STRATACACHE CEO Chris Riegel On The Digital Signage Industry’s State And Prospects In Pandemic Times April 1, 2020 by Dave Haynes These are some of the oddest, craziest, scariest moments many of us have ever experienced. If you’re sick, you’ll hopefully recover quickly. But the global economy is now very much under the weather, so to speak, and it is not at all clear when it will get better. Businesses are shuttered and many won’t open …
Reports: Samsung Getting Out Of LCD Display Panel Production March 31, 2020 by Dave Haynes Samsung Display is ending direct production of LCD panels in South Korea and China by the end of this year, according to a report by the global news agency Reuters. The report suggests the electronics giant will instead focus production efforts on displays that use quantum dots technology – which in simple terms is the …
768 Square Meters Of LED Video Wall In A Chinese Control Room March 31, 2020 by Dave Haynes Command and control centers have long been touted as a big opportunity and natural application for direct view LED, and here’s a very large example of that happening. It is 768 sq. meters of 1.2mm fine pitch Leyard modules, resulting in a vast video wall at a facility somewhere in north China. We can assume …
ESLs Multi-Purposed As Health Messaging March 26, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Spar c-stores in, I think, Ireland are multi-purposing their electronic shelf labels to provide pricing AND health messaging. As spotted on Linkedin …
NEC Display CEO Bouman: Business As Usual Until Sharp/Foxconn Deal Closes March 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes Here’s the word from Todd Bouman, President and CEO, of NEC Display, in the wake of overnight news that his company and Sharp are becoming one this summer, with Sharp as majority owner. We are pleased to share the news with you that NEC Corporation and Sharp Corporation have agreed to create a joint venture …
Smart Shelf Start-up Opens Autonomous C-Store At LA Apartment Complex March 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes A kinda sorta digital signage tech startup focused on smart retailing has opened an autonomous micro c-store in Orange County, California that uses a combination of LED ribbon “smart” shelves, payments systems and AI-based computer vision. Adroit Worldwide Media, the guys behind the AWM Smart Shelf you may have seen at shows like NRF, has …
AOPEN’s Advice On Cleaning Public Displays In Midst Of Pandemic March 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes The EU wing of Taiwan’s AOPEN has pushed out some useful advice via an email blast on how to best deal with cleaning displays in the midst of a pandemic. The guide relates to the touch panel of the company’s Smart Kiosk, but the advice could be more broadly applied. AOPEN recommends using a dry, …
NEC Display Now 66%-Owned By Sharp (Foxconn) In New Joint Venture March 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes NEC and Sharp have agreed to create a joint venture that combines its subsidiary NEC Display Solutions with Sharp. The press release on this just-announced JV is not all that enlightening, saying: “The Sharp-NEC joint venture will allow both companies to build upon their strengths and address the visualization needs of their global customers.” What …
Peerless-AV Debuts Mobile Screen Solution For Covid-19 Testing And Treatment Sites March 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes Chicago-based Peerless-AV has started marketing a bundled technology solution aimed at the hundreds of testing and treatment stations that are opening across the USA, which have needs for rapid triage and information sharing, often in rough, inhospitable environments. The bundled solution includes a 49”, 55” or 65” Outdoor display, mobile mount cart, and if needed, …
ScreenCloud’s Mark McDermott On How A Pandemic Changes How Workplace Messaging Is Done April 16, 2026March 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes ScreenCloud has been around for five years now – a pure software startup that aimed to bring web technology fully into digital signage. Now the London-based company has roughly 100 staffers in the UK, US and Thailand, and is evolving from having an SMB focus into servicing enterprise business. I’ve spoken to co-founder Mark McDermott …
