Global LED Display Demand Up 18.5% Year On Year; All In One LEDs Up More Than 57% YoY: Omdia December 8, 2023 by Dave Haynes Shipments of LED displays are growing rapidly around the globe, but revenues are not growing at the same pace as specifiers and end-users are opting for finished products that are cheaper or have wider pixel pitches, according to new data from research firm Omdia. The company, promoting its latest LED video display market tracker for …
Narrow Pitch Outdoor Is LED’s Next Big Leap Forward December 1, 2023 by Larry Zoll Guest post: Larry Zoll, LED Studio We’re fortunate to work in an industry that innovates quickly, changes the way people interact with their surroundings and has the capability to excite and captivate. Nowhere has this been more evident than the past decade, with big leaps in technology moving us from DIP displays, to SMD, to …
Vegas Sphere Turned Into Giant Christmas Tree Ornament For Holidays; Then The Rockettes Start High-Kicking November 28, 2023 by Dave Haynes All kinds of digital signage people will be finding their way over near the big new Sphere when they get to Las Vegas Saturday or Sunday for DSE, to see what all the fuss has been about since the giant LED ball went live this summer. Some may have U2 tickets (I checked, sold out) …
Snake? River? Not Sure, But This Embedded LED Wall Is Interesting November 28, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting use of LED embedded inside a wall – taking on the appearance of a very big, very long snake. I am assuming that in behind the curvy wall cutouts, there is a series of rectangular LED cabinets that follow the same shape as the snake. Don’t know where this is, but …
UK DOOH Owner Swapping Out Roadside LED Displays For New Ones That Reduce Energy Bills By Third November 28, 2023 by Dave Haynes LED manufacturers are starting to get their collective heads around energy consumption levels becoming a deciding factor for some of their biggest customers, like media companies. Consider the case of Clear Channel’s UK wing, which has replaced an aging-out LED spectacular billboard on the road to London Heathrow with a new one that uses roughly …
LED And Hologram-ish Transparent LCD Create Gingerbread House Christmas Activation In London November 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes An “activation” for the beauty brand Jo Malone uses a blend of LED, transparent LCD and scent marketing for a pop-up gingerbread house on a plaza outside the repurposed Battersea Power Station in central London. The gingerbread house has 3D illusion creative running on an LED that fills one wall of the structure, while inside …
DSE 2023 Mixer Sponsor Profiles: SNA Displays On How Its Delivered Projects Range From Flashy To Practical November 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes The annual Sixteen:Nine networking mixer at DSE is back, set for Dec. 3rd in Las Vegas. It’s sold out, as usual, and we expect to have 350+ Digital Signage Experience attendees showing up for drinks, nibblies and lots of conversations and introductions. The event happens because of the terrific support of sponsors who help cover …
LED Displays Have Advanced So Much They Now Emulate Form Factor Of Architectural Tile November 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes Ever since the Comcast Tower lobby experience was switched on 15-plus years ago in Philadelphia, it’s been evident that LED would eventually be a design consideration and wall finish for architects and the people who do the final look for built spaces. That first job applied a very big grid of Barco LED cabinets to …
London Mayor’s Office Rejects Plans To Duplicate Las Vegas Sphere In That City November 21, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Mayor of London has rejected plans by the backers of the Las Vegas Sphere to build a duplicate in the east end of that city, right beside the UK’s largest shopping mall. The development has been rejected for several reason, the main one being the adverse impacts of a giant LED light ball on …
Outernet London Creates Giant Snow Globe Environment With Its Vast Immersive LED Screens November 20, 2023 by Dave Haynes Londoners who like to see the public Christmas lights and decor around their city have a new sightseeing stop this year – as the big and impressive digital art landmark on Oxford Street has taken on the appearance of a snow globe for the season. Outernet London, just at the edge of Soho and the …