MiniLED-lit TVs Overtaking OLEDs In Premium Display Market: DSCC Research September 3, 2024 by Dave Haynes TVs and commercial flat panel displays are different things, but much of the technology and manufacturing are the same, so it’s interesting and instructive to see who and what is gaining in global TV sales. Research and events company DSCC’s latest update of its Quarterly Advanced TV Shipment and Forecast Report (paywalled, you need a …
Taiwan’s HANNspree Starts Marketing Energy-Sipping Reflective “ecoVISION Paper Displays” August 30, 2024 by Dave Haynes Taiwan-based flat panel display manufacturer HannStar, through its HANNspree division, has started advance marketing on what it calls an ecoVISION Paper Display – a reflective digital display that consumes up to 80% less power than traditional LED-backlit display panels. There are versions for e-readers and specialty monitors, but also a pair that have digital signage …
Cranky Virtual T-Rex Greets Visitors To Down Under Dino Museum Show August 29, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Melbourne Museum in Australia is using three big transparent LCDs tiled side-by-side to create the hologram-ish illusion that a rather cranky 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus named Victoria is greeting visitors to a new dinosaur exhibition. Victoria the T. rex is an interactive exhibition starring the real fossil skeleton of a 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus named Victoria. The show …
Eyefactive Adds User Analytics To Interactive Platform August 28, 2024 by Dave Haynes The German interactive touchscreen software provider eyefactive has added analytics to its multi-touch content management platform, giving AppSuite customers detailed information about usage behavior on their interactive software projects. Now, says the Hamburg company, all user interactions on the device can be recorded and evaluated in various business intelligence tools such as Microsoft PowerBi or …
Samsung Shows R&D Prototype Of A MicroLED Display That Can Bulge And Bend August 27, 2024 by Dave Haynes Samsung’s R&D team showed off a prototype last week at a Korean display nerds conference of a microLED display that is stretchable, capable of bulging by as much as 25% more than its normal size and state. The demo was at the International Meeting on Information Display (iMID 2024) conference, which looks like a more …
Chick-fil-A Opens Atlanta-Area Drive-Thru-Only Store With No Pre-Sell Or Menu Displays August 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes It’s a bit premature to see a newly-opened Chick-fil-A drive-thru restaurant as a worrying trend, but a new two-story, four-lane operation that’s opened in the general orbit of Atlanta is certainly noteworthy for the near or total absence of the promo and drive-thru menu displays that are typical in the North American fast food business. …
A Mind-Wobbling 3,357 FIDS Screens Being Upgraded At Istanbul’s Mega-Airport August 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes A staggering 3,357 55-inch LCD flight information displays are being deployed around Istanbul’s huge international airport over the next three years, evidently replacing what went in when the airport was built and then opened almost six years ago. It is more of an upgrade than a swap, with Vestel replacing the screens it put in …
This Elevator Cab Has 10 Big Screens On The Walls And Ceiling August 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes MORE than 25 years ago now, sheesh, I got into digital signage and DOOH by joining a company that was putting tablet-sized LCD screens up in the corner or over the entry doors of office tower elevators. That was a giant (and expensive) technical feat back then, and I never imagined what would be possible …
Wi-Charge, Digital View Partner On 13-Inch Wirelessly-Powered Color E-Paper Display August 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Israeli tech firm Wi-Charge’s efforts to find display partners for its wireless power solution are starting to show some results – with word that it has partnered with the Silicon Valley-area display tech firm Digital View on a color e-paper display that can operate without wires or a need for battery swap-outs. The display …
This 55-inch Transparent OLED Display Disappears Into A Floor Cabinet August 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes High price would likely keep these things from flying out the door, sales-wise, but this is an interesting use of a 55-inch transparent OLED as something of a display and product explainer fixture. The display sits atop a metal enclosure, and is voice-controlled to drop down and rise up kinda a slice of bread in …
