Qatar’s Expanded Airport Has 1.2 Kilometers Of LED Ribbon In Flashy New Terminal November 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes Qatar’s main airport has been expanded just ahead of the World Cup, with a mind-blowing 1.2 kms of fine pitch LED ribbon around a new retail-focused terminal space. The Hamad International Airport (HIA) Expansion adds more than 90 brands in the shopping area, a premium art collection, and a 10,000 sq m indoor tropical garden …
DSE Mixer Sponsor Profiles: SNA Displays Bolstering Its Broad LED Range With Expanded Back-End Solutions November 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes Just a week out now from the reboot of DSE in Las Vegas, and the return of the used-to-be annual Sixteen:Nine networking mixer, which is seriously sold out. The event happens because of eight great sponsors who help cover the considerable costs. I like to thank and recognize sponsors by running company profiles. So far, …
75-Foot Fine-Pitch LED Media Tower Dominates Seoul Airport Terminal November 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes My friends at German language content partner Invidis were evidently in South Korea recently, and noted how metro Seoul’s sprawling international airport has a very impressive 75-foot tall LED media tower in the terminal, fronting what seems to mimic an old palace wall. “To our surprise, we discovered the ‘Super-Large LED Media Tower’ at Seoul …
Display Industry MicroLED Buzz Calming From Roar To Hum: DSCC Report November 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes The industry buzz about microLED as a digital signage display technology has calmed from a roar to more of a hum, according to a new report from the market research and analysis firm Display Supply Chain Consulting. “MicroLED was initially presented as an ideal display technology for all applications but the hype has faded,” suggests …
Orlando’s Airport Switches On Impressive Digital Art Features In New Terminal C November 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes My love-hate relationship with Orlando and particularly its main airport is shifting increasingly to affection as that big, bustling venue starts to rival Singapore’s Changi for its use of digital displays and great creative. I kind of dread flying in and out of Orlando because the planes tend to have a lot of people on …
HYPRVSN’s New LED Light Stick Array Works As Two-Way Chatbot Avatar November 3, 2022 by Dave Haynes The UK-Belarus company that seems to be the most active and visible marketer of those madly-spinning LED light stick displays has announced a new variation that it says turns an array of the things into an interactive avatar that functions like a two-way chatbot. The HYPERVSN SmartV Digital Avatar uses a series of the fan-like …
Clever Creative On LED Wall Gives Corporate Lobby Illusion Of Greater Depth November 2, 2022 by Dave Haynes The great majority of videos I’ve seen in the past couple of years that used false perspective visual illusions have involved over-the-top creative that sees dragons and cats and trucks and you-name-it seemingly escaping the boundaries of an LED screen fixed on the corner of a building, but here’s a nice, much simpler execution done …
NYC Hotel Hosting Billboard That Ate Times Square Now Sports Pair Of 50-Ft LED Walls In Lobby October 31, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Marriott Marquis in New York’s tourist mecca of Times Square has one of the larger LED video walls on the planet lining a full block of the hotel, and now that building also has two jumbo LED video walls inside, aimed at guests. The hotel – owned by Host Hotels & Resorts – factored …
Daktronics Expands “Light Mitigation Technology” To DOOH Ad Displays October 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes Daktronics has started marketing “light mitigating technology” that’s intended to help DOOH media companies get on the right side of municipal approvals, particularly if light pollution is raised as an objection by interest groups or individuals. “In most cases, light mitigation isn’t an issue, but when billboards are placed near housing developments or apartment buildings, …
Printed Ad Tarps Swapped For Lightweight LED Displays On Construction Hoarding October 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes Construction hoarding at the ground-level of building sites has always been home to different forms of advertising – planned with printed tarps or mesh, or via guerrilla marketers armed with posters and glue. A German company has a different idea – attaching lightweight LED arrays to building scaffolding, down low or up high. Our German …
