Sharp’s New Color E-Paper Displays Coming On US Market; Price And Color Reproduction Might Be Issues February 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes The color e-paper displays that Sharp NEC was demonstrating at the recent ISE trade show in Spain will be available in North America starting next month, in 13-inch and 25-inch versions, but eco-conscious buyers might be gulping when they see the prices. The US office of Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America says in PR …
Smart Airport Trolleys Put Wayfinding Screens On Wheels February 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes Big digital display totems with wayfinding are good starts in the effort to help airport passengers find their departure gates and services, but available space and significant capital costs for each unit mean there are only so many of them on concourses. A Danish company called Intelligent Track Systems is trying to address the need …
Wi-Charge’s Cord-Cutting Gen 3 Wireless Shelf-Edge Retail Screens Are Sleeker, Offer More Features February 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Israeli firm Wi-Charge has launched a third-generation of its retail-focused wireless video displays – small 5 and 7-inch units meant mount at the front of in-aisle shelves and with end-caps. The display units are skinny LCDs that can easily be mounted and moved around as needed, since they don’t rely on wiring – regular …
BOE Prototype LCD Gets 2,500 Nits Visuals From A 1,200 Nits Panel February 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes One of the big challenges with wandering into stands for Chinese display manufacturers is clearing what can be a big language hurdle, so I was very, very happy during the recent ISE trade show to get a detailed walk around the BOE stand from a senior sales manager who comes from South Africa and works …
German Grocer Shaves 75K EU Off Annual Energy Bill By Using Remote Device Management For Screen Network February 16, 2024 by Dave Haynes The importance and value of remote device management is usually, and logically, framed around the premise that being able to remotely monitor and control endpoints like players and displays in the field maximizes uptimes and minimizes field service costs. But there’s another benefit that doesn’t get the same attention – energy savings. Content partners invidis …
Samsung Eyes Long Tail Of SMB Market For Its Now-Released VXT Digital Signage Platform February 16, 2024 by Dave Haynes Samsung has been talking up its VXT digital signage solution for more than a year now, but it was at ISE a couple of weeks ago that the South Korean tech giant formally launched the cloud-based software and services solution to the industry, including the broader pro AV ecosystem. VXT is short for Visual eXperience …
The Top 10 Digital Signage Trends Coming Out Of ISE: Invidis April 15, 2026February 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes My friends at German content partner Invidis have a good post up today rounding up ISE and the top 10 digital signage industry trends emerging from the recent show. I am shattered after wrestling my snowblower this morning through 30 cm of snow that’s perfect (wet and heavy) for making a snowman (the guy who …
ISE 2024 Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profile: Videri Launches “VIP” Zero-Touch Intelligent Provisioning For Digital Signage Screens January 30, 2024 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe is now on, and I have this post timed to run the day after the mixer that I am assuming went off in Barcelona just fine. The event had eight great sponsors, who helped cover the considerable costs of the evening, and one of them – Videri – wanted to hold their …
UK University Testing Big Hologram-ish Displays For Remote Guest Lectures January 24, 2024 by Dave Haynes I have my doubts about some of the retail and consumer being floated by the companies who make and market those big, shower stall-sized transparent LCD displays marketed as holographic, but I can definitely buy into this plan by a UK university to enable guest lectures by people unable to physically get to the school. …
STRATACACHE Now Driving More Than 100K Digital Drive-Thru Screens; Expects To Double That In Year January 23, 2024 by Dave Haynes The digital signage solutions provider STRATACACHE hit a big milestone recently, with more than 100,000 digital drive-thru displays running off its software and hardware, including outdoor displays from the company’s own final assembly facility in Ohio. The Dayton, OH company says its AMP software, Spectra media players and Elevate outdoor display enclosure solutions for the …
