AVIXA Business Index Shows Industry Sales, Hiring Still Sluggish October 29, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association (AVIXA) has published its latest monthly Pro AV Business Index, with the numbers unsurprisingly showing that sales and employment numbers are less than stellar. The index tracks trends for both sales and hiring, with the core number being 50. A number over 50 indicates an uptick, and below 50 …
STRATACACHE Closes Massive QSR Drive-Thru Deal With RBI October 28, 2020 by Dave Haynes Dayton, Ohio-based digital signage solutions company STRATACACHE has bagged and closed a massive deal that sees it providing software, hardware and services to three of the larger QSR chains in North America, The deal involves more than 40,000 screens at Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes locations in Canada and the U.S. The focus is …
Pandemic Shifts Tech Priorities and Processes At Sports And Entertainment Venues October 28, 2020 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Paul Kapustka, Mobile Sports Report This post originally appeared in Stadium Tech Report As some venues take baby steps forward in allowing limited fan attendance at events, for most venues the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are forcing owners and operators to take a longer look at the technologies and procedures that …
Transparent LED On Film Starting To Get Market Adoption October 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes LED on film is getting better and tighter, and starting to see some marketplace adoption. The Chinese manufacturer Nexnovo has been a major supplier of mesh-based transparent LED, but I have discovered it also does film – with a focus on horizontal ribbon-like displays that can overhang things like entryways. The attraction of LED on …
Re-Opened American Dream Filled With Direct View LED Displays October 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a glimpse inside American Dream, the destination retail/entertainment attraction that opened up, closed for COVID and then re-opened at the start of the month. The huge mall (the backers don’t like that term, but …) is located in the New Jersey meadowlands, on the other side of the Hudson from New York City. …
Looking For More Feedback On 16:9 Direct View LED Survey October 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes Re-upping this post from two-three weeks ago. I have lots of responses but would absolutely welcome more from manufacturers, resellers, integrators and end-users! About three years ago I traveled to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Shenzhen in China to see first-hand the ecosystem and process behind direct view LED, a technology that back then was just …
How Digital Signage Can Help Digitalization for Businesses October 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Chloe Weaver, Allsee Technologies Digitalization is the process of converting existing business operations into digital form by applying new technologies. For instance, this could be a retail brand transforming their high street store into an e-commerce website, or a local fast food restaurant running social media ads instead of posting flyers through people’s letterboxes. …
Samsung Developing Super Pixel Density OLED Displays October 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is not coming to a digital signage job anytime soon, but Samsung is deep into R&D on a new kind of OLED display that has as many as 10,000 light pixels per inch. That’s JUST a bit tighter in pixel density than a typical OLED commercial display or TV, which will typically have a …
New DT Vegas Resort Hotel Features 135 Foot Wide LED Board On Pool Deck October 26, 2020 by Dave Haynes There are lots of people who don’t see trade shows and travel ever returning to pre-pandemic numbers and scenarios, but in a city born from big bets, the backers behind a new casino resort will start putting their business plan to a test this week. The first portion of the Circa resort – the first …
InReality Launches Online Learning Center For COVID-Driven Safe Space Solutions October 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Atlanta-based venue analytics software firm InReality sees an opportunity for mashing up technologies to create Safe Spaces, and has developed solutions and advisory website that explains the hows and whys of doing that. The intent is to get beyond the pure gadgetry of devices used for things like temperature screening, and build a broader …
