DSE 2016 Booth Field Guide: Daktronics February 17, 2016 by Dave Haynes Daktronics, Booth 818 Here’s what Tyler Campbell of Daktronics says people should look out for from the LED display company when they’re at Digital Signage Expo in a few weeks: Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? People should swing by Daktronics booth #818 to discover more about …
Christie Tightens Up Its (Pixel) Pitch With New Indoor Velvet Display Tiles February 4, 2016 by Dave Haynes One of the technologies I want to have a good, long look at next week at the big ISE trade show in Amsterdam is indoor LED – which in the past year has gone from something of a fringe, wildly-expensive product to a mainstream display option marketed by numerous traditional display manufacturers. It was only …
Projects: UK Real Estate Firm Goes Paperless With Shopfront Listings February 3, 2016 by Dave Haynes Real estate firms putting screens in street-side windows is not new, but I’m not sure I’ve seen a spin on it like this letting agent (apartment rentals agency) in London. Kings Lettings’ new office in Shepherds Bush has a couple of high-bright 55-inch Samsung smart sign panels in the window, but each has a trio of …
Planar Debuts Slick Tablet App To Visualize Video Walls During On-Site Planning January 27, 2016 by Dave Haynes Portland-based Planar Systems has released a cool little mobile device application that makes it easy for systems integrators, architects and project teams to work out and visualize how a video wall might look in a specific environment and space. The PlanarView Visualization App allows users to take a photo of an area in, let’s say a building lobby, …
New Directory Site For Digital Signage’s Gateway Drug January 27, 2016 by Dave Haynes A new online directory, Meeting Room Signs, has gone live, offering an easy, comprehensive tool for connecting buyers and sellers in the fast-emerging digital meeting room sign and digital door sign business. Meeting room signs are what I call the gateway drug for digital signage. I’ve talked to lots of vendors who say this simple, easily …
Elo Adds Android Modules To Retail-Centric Touch Displays January 25, 2016 by Dave Haynes On the heels of Panasonic announcing a System on Chip pro display panel comes word that Elo – among the oldest and biggest companies involved in touchscreen tech – now has ARM-based micro computer modules paired with some of its displays, running Android. This new Android Elo Computer Module (Android ECM) accessory, says the Silicon …
IAdea To Debut AnyTiles Infinite Video Wall Solution At ISE January 22, 2016 by Dave Haynes Taiwan-based device and solutions company IAdea has started marketing what it calls AnyTiles, an “infinite video wall” solution that gets away from the need for driving large, tiled displays with custom and high-end PCs and play-out devices. IAdea has dubbed the technology as Distributed Graphics Architecture (or DGA), and will be showing it off next …
Projects: Westgate Las Vegas Switches On World’s Largest LED Video Wall January 22, 2016 by Dave Haynes What’s being touted as the world’s largest LED video wall has been plugged in and fired up inside the “Superbook” room at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, aka the old Las Vegas Hilton. The curved beast is 20 feet tall and 220 feet wide, and uses 1,640 2.5mm Christie Velvet LED tiles. The wall …
Lexmark Enters Crowded QSR Digital Menu Board Business January 19, 2016 by Dave Haynes The printer company Lexmark was at National Retail Federation show a year ago with what I described then as shrug-inducing. A year later, the company is back at NRF and marketing what would appear to be a more evolved solution aimed at QSRs. The Digital Menu Board solution being touted through today at the giant …
How Technology Is Taking The Yuck Out Of Touchscreens January 17, 2016 by Curtis Tilly As society has grown ever more technology-driven and cashless, public touchscreens are now virtually inescapable. Whether it’s an interactive digital sign, directory, checkout terminal, an ATM screen or subway ticket dispenser, it’s difficult to navigate daily life without touching a communal screen. While that’s great for bacterial colonies, it’s not an overly good set of circumstances for people trying to stay healthy. Numerous studies …
