MicroLED, Barely A Thing Right Now, To Explode In Growth As Manufacturing Tech Matures June 19, 2019 by Super User The tech research firm IHS Markit says the day will come when big microLED display walls will not just be affordable by Arab royalty, Russian oligarchs and NBA free agents. The global market for microLED displays is expected to grow to 15.5 million units by 2026, driven by steep declines in manufacturing costs, says the …
InfoComm Day 2: No Great Leaps Forward, But Many Subtle Advances June 14, 2019 by Super User Tons of great conversations and product demos on Thursday at InfoComm 2019. While it is very, very accurate to say there was/is not a whole pile that is strikingly new at this trade show, as you might expect, when you dig in, there’s lots going on and lots of subtle but meaningful improvements or innovations. …
SiliconCore Joins Ranks Of LED Displaycos With Ruggedized Surfaces June 11, 2019 by Super User The high-end fine-pitch LED manufacturer SiliconCore is the latest firm to announce a product that adds a coating to protect fragile LED chips. The company’s InfoComm presence will include displays that use its LISA technology – “a proprietary surface protection layer that guard the LEDs from contact (or impact) damage, without compromising the brightness or image …
Two Examples Of Low Rez LED Displays That Are More Mood Than Message June 7, 2019 by Super User Here’s a couple of examples of low-resolution LED display applications that use blend with fabric or film to create soft, diffused visuals that are meant as motion backdrops or accents. The first is a fixture by the NYC printing company Duggal, which has a digital wing and created an interesting spin-out product called . The …
Giant Curved LED Wall Fills Toronto BMO Branch June 6, 2019 by Super User I forgot when I had a 12-hour (planned) layover in Toronto a few weeks ago that I took a little time to check out some digital signage installs I had heard about, but not seen. Looking for a photo reminded me. This is a branch of the Bank of Montreal, street-level at the Manulife Centre …
Medical Trade Show Booth Comes To Life Using Custom Creative On LED Wall June 3, 2019 by Super User In the past year or so I have really started to notice a lot of big printed graphics make way for LED in trade show booths, and not just for display industry shows. This is the GlaxoSmithKline booth at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held recently in Chicago. The digital work …
Another Robotic LED Wall Surfaces, But Indoors June 3, 2019 by Super User Another robotic LED wall has surfaced, though this one is much smaller and indoors. It is what I assume is a demo from the Chinese LED display manufacturer PJ Link. You may recall Coca-Cola bankrolled a very ambitious robotics-driven LED in Times Square that, as predicted by people who knew better, ran into reliability issues …
Palms Facelift Includes 272 Foot Tall LED Mesh Wall Facing Strip June 3, 2019 by Super User When I was at DSE a couple of months ago, I had a high room with a Strip and west view, and every morning I’d see off in the distance a huge LED display being tested and perhaps burned in on the side of the Palms resort. That beast has since gone live – a …
First Look: Giant New LED Board At One Times Square In NYC May 31, 2019 by Super User Here’s a shot of the just completed, and by the way massive, LED board at One Times Square – the NYC building that is home on its top to the annual New Year’s Eve ball drop. The sections way up high are 16mm Prismview (Samsung) LED cabinets while the lower and largest face is 8mm. …
Huge 107-Wide LED Canvas Celebrates San Francisco’s People And Past May 28, 2019 by Super User A huge, 107-foot-wide digital canvas is now lit up at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), with a year-long exhibition celebrating the city’s people and history. The exhibit is a digital mural that uses a 2.5mm fine pitch LED display made by SNA Displays and put in by frequent technical partner Sensory Interactive. …
