NEC Display Names Bouman New President And CEO February 13, 2015 by Super User NEC Display Solutions has announced its new President and CEO of the Americas, with ex-Samsung exec Todd Bouman taking the post held for many years by Pierre Richer. Bouman was previously Vice President, Marketing for commercial displays and mobile products in the Enterprise Business Division at Samsung Electronics Americas. “Todd is a top performer and will …
PQ Labs Debuts 4K Touch Overlay At ISE February 10, 2015 by Super User The Silicon Valley firm PQ Labs is at ISE in Amsterdam this week showing off a new touchscreen overlay it describes as the best money can buy – and the description certainly tells a good story. The Multi-Touch G5: is built for 4K displays takes writing from a stylus no thicker than a pencil tip …
First Transparent LCDs, Now Transparent OLEDs February 4, 2015 by Super User Display manufacturers always like to have eye candy at trade show booths, and Portland-based Planar Systems is bringing over what looks to be a particularly sweet piece to its booth next week at ISE in Amsterdam – a transparent OLED display. The 55” prototype display, which won’t be a product for at least a year, …
Bigger, Brighter, Almost Square LCD Panel To Debut At ISE February 4, 2015 by Super User UK-based specialty display firm Crystal Display Systems will be at ISE in Amsterdam next week with a 27.3 inch square-ish LCD panel that packs 1,000 cd (or nits) of brightness. The puppies are backlit by high bright LEDs and have a resolution of 945 by 1080. The units aren’t, as you might tell by the …
Projects: Atlanta Ups Game On Gigantic Stadium LED Boards February 3, 2015 by Super User The NFL’s Atlanta Falcons have selected Daktronics to build a unique, utterly huge circular LED video display for a new stadium that will open in two years. The LED halo board will be a centerpiece of the new downtown stadium, which will host the Falcons and a new MLS soccer team. The display totals roughly 64,000 square feet, 3X the …
Projects: 800 Sq Ft Curved Display At Fresno Casino January 29, 2015 by Super User Here’s a 38 foot wide by 21 high Nanolumens LED wall set on a curve at the Tachi Palace casino in the Fresno, California-area. It is touted as the largest curved video wall in North America, visible throughout the entire Casino of the Moon. I like the scale, and can only hope this is demo …
Christie Says 50K+ MicroTiles Now Lit Globally January 26, 2015 by Super User Christie has pushed out a news release that talks about an expanded warranty for its MicroTiles displays, but contains the more interesting information about the global footprint. The company says it has now shipped more than 50,000 units for roughly 1,000 installations worldwide. That’s, of course, a small number when compared to the commercial LCD market, …
NRF: Is Memomi’s Digital Mirror The Fairest Of Them All January 13, 2015 by Super User I missed this in the two days I spent wandering the aisles of NRF, which is a shame because I’m intrigued by how it works. It’s billed as the world’s first digital mirror, which is a bit of a reach given eBay and The Big Space both have digital mirror things (admitted doing different stuff) …
NRF: Lexmark’s Shrug-Inducing Digital Signage Play January 13, 2015 by Super User The big printing hardware firm Lexmark debuted a digital signage product this week at the National Retail Federation show in New York – a digital endcap solution I’d best describe as shrug-inducing. It’s a template program that will generate a jpeg and push it to an LG monitor … and that’s about it. It’s not a …
NRF: Day I Impressions January 12, 2015 by Super User The National Retail Federation Big Show extended to three days this year, running a shortened five-hour session on Sunday. That meant retailers and brands could get a look on a free day or get three full days in when two was not enough. That also meant all kinds of sales guys were finding creative …
