LED staircase, interactive all over, in new Montreal store November 24, 2010 by Dave HaynesJust about any old excuse will do to get me up to Montreal (great city), and now I have a new reason – the multimedia-rich, very cool new Videotron store on Montreal’s main shopping street. Judging by the video (below), the place is amazing. There is a giant, apparently working cellphone at the entry and …
NanoLumens gets big, curved profile at Vegas gaming expo November 23, 2010 by Dave HaynesI’ve said to the NanoLumens guys one of the things I really like about their flexible LED technology is how it can conform to curved surfaces. They’ve said, “Yup, but we hardly get asked about that.” Slightly weird, given how many rounded walls and support columns are out there that wouldn’t look very good with …
Brewer activates mobile with billboard coupons November 19, 2010 by Dave HaynesBack at HQ after two days on the Wet Coast with a client. There’s lots of collective hand-wringing out there about how digital signage works with mobile, and the people who really know both say there a lots of ways – notably the promotion and activation of mobile engagement with brands. Here’s an interesting example …
CETW videos – Quickie demo on DC Media's DSMAP November 15, 2010 by Dave HaynesSouth African digital signage software company DC Media was at CETW this past week, showing off its pots and pans but focusing mostly on its network management capabilities. DC’s Trefor Brock walked me through the company’s new DSMAP offer, which is a network connectivity solution that allows complete and direct access to digital signage players …
CETW Videos – Quickie demo on Harmony by Request November 14, 2010 by Dave HaynesI like running into new companies at trade shows and finding out what it is that they do that’s different. Sometimes, there’s not much. But in this case, the Harmony by ReQuest system seems to have a somewhat unique offer. The upstate New York company has been doing high-end digital media storage, management, playback, and …
A look at Prysm displays in American Eagle Soho (NYC) November 12, 2010 by Dave HaynesAfter CETW yesterday I went down to the American Eagle store to see the new Prysm laser phosphor displays that have been installed there and were the subject of a news release Thursday. I had seen the tech at InfoComm but this was a first chance to see it in the wild. Impressions: Quality of …
Squabble developing over big agency DOOH transaction fees November 12, 2010 by Dave HaynesThere’s a really intriguing piece in MediaWeek about the bun fight going on regarding the internal media planning system one of the biggest media buying agency group’s in the US wants DOOH networks to use. The nut of it is that Starcom MediaVest wants networks to use the system it is putting in place, which …
Gorilla glass for dumb monkeys November 10, 2010 by Dave HaynesAs someone who has done a lot of digital deployments, I have stood in a venue and watched the people coming and going, wondering all the time what could protect the fragile display against all the dumb monkeys I was spotting the crowd. These were people you kinda knew, somehow, would tamper with stuff just …
NanoLumens explained, in video, to tech blogger Robert Scoble November 6, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe NanoLumens guys got some major love and exposure this week from highly influential tech blogger Robert Scoble. I THINK he saw the thin, flexible digital signage display when he was at an event in which the Atlanta company picked up a major tech innovation award. Scobleizer, the term used for primary blog and how …
InWindow stirs up twister on NYC street corner November 2, 2010 by Dave HaynesFor a long video clip, I’d kinda expect to have a really solid grasp of what’s going on here. But I only sorta do. As stated a few times, I really like streetfront-level rear-projection stuff because when it is combined with large format printed graphics it visually takes over. InWindow Outdoor is one of the …