InfoComm Day 2 Impressions … Not Much Truly New, But So What June 10, 2022 by Super User Up early, at the airport, heading home, impressed with my relatively good evening behavior, given the number of vendor parties staged the last few evenings. Only one late nighter. Day 2 at the pro AV trade show InfoComm looked pretty much like Day 1 – lots of activity, but not what you’d call crowded. I …
Screenfeed Goes No Code With New Connect Dynamic Messaging Toolset June 7, 2022 by Super User The Minneapolis-based subscription content company Screenfeed has launched a new content creation toolset that applies the concept of no-code software to producing customized, data-driven and fully automated messaging for digital signage networks. Called Screenfeed Connect, and the product of 30,000 developer hours over the last two years, the essence of the platform is making it …
It’s Now Clear Big Digital Displays Are Fundamental To How Las Vegas Creates Wow Factor June 6, 2022 by Super User In late and up early in Las Vegas, as I poke around and get myself sorted for being at InfoComm this week. The first thing I learned in coming here is that after 28 months of not doing it, I don’t miss the process/rigmarole of commercial air travel. At all. The second thing I have …
DSS Europe Summit To Focus On How Digital Signage Is Now Business-Critical June 3, 2022 by Super User Just as industry trade shows are getting back to normal in a sort of/not really post-pandemic era, conferences are also making a comeback after months or years of cancellations or virtual versions. The annual Digital Signage Summit Europe (DSS Europe) will have its first in-person event in three years next month in Munich. The July …
Delta’s Airy, LED-Filled New Terminal C At NYC’s LaGuardia Finally Opens Saturday June 2, 2022 by Super User The big investment in money and years to make New York’s LaGuardia Airport into a facility appropriate for one of the world’s great cities is reaching a conclusion after six years of construction, with word this week that the $4 billion Terminal C will open for travellers on Saturday. The new consolidated Delta terminal – …
Commercial Audio Firm AtlasIED Expands Into Digital Signage For Airport Mass Communications June 1, 2022 by Super User A commercial audio company that says it has 85% percent market penetration in U.S. airports has expanded into digital signage messaging, using custom display totems that can interrupt scheduled messaging with emergency alerts and guidance. Called LookHear, the display and platform tap into Atlas IED’s GLOBALCOM enterprise-wide communications system. The new set-up is a partnership …
Optisigns Adds Support For Apple TVs As Digital Signage Players June 1, 2022 by Super User The Houston, TX CMS software firm OptiSigns is the latest digital signage services provider to add Apple TVs to the list of hardware player options. The SaaS company’s play-out software was already compatible with Windows, Android, Linux, Raspberry Pi, BrightSign, Roku, and “LG Commercial” – which I assume means webOS smart displays. OptiSigns also supports …
BrightSign Previewing Beefy New 8K-Capable Players At InfoComm May 31, 2022 by Super User I’m going to interrupt this post with an important note – basically saying: See what BrightSign did here? The company is announcing a new product a week out from a big trade show, instead of announcing it during or immediately before the show, when people are too busy traveling, preparing or doing other things related …
Samsung Display Exiting Direct LCD Manufacturing Early As TV Prices Fall May 31, 2022 by Super User There’s a decent chance Samsung-branded LCD flat panels used in digital signage jobs were already being manufactured by other companies, but that will definitely be the case going forward, as Samsung Display exits the LCD display manufacturing business and turns fully to third-party suppliers for that product line. The Korea Times reports Samsung Display will …
Dynamic LED Floors Now Rugged Enough To Use As Elite-Level Basketball Courts May 31, 2022 by Super User The opening and closing ceremonies earlier this year of the Beijing Olympics included the use of an LED floor system that turned the stadium surface into an active canvas, without needing to wrestle with the brightness and shadow challenges presented by projectors. It was reasonable to think the use of the technology was a hint …
