UK’s Allsee Marketing Battery-Powered Digital Sandwich Boards May 2, 2019 by Super User Birmingham, UK-based Allsee Technologies has started marketing a digital sandwich board display that’s portable and runs 12-plus hours on a rechargeable battery. The pitch is that these things are easily positioned wherever they need to be, and don’t need to be against a wall to get power, or require a power cord that becomes a …
Another, Very Different Digital Signage Fail At Timmies May 2, 2019 by Super User This is a Tim Horton’s in downtown Toronto this morning, as spotted by a digital signage vet. I’ve seen lots of Timmies where one or several screens are out – notably at Montreal’s airport – but this is a new one. Things are working – but the screens all have on-screen messaging for SICOM, weirdly …
San Francisco Venue Using Projection Mapping To Create Immersive Dining Experience May 2, 2019 by Super User Projection-mapping seems to be finding its way, more and more, to full-time or extended run indoor projects that are about entertainment and experience. This is F.E.A.S.T – an immersive and interactive dining experience at a San Francisco entertainment, arts and events venue called Onedome. It is a dining experience that combines interactive digital art, music, a …
Vancouver Office Tower Uses OLED Video Wall To Replace Directory, Renew Lobby May 2, 2019 by Super User This is a tiled LG 2 by 6 OLED video wall built into the lobby wall of an office tower in downtown Vancouver, BC. The displays are set into a bamboo wood wall set against a granite wall. They replaced a physical building directory. The project at Park Place, at 666 Burrard Street, was put …
Diversified Expands To Australia Via Integrator Acquisition May 1, 2019 by Super User The largest digital signage-focused integrator out there – New Jersey-based Diversified – just added what will undoubtedly be its most far-flung office, in Australia. The company has announced the acquisition of Rutledge AV – a top integrator down under. “I’m very excited for this endeavor, expanding our capabilities into the Australian market and being a …
LG Announces Dates For Display Tech Road Shows Across US May 1, 2019 by Super User LG has announced the schedule for its annual TechTour, with the first roving road show date set for two weeks in Washington, DC. The electronics giant has events planned for: May 14 – Washington, DC July 24 – Dallas Aug. 22 – Orange County, CA Sept. 12 – San Jose, CA Sept. 26 – Chicago …
Neeraj Pendse Talks About Elo’s Deep History In Touch, And How To Make Interactive Truly Work May 1, 2019 by Super User Elo has been doing touchscreens for 40 years – way, way before marketers started cooking up phrases like customer engagement technology. Over that time, the company has shipped more than 25 million units. So Elo knows touch, and interactive. Based in Silicon Valley, the company has in the last few years made a pretty big …
Canada’s Mountain Equipment Coop Outsources In-Store Digital Signage To Cineplex April 30, 2019 by Super User Immediately on the heels of my rant about a sporting goods retailer doing digital signage badly comes word of another Canadian retailer – also kinda sorta in the same category – expanding and revising its in-store digital signage. Mountain Equipment Coop, or MEC, is very much like REI in the United States – with goods …
The Store With The Most Screens Doesn’t Necessarily Win April 30, 2019 by Super User Canadian sporting goods and apparel retailer SportChek has large footprint shopping mall and standalone stores across the country and has, for many years now, been an early and enthusiastic adopter of digital signage technology. On one hand, it has been great to see a retailer making a big investment in screens and related hardware and …
LCD TV Shipments From China Increased 10X In Past Year April 30, 2019 by Super User Chris Riegel, CEO of STRATACACHE, had a guest post on here a few weeks ago about the very rapid rise of China as a large-format LCD display manufacturer, and its implications. Here’s more evidence of that sudden rise: Business information provider IHS Markit has a new report out suggesting shipments of large format LCD TVs from China …
