Ground-Level LED Billboard Bisected By Staircase Leading Into NJ Mega-Mall January 7, 2021 by Super User This is an interesting use of outdoor direct view LED – a billboard-sized display at ground level that bisects a wide entry staircase. It just went in at the American Dream mega-mall in the New Jersey Meadowlands area, near New York City. As is obvious from the pic, the manufacturer is SNA Displays, which also …
Sony Launches Two Next-Gen Crystal LED Video Wall Products January 6, 2021 by Super User Sony Electronics has announced the next generation of its Crystal LED video wall display series – the technology that gained all the attention when Sony first launched Crystal LED. The original Crystal LED was the industry’s first look at large format microLED video walls, and the new versions, from what I am hearing, are microLED-ish …
10 Times Square Adds 4-Board LED Array At High-Traffic NYC Corner January 6, 2021 by Super User Here’s another example of real estate owners who live the “Location Location Location” mantra turning primo addresses into media sites: this one in NYC Times Square. There is now a four-screen outdoor LED array cladding the new Yard House restaurant at the corner of 41st St. and 7th Ave. 10 Times Square is owned and managed by L.H. Charney Associates, …
NYC’s New Moynihan Train Hall Features 1,700 SF Of 4mm LED January 5, 2021 by Super User The Moynihan Train Hall opened for passengers last week in midtown New York City – an expanded, much more open and welcoming section of NYC Penn Station. Among the big visual features in open atrium passenger hall is a giant, old school analog clock and some 1,700 sq. feet of 4mm direct view LED. The …
Capital Networks’ Founder Trainor Fully Retires January 4, 2021 by Super User Bil Trainor sent me a nice note in recent days letting me know he was finally, totally, 100% retired from Capital Networks, the broadcast and digital signage software company he started some 30 years ago. “December 31st was my last day with Capital Networks,” he wrote in a note. “Since planning, launching and operating it has …
Etisalat’s Dubai Mall Store Is Floor To Ceiling LED January 4, 2021 by Super User And we’re back, kinda sorta gradually … Happy 2021! The wireless carrier Etisalat is based in the United Arab Emirates, and is the case with many or most high visibility efforts in Dubai, the company’s new flagship store in the Dubai Mall is seriously over the top with digital displays. It appears the store has …
LG To Market New Line Of Premium LCDs As QNEDs January 4, 2021 by Super User Technology marketers have a habit of playing a bit fast and loose with terminology, in an effort to gain a mindshare edge with buyers, I suppose. But their efforts also contribute to confusion. In the context of the display and signage industry, we’ve seen LCD displays called LED TVs, when they were LCDs with LED …
Acquisitive Spectrio Is Itself Acquired By Different PE Firm December 29, 2020 by Super User Tampa-based solutions provider Spectrio had seemingly been going down the well-established path pf growing through acquisition, but on the heels of several buys it has made, the company has itself been acquired by a private equity firm. NYC-based The Jordan Company (TJC) announced that what I guess is a fund in its portfolio – the …
Sony Teases Update To Its Crystal LED Display; Inc. Bravia TV Version December 23, 2020 by Super User Sony appears poised to announce a new, updated version of its much-celebrated Crystal LED video wall – the first mainstream commercial display manufacturer to ship a product based on microLED. It was way ahead of its time a few years ago, when Sony first started showing Crystal LED at trade shows. But a handful of …
Happy Holidays! 16:9 (Probably) Off For A Few Days December 21, 2020 by Super User It was around the middle of last week when the Happy Holidays emails from companies started coming in at pace, and conversely the daily torrent of news and PR pitch emails I get started to slow. It is Monday morning, with Christmas on Friday, and there is not a lot shaking, so don’t expect many …
