October Conference Focusing On Light Field Displays, Other New Display Tech September 18, 2019 by Dave Haynes A lot of companies – mainly startups – have been scratching away for years at display technology that is called three-dimensional or holographic. Sometimes the terms are misappropriated and things get called holograms, for example, when display nerds will say, “Nuh-uh. That’s not a hologram.” One of the reasons I went to the SID display …
Printing Industry Group Arguing Digital Signage Not Eco-Friendly September 18, 2019 by Dave Haynes The graphic printing industry is making the argument that printed signage has a more positive impact than the digital versions – suggesting that while print has a one-time carbon footprint, digital has a running footprint because of energy consumption. The industry financially supports a blog called Verdigris, part of an initiative “intended to raise awareness …
LG’s Garry Wicka On The Merits And Prospects For OLED In Digital Signage September 18, 2019 by Dave Haynes LG has gone very big on OLED displays in recent years – making the super-thin, flexible and generally gorgeous displays the centerpiece of the company’s marketing efforts at trade shows. You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share …
Start-up Gets US Patent For Powering Screens Via Transparent Solar Film September 17, 2019 by Dave Haynes A Silicon Valley-based MIT spin-out has been granted a patent for technology that would potentially integrate solar power harvesting and usage within outdoor digital signage displays. Ubiquitous Energy says the new US patent extends the coverage of its ClearView Power technology to display applications. The patent, U.S. Patent 10,403,774, describes a method in which solar technology can …
Research: Menu Board Testing Shows Differences Images And Motion Make On Sales September 16, 2019 by Dave Haynes Atlanta-based High Street Collective has now released the results of a first round of testing at a local store that doubles as a “Living Retail Lab” for digital initiatives. The owner of Citizen Supply, located inside Atlanta’s Ponce City Market, built a bar and lounge inside his store in early 2019 and called it Likewise, …
TCL Is Latest Display Maker Showing Premium MicroLED Screens September 16, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL has joined the list of display makers working on microLED displays – showing a 132-inch diagonal LED TV at last week’s IFA trade show, which you can think of as a European CES. TCL’s Cinema Wall is made with 24 million individually controlled LEDs, has a 1,500 nits maximum brightness …
Clever Packaging And Age-Old Illusion Delivers Video Message In Wine Bottle September 16, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is not really a digital signage application, but certainly it could be done as such for visual merchandising. The now-retired founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group sent a gift around to staffers to mark the company’s 20th anniversary. The gift was a bottle of wine, but it came with a lot of packaging …
Linq Casino In Las Vegas Switches On Visualized Data Feast Dubbed Dataland September 13, 2019 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip John Baggott of ComQi for pointing me at this … The Linq Casino on the Las Vegas Strip added a pile of new displays, custom content and interactive experiences in a refresh unveiled in June. I stayed there back in March (budget-conscious trip) and none of this was in place, but you could …
New Research Suggests Projector Market Booming September 13, 2019 by Dave Haynes I don’t follow the projector market very carefully, but have assumed that business is, at best, poking along because of the increasing large scale of LCD displays and the rise of super fine-pitch LED. But new research suggests the front projector market is doing just fine, thank you very much. PMA Research’s latest quarterly report …
Barco Takes 5% Position In Chinese LED Giant Unilumin Via Partnership Deal September 12, 2019 by Dave Haynes Belgium’s Barco has taken a 5% position in Chinese direct view LED giant Unilumin, as part of a new “strategic collaboration.” The partnership announced at Barco’s end gives the European company access to a “cost-competitive supply of high-quality LED display components, that allows broader penetration in its core markets with differentiated Barco LED visualization hardware …
