Projects: 100 Square Metres OF LED In Lithuanian Cinema Lobby June 19, 2017 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
Projects: JFK’s T4 Now Greets Arrivals With Big, Sweeping LED Display April 27, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is a new two-sided 30-foot by 10-foot direct view LED display at the arrivals hall at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 4, which is mostly known as a Delta terminal. It’s a curved NanoLumens Nixel LED that displays ads, interspersed with flight information, time, news and weather. T4 has a throughput of about6 million …
Projects: New Chicago Office Tower Switches On Amazing Staggered Column LED Wall April 26, 2017 by Dave Haynes A new commercial tower in Chicago called 150 North Riverside has lit up what looks to be a pretty amazing video wall/experiential digital art sculpture in its lobby, using a staggered series of direct view LED columns. https://vimeo.com/214059013 Called 150 Media Stream, the 3,000 sq ft wall is there as a digital art both for …
Leyard Debuts Overlay That Enables Multi-Touch On Fine-Pitch LED Video Walls April 24, 2017 by Dave Haynes Leyard is at the 2017 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show this week in Las Vegas, showing a fine pixel pitch LED video wall that supports multi-touch interactivity. It’s an overlay of some kind, but isn’t glass, so it doesn’t cause glare or, more importantly, trap the heat that can build up from all those …
