Intel’s Newest NUC Can Drive Six Digital Signage Displays At Once January 8, 2018 by Dave Haynes Intel is showing off a new, very powerful version of its NUC mini-PCs, which have been widely used by some digital signage network operators, software vendors and systems integrators. Liliputing, reporting from CES, has a video and story up about $800 and $1,000 barebones versions of a NUC – that’s before OS, RAM and storage …
Digital Signage Awards Entries Now Shortlisted, Winners Announced Feb. 7 at ISE January 8, 2018 by Dave Haynes The judges for the Digital Signage Awards have put in their assessments and short lists have been developed across the various categories. The winners will be announced and awards handed out on February 7 at Integrated Systems Europe, as part of the trade show’s Digital Signage Summit. I’m among the judges and can say there were …
Samsung Now Marketing Micro LED Technology; Jumbo 146-Inch TV Showing At CES January 8, 2018 by Dave Haynes Samsung confirmed rumors today and announced a massive, modular MicroLED TV called The Wall. The easiest way to think of it is a fine pitch LED wall for the consumer market. The announced configuration for CES this week is 146-inches diagonal, but it is positioned as something that can be made bigger, smaller or a …
IHS Markit: 55-Inch Screens Still The Digital Signage Sweet Spot January 5, 2018 by Dave Haynes One of the nice perks of being a Digital Signage Federation member – along with the private jet access I assume I now get as a newly-minted director – is access to the quarterly industry summary put together by IHS Markit. Q3 is now available, and as might be expected, there’s some interesting stuff in …
Retail Services Provider SageNet Hires Director Of Digital Signage January 4, 2018 by Dave Haynes Tulsa, OK-based managed services and cybersecurity solutions provider SageNet appears to be getting seriously interested in the digital signage business, having just hired industry vet IV Dickson as the company’s new Director of Digital Signage. “Our digital signage business unit is continuing to enjoy strong growth, and IV brings to the team the leadership, experience …
Twin Experiential LED Video Walls Light Up Lobby Of Chicago’s Aon Center January 4, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Aon Center, one of Chicago’s tallest and most recognizable buildings, has followed the lead of some other major commercial office properties in turning a feature in the lobby to a giant LED digital wall. Part of a recent renovation of its lobby and atrium included a pair of 42-foot-wide by 10-foot-tall direct view LED …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Dan Garner On How Xibo Makes Money From Free, Open Source Software January 3, 2018 by Dave Haynes By far the busiest post on the Sixteen:Nine blog is one that lists the many options out there for free, kinda sorta free, or free to start with digital signage CMS software. One of the oldest – and among the few that are legitimately free – is Xibo, an open source digital signage solution that …
LG To Show 8K OLED At CES; Samsung Rumored To Show Micro LED TV January 2, 2018 by Dave Haynes Numerous tech blogs are reporting that LG will be showing an 8K OLED display this year at CES. The 88-inch display has a resolution of 7680×4320, which is 33 million+ pixels. “The successful development of the world’s first 8K OLED display is a milestone for the 8K era and underscores the exciting potential of OLED,” …
Canada’s National Arts Centre Switches On North America’s Largest Transparent LED Wall January 1, 2018 by Dave Haynes Last night, on a very frigid New Year’s Eve, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada officially switched on a three-storey signature LED display called the Kipnes Lantern. It is the largest transparent LED screen in North America and fills the windows of the newly rejuvenated building in the capital city. It is using Vancouver-based …
Pro AV 2017 – A Year In Review December 31, 2017 by David Kaszycki GUEST POST: ALAN BRAWN, BRAWN CONSULTING When most of us think about evolution, we think in terms of slow change over decades or even centuries. When we see change in front of our very eyes, that’s something else. Some might even call it disruption. This would be an apt description of what has gone on …
