Big New Samsung LED Displays Going Into Astros’ Ballpark During Off-Season December 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes Samsung generated lots of buzz for its sports and entertainment venue LED products when it installed that vast halo screen at LA’s SoFi Stadium, but the electronics giant is also making headway in big-time sports with more conventional jobs – like one now underway at the home field of MLB’s Houston Astros. Samsung is equipping …
Check Out This $9 Million LED Facelift At Three Times Square In NYC December 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes LED display technology has come down in cost for a variety of reasons, but the overall budget for big displays can still be best presented with a defibrillator ready for the end-user. Consider this update at 3 Times Square in New York – a $9 million upgrade of what was previously known as the Thomson …
See How An LED Facade And Canopy Draws Passing Eyes Into San Francisco Building Block December 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes Lots of commercial property owners have started using LED displays as a way to add experiential elements to their building lobbies or other key areas, as a way to attract and retain tenants. The owners of an office block in central San Francisco had a different twist to its use, creating a 126-foot long display …
The LED Studio, VOD Visual Marketing “Industry-First” Display With Multiple LED Light Emitter Options December 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes The UK-based firm The LED Studio has launched, with its manufacturing partner VOD Visual, what they say is an industry-first display LED display cabinet design that supports a range of different LED light emitter types. The V1 Architecture cabinet, which will debut at ISE on Booth 3R250, has the same general dimensions as a 43-inch …
Minneapolis Airport Adds Four Big LG LED Displays For Messaging, Advertising December 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has lit up a set of four very large direct view LED displays in concourses that are positioned as airport messaging, but will undoubtedly get monetized via advertising. “Digital displays allow us to maximize the use of overhead space at our exit escalators, which was previously used to hang printed messages. …
Those Giant Swinging LED Doors Are Now Installed At Near-Ready Times Square Development (w/video) December 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes That big new LED screen going up in Times Square with an integrated performance stage and swing-in stage doors is getting close to completion, with the doors now installed and working. The performance space is set up 30 feet above street level and will be hidden most of the time in a much larger LED …
LED Video Display Market Saw Limited Growth in Q3 2022: Omdia December 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes Omdia researcher Tay Taehoon Kim has pushed out a summary of highlights from his company’s 3rd quarter 2022 analysis of the direct view LED market, suggesting demand is up, but something less than booming. In 3Q22, although the direct-view LED display market grew by 10.7% compared to the previous quarter and 9.8% compared to the …
NYC Events Venue Invests In 163-Inch Fine Pitch Feature Wall, Replacing LCDs December 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is what is, in effect, a 163-inch 4K TV installed in a private entertainment venue in NYC owned and run by Brooklyn AV consulting shop Park Boulevard Productions. It’s a fine pitch 0.9mm all-in-one LED display with 4k resolution, replacing an LCD video wall that was in the same area. The display – all-in-ones …
Daktronics CEO: Working To Remove “Going Concern” Qualifying Language ASAP December 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes I had a listen to the now-completed investor call for Daktronics, based on its quarterly results release and on the heels of news that the big LED manufacturer delayed its earnings report and had to issue a statement about its financial viability. The call – which included statements by CEO Reece Kurtenbach – was in …
50-Foot Fine Pitch Video Wall Livestreams Symphony Concerts At NYC’s Lincoln Center December 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Lincoln Center in New York City, home to the New York Philharmonic, is using a 50-foot-wide fine pitch LED display as the key feature of its new “living room” area in the venue’s lobby. Located at the southeast corner of David Geffen Hall, part of the venue’s Welcome Center is the Karen and Richard …
