Big LED Fail At Montreal’s Trudeau Airport December 30, 2018 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
LED Screens Starting To See Adoption By Cinema December 10, 2018 by Dave Haynes It would not have been unreasonable to look at Samsung’s push into digital cinema – marketing fine pitch, direct view LEDs as an alternative to screens and projectors – as an interesting concept, but not one that would see much adoption because of cost. I saw a proof of concept at a special booth at …
Sports Retailer Decathlon’s First US Store Features LED Video Wall December 3, 2018 by Dave Haynes Decathlon is the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, with more than 1,350 stores in 39 countries, but the French company only recently entered the US market. Decathlon Sports has moved into 8,313 square feet on the ground-floor space of 735 Market Street, a building designed by legendary architect Willis Polk and opened in 1908, in …
LED Feature Walls Give Renovated Space Center Shop Lift-Off December 3, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is what’s called the World’s Largest Space Shop, a renovated 15,372 sq. ft. retail space at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Florida’s east coast. The shop re-opened in June this year, upgraded among many things by big indoor and outdoor LED feature walls and interactive screens, all via RMG Networks. The solution uses …
