London’s New Elizabeth Line Adds 300+ New Screens To City’s Rail System May 24, 2022 by Super User Services started running this morning on the Elizabeth Line, a new railway service running through central London. The new line, years in development, includes nine brand new stations added to the London Underground map. As you might expect, starting from scratch enabled Transport For London to design in a lot of digital to inform, guide …
LaGuardia Does A Different Take On Flight Status Displays For Travelers May 24, 2022 by Super User Paul Fleuranges sent me a quick note and photos from the mercifully-renovated Terminal B of New York’s LaGuardia Airport – his first time in that or any airport since COVID hit. The refresh of an airport that would be generously described as a hell-pit included a big re-think and upgrade of the digital displays at …
Mellitron Broadens Outdoor Display Focus To Include EV Charging Stations May 21, 2022 by Super User The Canadian electronics enclosure manufacturer Mellitron has joined a growing list of outdoor display companies expanding beyond DOOH street furniture and QSR drive-thrus into electric vehicle charging stations. The Guelph, Ontario company (Guelph is outer-outer-outer Toronto) now has fully customizable Level 2 EV charging stations aimed at restaurant, retail, smart cities and other possible use-cases. …
Palmer Digital Group Partners With IoTecha On Smart EV Charging Kiosks May 20, 2022 by Super User NJ-based custom display manufacturer Palmer Digital Group was already doing EV charging kiosks but now has a formal partnership with a start-up – IoTecha – that’s focused on providing the key hardware and software components for smart charging infrastructure. The EV vehicle market is growing rapidly, reasons PDG in PR, “and the current infrastructure is …
Christie Digital Acquires Assets Of Brass Roots Technologies May 17, 2022 by Super User Christie Digital Systems has acquired the assets of the Texas technology firm Brass Roots Technologies, picking up its IP and talent in the areas of advanced optics and electronics for high-performance display and imaging systems. Employees now work for Christie, but operations will remain in Allen, TX, working under the Christie name. “The purchase of …
AV Carts Get An Interesting Rethink In Peggy May 17, 2022 by Super User The core concept of AV carts that could roll a screen around a venue to where it is needed is anything but new. They were around in my schooldays, so shortly after man discovered fire. They’ve evolved through the years, and Samsung upended things a few years ago when it came out with The Flip, …
Austrian Sports Retailer’s Mountain-Themed Flagship Greets Shoppers With Big LCD Video Wall May 17, 2022 by Super User A periodic reminder, if it is needed, that LCDs are still valid options for video walls when done well in terms of positioning and content choices. This is the flagship store of Sport Bründl retail chain in Kaprun, Austria, a small, stunning resort town surrounded by by the Austrian Alps. The building hints at the …
Pandemic Was, Weirdly, Best Of Times For Display Industry, While Recovery Is Worst Of Times: DSCC May 17, 2022 by Super User The digital display industry finds itself in this weird circumstance, says supply chain analyst Ross Young, in which the 2020-2021 pandemic period was actually pretty good, and now, as the recovery ramps up and inflation is rising, prices are down and the outlook is shaky. Display Supply Chain Consulting’s Young made that observation in a …
SID Says Display Week Saw Attendance Back At Pre-Pandemic Levels May 16, 2022 by Super User Photo credit: SimBeyond Hardcore pro display people would have been a bit torn last week, having to focus physically or online to what was happening and on show at a pair of industry trade shows and conferences nine time zones apart. While Integrated Systems Europe was on in Barcelona, Spain, the Society for Information Display’s …
SiliconCore Launches New LED Driver Tech It Suggests Will Help Shape Future Of Premium Video Walls May 11, 2022 by Super User While much of the AV world is focused on what’s on show at Integrated Systems Europe, there’s another display industry show on in Silicon Valley that caters to the crowd that thinks up, designs, tests and sometimes releases new display technologies. Display Week 2022 – run annually by the Society for Information Display – is …
