LG Reseller Tests Transparent LED Window Film In Maine C-Store September 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes I haven’t seen that many examples yet of LG’s transparent LED window film in the wild, so I was intrigued to learn how a C-store was using the technology as a kind of digital window cling. The retail-focused technology integration firm Abierto Networks tested the display giant’s 14mm pixel pitch film was used at a …
Giant LED Board For Times Square Includes Doors That Swing Open And Shut (With Video) September 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes The TSX Broadway multi-use development now under construction in NYC’s Times Square district has, to no one’s surprise, a big LED display component on a corner that also wraps around a permanent outdoor stage for live performances. So if you already think Times Square is the world capital of sensory overload, just wait ’til you …
St. Louis Police Upgrade Real Time Crime Center With Giant LED Control Room Video Wall September 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes It was not very long ago, at all, that the idea of LED taking over the control room display market from LCD video walls and projection cubes was thought to be an eventual thing, but not until resolutions improved and costs dropped. Well, both have happened, and we’re now seeing projects light up in command …
Ross Video Acquires D3 LED September 14, 2021 by Dave Haynes Ottawa-based Ross Video has acquired direct view LED display manufacturer D3 LED, picking it up from a company called Southpaw Live that had merged a year ago with D3, which is based in the Sacramento area. D3 has been involved in premium LED displays for many, many years and its product is the feature wall …
Now There’s Buzz About Another CGI’d Store Facade … But This One COULD Be Done September 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes Oh geez … there’s another digital concept of a New York City retail store floating around social circles and being touted as real, when it’s just CGI. There’s been a huge amount of activity for a Zara store in SoHo that seemingly had an insane abstract digital store entry, prompting people to talk about it …
LED Display Sales Coming Back; 2021 Global Sales Forecast To Hit $6.5B: Futuresource September 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes Photo: Allsee Technologies Another research firm has pushed out data suggesting that while the worldwide LED industry took a big sales hit as the pandemic took hold in 2020, sales are bouncing back in a big way in 2021. “Although global sales fell by 12% last year, the market performed better than the expectations of …
New Nike Flagship In Toronto’s Yorkdale Mall Uses Massive LED Feature Wall September 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a recently opened Nike store at Toronto’s lux-oriented Yorkdale mall, a cavernous two-level space that includes a very large LED feature wall backing a central stairway. The store is a partnership between Nike and the Israeli retail fashion chain Fox-Wizel Ltd, which already operates several sports and beauty stores in Canada. The store …
Global LED Display Sales Have Bounced Back After Big 2020 COVID-era Decline: Omdia September 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes The LED video display market appears to be almost fully recovered from the big activity dip recorded in the middle of 2020, as the pandemic really took hold. The research firm Omdia has kindly put out some snippets from its ongoing industry tracking work, via Linkedin, that suggest the industry saw 17.8% Quarter on Quarter …
Quite Possibly The Best LED Lobby Install Done To Date September 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes More and more property owners or anchor tenants for office towers are using vast LED video walls to make a statement in their lobbies, but this is an interesting twist on that approach – dealing with a wide but relatively shallow lobby depth by extending the LED displays across the ceiling. This is in Madrid …
That Giant Mirror Ball In Vegas Is Built With LED Triangles September 3, 2021 by Dave Haynes Readers may recall a post earlier in the week about the new Resorts World casino-resort in Las Vegas, and the 50-foot sphere in a big common area. There was no information I could find that got into what it was and how it works, so I was thinking everything from projection from outside or inside, …
