Display Week: BenQ Touts Back To Back Transparent OLEDs; Use-Case Kinda Fuzzy May 17, 2021 by Super User The Society For Information Display’s Display Week is now live – virtual like most things, still. It is a display nerd fest that is aimed much more at engineers than end-users, and it is a serious challenge for people like me who never even mused about a career in advanced polymers or electrical engineering. I …
Coca-Cola Using LED Ribbon Strips To Drive In-Store Marketing In Moscow Grocery May 17, 2021 by Super User This is an in-aisle merchandising set-up used by Coca-Cola in a supermarket chain in Russia. It is installed in Perekrestok (Crossroad, in English), in a mall in Moscow’s central business district. I don’t know whose LED ribbons are being used, but the CMS and play-out engine is the Swiss firm SpinetiX. A couple of things: I …
Now Semiconductor Supply Threatened By Spike In Taiwan Covid-19 Cases May 17, 2021 by Super User One small, positive note about the global semiconductor shortage was how a lot of the supply comes from Taiwan, which has largely kept COVID-19 out of the country and normal operations. Until now. The Taiwan-based tech publication Digitimes reports that island country is now dealing with a spike in case counts, with 335 new infections …
Gartner Forecasts Chip Shortages Will Stretch Well Into 2022 May 14, 2021 by Super User The research and analysis firm Gartner is forecasting that the worldwide semiconductor shortage that is hitting most tech industries, including digital signage, will persist throughout 2021 and not return to more normal levels until Q2 2022. “The semiconductor shortage will severely disrupt the supply chain and will constrain the production of many electronic equipment types …
Noodles Pop From LED Screen With Anamorphic Creative Project In Beijing May 14, 2021 by Super User This is a particularly good example of anamorphic three-dimensional creative on a street corner DV LED display. It is above a corner building in a Beijing shopping district, and like many to most of these visuals we’re seeing a lot of these days, the effects work best when viewed from a specific angle. The creative …
The AV Business Started By Al And Mo Marks 75 Years May 14, 2021 by Super User While the digital signage industry is still quite young, the broader AV has a longer history, with companies like distributor Almo sending out news that it is marking 75 years in business this year. It also cleared up a small question I’ve always had about the corporate name. Turns out the business was founded in …
Finally, An Ikea Store You Can’t Get Lost In May 13, 2021 by Super User If you stay away from Ikea because you’re sick of getting lost in the labyrinth design, you’ll like this new Ikea in the Causeway Bay area of Hong Kong. The store is a pop-up that is testing an ultra-small format until the end of October. You can’t buy flat-pack furniture or shelving units, but you …
BrightSign Adds Cellular Connectivity To Product Line-up May 12, 2021 by Super User Dedicated media player maker BrightSign has taken the interesting step of launching a USB cellular modem with carriers and 4G data plans, to sell alongside its little purple boxes. The idea behind BrightSign Mobile is providing a means to connect digital signage networks in venues where on-premise broadband is just flat unavailable, for various reasons, including …
Video: Amazing Transforming Runner Visuals Drive Brand Experience For Hyundai May 12, 2021 by Super User This is an amazing piece of large format creative content done for a video wall at the Hyundai Motorstudio Busan – a design hub in South Korea. Run Forever is described as a “digital media artwork visualizing the vision of Hyundai Motor’s sustainable design and green energy for a clean mobility society. In Run Forever, …
Seoul Urban Shopping Mall Uses Digital Displays To Attract Attention, Draw In Shoppers May 12, 2021 by Super User This is a seriously spruced-up entryway to an urban shopping plaza in Seoul, blending LED and LCD with ambient visuals. The M Plaza shopping mall refurbishment was led by the Spanish creative shop Necsum Trison – with a goal of making the entrance to the shopping center more striking for people on the high street. …
