Japanese Ball Club’s New Park Opens With Vast Twin LED Screens April 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes It seems mostly like big sports venues in the United States are the ones putting in massive LED displays as scoreboards and replay screens, but here’s a new baseball stadium in Japan with two vast screens along the left and right field lines. It is in Hokkaido, in northern Japan, and as of last week …
Chasing A Niche: French Firm Dematerializes Local Gov’t Legal Notices Using Screens March 30, 2023 by Dave Haynes I always advise smaller companies looking to get a foothold in the digital signage industry to be “the people” who do something in particular – finding a niche and offering a solution that solves a problem for that very particular activity. So I was intrigued to come across a French company that is marketing what …
Hotel Near Disneyland Uses Displays, Projection To Make “Grand Magic” In Lobby March 24, 2023 by Dave Haynes The hotels sector has long been an active investor in digital signage, but with the notable exception of casino resorts, most properties have paid for projects that would be described as modest. Like a video wall behind the check-in and directory displays. Then there’s the Grand Magic Hotel near Disneyland Paris … Schroders, the investment …
NY Port Authority Adds DOOH-Supported Bike Storage Locker To City Infrastructure March 21, 2023 by Dave Haynes Transport authorities have long been offsetting or eliminating the capital costs of infrastructure by supplying things like curbside bus shelters that have integrated analog or digital ad posters, and now that same approach has been extended to short-term bike storage lockers. The Port Authority Midtown Bus Terminal in Manhattan recently unveiled what’s called a Oonee …
Qatari Hospital Uses LED-Embedded Glass To Create 4,000 Sq. M. Media Facade March 20, 2023 by Dave Haynes Engineering advances in LED display technology continue to take this stuff from being displays on a variety of surfaces to the surfaces being the displays – as is the case with this new hospital building in Qatar. The View Hospital has a 4,000 sq. meter transparent LED facade on the front of building, made from …
NHL’s Blue Jackets Use Fine Pitch LED To Bling Out Locker Room, Public Areas March 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes Center-hung replay/scoreboards and LED ribbons are now pretty standard elements of pro sports venues, but the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets really went to town with the tech as part of a rolling renovation project at Nationwide Arena. The most notable addition is a blinged-out locker room for the home team, which also has a 1.2mm …
Almost 1,700 Feet Of LED Fins Drive Brand And Inspire At Tech Firm’s NYC Experience Center March 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes The identity and access management tech vendor Okta has opened an Experience Center in NYC designed to raise brand awareness among passers-by, as well as educate and inspire visitors. What’s particularly interesting is the use of almost 1,700 linear feet of LED fins just inside the window, set in a curve. Electrosonic did the AV …
Riyadh’s LED Light Ball Switches On; World’s Largest, But Just For A Few More Months March 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip Damian Rezner for noting this on Linkedin … People wondering what the giant Sphere (MSG Sphere) will look like when it gets officially switched on in Las Vegas can get a reduced-size idea from an attraction that recently went live in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is a 35-meter (114 feet) high LED-clad orb …
LED Tower And Walls Create Data Sculpture Maze In Taipei March 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is pretty wild – the world’s first outdoor immersive installation done as a maze. The walls are LED panels, covering 1,110 sq. meters at a site near the iconic Taipei 101 in Taiwan’s main city. The set-up included a four-storey high LED monolith tower, and a series of other walls that create the maze, …
LianTronics Showcases Moveable LED For Meeting Room Divider Walls March 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes Chinese LED display manufacturer LianTronics is showcasing an interesting take on building big displays into meetings and events facilities that have moveable walls – the kind of thing that allows a wall to be moved away to make two rooms into one larger one. “These ultra-thin LED walls were designed to blend with the door,” …
