Planned Conversion Of Mirage To Hard Rock Casino Clears Nevada Gaming Approvals December 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes Anybody that sells specifically into the casino and overall hospitality market will know this, but if that’s just one market being chased you should be aware of a monster opportunity for displays and other gear has cleared approvals for Las Vegas. The Mirage resort has been sold by MGM and the new owner is the …
LED Mainstreamed: Toronto Mosque Puts Pair Of 217-Inch Displays In Main Prayer Hall December 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes More evidence that LED displays are now mainstream products: one of the larger mosques in the greater Toronto area has switched out aging, dim projection equipment for a pair of large all-in-one direct view LED displays in its main prayer hall. The Jaffari Community Centre (JCC) is described as a Shia “161,000-square-foot multi-faceted facility that …
Big New Samsung LED Displays Going Into Astros’ Ballpark During Off-Season December 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes Samsung generated lots of buzz for its sports and entertainment venue LED products when it installed that vast halo screen at LA’s SoFi Stadium, but the electronics giant is also making headway in big-time sports with more conventional jobs – like one now underway at the home field of MLB’s Houston Astros. Samsung is equipping …
That Santa Elevator Ride Is At A Boston Mall (Not in NJ), And It Was Created By A Montreal Creative Studio December 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes The post I put up about a week ago about a digital Santa Claus display at a U.S. shopping mall has generated a lot of page views, but also a lot of confusion about the location of the exhibit and how it works. After many comments and emails, I finally have some clarity about where …
Dead-Simple Signage Application For Health Care Reduces Interactive To A Button Pad December 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes There has never been a shortage of whiz-bangery offered up to make simple visual display tasks more difficult, and probably like many people in this industry, I have seen demos of screen interactions that were portrayed as seamless but in fact just added steps and complexity. I think, particularly, of applications that required pulling out …
Check Out This $9 Million LED Facelift At Three Times Square In NYC December 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes LED display technology has come down in cost for a variety of reasons, but the overall budget for big displays can still be best presented with a defibrillator ready for the end-user. Consider this update at 3 Times Square in New York – a $9 million upgrade of what was previously known as the Thomson …
See How An LED Facade And Canopy Draws Passing Eyes Into San Francisco Building Block December 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes Lots of commercial property owners have started using LED displays as a way to add experiential elements to their building lobbies or other key areas, as a way to attract and retain tenants. The owners of an office block in central San Francisco had a different twist to its use, creating a 126-foot long display …
Minneapolis Airport Adds Four Big LG LED Displays For Messaging, Advertising December 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has lit up a set of four very large direct view LED displays in concourses that are positioned as airport messaging, but will undoubtedly get monetized via advertising. “Digital displays allow us to maximize the use of overhead space at our exit escalators, which was previously used to hang printed messages. …
Those Giant Swinging LED Doors Are Now Installed At Near-Ready Times Square Development (w/video) December 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes That big new LED screen going up in Times Square with an integrated performance stage and swing-in stage doors is getting close to completion, with the doors now installed and working. The performance space is set up 30 feet above street level and will be hidden most of the time in a much larger LED …
NYC Events Venue Invests In 163-Inch Fine Pitch Feature Wall, Replacing LCDs December 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is what is, in effect, a 163-inch 4K TV installed in a private entertainment venue in NYC owned and run by Brooklyn AV consulting shop Park Boulevard Productions. It’s a fine pitch 0.9mm all-in-one LED display with 4k resolution, replacing an LCD video wall that was in the same area. The display – all-in-ones …
