More Details And Video Of That Terrific Set Of Screens And Creative At Hong Kong’s Airport August 15, 2022 by Super User More details and visuals are now available on that super-nice experiential set-up developed by Montreal-based Moment Factory for busy sections of Hong Kong’s sprawling international airport. The airport even has a dedicated web page about the project, calling it a Journey of Discovery. The signature pieces are a Crystal Elevator in the arrivals area and …
The Average Pixel Pitch For Indoor LED Displays Expected To Lower To 2.1mm By 2026: Omdia August 11, 2022 by Super User You only have to look at marketing materials or pay attention at trade shows to see that average pixel pitch sizes for LED displays are steadily coming down, and research from Omdia now confirms those impressions. The research firm’s latest LED Video Displays Market Tracker – for Q1 of this year – suggests that by …
SID Moves Its Annual Display Week To LA For 2023 August 4, 2022 by Super User The Society for Information Display has shifted locations for its May 2023 Display Week conference and trade fair, heading down the California coast from San Jose to Los Angeles. The 60th International Society for Information Display Technical Symposium is set for May 21-26, 2023 at the LA Convention Center. That facility is right downtown, in …
Vegas Resort’s Giant Sportsbook Screen Taken Out By Heavy Rain, Even Though It’s Inside! August 2, 2022 by Super User Keeping spare components is rarely a bad idea when it comes to mission-critical technology, and I suspect either the supplier, integrator or operator was happy that was evidently done for the giant screen in the sportsbook of the Circa Resort in downtown Las Vegas. The city doesn’t get a lot of rain, but when it …
LA Lux Hotel Uses LED Displays As Main Architectural Design Element Of Building July 29, 2022 by Super User Big LED ad display boards are starting to be commonplace on the sides of mixed-use commercial buildings, particularly those in high traffic locations, but a development in LA has gone beyond the norms with displays that also serve as architectural enhancements. This is Pendry Residences in West Hollywood, a luxury hotel which has a very …
Anamorphic Illusions On LED Displays: The Evolution Of An Art Form July 29, 2022 by Jake Berg GUEST POST: JAKE BERG, RENDER IMPACT Over the last few years, an ancient form of art has resurfaced in the LED display and video content industry. Advancements in LED display technology have given VFX and animation designers a whole new canvas to work on, allowing them to create truly unique viewer experiences. The art form I’m …
LA Digital Billboard Animates Frame, Support To Make It Appear To Float July 29, 2022 by Super User I’m not 100% convinced by the proposition here, but it’s nonetheless interesting that a digital OOH billboard in Los Angeles goes outside the normal dimensions of a roadside screen by also using LED for the frame and the supporting pedestal. The board is in West Hollywood and is referred to as an “Invisible Frame” – …
Big LED Display Over Stage Collapses During Hong Kong Boy Band Concert July 28, 2022 by Super User One of a series of suspended LED displays over a concert stage lost part of its rigging at a boy band concert this evening in Hong Kong, injuring at least two people. A video from the concert shows boy band performers doing their thing on-stage, below a series of rectangular LED displays suspended overhead. The …
Are High-Bright LCD Window Displays The Next Product To Be Supplanted By LED? July 27, 2022 by Super User The commercial LCD display business has gradually been shrinking as solutions providers and their end-user customers opt, instead, for LED versions, and now LED manufacturers are after high-brightness window display deals. First, LED replaced LCD for video walls, because LED eliminated seams that were negligible but still visible with narrow-bezel LCD walls. Now pixel pitches …
LED Display Manufacturer Watchfire Signs Acquired By Private Equity Giant July 26, 2022 by Super User The LED display firm Watchfire Signs has been acquired by a deep-pocketed private equity firm, though no deal terms or intentions were announced. The deal was done by Miami-based H.I.G. Capital, which has $50 billion of equity capital under management. It has a staggering number of companies under its portfolio. Based in Danville, Ill., Watchfire …
