LED Giant Daktronics Debuts New Media Player … For LCD Displays May 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes In a move that would quite possibly confuse the hell out of people, but makes sense, the big US LED display manufacturer Daktronics has announced a new media player engineered to drive LCD displays. But Dak doesn’t make LCDs, some cross-eyed readers are perhaps muttering after reading that. True, but the Brookings, SD company gets …
Interesting Digital Fixture Has Mannequin Relaxing Atop Tilted LED Display May 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting take on in-store experience – an LED display paired with a mannequin in a Louis Vuitton boutique in Istanbul. The French luxury brand worked with Turkish LED display manufacturer LEDECA to design and then install the fixture, which is set at – guessing – a 30 degree angle. The digital feature …
Sharp’s US CEO Stressing TV Plant Shutdown In Japan Not An Indicator Of Any Larger Issue For its Pro AV Business May 17, 2024 by Dave Haynes Sharp’s US office was in touch after I posted a story earlier in the week that suggested the company was getting out of the TV business, hoping to reinforce that while a TV production facility in Japan is indeed being shut down, The President and CEO for Sharp globally Wu Po-hsuan said Tuesday in Japan: …
Pix: See How Dead & Company Using That Giant Screen In Sphere For Concert Residency May 17, 2024 by Dave Haynes The next touring rock act has moved into Sphere in Las Vegas, and photos have now been pushed out showing how Dead & Company is using the attractions vast, curved indoor screen. The band – three members of the original Grateful Dead plus three others, including solo artist John Mayer – is playing 24 shows …
Mobile LED Rental Firm GoVision Upgrades Fleet To Near Fine-Pitch Resolutions May 16, 2024 by Dave Haynes My local pro football club – the mighty Halifax Wanderers of the Canadian Premier League (yes, there is such a thing) – play at what amounts to a pop-up stadium below a fort in the old Canadian harbor city, and one of the big new features added last season and back this year is an …
Here’s A Futuresource Video Recap Of Emerging Display Tech From Displayweek Show May 16, 2024 by Dave Haynes Ted Romanowitz of the UK research firm Futuresource Consulting focuses his analyst eyes on the LED sector, so it is not surprising that he headed down from Portland, OR to Silicon Valley this week to take in the Society For Information Display’s annual nerd-fest Display Week. He’s produced a quick recap video that’s worth a …
Data-Driven Generative Art Used For Canadian Bank’s Video Wall At Busy Transit Hub Branch May 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting use of an LED video wall at the front of a very public bank branch – the TD Canada Trust branch at Toronto’s Union Station, a hub for passenger rail, commuter rail and commuter buses, as well as a main subway stop. The branch has a big 12 foot by 6 …
SID’s Display Nerd Fest This Week Includes Much Brighter OLEDs, Auto Dashboards As Displays May 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Society for Information Display’s annual Display Week symposium and exhibition is on right now in San Jose – attracting the very technical side of the digital signage and pro AV community, as well as all kinds of engineers working in everything from automobile dashboard designs to military systems. I’ve been to this event, which …
Video: Series Of LED Light Strips Create Illusion Of Full Motion Video Ads In Subway Cars May 14, 2024 by Dave Haynes I was a bit surprised to come across a post this morning about a company pushing the idea of using a series of digital light strips in subway tunnels to create the illusion of full motion ads in the windows of passenger cars. It is an idea and technology that’s been around for perhaps 20 …
LED Mainstreamed: Almost 4,500 Sq. Ft. Of LED On Parking Garage In Detroit’s Entertainment District May 13, 2024 by Dave Haynes If you needed any more evidence of LED mainstreaming, this is almost 4,500 sq. ft. of LED display on a parking garage in downtown Detroit – an ad board sold by the media company Outfront. If the location seems odd at first glance, the context is the display is just outside the gates of two …
