CE Labs joins the digital signage contest September 7, 2010 by Dave HaynesFrom Digital Signage Universe comes word that Garland, Texas-based CE Labs has jumped into the digital signage waters with its own solution. Don’t know it. Haven’t see it (though I am a theoretical fan of solid state solutions). It comes with software (with templates) and there are two different networked players, by the looks of …
No 180-inch LG plasma after all, but … September 3, 2010 by Dave HaynesLG managed to whip up a fair amount of hoohah this week when it announced it would be showing (quoting LG UK) a “staggering 180-inch plasma 3D TV prototype” at this week’s IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin. Wow. That would be one big piece of TV. I don’t think the floor joists in …
Digital mall directories just make sense September 2, 2010 by Dave HaynesMall directories going digital just makes sense, as the store listings are always changing and each time that happens stuff needs to get printed and people need to crack the cases open and change them and on and on. Never mind digital gives shoppers the ability to search by keywords or name instead of scanning …
A digital mirror to get pretty, in butt-ugly packaging August 30, 2010 by Dave HaynesI am not a regular reader of PremiumBeautyNews (shocking, I know), but stumbled on this piece about the French hypermarket retailer Carrefour testing an interactive shelf-edge application in two of its new Carrefour Planet concept stores. Thanks to the electronic mirror, consumers just need the swipe of a make-up product barcode, to virtually “try on” …
Sightings: Using audience analytics to drive restaurant traffic August 26, 2010 by Dave HaynesTechCrunch flagged a demo of digital signage by Japanese telecom giant NTT that shows some different possibilities for biometrics as they relate to screens. Just about all the focus has been on audience counting, but this demo shows the commercial approach of analyzing how many people are looking at an ad for a nearby restaurant, …
New, tiny fanless unit capable of serious HD digital signage August 24, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe Swiss seem to make very nice little digital signage boxes. Spinetix has had a very nice little solid state box and platform on the market for at least a couple of years, and now we the technology firm NOXEL AG – also from Switzerland – releasing what appears to be a great little digital …
Optrex joins the stre-e-e-tched screen contest August 20, 2010 by Dave HaynesAnother ultra-wide panel for digital signage is now on the market – this one from Optrex – a Japanese company that has a large office in the Detroit area. Display Blog reports the elegantly-named T-55604D192J-LW-A-AAN by Optrex is a 19.2-inch (48.8-cm) LED-backlit LCD with a 16:3 aspect ratio. The pixel format is 1920×360. Brightness is …
Suspicions confirmed: you're not getting the bandwidth you pay for August 18, 2010 by Dave HaynesThis will shock you to your core – there’s hard evidence that telecoms and cablecos are stretching the truth about their service delivery. Ok, it’s actually more of a “Well, no kidding” moment. Lifehacker posted this morning about the US Federal Communications Commission’s new report on broadband performance. The focus of the technical paper is …
Missed marketing opportunity? August 17, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe Canadian burger chain A&W is testing some new concept stores aimed at urban 25-40 year olds in major cities – featured around self-serve ordering stations. The first one, reports Marketing, is now open in Vancouver. Knowing what’s coming in from tests on digital menu boards in QSRs, as in crazy-good sales lifts, all that …
If Content is King, Power is God August 11, 2010 by Dave HaynesWalmart Smart Network endcap. No power or dead unit. It happens. But it really can’t in retail or anywhere else. Pic from reader