Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Jin Fan, ClearLED December 6, 2017 by Super User One of my big takeaways from the trade show circuit earlier this year was my conclusion that transparent LED was starting to look really good. If you’re not with me on what that is, think LED displays that are a bit reminiscent of window blinds, with the LED lights on the louvers. What you end …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Antoine Doublet, Deepsky November 29, 2017 by Super User The last interview and meeting I took on my recent trip to Asia, getting a crash course on the technology and manufacturers doing fine pitch LED, was with Deepsky. The LED display startup is based in Hong Kong, but has deep French roots, as you’ll be able to pick up easily in the accent of …
Denver’s Airport Turns On 1,000-Foot Hybrid LED Light And Digital OOH Display Feature November 28, 2017 by Super User If the video auto-plays, my apologies. I looked at the HTML and it didn’t give me any clues on how to shut that off! This is a new digital OOH advertising feature along the highway leading into Denver’s international airport, which is way, way, waaaaay east of the city. There is a 1,000-foot span of LED …
Video: LED Shelf-Edge Displays In Grocery Dairy Fridges November 27, 2017 by Super User I’ve seen a few companies at trade shows demo-ing LCD and LED ribbon displays intended for retail shelf edges, but can’t say I’ve seen any out in the real world. So it’s interesting to see this install – no word on whether this is a rollout or a one-shop demo – of a set of …
16:9 Projects Podcast: The Story Behind That 13K LED Wall In Netflix’s HQ Lobby November 24, 2017 by Danica Trapara Imagine, while sitting in the lobby waiting for your next meeting, three walls around you change, placing you in a cocaine manufacturing camp in the jungles of Colombia. Minutes later, they change again to drop you into a prison cafeteria in upper New York state. When Netflix was designing the lobby of their new Hollywood …
Video Walls Can Be Amazing Even With Very Low Rez LEDs: Exhibit A November 23, 2017 by Super User The lion’s share of the buzz these days with LED displays is with the increasingly fine pitch modules that provide HD visuals even on outdoor jobs. But there’s a lot to be said for clever work that uses low-rez, anything but fine pitch, LED products to create a great visual experience. This is the College Football …
LED Display Maker Ultravision Wins Patent Infringement Fight With Chinese Firm November 22, 2017 by Super User With the qualifier that my knowledge of international patent disputes is right up there with my depth of understanding of trends in women’s footwear, this nonetheless seems interesting – a U.S. LED display tech company winning a patent dispute with a Chinese competitor. Dallas-based Ultravision International, which makes LED displays and LED lighting products, has …
LED Walls Envelop Media Corridor At Chongqing’s Airport November 22, 2017 by Super User This is a media corridor opened up in August in Terminal 3 of Chongqing’s international airport. It may well be a city and airport many in the west only vaguely know about, but the southwestern China city has a population of more than 30 million (which is mind-wobbling). The 65-meter media corridor is an install …
Big Curving LED Welcomes Visitors To Stanford’s New House Of Champions November 21, 2017 by Super User This is the new Home of Champions hall of fame-ish center at Stanford University – an old basketball gymnasium in the athletic department’s building on campus that is now a central showcase for the school’s sports teams and individual athletes. Opened to the public in September 2017, the museum now houses over 40 displays celebrating the …
Times Square LED Boards Use Petition Data To Drive Impeach Trump Campaign November 20, 2017 by Super User Setting the undoubtedly polarizing politics aside, a media buy involving a couple of big digital boards in Times Square looks interesting for what it is doing with visualized data. Maybe the content presentation is canned in some way, but it LOOKS like a private U.S. citizen’s big dollar effort to see President Trump impeached is …
