Photos From The Floor – ISE 2017 February 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes I took a pile of photos of things I saw around the show floor last week at ISE in Amsterdam. Posting about everything isn’t feasible, so here’s a bunch of pix with comments.
Die-Cut Specialty LCDs Intriguing, But Use-Case Pretty Elusive February 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes I had one of those moments last week at ISE in Amsterdam when you see something, get intrigued by it, and then wonder what the heck its purpose and commercial application might be. There was a Korean company in one of the smaller micro office-like booths in hall 8 that was showing LCDs done in …
E Ink’s 32-inch Color Display Appears To Rival LCD For Color February 16, 2017 by Dave Haynes I’ve been paying attention to e-paper for about 15 years now, and thought it was pretty cool about three years ago when E Ink introduced a 32-inch display that supported 4,100 colors. Now look at this thing, which has won a Taiwan Excellence award. The 32” ePaper color display supports 1,000s of color and what look like deep blacks …
DSE 2017 Booth Previews: Breakfast February 16, 2017 by Dave Haynes DSE BOOTH PREVIEWS Breakfast DSE Booth Number: FT21 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Our product is nothing like anything else that’s ever been shown at DSE. What’s your big marketing message to attendees, and what’s it all about? We have developed the …
Panasonic To Market Digital Shop Windows That Can Switch Off To Transparent February 16, 2017 by Dave Haynes Panasonic’s Japan head office says it will start marketing a new window glass projection solution next month as an alternative to high-bright flat panels and other display technologies. The “high image contrast transparent screen” is a light control film sandwiched between two sheets of glass that can be transparent in an off state, and have a …
Projects: Disney Resort Starts Deploying ChromeOs-Driven Digital Signage Network February 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes Deployments with 14 players – not 100s or 1,000s – don’t tend to get a lot of attention here, but it’s a bit different when the brands involved include Mickey Mouse and Google. The Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin Resort in the Orlando area has installed a communications network with two distinct tracks – one talking to …
Data-Driven Digital OOH Campaign Boosts Railway Rider Counts By Warning Of Crappy Weather February 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes Here’s a simple but compelling application of data-driven content for digital out of home advertising – digital billboard messages shaped and triggered by weather forecasts and reports. Canada’s passenger rail service Via Rail ran a campaign with integrated messaging across out-of-home, mobile and online that was built around storm messaging. The messaging intensified as a …
ISE 2017 Sees 11.7% Attendance Jump; Adding 15th (Yikes!) Hall For 2018 February 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes Last week’s Integrated Systems Europe in Amsterdam saw a nearly 12 percent jump in attendance over 2016, with 73,413 poor souls getting hopelessly lost making their way around the event’s 14 separate, sort of interconnected halls. The show had almost 1,200 exhibitors, with roughly 200 of them new for 2017. There were about 600 press and …
DSE 2017 Booth Preview: Meridian Kiosks February 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes DSE BOOTH PREVIEWS Meridian Kiosks DSE Booth Number: S25 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Meridian Kiosks will be showcasing their recently updated interactive digital signage software, InterAct. InterAct enhances the user experience by providing a revenue generating, interactive advertising platform where users …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Mike Tippets, Hughes February 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes Hughes is one of those big billion-dollar tech companies that have found their way into digital signage in recent years. Most of them come in making noise and exited quietly. But Hughes has stuck around. This week I’m chatting with Mike Tippets, who is Hughes Global Media Solutions Group, working out of Utah but pretty …
