Nanolumens CEO Rick Cope Has Left Company He Founded January 10, 2019 by Super User Nanolumens founder Rick Cope has left the company he founded and ran for several years, to pursue (as the saying goes) other interests. The colorful former US Marine built the Atlanta-area company up from the idea stage – marketing indoor LED displays that were skinny, light and flexible to a pro AV industry that had …
Samsung Debuts Jumbo And TV-Sized Versions Of The Wall Micro LED Display January 7, 2019 by Super User Samsung now has jumbo and small versions of The Wall – the micro LED display it introduced year ago at CES. The Korean electronics giant’s First Look CES 2019 event today features a new 219″ display and a 75” version that’s in line with the form factor for large TVs in homes. At last year’s …
LED Billboard Barge Cruising NYC’s Waters Predictably Upsetting Residents January 3, 2019 by Super User It should surprise exactly no one that at least some of the good residents of New York are not all that thrilled that a barge with big-ass LED screens on it is working as a floating billboard on the Hudson River. This Gothamist post lays out the public upset and civic position on Ballyhoo Media, …
Big LED Fail At Montreal’s Trudeau Airport December 30, 2018 by Super User From a reader – This is a very large LED display board at international arrivals at Montreal’s main airport, shot this weekend. I THINK this is a media company’s display, and not the airport’s.
More Smart Parking Systems Should Mean More Smart Digital Signs December 29, 2018 by Super User Digital signage systems for parking lots is not the sort of thing that’s going to set the hearts of industry people racing, but there’s reason to pat attention to this use-case because of the way these very utilitarian venues are going smart. A recent piece in SmartCitiesWorld news suggests smart parking solutions are on a big …
New Istanbul Airport Goes Big On Direct View LED, LCD Smart Signs December 18, 2018 by Super User The new Istanbul Airport in Turkey, which is opening in phases, has almost 700 Samsung LCD and LED displays, with the direct view LED encompassing more than 1,000 sq. meters of visual space. The centerpieces of the install are two giant 193-sq. meter LED screens at the international departure gate, near the hotel area and …
Chinese LED Firm Marketing A Version Of That Failed Times Square Shape-Shifting Screen December 17, 2018 by Super User One might have thought the shape-shifting LED display that Coca-Cola put in Times Square was such a disaster, as innovations go, that the market for such a product was created and killed in a matter of weeks. But while the Coca-Cola screen’s way-too-many moving parts have been rendered static, there are companies out there marketing …
Rome’s Airport Has Shape-Shifting LED Ad Chandelier December 13, 2018 by Super User Anything with moving parts has risks, but using programmed hydraulic arms and LED screens inside and airport is way, way, way less trouble-prone and risky than something with thousands of sync’d, ever-moving bits on an outside display. That’s why comparing this install to the doomed Coca-Cola display in Times Square isn’t all that relevant. This …
Video: LAX Int’L Terminal Gets Content Refresh For Iconic Digital Signage Install December 13, 2018 by Super User The LAX International Terminal digital experience is a few years old now, but to the credit of the airport and JC Decaux, which has the media concession for the airport, the content is being refreshed. This is a loop showing the content being developed for the seven big display elements in the post-security part of …
Leyard Partners With LED Rival Lighthouse To Chase Sports Venue Signage Business December 10, 2018 by Super User In what seems like a slightly-odd partnership, Leyard (and Planar, which it acquired) have forged a partnership with a competitor to build up its LED display capabilities in the sports and entertainment market. The “strategic partnership” is with Lighthouse Technologies Ltd., which has been around the LED display market for more than 20 years, and has …
