Long-Term Tests Confirm OLEDs Have Burn-In Issues, But Is The Risk Real In Digital Signage? October 16, 2018 by Dave Haynes Ghosted OLED screen – Image from rtings.com There is absolutely no denying that big OLED screens are gorgeous, but people who know a thing or two about the technical side of displays have often noted there are some trade-offs for that. The big one is cost. OLEDs, as well as Samsung’s quantum dot LCDs it …
Etisalat’s GITEX Booth Went Crazy This Week With Digital October 15, 2018 by Dave Haynes I go to a lot of trade shows, of all sizes, but I have never seen anything like what the UAE-based telecoms company Etisalat has up this week at the huge GITEX trade show in Dubai. Think CES, but in a desert city on the other side of the planet from Las Vegas. Like CES, …
Digital Pour Your Own Beer Stations Now Online At DC Sports Arena October 15, 2018 by Dave Haynes The main sports arena in the Washington, DC area has unveiled a completely new and upgraded venue and dining experience that includes new signage, wayfinding, and a couple of interesting interactive screen experiences – like pour your own beer stations. The renovations at Capital One Arena cost some $40 million and were ready in time for the …
Salt Lake Theater Complex Makes Big LED Part Of Both Promotions And Productions October 13, 2018 by Dave Haynes A longtime performing arts center near Salt Lake City has made LED displays a huge part of its new $75 million complex. The Hale Centre Theatre at Mountain America Performing Arts Centre, which opened its new home a year ago, uses big LEDs on the facade to promote productions, in the lobby near concessions, and most …
When Menu Screen Goes Out, Go Back To Print? October 11, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is even weirder than the McCafe label thing … A Toronto reader snapped a shot at Yorkdale Mall in Toronto – arguably Canada’s ritziest shopping centre – that had a food court WSR vendor using a whole printed menu sign OVER the digital menu display. This was from about six weeks ago. Cheaper, I …
Curved LCD Video Walls Greets Visitors Atop Calgary’s Iconic Tower October 11, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Calgary Tower has been part of the downtown of the western Canadian city for 50 years now, and steadily attracts tourists and locals who ride up to the observation deck to look over the city and, particularly, west to the nearby Canadian Rockies mountain range. The attraction created a theatre room recently at the …
Digital Header Strips Top Whole Foods’ End-Caps October 10, 2018 by Dave Haynes These are end-caps with digital headers being put in by InstoreScreen in Whole Foods stores in the U.S. The grocer uses them to market house brands. They’re LCD screens – custom-manufactured for the job (as opposed to some skinny LCDs which started out as conventional 16:9 screens and were then cut). CEO Henrik Andersson spoke …
Suzuki Rolls Out French Dealer Network Using Sony’s Digital Signage Solution. Yeah, Sony … October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes It is reasonable to suggest that Sony has been, at most, on the fringes of the digital signage industry for many years. So it’s interesting to stumble across indications that it 1) has a solution and 2) it’s getting used. From UK-based AV magazine comes news that Suzuki France has more than 100 motorcycle dealerships …
Remodeled Reno Sportsbook Features 110-Foot, Curved LED Wall October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes Casino sportsbook areas are target-rich environments for companies selling fine pitch LED display solutions, because of a wicked combination of a need for very screens, already bright environments to put them, and invariably large egos of casino owners – who tend to want to one-up the owners of competing properties with bigger, better bling. Consider …
LG Holding Nov. 1 Tech Tour Digital Signage Event In NYC October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes It looks LG has a big cross-section of companies co-exhibiting with it at its Tech Tour event in New York on Nov. 1. LG’s commercial display partners at the event in Hell’s Kitchen include BrightSign, Chief, Peerless Av and numerous CMS companies like Gauddi (from the Netherlands), Hughes, Omnivex, Ping HD, Skykit, Tripleplay and 22 …
