InfoComm Connected Is Not The Future, But A Reasonable Compromise For These Nutty Times June 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes I spent part of Tuesday poking around the InfoComm Connected site, curious as to how a big AV trade show would look and work when done virtually. My lightning impression is that few people would conclude there’s no need to do the real thing anymore, because a virtual version does all that’s needed for exhibitors …
Samsung Announces Back To Business Solutions Set Built On New Normal Challenges June 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes The operating challenges presented by the novel coronavirus have prompted a bunch of companies to start marketing solutions that are framed around using technology to get businesses back open and running safely. It started with a handful of solutions by smaller companies, but now the big guys – like Samsung – are getting involved. The …
LG Starts Touting Direct View LED As Cinema Screens June 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes LG has joined Korean rival Samsung in actively marketing a direct view LED solution for cinema operators, as an alternative to projection systems. The big pitch behind the new 3.3mm pitch LED product is image quality – like deep blacks and color uniformity – and the ability for cinema operators to win back space and …
Much-Needed Upgrade To LaGuardia Includes Plenty Of Dynamic, Data-Driven Screens June 15, 2020 by Dave Haynes Business travelers familiar with the hellscape that was the old LaGuardia airport in New York won’t recognize it if/when they start getting back on airplanes for things other than family emergencies. The cramped, dilapidated and just generally awful old terminal B that served Air Canada (my reference point) and some other airlines has been overhauled, …
Digital Photo Booth Operators Pivot; Convert To Putting Lower Faces On Masks June 15, 2020 by Dave Haynes The live events sector vaporized when the pandemic prompted lockdowns and enforced physical distancing measures, putting an end to everything from pro sports to small parties. A couple of Belgian entrepreneurs looked at what was going to be a nightmare 2020 for their events-driven digital photobooth business, and did a clever pivot. Normally, their Cheeesebox …
New Research Suggests Average AV Tech In US Earns Far More Than Those In Other High GDP Nations June 12, 2020 by Dave Haynes New AVIXA research, based on a large survey, suggests full-time pro AV techs make an average of $65,000 in the US, well above the pay for equivalent work in similar countries. The research, based on feedback from almost 4,000 AV people across 77 countries, also suggests that while the pandemic has been a big kick …
Westfield Stratford City In London Upgrades Giant “Four Dials” LED Display On Facade June 12, 2020 by Dave Haynes The big Westfield Stratford City shopping mall on the east side of London, around where the 2012 Olympics were staged, has been around long enough now that it is refreshing some of its digital. This is a 10mm Daktronics display applied as a gentle curve on a facade of the mall. It replaces an earlier …
Computex Delayed To 2021, Despite Taiwan Having Fully Contained COVID-19 June 12, 2020 by Dave Haynes In a prime example of the phrase “abundance of caution,” the organizers of the computing trade show Computex have cancelled the 2020 show, having already postponed it from this month to fall. The show is in Taipei each year, and is being cancelled to remove any risk of transmission. This is in a city and …
SID Converts Its 2020 Display Week To A Virtual Event June 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes The display industry nerd-fest known as SID/Display Week has been converted to a virtual event, scheduled for August 3-7. Formally known as the 57th International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, the event put on by the Society for Information Display “will bring together the brightest minds in the display industry to provide insight into the latest …
TSItouch Releases Safety Guidance On Touchscreens; New Products June 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes Gary Mundrake, the CEO of TSItouch, has been a very active voice in recent weeks in the discussion around the safe use of technology in the midst of a pandemic. The quick reaction, when the situation grew serious and lockdowns started, was that devices that actively asked and needed to be touched, to be useful, …
