Optisigns Adds Support For Apple TVs As Digital Signage Players June 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
So The Section In The Manual About Micro-Adjustments … Maybe Read It? May 31, 2022 by Dave Haynes Most of the failed digital signage efforts I come across, or have sent my way, involve computing hardware or programming software that goes bad. But here’s a case of a video wall project in which the player, software and creative are all fine, but the installation or service job was a disaster. Christopher Gillespie of …
LED Billboard Trucks Added To Propaganda Toolset By Ukraine’s Invaders May 30, 2022 by Dave Haynes Digital signage has unfortunately been added to the toolset used by modern propagandists to communicate to the masses – with video surfacing of the Russian invaders using cube trucks installed with an LED display side panel in areas of eastern Ukraine that troops have managed to occupy and control. Radio Free Europe reports that trucks …
Dressing Room Interactive Screens Key Aspect of First Amazon Style Bricks & Mortar Store May 30, 2022 by Dave Haynes Online shopping giant Amazon has now opened its first physical fashion retail store, and a key feature is personalized interactive screens in fitting rooms, tied in with a store-centric app. The Amazon Style store opened its doors May 25th at a big LA-area shopping mall called The Americana at Brand. While Amazon also operates cashier-less …
Tech Firm’s NYC Offices Use LED Video Walls To Energize Elevator Wait Lobbies May 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes Readers may have noticed how the odd post about a corporate project goes up … and then disappears – in pretty much every case because the vendor didn’t secure any or all of the permissions needed to use the client name and images in press material. I had one of those earlier in the week. …
Samsung’s The Wall Set Up As Virtual Production Set For Korean Film & TV Projects May 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes Samsung has announced what would have to be one of the largest footprint installations to date of its microLED-ish premium display product, The Wall – a massive virtual production stage in South Korea. The set-up was done “in collaboration” with the Korean entertainment company CJ ENM. The use of collaboration and partnership pretty loudly suggests …
Spectrio Acquires Food Services-Focused Ping HD; Adds 35,000+ Screens To Footprint May 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes Tampa-area digital signage software and solutions provider Spectrio has completed another acquisition, this time picking up the food services-focused digital signage CMS firm Ping HD, which operates out of Denver. Ping does a lot of its trade in sports and entertainment venues, primarily at food and beverage concessions. The deal adds some 35,000 screens to …
