Vegas Resort’s Giant Sportsbook Screen Taken Out By Heavy Rain, Even Though It’s Inside! August 2, 2022 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
$26 In LED Lights Boosts Attention And Impact Of Analog Highway Billboard July 26, 2022 by Dave Haynes Billboard Insider has a fun little guest post up about a small market billboard campaign that used LEDs – but just two lights instead of the many thousands of LED lights used on a typical roadside digital billboard. The campaign for Hyundai of Dothan (Alabama) was built around the notion of the dealer warranties being …
LED Mainstreamed: Spanish Shopping Mall Uses Displays In Kids’ Playzone, Toilets July 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes In another clear sign that LED displays are now mainstreamed technology, they’re being used in a shopping mall in northern Spain as washroom enhancements and a multimedia topper for a kids’ play zone. The Valle Real shopping center in the Camargo area of north coastal Spain has gone through a big 10M EU+ facelift of …
In-Glass LED Touted For Use As Dynamic Windows And Balustrades July 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is a helpful video from UK-based solutions provider Eclipse Digital Media that shows what in-glass transparent LED displays look like from the interior, non-illuminated side and how the things come together. The company works with Nexnovo, the Chinese manufacturer that seems to specialize in semi-transparent mesh LEDs and this newer in-glass technology. A warning …
