Up Close Look At E Ink’s Prism Tech November 9, 2015 by Dave Haynes E Ink was showing its Prism programmable tech at the SEGD XLAB event last week in New York – at a micro-booth right beside the transparent OLED that Planar was showing off. It was a study in extremes – but a reminder, as well, that both simple and very sophisticated display tech can have a …
Projects: Spanish Tile Manufacturer’s Giant LED Lobby Wall In NYC November 6, 2015 by Dave Haynes I was walking back from a dinner in New York the other night, and passing byMadison Square Park, saw this very large, very crisp, very beautiful LED wall installation in the lobby of a period office building. It is the US headquarters building for the Spanish ceramic tile manufacturer PORCELANOSA, and the fine pixel pitch …
Planar’s Gorgeous See-Thru OLED Starts Shipping By February November 6, 2015 by Dave Haynes The premium commercial display company Planar will have a transparent OLED panel on the market in roughly thee months, and has started showing the unit at special events like yesterday’s SEGD XLAB conference in New York. I was at that event – moderating the retail panel – and saw the 55-inch OLED in the lobby. …
ScreenCloud Fires Up Digital Signage Option For Smart TVs November 2, 2015 by Dave Haynes Several of the big display manufacturers – starting with Samsung – have adapted their consumer smart TV platforms to create commercial-focused “smart signs” that have media players included with screens, but a London, UK-based digital agency is now offering a cloud-based signage platform that works on the sort of smart TVs people pick up at local big …
Starbucks Adding Outdoor Video Displays In 2,400 US Drive-Thrus October 20, 2015 by Dave Haynes My suspicion is that the guys who specialize in outdoor displays are already all over this, but if not, they’ll be very interested in news that Starbucks is adding daylight-readable displays to some 2,400 drive-thru lanes in the United States. The screens will do promotion, as well as order confirmation and a show a live …
Projects: Red Rock Bets On Fine Pixel Pitch LED Walls In Sports Book Upgrade October 20, 2015 by Dave Haynes The Red Rock Resort on the western outskirts of Las Vegas has replaced an aging projection wall in its sports book area with a giant 1,730 square feet of 2.5 mm fine pixel pitch LED modules, creating what’s touted to be the largest installation of its kind in North America. The displays also have three …
Small Screens For Big C-Store Moments October 9, 2015 by Michael Tutton GUEST POST: Henrik Andersson, Instorescreen Thousands of convenience store owners and operators will be in Las Vegas next week for the annual NACS trade show, an event built heavily around helping these businesses find new ways to maintain and build their bottom lines. It’s also a chance for the brands and services that use the convenience …
Breaking Through The Retail Kaleidoscope September 21, 2015 by Michael Tutton GUEST POST: Henrik Andersson, Instorescreen How do consumer brands get noticed in retail, when consumers walk in and see a kaleidoscope of competing visual cues? The big brands do what’s needed to get the prime visual real estate, and the rest do what they can in packaging and visuals to break through the visual clutter, …
Projects: Toronto’s Union Station Ties Up Ads With LED September 18, 2015 by Dave Haynes Anyone who commutes into Toronto by rail can tell you what a confused, awful mess its main rail station has been for many years, and fortunately the long-running effort to spruce it up is starting to be revealed. The new York Concourse area opened recently – and it doesn’t feel like a basement storage hall for …
Projects: Rockwell Puts Its Merchandising Screens On Rollers September 11, 2015 by Dave Haynes Here’s an interesting digital merchandising set-up I bumped into at my local Canadian Tire store – a big dedicated store within a store zone for the power tool maker Rockwell. What caught my eye were screens on both sides that were set up on roller tracks, so that they could be pulled left or right …
