BrightSign Extends Warranty Period On Newest Media Players To “Industry-First” Five Years January 30, 2025 by Dave Haynes BrightSign has taken the interesting and somewhat disruptive step of extending the warranty on its newest generation of media players from one year to five, and is including five years of software updates. Most devices – like specific purpose digital signage media players and specialty PCs – have one year warranties. BrightSign was previously one …
ISE 2025 Sixteen:Nine Digital Signage Mixer Sponsor Profile: Reach Media Network January 30, 2025 by Dave Haynes It is just a few more sleeps before the 2025 edition of Integrated Systems Europe starts in Barcelona, with the digital signage community kicking things off on the eve of the giant trade show with a Sixteen:Nine networking mixer. The sold out event – that took all of two hours – happens because of great sponsors …
Going To The ISE Mixer? Check-ins Again Being Handled By Moviik Technology, With Help From Sister Company DISPLAX January 28, 2025 by Dave Haynes If you were quick on the draw with your mouse and keyboard, you managed to score a ticket to next week’s digital signage networking mixer in Barcelona, on the eve of ISE 2025. This year, like last, we are using technology at a technology event – I know, crazy … but that’s how we roll. …
New LG Smart Display Series Will Ship This Spring With BrightSignOS Onboard January 28, 2025 by Dave Haynes LG’s US pro display group has done an interesting tie-up that will see a new series of LG ultra high definition digital signage displays running BrightSignOS operating system, with units available to U.S. customers Q2 and international markets to follow. The new LG 49, 55, and 65-inch UV5N series models will run BrightSignOS on an …
Future Displays: The Pixel Whisperers At Peerless-AV Use Precision Engineering To Makes Curved LED Walls Beautiful January 27, 2025 by Dave Haynes This is a digest summary of a profile story from the new Sixteen:Nine Future Displays report – a free download available to all readers. You can find the information and download page here … Peerless-AV was one of six companies that kindly stepped up to sponsor the report – the sponsor dollars covering off a lot of …
Tech-Driven Stress Pod At Retirement Home Helps Patients, Staff Get Calm And Then Carry On January 24, 2025 by Dave Haynes LA-based Red Dot Digital Media, Wallboard, and the playout hardware companies Bluefin and BrightSign have teamed up on what seems like a very unique one-to-one screen application intended to reduce stress levels. The Soul Happy Mind Pod is a therapeutic enclosure that the staff and residents of a Florida retirement community can enter, shut the …
ISE 2025 Sixteen:Nine Digital Signage Mixer Sponsor Profile: Brightsign January 24, 2025 by Dave Haynes It is just a few more sleeps before the 2025 edition of Integrated Systems Europe starts in Barcelona, with the digital signage community kicking things off on the eve of the giant trade show with a Sixteen:Nine networking mixer. The sold out event – that took all of two hours – happens because of great sponsors …
AV Tech Firm VuWall By PE Firm As Part Of Control Room Solutions Roll-Up January 21, 2025 by Dave Haynes Montreal-based VuWall, a substantial player in video wall control and visualization solutions, has been acquired by the private equity firm Naxicap in what appears to be a strategy to roll up complementary technology solutions for control room environments. Naxicap had previously acquired Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) in 2020 and Tritec Electronic in 2022. With VuWall in the …
Future Displays: Exploring The Display Technology Landscape Of Today And Tomorrow January 15, 2025 by Dave Haynes Who knows what displays will look like well into the future, but what we all see today is pretty much what we’re all going to see in five to 10 years – though their form and underlying technologies are most certainly evolving. And will continue to do so. This Future Displays report started out as …
Optisigns Debuts Its Own $300 Pro Media Player, Paired With Its CMS Software October 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes Houston-based OptiSigns has developed and launched a third media player to a hardware line-up that pairs with its digital signage CMS platform – a $300 Pro version that slots in between an entry-level Android HDMI stick and a high-end 8K-ready unit. The OptiSigns Pro Player is a ruggedized unit, passively-cooled little box that can do …
