Projects: Delaware North Wraps New HQ Reception In LED April 26, 2016 by Super User This is the new 10th floor headquarters lobby of the sports, gaming and hospitality company Delaware North, in downtown Buffalo. The architects have built in a 74-foot long by 2-foot high strip of 4mm LED modules around the reception desk. “When we first began discussing ideas for the reception area, the architect suggested light boxes,” says Kerry …
With Indoor LED Signage, You Should Say You Want A Resolution April 26, 2016 by Super User It’s just been in the last two or three weeks that conversations I’ve had about those super fine pixel pitch LED displays coming on the market started to include references to their resolutions. Until then, the chatter had always focused on the steadily shrinking gaps between the LED lights – what’s called the pixel pitch. I’d …
Demystifying OLED Displays For Digital Signage April 25, 2016 by Curtis Tilly Often hailed as “the future” of digital displays and screens, OLED technology merges the promise of significantly enhanced picture quality with the potential for innovative new consumer display presentations. But the technology is still a long way from challenging the market dominance of existing LCD options. That may change, however, if the price of OLED displays continues to fall — and te tech …
Screenfeed’s Gavin Mourns Loss Of Friend And Mentor Prince April 21, 2016 by Super User The sudden passing today of rock and pop icon Prince is particularly upsetting to Screenfeed founder Jeremy Gavin. While there will be countless people in this industry who were big fans, and will mourn Prince’s unexpected death, Gavin was a friend and Prince a mentor to him. Gavin was the art director at Prince’s Paisley Park …
How To Calculate HD Resolutions For Indoor LED Displays April 21, 2016 by Super User Earlier this week, a post went up about the giant 8K direct view LED display Leyard and Planar (former now owns latter) was showing off at the big National Association of Broadcasters trade show in Las Vegas this week. One thing that stumped me, at least a bit, was its description as being 8K, since …
Beacon Deployments In Retail Grew 20% In Last Quarter; 1M More Expected In US Stores In 2017 April 21, 2016 by Super User I’ve had some interesting conversations with senior people lately about the shiny object nature of emerging technology, and how the latest one – beacons – hasn’t really gone anywhere. I wasn’t sure that was true, but suggested it was going to take time – and getting away from a dependancy on specific phone apps – to …
For High Impact Visuals, Think Hybrid April 21, 2016 by Vern Freedlander Guest Post: Mohamed Ghalayini, medea mea Conventional wisdom says the rise of large, relatively low-cost digital displays, and simple, scalable software to manage them, marks the beginning of the end for much of the mainstream printing business. Well, maybe one day … far into the future. For now, the digital signage and large format printing …
Digital Signage Talks Drawing SRO Crowds At Print Industry’s Sign Expo April 20, 2016 by Super User Jim Nista of Insteo sent me a note saying he wondered if perhaps the traditional sign industry might finally be catching on that digital screens are an opportunity, and not either A) a nuisance or B) the devil’s work. He’s a speaker at the International Sign Association’s big trade show this week in Orlando, and …
QSR Is On the Move April 20, 2016 by David Kaszycki Guest Post: Alan Brawn, Brawn Consulting Recently, the QSR industry has been struggling with customer apathy. Faced with a barrage of signage, those driving by simply look at all QSRs as more of the same. We have all seen the attempts at differentiation, like the famous dollar menu … now some offer “premium” food made …
BroadSign Extends Ad Targeting Platform To Smartphones April 20, 2016 by Super User Montreal-based, ad-centric, signage software firm BroadSign has started making noise about a new mobile product – helpfully called BroadSign Mobile and aimed at digital OOH networks, notably retail ones. The company has a deal with Denver’s Xprnc Media to blend conventional digital OOH marketing on 55-inch displays with directly tied and target mobile messaging. Here’s how it works: BroadSign has …
