If Content is King, Power is God August 11, 2010 by Dave HaynesWalmart Smart Network endcap. No power or dead unit. It happens. But it really can’t in retail or anywhere else. Pic from reader
Japanese vending machines use video analytics to make drink recommendations August 10, 2010 by Dave HaynesIf I ever squirted out of the rail car at a stop on the JR East transport system in Japan, I doubt anything would make me feel finer than a cold bottle of Pocari Sweat. Yes, evidently the Japanese have a drink called Sweat – presumably some sort of sports drink that maybe wouldn’t run …
Enough with the endless membership drive announcements August 6, 2010 by Dave HaynesThere is a raging tomato fight, as you may have heard, going on between two non-profit organizations battling for the hearts, minds and wallets of the digital signage <you choose> a) industry or b) sector or c) evil cabal. Part of that battle is making the world aware when new members are signed up. Once …
Race to the bottom dep't: $250-$750 budget for digital signage platform August 6, 2010 by Dave HaynesHi, looking for a company to create a digital signage application for me. This application has 3 parts a designer, admin and player. Admin site monitor players alert players Designer will be modeled after bannersnack.com for most part… (Budget: $250-750, Jobs: Embedded Software, Flash, HTML, MySQL, PHP) From i-freelancer.org 1 – there will undoubtedly be …
NASCAR Hall of Fame fan board lit up with 250-plus of Christie's MicroTiles August 5, 2010 by Dave Haynes(Disclosure: I do some writing for Christie, and prepared a case study on this project) One of the first BIG projects to come along for Christie Digital’s much-covered, much-praised MicroTiles technology is a signature installation at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC. The facility opened this spring and a focal point is a …
PumpTop TV starts weekly programming guide August 3, 2010 by Dave HaynesIt is fair, I think, to suggest that many, many DOOH networks have a limited grasp of their programming schedule and follow a particularly well-traveled road as to what’s on the screen. Then there’s PumpTop TV. I’ve no business relation to these folks but have written about them a few times because they think outside …
The problem with big round numbers July 29, 2010 by Dave HaynesI was just reading a press release about a media network’s plans to increase its footprint by 1,000 locations, starting with 500 by the end of Q3. That may be entirely true, but as someone who has talked to hundreds of early stage network operators over the years, my BS Filter starts shaking and spitting …
Nice many-many tiled display in Austrian club July 28, 2010 by Dave HaynesMontreal-based Matrox has put out a case study about an impressive install at a club in Linz, Austria. In a nutshell, 40 big flat panels are tiled together and running around the perimeter of the venue. The system runs off three Mac Pros and drives 15 Matrox triple-head video thingdoodles. If I am reading the …
Sony's new concept store appears to totally skip in-store video July 28, 2010 by Dave HaynesSuppose you were one of the world’s great consumer electronics brands, with a reputation for premium displays, and you decided to change up the retail design for a concept store. You’d make good use of those displays to tell the brand story and communicate with shoppers, right? Well, no. You’d print up some signs and …
Does user-friendly mean anything anymore? July 28, 2010 by Dave HaynesI noted with some interest that a Mac-based digital signage software vendor called NextGen DS has officially announced this week that it will now be known as Media Sign Pro. I’ve been aware of this company for two or three years but have not seen a demo or anything because the guys behind it don’t …