LEDs, OLEDs, Stroopwafels And Vedett Extra Whites – Headed To ISE 2018 February 2, 2018 by Dave Haynes I’m headed back to Amsterdam this weekend and will be at Integrated Systems Europe all next week, so posts may be spotty. I have a few booth tours set up but mostly I avoid that sort of thing, as appointments very quickly chew up all of my time. I get more out of just wandering …
NanoLumens’ White Paper Takes Deep Look At LED In Airports February 1, 2018 by Dave Haynes NanoLumens’ skinny-curvy LED display tech has found its way into at least of couple of high profile airport jobs recently, like Singapore’s Changi and Toronto Pearson. The Atlanta company is doing enough work in airports that it has generated a free white paper looking at the opportunity and challenges. “Airport executive teams understand that to …
When We Said The LED Display Business Was On Fire In China, This Is Not … January 31, 2018 by Dave Haynes Meanwhile, somewhere in China… Building isn’t burning so it appears there’s a bit of an issue with heating on this LED display that fronts a building. Hat Tip Mark Potter of Hydro Media, Auckland, NZ
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Jason Barak of D3 On The Rapid Rise And Future Of Fine Pixel Pitch LED January 31, 2018 by Dave Haynes 16:9 just released a Special Report called The Total Guide To Fine Pitch LED. It’s a big, 70 page look at the display technology, coming at it from all kinds of angles. The free report (you can download it here) came together, in part, because of sponsors – like the major one, custom LED design …
Big Thanks To The 2018 Digital Signage Awards Judges January 30, 2018 by Dave Haynes Twelve judges, under my maniacal chairmanship, scrutinized up to 30 entries each and awarded up to 100 points across six columns to help decide the 2018 Digital Signage Awards Finalists, as well as High Commendations and Category Winners. The winners will all be announced next week at ISE in Amsterdam, at a luncheon. Those folks, …
Video: Interactive Restaurant Table Uses Portable Hologram Projector January 30, 2018 by Dave Haynes I spotted this video on Linkedin – a hologram projection thingie touted as being part of the restaurant of the future. It’s interesting, and perhaps one day this sort of thing would get used somewhere, but there are a few things to reasonably note and ask: The video shows the waiter just plopping this puppy …
The Total Guide To Fine Pitch LED: A 16:9 Special Report January 30, 2018 by Dave Haynes There’s a lot of buzz in the digital signage industry, as well as the markets the industry serves, about fine pixel pitch LED displays, and their ability to create bright, seamless visuals that transform spaces. It’s easy to find technical documentation about LED displays and diodes, but a lot harder to find solid information, written …
Intersection’s US Digital OOH Network To Run Off BroadSign Control January 30, 2018 by Dave Haynes It will be BroadSign Control under the hood, going forward, for the digital poster network run by smart cities-centric media company Intersection. Intersection will use Broadsign’s content management system, Broadsign Control, to schedule and deliver advertising and dynamic HTML5 content to a national national network of Link kiosks, urban digital poster panels, interactive station platform …
BrightSign To Debut New HDR-Ready Players At ISE January 29, 2018 by Dave Haynes New version releases of signage gear don’t tend to get me too excited, but given the volume and breadth of BrightSign’s player business – and the number of software companies now integrating to their little purple boxes – it’s worth noting that a set of new units will have their debut next week at ISE. …
Video: ComQi Puts Retail Tech In Context With Pop-Up Store January 29, 2018 by Dave Haynes The digital signage industry has gradually come around to the idea that buyers are less interested in how things work than they are in what the things will do for them. You see that reflected in trade show booths that are increasingly putting the technology in context, like faux retail settings. The next step, logically, …
