Toshiba Unveils Smartphone-sized PCs For Digital Signage, But Does Anyone Need Them? August 24, 2017 by Dave Haynes Two of Toshiba’s North American business units have announced a pair of smartphone-sized and shaped mini PCs that have that solutions looking for problems air to them. Toshiba’s Client Solutions Division and Toshiba Client Solutions Canada Ltd have released the dynaEdge Mobile Mini PC DE-100 and dynaEdge with Intel Unite solution. The former has an MSRP of …
Clever Virtual Curtains Used Ahead Of Monster LED Board Reveal August 23, 2017 by Dave Haynes Maybe other companies have done this … dunno … but thought this is a pretty clever way to set up a reveal of a new LED spectacular sign. A monster wraparound LED board at 20 Times Square switches on this evening, and the manufacturer behind it, SNA Displays, has content that shows virtual curtains, which …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Florian Kall, LightnTec August 23, 2017 by Dave Haynes LED billboards and signs are now commonplace, and not just in Times Square and other landmark locations in big cities. But putting in LED has its challenges. Cost is the obvious one, but there are other issues, like the engineering needed to ensure a structure can handle all the weight involved with typical LED boards. …
Peerless-AV Debuts All in One Kiosk With Built-In BrightSign Player August 22, 2017 by Dave Haynes Peerless-AV has started marketing an “All-in-One Kiosk” with a BrightSign full HD media player module built inside the 55-inch display unit. The integrated unit supports IR touch can run HTML5 content, which is going to be important if the application wants to build in things like live data feeds. “Our new All-in-One Kiosk is an …
TransitScreen Adds Bolt-On Nearby Service To Connect People To Closest Lattes August 22, 2017 by Dave Haynes Washington, DC-based TransitScreen has built up a business tapping into and visualizing real-time mass transport and ride share data to pass along organized, easily digested information to people in buildings and public spaces. They’ve now added a new bolt-on feature that makes sense – information and directions to nearby services. Here’s the pitch: Your building …
Digital Signage Manufacturer BrightSign Hits 1 Million Units Shipped August 22, 2017 by Dave Haynes This industry has come a long, long way in the years I’ve been involved, but I think we’re still in a place where many companies get motivated by deals that will involve screen and player counts that number in the 100s, never mind the 1,000s. So it’s remarkable, in many respects, to hear about a …
Here’s A Look At Subway’s New Self-Service Order Kiosks August 22, 2017 by Dave Haynes Via Linkedin Here’s a look at the new self service ordering kiosks piloted by the massive Subway QSR chain. Boston-based agency Agilitee put the program together – which enables diners to walk in and order a custom sub, as well as pay for it, as opposed to the normal routine of starting the order with a staffer …
Target’s Flagship Store Remodel Includes 71-Foot Fine Pitch LED Wall August 21, 2017 by Dave Haynes Stumbled across news of Target remodelling the two-level store at the base of its head office in downtown Minneapolis, which includes a curved 71-foot wide LED screen in the upper skyway level of the entry rotunda. No real details on the tech used, what it is for and any other good stuff. It LOOKS like …
Research: 800,000+ Digital Signage Displays Shipped Q1 2017 August 21, 2017 by Dave Haynes LOTS of interesting stuff in the new IHS Markit Digital Signage & Professional Displays Market Analysis, this one for Q2 2017. Here’s the top-line stuff in the executive summary: For the first quarter of 2017 (Q1 2017), public display monitor shipments increased 2.6%, with shipments reaching over 804,000 units. Public display TV shipments recovered from the …
Giant Wraparound 8mm LED Board Set To Officially Light Up At 20 Times Square August 21, 2017 by Dave Haynes This beast gets officially lit up Wednesday at 7 PM in Times Square in New York – a wraparound screen corner display that will be the largest in the world using exterior-grade 8mm pitch LED display blocks. The display at 20 Times Square has more than 17,000 square feet of LED. It’s been put in …
