AUO CEO Paul Peng On How His Display Giant Plays In Digital Signage September 25, 2019 by Super User I was in Taiwan recently for a trade show called Touch Taiwan, and managed to grab 20 minutes with Paul Peng, the Chairman and CEO of display manufacturing giant AU Optronics. AUO is based in Taiwan, with its main office about an hour south of Taipei in the manufacturing city of Hsinchu. The company has …
This LED Pivots And Shape-Shifts Using Industrial Robotics September 23, 2019 by Super User This is a pivoting LED display that would go nicely in something like an airport or exhibition/convention hall, with a set of five blades that can link up as one large face or break out and pivot separately. The manufacturer is PJ Link, and this was/is at LED China, which I think was last week …
Chinese LED Maker Attaches Transparent LED To Sliding Glass Shop Doors September 23, 2019 by Super User I’ve seen projection on sliding glass doors, but this transparent mesh LED that’s attached in some way to a pair of glass sliders that serve as an entry to a shop, or something, in China. A sensor triggers the doors to open and content to change as someone approaches and passes through. This is from …
LG’s Garry Wicka On The Merits And Prospects For OLED In Digital Signage September 18, 2019 by Super User LG has gone very big on OLED displays in recent years – making the super-thin, flexible and generally gorgeous displays the centerpiece of the company’s marketing efforts at trade shows. They bend, they curve, they hang like wallpaper and for some of them, they’re see-through. I had a chance to grab a very busy Garry …
TCL Is Latest Display Maker Showing Premium MicroLED Screens September 16, 2019 by Super User The Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL has joined the list of display makers working on microLED displays – showing a 132-inch diagonal LED TV at last week’s IFA trade show, which you can think of as a European CES. TCL’s Cinema Wall is made with 24 million individually controlled LEDs, has a 1,500 nits maximum brightness …
Linq Casino In Las Vegas Switches On Visualized Data Feast Dubbed Dataland September 13, 2019 by Super User Hat Tip John Baggott of ComQi for pointing me at this … The Linq Casino on the Las Vegas Strip added a pile of new displays, custom content and interactive experiences in a refresh unveiled in June. I stayed there back in March (budget-conscious trip) and none of this was in place, but you could …
Barco Takes 5% Position In Chinese LED Giant Unilumin Via Partnership Deal September 12, 2019 by Super User Belgium’s Barco has taken a 5% position in Chinese direct view LED giant Unilumin, as part of a new “strategic collaboration.” The partnership announced at Barco’s end gives the European company access to a “cost-competitive supply of high-quality LED display components, that allows broader penetration in its core markets with differentiated Barco LED visualization hardware …
LG Packages Up A 1.5mm LED As A Single Monster Screen September 10, 2019 by Super User In the last year or so I have seen numerous smaller direct-view LED manufacturers package up their products in specifically defined sizes, and now the big guys like LG are doing the same. The Korean electronics giant has announced the LAA015F display – a 130-inch diagonal 1.5mm pitch all-in-one screen seemingly aimed at the corporate …
Spokane’s Airport Hangs An LED Chandelier September 5, 2019 by Super User This is an LED chandelier in the rotunda of one of the main post-security concourses at Spokane International Airport in eastern Washington state. It’s part of modernization work at the airport, and includes a big welcome LED wall and tiled LCDs at airline counters. The skinny LEDs are from NanoLumens.
ANC Debuts VERSA-tile Portable LED Posters For Event Marketing September 4, 2019 by Super User The digital signage and entertainment venue solutions provider ANC has come up with an interesting approach to temporary rental displays – a direct-view LED poster that can be doubled in height or tiled with matching units to make a video wall. VERSA is a free-standing unit that ships in the sorts of rugged roller cases …
