German Firms Collaborate On Display That Disappears Into Surroundings March 12, 2025 by Dave Haynes The idea of using display tech to make visuals appear on unexpected surfaces is not overly new, but the German tech firm Data Modul has really gone after it with a small form factor prototype display it is showing this week at a trade show called Embedded World, in Nuremberg. German language content partner invidis …
New Bike-Pulled Digital Screens Target London’s Traffic-Restricted Central District March 11, 2025 by Dave Haynes Almost a year ago a company called CityShuttle rolled into London with a proposition that electric-assisted bike/trailer set-up for cargo delivery and novelty passenger rides could also have screens on them that could offset operating costs by being sold for advertising. Eleven months on, the company has now introduced what it calls eDooh, a mobile billboard …
1,400+ Downloads And E-zine Views Now For Future Displays – Still Available And Still A Free Download March 10, 2025 by Dave Haynes It has been weeks since I checked the download and view totals for the Sixteen:Nine Future Displays report, and I am very pleased to report it is now past 1,400 downloads and e-zine views. It’s 100% free, which certainly helps, but I have also heard from more than enough people to say it’s also quite …
Omdia: Advice On How Display Companies Might Navigate Tariffs Uncertainties March 6, 2025 by Dave Haynes Research firm Omdia’s Chief Analyst for looking at the display industry has a post up looking at the implications the tariffs battle might have on industry, and now that we’re in it – acknowledging things may have changed twice by the time I finish this post – it is a worthwhile read. Deborah Yang gets …
QST LED Starts Marketing LED-Faced Portable Podium For Live Events, Retail March 4, 2025 by Dave Haynes The LA-based LED display company QST LED has started marketing and shipping an interesting digitally-wrapped podium meant for things like live events, retail demos and shows. The units are designed as plug and play, have wheels, and can be moved around to different events in a hard-core rollaway case – the sort of thing roadies …
Samsung Still Tops In Global TV Market Share, But China’s TCL And Hisense Coming On Fast: Counterpoint Research March 3, 2025 by Dave Haynes Like the data earlier in the day from Omdia, new insights from Counterpoint Research are about TVs and not professional displays, but are nonetheless indicative of larger business trends – in this case that forecasts about China eventually overtaking Korea in the TV market are coming true. Samsung still have the largest global market share …
UK Pub Group Seeing Tangible Sales Lift From Screens At Bars Just Peddling Pours And Snacks March 3, 2025 by Dave Haynes Here’s an interesting video bankrolled by Samsung’s UK operation that digs into the why and the outcome of deploying some 3,500 smart displays across pubs and bars in the UK, as part of a retail media network operated by a company that operates 1,000s of places to get a pint or cocktail in England, Wales, …
OLED TV Sales Seeing Double-Digit Growth; 85-Inch TVs Now Mainstreamed: Omdia March 3, 2025 by Dave Haynes There’s good reason to think OLED is never really going to be a mainstream option for pro display networks because of its relatively high costs and technical limitations, even with those limitations like brightness somewhat or fully addressed. But OLED is doing well in the much larger market of consumer televisions. New data from the …
The Futuresource ISE Recap Is Out; Free And Worth The Download, But Here’s The LED Stuff … February 26, 2025 by Dave Haynes UK-based research and analysis firm Futuresource Consulting had 16 people on the ground at ISE in Barcelona earlier this month, and the team has once again generated a post-show report that digs quite deep into what was on the floor, sorted by categories and including stuff you might not care that much about, like audio. …
Amazon Opens Screen-Filled Bricks And Mortar “Parapharmacy” Store In Milan February 25, 2025 by Dave Haynes Online shopping and fulfillment giant Amazon has opened its first bricks and mortar store in Italy – a health and beauty store in Milan’s city centre filled with screens. The Amazon Parafarmacia Beauty store opened Feb. 12th, featuring a “curated” selection of beauty and personal care products from brands including Eucerin, La Roche-Posay, Vichy, Avène, …
