Turn TVs Into Interactive Signs For $200 With New Gadget August 12, 2015 by Super User The same crowd that is endlessly looking to cut display hardware, playback hardware and software costs out of digital signage projects will likely be intrigued as heck by a new IndieGogo project that turns any TV with an HDMI connector into a touch and stylus controlled display. Called Touchjet Wave, it’s a device that clamps on …
Toronto’s IdeaLab Debuts Turnkey Kiosk Rental Offer August 4, 2015 by Super User Anybody who has sold digital signage product and had conversations with brand marketers has probably had rent-versus-buy questions thrown at them from people who like what they saw, but only needed it for a few weeks, not a few years. That’s stopped many projects and ideas in their tracks, because the options to rent a …
Sharp Exits TV Market In Americas, But Not Commercial Display Biz July 31, 2015 by Super User China’s Hisense Group and Japan’s Sharp announced a deal today that sees Hisense buying all the equity and assets of Sharp’s TV factory in Mexico (for $23.7 million) and with that the rights to use the “Sharp” brand name and all its channel resources in both North and South American regions. In effect, Hisense is completely taking over …
Nice Tunnel, Shame About The Screens July 31, 2015 by Super User If you fly into Toronto via the little island airport just off downtown, it’s great in just about every way. Handy. Great view coming in and leaving. Fun carrier in Porter Airlines. But the island airport was always accessible only by what has to be among the shortest ferry rides in existence. The handy airport …
LED Signmaker Watchfire Acquires Digital Signage SoftwareCo Aerva July 14, 2015 by Super User LED signmaker Watchfire Signs has acquired digital signage software firm Aerva, in a deal that closed early this month. Based in Danville, Illionois – west of Indianapolis and south of Chicago – Watchfire builds large-format outdoor LED boards, servicing everything from media companies to schools and communities. I’d assume whatever software has shipped with Watchfire product …
Projects: Augmented Reality Video Wall Fills French Grocery Carts In Surprising Ways July 7, 2015 by Super User Via PSFK This is a clever use of augmented reality that happily doesn’t require the experience to happen through the lens of a smartphone screen. The French supermarket chain Système U used gesture cameras, software and a large video wall at a store to deliver a fun way of communicating the origins of some of its …
Infographic: How Digital Menu Boards Help Businesses July 7, 2015 by Super User Here’s a nice infographic ROI-modeling digital menu boards that was passed along by Neil Maycock of Allsee Technologies, a UK-Chinese company that makes a broad range of digital signage displays.
TransitScreen Lights Up Live Data-Driven Mass Transport Displays For Toronto Trial June 29, 2015 by Super User The City of Toronto has started a pilot with TransitScreen to try out a couple of real-time transportation displays in city-owned buildings. The TransitScreen displays tap into live, real-time transportation data – from TTC subways and buses to Zipcar and Bike Share Toronto – to hopefully give citizens a better shot at getting where they are going …
Panasonic Buys NYC-Based Digital Signage Solutions Firm MagicInk June 29, 2015 by Super User Panasonic has acquired a small, privately-owned NYC-based digital signage solutions provider called MagicInk Interactive LLC, picking up retail planning and deployment expertise. “After reviewing the potential acquisitions in this area, we believe that MagicInk is well positioned to help us significantly expand our digital signage business. This is just one in a series of planned …
InfoComm Booth Profiles: LG June 17, 2015 by Super User Here’s what LG says about why people need to swing by its booth (#1529) when the doors open this morning on infoComm 2015 in Orlando. 1 -Why do people going to InfoComm need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? LG Electronics USA (booth #1529) is unveiling a brand new powerful and …
