DSE 2016 Booth Field Guide: Peerless-AV February 26, 2016 by Dave Haynes Peerless-AV, Booth 1823 Brian McClimans, Vice President, Global Business Development at Peerless-AV, kindly passed along a note saying what his company would be showing customers and partners at their DSE booth this year. Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Every year at …
DSE 2016 Booth Field Guide: NanoLumens February 25, 2016 by Dave Haynes NanoLumens, Booth 2345 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? NanoLumens is the LED digital signage industry disruptor that provides unique display solutions to clients who want to leave lasting impressions on their audience. With our patented curved technology, American-designed and assembled displays and unique …
Video Walls Explained: Decoding The Various Tech Approaches February 25, 2016 by Hoa Tong GUEST POST: Tim Griffin, Userful We all understand the Wow Factor that comes from a beautiful, people-stopping video wall. But few people, even within the digital signage industry, understand what’s going on behind those bright, shiny screens. Video walls are one of the fastest growing sub-sectors in the world of digital displays, but the technology behind …
Closer Look: Panasonic’s Android-Centric Smart Signage Play February 24, 2016 by Dave Haynes It took a little chasing, but I’ve managed to track down a Panasonic contact familiar with its recently announced OpenPort program – which is System on Chip commercial digital signage displays running Android. The program was announced and shown at the big ISE show a couple of weeks back in Amsterdam, but it was hard …
Luxury Auto Display Wins Planar’s OLED Clear Concept Prize February 23, 2016 by Dave Haynes At last fall’s SEGD xlab event in New York, Jennifer Davis from Planar announced a contest aimed at generating great concept uses for transparent OLED screens – technology Planar had just started showing off. A few months later, Planar announced today the winner of the Clear Concept Award – Fivestone Studios, a creative services agency …
Request: I Need A Panasonic Digital Signage Contact February 22, 2016 by Dave Haynes You build up a lot of contacts over 17 years of working in signage, and a decade writing a blog. But you don’t get everyone into a contact list. I have been trying, since returning from ISE in Amsterdam, to find a contact at Panasonic – N. America or Europe – who can tell me …
DSE 2016 Booth Field Guide: LG Electronics USA February 22, 2016 by Dave Haynes LG Electronics USA, Booth #1210 I thought LG had a particularly strong presence at the recent ISE show, and I expect that while it won’t be anything near that scale, the company will nonetheless have some impressive product on display. Here’s what the company says visitors will see … Why do people going to …
Projects: Giant 36-Screen Video Wall In New Shanghai Business District February 22, 2016 by Dave Haynes This is a massive video wall built in the new Hongqiao Central Business District in Shanghai, China. The 36 screens are being driven by IAdea’s recently announced AnyTile solution – which uses something it calls Distributed Graphics Architecture to push 36 screens with a total of 18K x 4K resolution. The idea behind AnyTiles is, …
Closer Look At Philips’ New Android SoC Display Series February 18, 2016 by Dave Haynes Last week at ISE I spent about 30 minutes getting a detailed demo from an Italian company, Tailoradio, that had developed a signage platform called VideoMood to operate on Philips’ new D-Line series of displays, which have embedded players running Android. I was impressed with what Luca Santini, Tailoradio’s CTO, walked me through with the …
Mitsubishi Developing Tech That Puts “Display” In Mid-Air ( … Or Something) February 17, 2016 by Dave Haynes Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced development of an “aerial display” that is touted as being able to project images measuring approximately 56 inches diagonally into midair. The Japanese company suggests the technology would be commercially available by 2020, and be relevant to use cases like digital signage and entertainment. The company, in an announcement today, says the …
