16:9 Special Report: SIGNS WITH SMARTS: Are SoC Displays The Future Of Digital Signage? March 21, 2017 by Dave Haynes The first System on Chip “smart” digital signage displays showed up at Digital Signage Expo roughly four years ago – greeted with both curiosity and skepticism. Was this something that was going to stick, or be a variation on the slot-loaded Open Pluggable display spec that was introduced a few years ago but never really …
DSE 2017 Mixer Sponsor Profile: SOAR/LSI March 20, 2017 by Dave Haynes One of the things I’ll be doing next week at DSE is getting a little more familiar with a mixer sponsor – LSI Industries, and its SOAR digital signage integration unit. SOAR, the company says, enables businesses to reach new levels of customer engagement through meaningful, desirable, heightened consumer experiences. These experiences are driven and delivered by …
DSE 2017 Booth Previews: Baanto March 20, 2017 by Dave Haynes DSE BOOTH PREVIEWS Baanto DSE Booth Number – 1248 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Our ShadowSense touch technology is widely recognized as a reliable solution for adding multi-touch capabilities to almost any display surface. This year we’ll be showcasing several solutions to …
DSE 2017 PR Roundup: Tightrope, ComQi, Signagelive March 20, 2017 by Dave Haynes Here’s a roundup of press releases in my inbox that rise above the “We’re at DSE, come see us” notes I get in waves right now. Tightrope Debuts Carousel 7.0 St. Paul, Minnesota’s Tightrope Media Systems is releasing version 7.0 of its Carousel digital signage CMS today and showcasing it next week at Digital Signage Expo, booth …
Market Analysts Peg Digital Signage Display Annual Growth At 16.7%, Through 2021 March 18, 2017 by Dave Haynes The Swedish research firm Berg Insight has put out a summary of a new report looking at the size of the connected digital signage display market globally, predicting it will grow at a compounded annual rate of 16.7% through 2021. The report says global shipments of connected digital signage displays are estimated to have grown by 19.7 …
DSE 2017 Mixer Sponsor Profile: Sharp March 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes There will be lots of people interested in talking to Sharp this year – not only because they make great displays and other gear, but because the company is now owned by Taiwan manufacturing Foxconn. That 2016 deal in theory puts a big gust of wind into the sails of the Japanese electronics firm, in …
DSE 2017 Booth Previews: Mimo Monitors March 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes DSE BOOTH PREVIEWS Mimo Monitors DSE Booth Number – 624 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? We’re the only, or one of the only, small touchscreen monitors vendors at the show. We’ll be showcasing a variety of products (more than 20) and offering an …
Dutch Firm’s LED Panels Replace Regular Acoustic Tiles To Create Full Motion Ceilings March 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes There’s lotsa talk out there about LED taking over from LCD for video walls, and LED being used as the architectural design surface for things like feature walls in retail and corporate lobbies. But how about LED as the ceiling? That’s the premise behind a Dutch company called LedGo – that has has designed lightweight …
DSE 2017 Mixer Sponsor Profiles: Chief/Milestone March 14, 2017 by Dave Haynes I tend to think of the mounting solutions guys in the signage industry being a bit like Rodney Dangerfield, the comedian who used to moan about how he got no respect at all. The stuff that holds all those displays in place securely, and gets everything perfectly aligned and tidy, is essential to any job. …
SignStix Latest CMS To Add SoC Support March 14, 2017 by Dave Haynes UK-based SignStix is the latest CMS software firm to go system on chip (SoC), launching a new embedded signage solution based on the new Philips D-Line display series. What I find interesting about Philips’ “smart” signs is the displays actually have two embedded processors – with a dedicated chip for the operation of the display and a separate one …
