Brian McClimans On How Peerless-AV Is A Lot More Than Just Digital Signage Mounts April 17, 2019 by Super User The companies who do the infrastructure that gets screens in place and make video walls look amazing are a huge part of the digital signage ecosystem, but don’t get all that much attention. One of the biggest – if not THE biggest – is Chicago-based Peerless-AV, which has been a major part of digital signage …
Sean Matthews On How Visix Distinguishes Itself From The Digital Signage Software Pack April 10, 2019 by Super User Sean Matthews managed to break away from booth set-up at Digital Signage Expo – well, actually he was probably happy as a clam to get away from the noise and bustle – to sit down and talk about Visix, the Atlanta-based CMS software company he’s ran for many years. While many of his software competitors …
Podcast Episode For This Week Is MIA March 26, 2019 by Super User NOT looking like there will be a podcast this week. I had a chat recorded by my sound engineer, way over in Bosnia, has not kicked a finished episode back to my Dropbox folder. Not sure what’s up there, but with Digital Signage Expo in full swing, I’m guessing a healthy number of listeners wouldn’t …
Tru Vue’s Jane Boyce On Why Glass That Makes A Picasso Look Better Fits In Digital Signage March 20, 2019 by Super User When I was in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago, I made a point of having a look inside a bar at the Venetian that had a big, fairly spectacular video wall. An industry friend had seen it, and said while the content was great, the wall badly, badly needed anti reflective glass. I …
Bjorn Pieper Of NDS On Using Data To Make Digital Signage Networks Truly Smart March 13, 2019 by Super User The Dutch software company NDS has been offering a digital signage software solution for 25 years now, and like the handful of other companies that have been around this business that long, they’ve survived and grown based on the ability to do certain things very well. In the case of NDS, the company’s roots and …
ISE Podcast Chats: SodaClick On HTML Creative Templates; Plus New Transparent LED Film From Inotouch March 6, 2019 by Super User ISE already seems like a long time ago, and I had to go into my digital recorder’s SD card to look over what interviews I had not yet dug out and made ready for podcasts. This episode features a couple of shorter interviews with companies that I bumped into, in and around ISE’s largely dedicated …
LED Market Analyst Eric Virey Clears Some Fog About LED Tech And All The Jargon February 27, 2019 by Super User I have always felt sorry for any poor soul who gets the arm put on them to go to a trade show and get schooled up on digital signage – because there are so many hardware and software companies selling variations on what is essentially the same stuff. I would really feel sorry for someone …
Alberto Cáceres On Growing Trison Into Europe’s Largest Digital Signage Solutions Provider February 20, 2019 by Super User Being in Amsterdam for ISE recently offered a chance to meet up and talk to some people who are squarely focused on business on the other side of the Atlantic. I knew Trison was a major player in digital signage solutions in its home country of Spain, but I didn’t realize the company had a …
Leyard’s R&D Head Sam Phenix Dishes On LED, OLED, VR And Everything Display February 13, 2019 by Super User I managed to squeeze in a few podcast interviews in and around ISE last week, and this is the first – a long-planned and finally realized talk with Sam Phenix, who is the VP of research and development for Planar and Leyard. That puts her in the middle of everything happening in the display market …
Lava Flows, Fluid Mechanics And The Deep Science Behind Video Wall Waterfalls February 6, 2019 by Super User If you’ve been to the Salesforce headquarters in San Francisco, or certain resort casinos, you will have seen and been blown away by giant virtual waterfalls that appear on LED walls and wash down, over and around things like entryways. It’s kind of amazing, and way beyond much of what you see on big digital …