All-In-One LED Displays Sales Have Grown 6X Since 2020: Omdia August 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes Sales of all-in-one fine pitch LED displays have grown by more than 600% since 2020, according to a new analysis from the tech research firm Omdia. That comes out of Omdia’s new ProAV Vertical Solutions – Corporate and Conference Room 2024 Analysis, with the suggestion that these large format displays will capture more and more of the …
Japan Display’s Small Transparent LCDs Marketed By German Firm For Uses Like Real-Time Translation August 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes A German company focused mainly on display technology has started marketing transparent screens that could be used for applications like ticket counters and government offices, where the staff and customer might not share a common language or hearing each other with a glass barrier in the middle is the problem. The new Data Modul displays, …
Lab Testing Suggests Edge-Lit LCDs Win On Skinny, Lose On Longevity August 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes Photo from RTINGS shows IR scan of heat-generated by edge-lit LCD The consumer product testing site RTINGs has done a deeply detailed look into edge-lit LCD displays, and found that the trade-off for a skinnier side profile than what’s possible with back-lit LCDs is longevity. It’s important to note the displays tested were TVs not …
New Omaha Concert Venue Uses E-Paper Displays To Assign And Manage Dressing Rooms And Suites August 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes Using networked displays to help assign and manage meeting rooms in workplaces is now commonplace, but they’re also being used for applications that are kinda sorta similar, but also very different. Like assigning dressing rooms at a performing arts venue. The Slovenian e-paper solutions provider Visionect has an interesting post up about how it has kitted …
LG Gets UL Verification For Its Sunlight-Battling Anti-Discoloration Tech for Outdoor Flat Panels August 2, 2024 by Dave Haynes LG has started marketing what it calls advanced “Anti-Discoloration technology” tuned to high brightness outdoor flat panel displays that are subject to day after day of punishing direct sunlight and heat – which can lead to the LCD layer irreparably yellowing. The discoloring can be the product both of heat load and that heat not …
Taco Bell Adding Voice AI Ordering To Hundreds Of US Drive-Thrus August 1, 2024 by Dave Haynes The owner of Taco Bell says it has targeted hundreds of its US stores for the implementation of voice AI-based ordering in the drive thrus. Yum! Brands says its Voice AI technology is already in more than 100 Taco Bell U.S. drive-thrus across 13 states – using it to “enhance back-of-house operations for team members …
Gate Information Appears Through Wood Totems Airside At Spokane’s Expanded Airport August 1, 2024 by Dave Haynes I was just saying the other day, again, that if people want to see innovation and how digital signage can be applied across big footprint venues, they should go to a new or renovated airport terminal. Here’s a good example of that: custom display totems at the departure gates of Spokane International Airport in eastern …
UK University Team Develops Touch Screens That Can Be Squishy When Pushed By A Finger July 29, 2024 by Dave Haynes Researchers at a UK university have come with what they suggest is a new kind of touchscreen technology that’s squishy and responds to the user’s finger pressure, becoming softer or stiffer. Computer scientists at the University of Bath say the technology, dubbed DeformIO, has at least the potential to change how people interact with digital …
Demand Appears To Have Dried Up For Large Commercial OLED Displays – Omdia Research Report July 25, 2024 by Dave Haynes Demand for OLED displays used for tablets and laptops has spiked this year, but the use of very large OLEDs as public information displays (aka digital signage) has all but evaporated, according to an analysis from the research firm Omdia. Overall, Omdia’s latest Large Area Display Market Tracker for 1Q24 says shipments of large-area OLEDs sized …
This New Wingstop In London Looks As Much Like A Blinged-out Nike Flagship As It Does A QSR July 24, 2024 by Dave Haynes A fast food chain specializing in chicken wings has opened up its largest UK operation, with an east-end London store that – because of all the AV bling – looks as much like a flagship Nike store as it does a QSR. What is described as the world’s largest Wingstop has tiled menu displays, big …
