How To Maximize Dwell Time For Digital Signage February 18, 2019 by Kenneth Brinkmann Guest Post: Debbie DeWitt, Visix Websites are ranked by search engines on a number of factors, one of which is dwell time. This is the amount of time a person spends looking at a webpage or site before going back to the Search Engine Result Page (SERP). Understanding dwell time can be useful for crafting compelling …
Research Suggests Biggest Panel-Maker On Planet Is China’s BOE February 14, 2019 by Dave Haynes The conventional thinking would be that Samsung or perhaps LG would be the world’s biggest supplier of LCD TVs and flat panel displays, but new market research suggests it is Beijing-based panel maker BOE. Sigmaintell Consulting says that in 2018, BOE shipped 54.3 million TV panels, putting it well ahead of the shipping unit volume …
Missed ISE?: This Futuresource Report Gives A Solid Tech Rundown, And It’s Free February 14, 2019 by Dave Haynes If you were unable to get to Integrated Systems Europe, but very badly want and need to know what all was shown and demo’d there, you are in luck. The market research/consultancy firm Futuresource had several people fanned out in the many halls of the Amsterdam RAI, and has produced a comprehensive 63-page report on …
Dear DisplayCos: Get Your Set-Up Act Together! February 14, 2019 by Mitch Leathers Guest Post: Luis Villafane, Maler An Open Letter to Digital Signage Display Manufacturers: This morning, I looked at myself in the mirror while shaving, and saw a ton of new white hair. Tons of it, sticking up from my head. So I thought I would take this depressing opportunity to bitch a little more about …
Leyard’s R&D Head Sam Phenix Dishes On LED, OLED, VR And Everything Display February 13, 2019 by Dave Haynes I managed to squeeze in a few podcast interviews in and around ISE last week, and this is the first – a long-planned and finally realized talk with Sam Phenix, who is the VP of research and development for Planar and Leyard. That puts her in the middle of everything happening in the display market …
Why Can’t Digital Signage Hardware Protocols Make Sense? February 12, 2019 by Mitch Leathers Guest Post: Luis Villafane, Maler It’s been a while since Ive written anything for 16:9. I guess the muse did not come to me until just now. I’ve been keeping a low profile because I’ve just been very busy. I did not go to ISE this year. I wanted to go, I really did, but …
ISE 2019 Impressions From Day 3: Finally, Hall 8! February 8, 2019 by Dave Haynes Writing this on the plane and in lounges – heading back to Nova Scotia. Like a lot of people, based on what I was hearing and then seeing this morning at the airport, I punched out after three days. Thursday was busy-ish, but nothing like Wednesday. I finally, on day three, spent some meaningful time …
Lava Flows, Fluid Mechanics And The Deep Science Behind Video Wall Waterfalls February 6, 2019 by Dave Haynes If you’ve been to the Salesforce headquarters in San Francisco, or certain resort casinos, you will have seen and been blown away by giant virtual waterfalls that appear on LED walls and wash down, over and around things like entryways. It’s kind of amazing, and way beyond much of what you see on big digital …
ISE 2019 Impressions From Day 1: Hardened LED Is Here, And OLED Is Back. February 5, 2019 by Dave Haynes Day 1 is done and dusted at Integrated Systems Europe in Amsterdam, and I am happily back at my hotel, dodging extracurricular bad behavior in the hopes of actually-maybe getting a decent sleep. Crowd – Looked busy, but not stupid-busy. I wasn’t fighting my way through or around mobs to get at stuff. Weather – …
Christie Launches Next-Gen MicroTiles Based On LED Display Tech February 4, 2019 by Dave Haynes In an interesting and, I’d argue, puzzling move, Christie has re-launched its much-celebrated MicroTiles display series with technology that has very little shared DNA with the original, stackable projection cubes. The new MicroTiles are LED modules that are, in just about every respect, similar to the scores of other fine-pitch LED products out there. “Christie …
