Electronics Retailers Uses Video Wall To Help Sell Drones October 18, 2018 by Super User NEC Display has pushed out an interesting case study that shows how an in-store video wall is being used to sell drones. The wall was put in by B&H Photo Video at its massive, always-jammed store on 9th Avenue in New York, near Penn Station and Hudson Yards. “We needed to be able to open …
Renault Deploys Media4Display Across Its Dealer Network October 18, 2018 by Super User This is a micro dealership/experience center for Renault, one of hundreds of dealer locations across Europe that are now running on Media4Display, the CMS platform marketed by France’s Telelogos. The software has replaced a previous solution that no longer met Renault’s needs, which included: A minimum of three tiers of management – Global, National, Dealers. Easy, …
Freshwater Founder Matt Downey On Retail Tech And The Opportunity He Sees In Epaper October 17, 2018 by Super User Matt Downey’s time in digital signage traces way, way back to the days when Premier Retail Networks was, by far, the big dog in putting screen networks in retail environments. His time with PRN – working with clients like Walmart – eventually led him into working directly for one of his big grocer clients. Not …
Long-Term Tests Confirm OLEDs Have Burn-In Issues, But Is The Risk Real In Digital Signage? October 16, 2018 by Super User Ghosted OLED screen – Image from rtings.com There is absolutely no denying that big OLED screens are gorgeous, but people who know a thing or two about the technical side of displays have often noted there are some trade-offs for that. The big one is cost. OLEDs, as well as Samsung’s quantum dot LCDs it …
Etisalat’s GITEX Booth Went Crazy This Week With Digital October 15, 2018 by Super User I go to a lot of trade shows, of all sizes, but I have never seen anything like what the UAE-based telecoms company Etisalat has up this week at the huge GITEX trade show in Dubai. Think CES, but in a desert city on the other side of the planet from Las Vegas. Like CES, …
Appspace Shifts CMS Platform To Progressive Web App; Purging Last Bits Of Flash October 15, 2018 by Super User I kinda made the assumption Adobe Flash was ancient history for software companies in the digital signage ecosystem, but there are bits of it still around. The software firm Appspace pushed out an interesting mass email Monday to its contacts database saying it was happily announce that by the end of this year, all Flash-based tools in …
Digital Pour Your Own Beer Stations Now Online At DC Sports Arena October 15, 2018 by Super User The main sports arena in the Washington, DC area has unveiled a completely new and upgraded venue and dining experience that includes new signage, wayfinding, and a couple of interesting interactive screen experiences – like pour your own beer stations. The renovations at Capital One Arena cost some $40 million and were ready in time for the …
For This Video Wall, The Dreaded Blue Screen Really Is A Feature October 15, 2018 by Super User This would have to be the first time I have seen the dreaded Windows Blue Screen Of Death used as a an artistic element … During the recent Paris Fashion Week, the Balenciaga fashion’s show featured a runway that was fully surrounded by LED panels, including curved ones for overhead. Based on the video, the …
Salt Lake Theater Complex Makes Big LED Part Of Both Promotions And Productions October 13, 2018 by Super User A longtime performing arts center near Salt Lake City has made LED displays a huge part of its new $75 million complex. The Hale Centre Theatre at Mountain America Performing Arts Centre, which opened its new home a year ago, uses big LEDs on the facade to promote productions, in the lobby near concessions, and most …
Intuiface Launches Creative Experts Program October 12, 2018 by Super User The French firm Intuiface has announced an interesting new partner program squarely aimed at interactive and experiential content designers. The Creative Experts program involves companies that offer experience content design services – who can be connected with end-users or other partners who effectively need someone to design and deliver what shows up on screens. Participating freelancers …
