Electronics Retailers Uses Video Wall To Help Sell Drones October 18, 2018 by Dave Haynes NEC Display has pushed out an interesting case study that shows how an in-store video wall is being used to sell drones. The wall was put in by B&H Photo Video at its massive, always-jammed store on 9th Avenue in New York, near Penn Station and Hudson Yards. “We needed to be able to open …
Renault Deploys Media4Display Across Its Dealer Network October 18, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is a micro dealership/experience center for Renault, one of hundreds of dealer locations across Europe that are now running on Media4Display, the CMS platform marketed by France’s Telelogos. The software has replaced a previous solution that no longer met Renault’s needs, which included: A minimum of three tiers of management – Global, National, Dealers. Easy, …
Digital Pour Your Own Beer Stations Now Online At DC Sports Arena October 15, 2018 by Dave Haynes The main sports arena in the Washington, DC area has unveiled a completely new and upgraded venue and dining experience that includes new signage, wayfinding, and a couple of interesting interactive screen experiences – like pour your own beer stations. The renovations at Capital One Arena cost some $40 million and were ready in time for the …
Salt Lake Theater Complex Makes Big LED Part Of Both Promotions And Productions October 13, 2018 by Dave Haynes A longtime performing arts center near Salt Lake City has made LED displays a huge part of its new $75 million complex. The Hale Centre Theatre at Mountain America Performing Arts Centre, which opened its new home a year ago, uses big LEDs on the facade to promote productions, in the lobby near concessions, and most …
theMART’s Massive Chicago Facade Now Permanently Projection-Mapped (w/ video) October 11, 2018 by Dave Haynes What is touted as the world’s largest permanent projection mapping display is now running on the side of Chicago’s theMART, formerly known as the Merchandise Mart. The 2.5 acre south façade of the building (it’s a massive, massive building) is lit up by 34 Christie Boxer 4K30 projectors, generating 1 million lumens to run a …
Curved LCD Video Walls Greets Visitors Atop Calgary’s Iconic Tower October 11, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Calgary Tower has been part of the downtown of the western Canadian city for 50 years now, and steadily attracts tourists and locals who ride up to the observation deck to look over the city and, particularly, west to the nearby Canadian Rockies mountain range. The attraction created a theatre room recently at the …
Giant 250 Sq. M. LED Dome Fills Part Of Mexican Mall’s Ceiling October 10, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is a 250 square meter LED screen that faces down from the ceiling in a central section of a three-level shopping mall in the suburbs of Mexico City. Called The Dome, the installation at the Paseo Interlomas Mall in Huixquilucan, EdoMex runs a series of content pieces designed to be experiential. The project was …
Suzuki Rolls Out French Dealer Network Using Sony’s Digital Signage Solution. Yeah, Sony … October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes It is reasonable to suggest that Sony has been, at most, on the fringes of the digital signage industry for many years. So it’s interesting to stumble across indications that it 1) has a solution and 2) it’s getting used. From UK-based AV magazine comes news that Suzuki France has more than 100 motorcycle dealerships …
Remodeled Reno Sportsbook Features 110-Foot, Curved LED Wall October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes Casino sportsbook areas are target-rich environments for companies selling fine pitch LED display solutions, because of a wicked combination of a need for very screens, already bright environments to put them, and invariably large egos of casino owners – who tend to want to one-up the owners of competing properties with bigger, better bling. Consider …
LED Fingers Help Drive Diesel Brand In Barcelona Flagship Shop Windows October 5, 2018 by Dave Haynes Here’s a slick, budget-friendly application of LED modules in the shop windows of Diesel’s Barcelona flagship store. The AV/multimedia firm Instronic, also based in Barcelona, put together a shop window branding program that uses 47 of what it calls LED fingers, looking a bit like a big city skyline. There also appears to be a big …
