Big AV Enhancements Planned For Las Vegas Convention Center Expansion January 19, 2018 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip Tom McGowan I don’t know what integrators, display and software companies work with Atlanta’s TVS Design, if any in particular, but the architectural firm just won a monster contract that will involve a LOT of AV and digital signage technology. The firm won the $60 million design contract for the expansion of the …
NanoLumens Adds Streaming Artwork Capability To Its Display Playback Platform January 19, 2018 by Dave Haynes Atlanta-based LED display company NanoLumens has added an art streaming platform called Loupe to its AWARE third-party app store, making it possible for end-users to populate their digital display installations with curated portfolios of photography and artwork collections. “Fine art displays can be a major expense for airports, transit terminals and corporate lobbies, and more often than …
The “Service-First” Approach To Selecting A Digital Signage Platform January 18, 2018 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: John Wang, IAdea Digital signage has come a long way from the days of DVD players and USB sticks to a highly-connected platform that enables intelligent applications across every aspect of our lives. As digital signage evolves into a mainstream industry, when selecting a vendor for the playback platform, many system integrators value …
Still Talking Clients Out Of 4K? Good News – 8K’s Coming!!! January 15, 2018 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip Display Daily If you are in digital signage and having a swell time explaining to clients why they really, really don’t need 4K when full HD is more than awesome for the task at hand, you will be bouncing in your high chair with word that 8K will start to be a thing …
Vegas Airport Car Rental Shuttles Now Kitted Out With GPS-Enabled Ad Screens Inside January 11, 2018 by Dave Haynes It’s kinda hard to get excited about ad screens in shuttle buses, but a new case study out from BrightSign is interesting not so much for the product, but the insight and how this stuff is done in things that are moving, bouncing and bumping, and probably exposed to all kinds of power spikes …
County Fair Concession Operator Using LED Screens To Sell More Maui Chicken And Pupu Wings January 11, 2018 by Dave Haynes Were there any doubts about LED displays coming down in cost to a point that they’ll go from expensive one-offs to commonplace, consider the story of Chicken Charlie’s, a San Diego concession stand that has good-sized, finer pitch LED displays that fire up when it sets up in places like county fairgrounds. The operator worked with New …
Samsung Now Marketing Micro LED Technology; Jumbo 146-Inch TV Showing At CES January 8, 2018 by Dave Haynes Samsung confirmed rumors today and announced a massive, modular MicroLED TV called The Wall. The easiest way to think of it is a fine pitch LED wall for the consumer market. The announced configuration for CES this week is 146-inches diagonal, but it is positioned as something that can be made bigger, smaller or a …
IHS Markit: 55-Inch Screens Still The Digital Signage Sweet Spot January 5, 2018 by Dave Haynes One of the nice perks of being a Digital Signage Federation member – along with the private jet access I assume I now get as a newly-minted director – is access to the quarterly industry summary put together by IHS Markit. Q3 is now available, and as might be expected, there’s some interesting stuff in …
Twin Experiential LED Video Walls Light Up Lobby Of Chicago’s Aon Center January 4, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Aon Center, one of Chicago’s tallest and most recognizable buildings, has followed the lead of some other major commercial office properties in turning a feature in the lobby to a giant LED digital wall. Part of a recent renovation of its lobby and atrium included a pair of 42-foot-wide by 10-foot-tall direct view LED …
LG To Show 8K OLED At CES; Samsung Rumored To Show Micro LED TV January 2, 2018 by Dave Haynes Numerous tech blogs are reporting that LG will be showing an 8K OLED display this year at CES. The 88-inch display has a resolution of 7680×4320, which is 33 million+ pixels. “The successful development of the world’s first 8K OLED display is a milestone for the 8K era and underscores the exciting potential of OLED,” …
