Are Consumer Review Sites Valid Measures Of CMS Software Excellence? October 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes My industry friend Nurlan Urazbaev – who has been producing the signage and DOOH industry round-up Digital Signage Pulse for many years – flagged something that’s been on my mind in recent months – the merits of review sites for CMS software. His headline: TechRadar’s List of “Best digital signage software in 2020” looks strange, …
New Touch Film Enables Smartphone-Level Touch On Big, Tiled LCD Video Walls October 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes The touch technology firm TSItouch has started marketing a new touch film that can be applied to commercial LCD displays, resulting in the sort of responsiveness available on handheld device screens, and spanning between multiple screens on video walls. The company, based in Pennsylvania, worked with the Portuguese firm DISPLAX on what is called PCAP …
That Giant LCD Fab Touted For Wisconsin … Never Mind October 22, 2020 by Dave Haynes People who genuinely know the display industry, and how it works, would have looked at the big announcements about plans for a huge LCD display plant in Wisconsin, and thought, “Yeah, that dog don’t hunt.” It appears they were right. The much-touted Gen 10.5 LCD factory that Foxconn said it was going to build in …
DSF, AVIXA Announce Early Plans For Two-Day Virtual Conference, Called D=SIGN October 22, 2020 by Dave Haynes The relationship announced recently between the Digital Signage Federation and AVIXA is starting to get some substance to it, with word today that there will be a two-day virtual conference in early December focused on digital signage and DOOH. The event is called D=SIGN and will run Dec. 8-9. Presented by AVIXA and the DSF, …
Screen-based COVID Counter-Measures Keep On Coming October 22, 2020 by Dave Haynes Back in late Q1 and early Q2, when the gravity of the pandemic really grew evident, there was an initial flood of companies rapidly developing and marketing a series of screen-based counter-measures aimed at retailers, restaurant operators and businesses. I wondered how much take-up there might be of all of these devices, and if the …
Preview: Almo’s E4v Virtual Learning And Product Showcase Set For Oct. 27-29 October 22, 2020 by Dave Haynes Pro AV distributor Almo Professional A/V has a long history of doing popular regional road show events that pair product marketing with education, but 2020 has gotten seriously in the way of how things normally work. So the company has pivoted to online events, with a virtual program that does live online education and provides …
Enplug, LG Dealing With Legal Actions From Firm Described As Patent Troll October 21, 2020 by Dave Haynes LA-based digital signage CMS software firm Enplug has joined a list of big name tech companies in a joint letter to the U.S. House of Congress seeking patent reforms. Enplug is among numerous companies tussling with what they call a patent troll – defined as a company that doesn’t actively use or sell the intellectual …
Korean Firm Embeds LED Displays In Commercial Glass Window Panels October 20, 2020 by Dave Haynes I’ve written and spoken a number of times about direct view LED starting to become a core design consideration – as in do we do the main lobby wall in granite, tile or LED – for the people who design and fit out buildings, stores and other venues. Now we’re seeing the first tangible signs …
Dutch CMS NDS Merges With Longtime French Partner To Chase Smart Digital Buildings Business October 19, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Dutch digital signage CMS software firm NDS (Net Display Systems B.V.) has merged with a longtime partner, France’s LCS, to go after the smart building market. The French partner of NDS for more than 20 years, LCS has been developing and marketing a software platform for Smart Digital Building management, called Crystal, since 2017. …
Raspberry Pi Launches Newest Compute Module, Based On Pi 4; Costs Start At $25 October 19, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released a new, more powerful version of the computing module that, among many things, can be popped into the back of a commercial display to make it smart. NEC Display has embraced the Pi modules as an alternative to the system on chip (SoC) displays favored by the majority of …
