Bluefin Reintroduces Looping Playback in New Flex-OS V6 Displays July 14, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger In 2024, Atlanta-based display maker Bluefin launched a display line called Flex-OS. The displays, ranging from standard to ultra-wide formats, give customers the option of choosing from a range of integrated SoC options – including Brightsign, Android, and Linux – or connect an external media player via HDMI. But according to Bluefin, there remains a …
Hologram-ish Displays Now Sold at London Department Store July 11, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger Selfridges London now has one of these transparent LCD boxes that create hologram-ish illusions – though not just for show, but actually available for purchase. It can be found in the Smartech section on the first floor, a shop-in-shop space dedicated to digital-native brands. It’s not run by Selfridges itself, but by the Smartech Retail …
PPDS Delivers 700+ TVs and LED Walls for New Helsinki Airport Hotel July 2, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger While PPDS is way behind Samsung and others in the Pro Display segment, the display vendor has become market leader for hospitality TVs in many European markets. For a hotel opening at Helsinki Airport, they were able to sign a deal for more than 700 of them – plus LED walls and signage displays. The …
Top Display Trends at Infocomm 2025 Through Futuresource’s Lens June 26, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger ProAV research firm Futuresource has published its post-Infocomm report, following on-site analysis by four of its experts. The report clusters and comments on product highlights from individual brands, focusing on potential and limitations. While we already reported where we saw the biggest leaps in AI – specifically in digital signage software – Futuresource goes down …
TCL Launches New Pro Display Brand at Infocomm June 11, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger While some Chinese manufacturers are absent at this year’s Infocomm for obvious reasons, the TV giant TCL has chosen Orlando to launch a new brand for North America: TCL professional. The brand focuses exclusively on pro displays and – in contrast to TCL’s Moka brand – will eventually offer a full line-up of signage solutions …
Christie Launches No-OS, No-RF Displays at Infocomm June 6, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger While it’s true that many security-sensitive and business-critical environments prefer media players over SoC displays for digital signage, calling SoCs an insecure option would be a bit far-stretched. But Christie is obviously seeing a market opportunity in “non-smart” displays with no SoC and no RF. The US manufacturer is launching an LCD line-up called Secure …
Sustainability: Samsung Earns ‘Product Carbon Reduction’ Certifications for Digital Signage Screens May 30, 2025 by Florian Rotberg Samsung Electronics America announced that nearly 80 models in its 2025 TV, soundbar and signage lineups have received Product Carbon Reduction and Product Carbon Footprint certifications from TÜV Rheinland, a globally recognized certification organization based in Germany. For the digital signage industry relevant products include The Frame Pro (LS03FW) and LCD Signage (QMC 43”, 50”, 55”, 75”). …
Day 2 DSSE – Lightning Impressions, Inc. Color E-paper And Making Smart Displays Do More May 23, 2025 by Super User Very busy second day at Digital Signage Summit Europe in Munich, and I got into my room at 1:42 AM. It is encouraging that I recall the time, cuz wine and weisse beer. A lot of people at this event, with the numbers amplified by how people can fly in to the city, walk out …
Premier League’s Brighton Switches On UK’s First Transparent LED Glass Balustrade System May 14, 2025 by Super User There is a lot of building-grade glass out there, and as LED technology has improved and matured, it makes sense that glass surfaces will start doubling up as screens. There are not all that many reference cases outside of China, but here’s a high profile one in the UK – at the home grounds of …
Medical School Working With Magnetic 3D On Glasses-Free 3D Screens For Possible Training, Surgical Applications May 13, 2025 by Super User I tend to think of glasses-free autostereoscopic displays as technology looking somewhat endlessly for a use-case, so it’s interesting to learn that Magnetic 3D has an “expanded agreement” with a medical school to explore using the tech for teaching and even in operating rooms. The tie-up with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) is …
