LG Launches Training Academy Aimed At Boosting Awareness, Expertise For Direct View LED March 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of the reasons many LED manufacturers market fixed-size all-in-one LED displays is that their partner ecosystems include a lot of companies and people who don’t fully have their heads around how these kinds of display projects come together. The challenge with that approach is that bundled solutions can limit what might get pitched and …
Slovak Bus Line Kits Out New Terminal With 80+ Passenger Update Screens March 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes Several new or updated airport terminals have come online in the past year kitted out with displays that help inform and guide passengers, and it’s the sort of thing that can also serve other mass transport hubs well – like this new bus terminal in Slovakia. The new bus station in the Nivy shopping center …
Now There’s An Acronym For Something That Isn’t Really A Thing: FP3D Billboards March 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes Now media companies are getting into the flawed habit of calling their advertising displays something they’re not. Abu Dhabi-based BackLite Media sent me PR about its winning the concession to deploy new digital billboards at a flashy new waterfront destination in the city state – trumpeting how the “new range includes a curved screen, which …
Fine Pixel Pitch LED Display Shipments Flat Q4 2022; Up 7.6% For Year: Omdia March 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes Shipments of fine pixel pitch LED video displays pretty much stalled out in the last quarter of 2022, with shipments growing by just 0.1% quarter on quarter, the research firm Omdia reports in its latest market tracker report. In 4Q22, LED video display shipments reached about 425,000 square meters (sqm), growing a mere 0.1% QoQ …
Have A Look At This Digital Sign With A Wood Veneer Face March 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is apparently Future LG Morning around here – with a second post about conceptual products from the Korean electronics giant. The company has a small stand at an Airport Planning, Design, and Construction Symposium in LA this week, and along with more conventional displays it says would fit in airport environments, LG and its …
Fine Pitch LED Walls Create Virtual Aquarium At IT Giant’s NYC Offices March 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes Aquariums have been used as office lobby decor for decades, but LED video wall technology has now matured and lowered in cost to a point that big virtual fish tanks can maybe go in instead – likely saving on a lot of maintenance and food for the fishies. The IT firm World Wide Technology has …
PPDS Studios Opening Up In EU, UK And US To Support Sellers, Inspire End-Users February 24, 2023 by Dave Haynes The company marketing Philips digital signage and related pro AV solutions has started building and opening a series of showroom/demo/meeting spaces across Europe and North America under the handle PPDS Studios. Intended to support partners like system integrators, consultants, distributors, AV/IT designers/architects), as well as end customers, PPDS Studios have already opened in Amsterdam, Madrid, …
PUMA Uses See-Thru LED To Attract, Create Vibe For Singapore Flagship Store February 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is a nice example of how mesh LED technology has matured and thinned out to a level that it works very effectively for retail environments – in this case the first and largest PUMA flagship store in Southeast Asia. The design goal for the store on Singapore’s upscale Orchard Road is to “mirror Puma’s …
LED Allows Drapes To Be Drawn Open At Renovated Conference Center February 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes Not sure I’d call this digital signage, but it’s a compelling example of how fine-pitch LED screens are being designed in to new or renovated corporate spaces. This is the renovated executive conference center for Edwards Lifesciences, a medical tech company based in the LA area. With construction done, the 126-seat center now sports a …
How To Capture An LED Display On Camera (So It Looks Good!) February 22, 2023 by Zach Todd I was sifting through Linkedin last week and saw a company’s post celebrating the installation of a set of outdoor LED screens, and using a set of photos that made the screens look like junk. I’m sure they weren’t junk, but it reinforced the challenges of marketing a product that can look amazing to naked …
