Mark Stross Of ANC On Bringing The Spectacle Of Sports And Live Events To Digital OOH April 25, 2018 by Dave Haynes ANC got its start about 20 years ago as a rotational signage company that primarily serviced the pro sports business, and through the years, ANC has grown into a big tech services provider that’s been putting in the visual systems for many arenas and stadiums. If you see a big center-hung set of LED boards …
Digital LED Waterfalls At Casino Lounge Replicate Real Falls In Nearby Mountains April 20, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is a really interesting use of fine pitch LED in a new resort casino in New York state’s Catskills region. It’s a 2.5mm pixel pitch curved wall behind the Empire Lounge bar stage at Resorts World Catskills, which opened about 10 weeks ago. The 42 feet wide, 13 feet tall canvas has a resolution …
LED And The Perils Of Public Reach April 17, 2018 by Dave Haynes Medium to fine pitch LED displays can have tremendous visual impact in the right environment, but the thing customers should always bear in mind is that the little surface-mounted LED chips that produce the colored light are fragile – attached to their substrates with microscopic wiring. In plain terms, if they’re within public reach – …
Struggling German Visual Solutions Firm Eyevis Acquired By Chinese LED Giant Leyard April 17, 2018 by Dave Haynes The big LED display manufacturer Leyard, based in China, has acquired the German video wall and display cube company eyevis – giving the company a greater sales and marketing foothold in western Europe and into the Middle East. The announcement names both Leyard and Portland, OR-based Planar (which Leyard acquired) as the companies leading the …
Amazon’s LED-filled Visitor Center Explains Its New Rainforest Office Space In Seattle April 5, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is an area called Understory – an LED-filled exhibit and visitor center tied in with The Spheres – three giant intersecting, plant-filled domes that are part of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters building. The domes house more than 40,000 plants from the cloud forest regions of over 30 countries – making for a workplace that feels, …
16:9 Podcasts – Reece Kurtenbach On Why Hyper-Competition Is Nothing New To Daktronics April 4, 2018 by Dave Haynes Reece Kurtenbach now runs Daktronics, the company started by his father and a university colleague 50 years ago – and has grown up seeing it evolve from electronic voting systems from state politicians to the maker behind some of the biggest and most iconic LED display boards on the planet. That’s Daktronics’ tech, for example, …
Ultravision Sues 37 LED Companies – Including U.S. Firms – For Patent Infringement April 2, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Dallas-based LED display and lighting products company Ultravision has filed a patent infringement complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), looking to get 37 companies barred from importing, selling or distributing what Ultravision considers infringing LED display products. Interestingly, the companies are NOT all China-based, with the named companies including Samsung, Barco from …
Report From ISA: Little Sign Of Digital Signage At Sign Industry’s Big Show, But Hints Of An Uptick March 23, 2018 by Jim Nista Guest Post: Jim Nista, Insteo Sign Expo, the International Sign Association’s (ISA) big annual trade show, is underway in Orlando. The ISA show focuses on the print and outdoor sign industry, with large format printers, CNC machines, light pole flags, architectural signage, and large outdoor LED. There’s even a section for bucket trucks for outdoor …
Looking At LED At DSE 2018? Here’s Your Total Guide … March 23, 2018 by Dave Haynes There’s a lot to see at Digital Signage Expo this year, and there will be a lot of attention paid to the display manufacturers showing fine pitch LED tech. There’s a lot going on in that sector, and weighing selection options on price and how they look is not the path to an informed decision. …
Startup SelfArray Using Levitation, Vibration To Mass-Manufacture LED Modules For Fine-Pitch Displays March 23, 2018 by Dave Haynes An upstate New York firm called SelfArray is touting technology that would greatly speed up the time it takes to manufacture fine pitch LED displays, using (and I am not making this up) magnets and levitation. The company just received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Award to continue …
