Demand Appears To Have Dried Up For Large Commercial OLED Displays – Omdia Research Report July 25, 2024 by Dave Haynes Demand for OLED displays used for tablets and laptops has spiked this year, but the use of very large OLEDs as public information displays (aka digital signage) has all but evaporated, according to an analysis from the research firm Omdia. Overall, Omdia’s latest Large Area Display Market Tracker for 1Q24 says shipments of large-area OLEDs sized …
Korean Tech Institute Commercializes New Kind Of Low-Cost Switchable Projection Film For Large Transparent Surfaces July 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes A Korean research institute has developed a new kind of switchable transparent film that can be used as a projection surface for windows and other large glass surfaces. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, located south of Seoul, has developed and commercialized what it calls a Nano Transparent Screen (NTS) – a 100-inch sheet …
German Skin Care Company Uses Interactive Touch, Transparent OLED, To Tell Its Heritage Story June 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes This video shows an interesting mix of interactive technologies used to help tell the heritage story of the German skin care company Beiersdorf, whose best known product line is very arguably Nivea. The Hamburg company has what it calls its Heritage Room, which includes multi-touch tables and RFID thingies, and a nice use case for …
SID’s Display Nerd Fest This Week Includes Much Brighter OLEDs, Auto Dashboards As Displays May 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Society for Information Display’s annual Display Week symposium and exhibition is on right now in San Jose – attracting the very technical side of the digital signage and pro AV community, as well as all kinds of engineers working in everything from automobile dashboard designs to military systems. I’ve been to this event, which …
Pyramid Markets Kiosk With Transparent OLED Screen That Doesn’t Block Sightlines In QSR May 10, 2024 by Dave Haynes The market will tell the story, and I am a bit skeptical, but this is nonetheless an interesting use of transparent OLED for QSR environments, tying the display to kiosk functionality. The IT solutions firm Pyramid will be showing a version at its stands at the upcoming National Restaurant Association trade show – positioning it …
The Top 10 Digital Signage Trends Coming Out Of ISE: Invidis April 15, 2026February 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes My friends at German content partner Invidis have a good post up today rounding up ISE and the top 10 digital signage industry trends emerging from the recent show. I am shattered after wrestling my snowblower this morning through 30 cm of snow that’s perfect (wet and heavy) for making a snowman (the guy who …
LG Launches 77-inch Transparent OLED For Consumer Market, Prompting The Reasonable Question: “Why?” January 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes LG has been trying for many years to find a commercial demand for its transparent OLED displays, and not seeing much take-up – something that likely owes to the serious price premium and that annoying “Why?” question. Now the Korean tech giant has launched a version for the consumer market, which will inevitably prompt a …
CES Is Imminent, And The Big Consumer Brands Are Once Again Previewing Interesting But Dubious Concept Products January 2, 2024 by Dave Haynes The giant consumer-focused tech trade show CES is next week in Las Vegas, and there will be all kinds of digital signage and pro AV people going and enduring the line-ups and even-higher-then-normal prices for rooms and transport. The show doesn’t have a whole bunch to do with commercial AV, other than offering glimpses of …
Seoul’s Local Government Testing Real-Time Translation On Transparent Displays At Tourist Info Counters November 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s another example of transparent display technology being mashed-up with real-time AI translation to help information counters field questions from travelers who don’t speak the local language. As reported by content partner invidis, the Seoul government is running a pilot for six weeks to test the use of a transparent display at a service counter, …
IFA Preview: New Generation Of OLED Displays Now Looking Suitable For Digital Signage, Pro AV August 30, 2023 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine content partner invidis has a German language post up advancing the big IFA consumer electronics trade show that starts Friday in Berlin – noting how OLED will be a big feature at the event and how the display tech is now more suitable for pro AV applications like digital signage. The digital signage industry …
