative digital signage system called ScreenFLITE. Operators of malls, airports, casinos etc. can make use of the eye-catcher effect by the …
Philly Book Shop Uses Split-Flap Display To Promote Instant-Print Machine February 21, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is a nice use of those old-school split-flap disc displays to promote a rapid book-printing service at an indie book shop in Philadelphia. At Shakespeare & Co.’s new location in Philadelphia’s Center City, the on-demand Espresso Book Machine printer – which can print any paperback on-demand in the time it takes to make a …
London Flagship Cinema Adds Blended Mirror-Screen Heritage Wall February 19, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is a blended mirror wall – video wall in the heart of the recently renovated Odeon cinema, just off London’s busy Leicester Square. The UK solutions provider Beaver Group provided all the hardware, software, installation, content creation and support for the flagship cinema. As well as integration and display of live film times, trailers …
DSE 2019 Booth Previews: Premier Mounts Shows How Digital Signage Deployed Anywhere Imaginable February 18, 2019 by Dave Haynes Premier Mounts – DSE Booth Number 1918 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Premier Mounts manufactures some of the best display mounts to enable digital signage. We have an engineering division focused around video walls and direct-view LED technology. Most recently, they have …
