Projects: Overhead LEDs Come Alive At Bomb Factory July 17, 2017 by Super User Here’s a couple of shots of a nice temporary application of LEDs suspended over the crowd at a corporate event staged at a Dallas venue called The Bomb Factory. Live event design and production provider Goalen Group used PixelFLEX 3.9mm LEDs for a supplier awards ceremony held by a big aerospace manufacturer. “We specialize in …
Fine Pitch LED Now Good Enough To Use As Movie Theatre Screens July 17, 2017 by Super User Anyone who has been to a signage trade show in the last two or three years has likely looked at fine pixel pitch LED screens and concluded they were starting to look pretty damn good, but I doubt few though they were the sorts of things that could replace big movie theater screens and projectors. …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Meric Adriansen, D3 June 28, 2017 by Super User I find, more and more, that some of the more successful companies in this business are a bit like stealth submarines. They run silent and deep, and you don’t hear much about them or see them around. That would apply pretty nicely to D3, a New York company that is in the LED display business. …
Projects: 100 Square Metres OF LED In Lithuanian Cinema Lobby June 19, 2017 by Super User This is the Forum cinema in Kaunas, Lithuania, which has invested in a big way in 3.9mm pitch LED screens and ambient content around the theatre’s lobby. The set-up was designed and installed by the Italian firm MacroPix. The total resolution is 4K plus and there is about 100 square metres of digital on the walls. …
InfoComm 2017: Day One Impressions June 15, 2017 by Super User It was readily apparent to just about anyone that the big InfoComm pro AV trade show down in Orlando this week would include a lot of exhibit hall real estate filled up by LED display manufacturers. But I’ve never seen as many of them as I saw here – not even at the version of …
Why Did They Do This? May 30, 2017 by Super User A Shenzhen company called Nexnovo sent me pix, tech details and a video about a transparent LED mesh wall on the corner of a building in Tokyo, and I am scratching my head wondering why the job was done like this. The building owner, or someone, had custom versions of the mesh cut so they would …
Understanding The Importance of FCC Compliance in Digital Signage May 26, 2017 by Curtis Campbell Guest Post: Joni Schmeichel, Daktronics Recently, we have seen an increase in interest around Federal Communications Commission (FCC) compliance, and for good reason. This is a very important topic and one that should be taken seriously. It is vital for buyers of LED displays to understand this and do their research. At my company, Daktronics, …
Shanghai Digital Signage Show This Fall Expecting 70K-Plus Attendees May 26, 2017 by Super User What looks to be an all-encompassing digital signage show for the China market has been announced for Shanghai Sept. 20-22 – with events focused on digital signage, LED, OLED and signs all ganged together at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. OLED CHINA 2017, DIGITAL SIGNAGE 2017, SIGN CHINA 2017 and LED CHINA 2017 are expected to …
Projects: This Sliding, Morphing LED-LCD Wall Takes Closer Looks At Human Brain May 23, 2017 by Super User This is very impressive – a 20-foot tall direct view LED wall sync’d with seven 72-inch LCD monitors that crawl up and down the wall on side-by-side tracks, showing information about the human brain and the scientists pushing the boundaries of neuroscience research. The monitors, when down at eye-level, are interactive, and when sliding up …
Watchfire Raises Warning Of FCC Issues With Low-Cost Asian-Made LED Digital Signs May 2, 2017 by Super User Via Billboard Insider Danville, Illinois-based outdoor LED sign-maker Watchfire is raising warnings to prospective buyers about what it says are the risks of buying lower-cost LED boards from overseas, because some may exceed federal electromagnetic emissions standards and could be ordered switched off. The company has produced a white paper suggesting there is mounting evidence that manufacturers of …
