Leyard, Planar Light Up Giant 8K Indoor LED Wall At NAB April 19, 2016 by Super User This is what Planar and its parent company Leyard are showing this week at the big NAB broadcast trade show in Las Vegas – about $2.3 million worth of 8K LED wall. The video wall measures more than 31 feet wide by 18 feet tall (9.5 meters by 5.5 meters) and is composed of 64 …
Projects: Toronto’s Mount Sinai Switches On Massive Digital Donor Wall April 18, 2016 by Super User Donor walls are a big part of many hospitals – used to thank companies and individuals who support the organization’s work and facilities. For years, these walls were plaques or printed graphics, but lately, they’ve gone digital, and this has to be one of the bigger ones out there. Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital has turned on 50 …
embedsignage Latest To Add ChromeOS Digital Signage Support April 18, 2016 by Super User The UK cloud-based signage software firm embedsignage is the latest company to add support for ChromeOS devices. The player, available off Google’s Chrome store, will run on Chromeboxes or the more recently introduced Chromebits. Like several companies out there, embedsignage has a web-centric platform that drops pretty readily on to numerous operating systems (whereas the first …
Projects: Nanonation Takes On Raising Nebraska April 18, 2016 by Super User Raising Nebraska is a 25,000 square foot, interactive digital-heavy exhibit on the state fairgrounds that’s designed to help visitors better understand and appreciate that state’s big industry, its advances, and the impact it has locally and globally. Located in Grand Island, about three hours west of Omaha, the exhibit was put together and is now …
As LED Companies Chase New Indoor Business, NanoLumens Heads Outside April 13, 2016 by Super User While many display companies known for their outdoor LEDs are coming inside with indoor LED products, Atlanta-based NanoLumens is going in the opposite direction, introducing new outdoor LED displays. The company – best known for changing up the indoor LED market with skinny, lightweight and flexible products – has introduced something called the Outdoor Gallery series. …
Projects: Tampa Bay Lightning’s Arena Upgrade Features Unique Video Walls April 12, 2016 by Super User The NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning’s home arena has finished a big fan experience upgrade that included new restaurants, bars, party decks and a lot of digital. The management team at Amalie Arena wanted to turn standard video walls into pieces of art to showcase views of the city and other local content, all of it in 4k. Pro AV …
Swedish Firm Has 40-Plus Active Lawsuits On Its Digital Signage Patents April 12, 2016 by Super User A small Swedish company now has dozens of lawsuits circulating in the digital billboard industry, suing those media companies for patent infringement, based on a suite of patents related to using a computer to remotely control digital signs. The company is called T-Rex Property AB, and has been around since 2003. I’m not sure it …
22 Miles Responds; Calls Four Winds Patent Lawsuit Meritless April 12, 2016 by Super User The wayfinding-centric signage software firm 22 Miles, Inc., based in Silicon Valley, has issued a statement responding to the lawsuit last month by Four Winds Interactive, of Denver. The statement issued April 8th says the lawsuit, alleging patent infringement and related activities, is meritless and that the company will vigorously defend itself in court. The statement was …
BS Alert: The Crowd Now Reviewing Digital Signage Software, Mostly Using Martian April 8, 2016 by Super User When Google Alerts popped up a press release this morning celebrating “NAVORI QL PROFESSIONAL AWARDED BEST DIGITAL SIGNAGE SOFTWARE ON CROWDREVIEWS.COM,” I was fairly amazed the Navori guys would make hay over an award from a highly dubious crowd-sourced review site. But they didn’t. The news release was generated by the highly dubious review site. So …
Are Retail Designers & Architects Not Feeling The In-Store Digital Thing? April 8, 2016 by Super User There’s a really good blog on retail design I monitor through its regular tweets – with me looking mostly for featured projects that use digital displays in the design. I’ve been watching the feed for many weeks now – and seen scores of projects pop up, from around the world – and almost none of …
