LED Mesh Screens Have Come A Long Way, But … April 11, 2019 by Dave Haynes There were numerous overseas vendors at ISE – and I expect to see more at Infocomm in a couple of months – showing mesh-screen LED displays. They have come a long way in a relatively short time, and when running, the pixel pitch of these things can be good enough to deliver crisp, rich and …
Shiseido Installs 63-Foot Sony Crystal LED Wall In Its New Yokohama Innovation Center April 10, 2019 by Dave Haynes Sony has announced what I’d imagine is its biggest deal yet for its much gawked at Crystal LED video wall technology – a monster 63 feet by 17 feet screen built for the Japanese cosmetics group Shiseido, based in Yokohama. It is in the company’s new Shiseido Global Innovation Center. The aggregate of all those teeny …
LED Tower That Does Times Square NYE Ball Drop Getting Facelift April 10, 2019 by Dave Haynes Times Square in New York is getting yet another LED digital signage display upgrade, with the out-of-home advertising firms, New Tradition, signing a master lease agreement on One Times Square – the site of the iconic New Year’s Eve ball drop. The new 350-foot-tall digital signage screen – a collection of stacked LED boards – will …
Here Are The DSE 2019 Apex Award Winners April 1, 2019 by Dave Haynes The 15th Annual APEX Awards were handed out last week in Las Vegas – judged and presented by the Digital Signage Federation, during Digital Signage Expo. I am on the board of the DSF, but was not involved in the judging. I also have a bit of a conflict, in that 16:9 is the main sponsor …
Cancun Party Hotel Adds Huge Projection Mapping Show March 20, 2019 by Dave Haynes Via Multimedia AV I’m sure there is a large percentage of 20+ and even 30+ people who would look at what happens at the Melody Maker resort hotel in Cancun, and conclude they must go there. Then there are people like me who would conclude they must avoid that place, or anywhere near it, at …
Levi’s Time Square Flagship Uses 1,000+ Sq. Ft. Of LED To Drive In-Store Experience March 20, 2019 by Dave Haynes The new-ish Levi’s flagship store in Times Square in New York City (lotsa posts lately about NYC and Times Square!) is, at nearly 17,000 square feet, the apparel company’s largest flagship. It’s a multi-level shop, opened last fall, that goes big on AV – notably fine pitch D3 LED displays, run by Reflect CMS software and …
First Look: Transparent LED Windows In New Hudson Yards Retail Development March 19, 2019 by Dave Haynes These are pix from an industry friend shot at the newly opened Hudson Yards retail and residential development, on the west side of Midtown Manhattan. The mesh LED screens run along the windows to retail mall access lobby for a residential tower. My friend, who does signage project management and installs for a living, says …
Another Giant LED Board Coming To Times Square, But Not Quite What’s Being Touted March 19, 2019 by Dave Haynes CNBC has a screamer, clickbait-y headline up about a new NYC Times Square building that, like every other building in Times Square, will be clad down low with LED modules. Times Square is about to get a new 46-story tower that is basically a giant LED billboard on one side Well, no … not really. …
DSE 2019 Booth Preview: LEGACY Retail Services Talks On-Time, On-Budget Deployments March 19, 2019 by Dave Haynes LEGACY Retail Services – DSE Booth Number 3207 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? If you are looking for a solid tenured partner with over 16+ years of experience to help ensure your solution gets installed on time and under budget, then come …
Clever Creative On LED Board Gives Virtual View Inside Times Square Building March 19, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is a terrific example of how well-designed creative can deliver three-dimensional content, without any of the moving parts stuff that will inevitably develop hiccups or fail. This is 20 Times Square in NYC – which has an 8mm pitch corner wraparound LED display facing into the crazy media environment of midtown Manhattan. This media …
