Wasting Away Past Margaritaville Resorts Many New LED Displays July 15, 2019 by Dave Haynes You know LED costs are getting palatable and workable when big outdoor screens formerly reserved for NFL stadiums and high traffic highways and public plazas start being installed besides oversized resort swimming pools. This is the new Margaritaville Resort Orlando, in Kissimmee, which has more than 30 digital displays, including LCD monitors, free-standing kiosks, and interior …
It May Be Summer, But Still Time To Think About Winter 2020 Speaking Gigs July 15, 2019 by Dave Haynes Back at my desk after a week of travel and meetings in my old haunts. It is clearly summer now, as emails and press releases have gone from a pretty much steady flow to a slow drip-drip. Though it is summer, it is time to think about late winter, if one of your things is …
Tightrope’s J.J. Parker On His Digital Signage Journey From Video Bulletin Boards To Apple TVs July 10, 2019 by Dave Haynes Tightrope Media Systems is one of the oldest companies in the digital signage ecosystem, with roots tracing back to 1997 in Minneapolis. Co-founder J.J. Parker bought a stack of books and taught himself coding to come up with what was then called a video bulletin board system for local schools. They managed to sell a …
The Best Digital Signage Mixer You’ve Probably Never Heard Of July 9, 2019 by Dave Haynes Telecine has been doing digital signage content and technology solutions for corporate clients forever – operating out of one of the 1,000s of beautiful old stone buildings that litter the older stretches of Montreal. Founder James Fine has the company offices on two floors, as well as the basement, a residence on the top floor, …
New Content Partnership Puts Tenant Notices On High-Rise Elevator Screens July 9, 2019 by Dave Haynes Digital signage has been in elevators has been around longer than the term “digital signage” – but there’s still room for new things to happen in what is now, weirdly, an old medium. The Canadian OOH media company PATTISON Onestop has done a partnership with a company called Concierge Plus to put notifications and other …
Allsee Debuts Crazy-Thin Double-Sided Window Screens July 8, 2019 by Dave Haynes Double-sided LCD displays are definitely not new, nor are super-skinny ones, but the UK display company Allsee Technologies has launched a version that takes a cue from a big competitor, Samsung. The company’s new “Hanging Double-Sided Window Displays” have two different levels of brightness for the screens facing outside and into a business. The outside facing display …
Inkjet Printing Tech Expected To Lower Costs, Up Capacity For Big OLED Screens July 4, 2019 by Dave Haynes The research firm IHS Markit says OLED display costs are expected to drop as technology that effectively prints the displays matures and production capacity expands. Inkjet-printed (IJP) organic light emitting diode (OLED) display technology is set to enter mass production next year, with capacity expected to rise as much as 12X from 2020 through 2024, …
Pop-Up Shop In Flashy UK Mall Uses AI To Highlight Trendiest Togs July 3, 2019 by Dave Haynes The major shopping center Westfield London has launched a pop-up store that uses artificial intelligence from Nextatlas to identify, curate and display the hottest fashion trends available in that mall. It’s a short-term demo, with proceeds going to the Save The Children charity. The online retail public Essential Retail reports: The Trending Store pop-up, which will …
Pro AV Gig Matchmaker AV Junction Tweaks Business Model; Now Free To Use July 2, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Toronto area start-up that is trying to bring the gig economy to pro AV jobs has done a bit of a pivot, moving from a pay to play model to one that is now free and will go freemium. AV Junction has announced the launch of a free web platform designed to match pre-vetted AV …
Charlotte Office Tower Lobby Adds Huge, Curved 4K LED Wall July 2, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is a newly installed and fired-up direct view LED video wall in the lobby of a new office tower in the financial services-dominant downtown of Charlotte, NC, spotted on Linkedin. The thing is a beast – large enough to deliver 4K visuals even though the pixel pitch is 4.7mm, which is almost 2X the …
