First Transparent LCDs, Now Transparent OLEDs February 4, 2015 by Super User Display manufacturers always like to have eye candy at trade show booths, and Portland-based Planar Systems is bringing over what looks to be a particularly sweet piece to its booth next week at ISE in Amsterdam – a transparent OLED display. The 55” prototype display, which won’t be a product for at least a year, …
Signagelive Adds LG’s Web Os To Supported Platforms February 4, 2015 by Super User The Signagelive guys have a knack for staying on top or ahead of the tech curve to stay current, effectively cover various angles and say Yes to pretty much any way a prospect might want to run their software. Latest example: the UK-based company now runs on LG’s Web OS smart display panels. So now …
Bigger, Brighter, Almost Square LCD Panel To Debut At ISE February 4, 2015 by Super User UK-based specialty display firm Crystal Display Systems will be at ISE in Amsterdam next week with a 27.3 inch square-ish LCD panel that packs 1,000 cd (or nits) of brightness. The puppies are backlit by high bright LEDs and have a resolution of 945 by 1080. The units aren’t, as you might tell by the …
Projects: Atlanta Ups Game On Gigantic Stadium LED Boards February 3, 2015 by Super User The NFL’s Atlanta Falcons have selected Daktronics to build a unique, utterly huge circular LED video display for a new stadium that will open in two years. The LED halo board will be a centerpiece of the new downtown stadium, which will host the Falcons and a new MLS soccer team. The display totals roughly 64,000 square feet, 3X the …
Make Voome For Jade February 3, 2015 by Super User I suppose it’s only appropriate that a company from Milan is going to go at digital signage software a little differently. One – The team called their product Voome Jade. Two – It’s built to run on SpinetiX boxes and LG’s WebOS commercial smart displays – two products you’d not likely include in lists of …
Projects: Helsinki’s Hartwall Arena Adds Screens In Refurb February 2, 2015 by Super User The Harwall Arena in Finland recently went through a modernization program that included 240 new displays located around the facility, all intended to raise the fan experience. The screens were put in and are now managed by local solutions partner iConnect, using ComQi’s EnGage platform on 60 media players. The displays include several video walls, screens located …
New Raspberry Pi 2 Is 6X More Powerful February 2, 2015 by Super User The round-up of Raspberry Pi digital signage options is among the most popular posts on this blog, so the steady stream of people looking to trim hardware costs to the barebones for their signage project will be intrigued to know there is now a Raspberry Pi 2. The Raspberry Pi 2 is described as being six …
Is Projection Mapping Digital Signage? Nope. February 2, 2015 by Super User I saw a few tweets last night after the Katy Perry lip sync medley halftime at the Super Bowl gushing about how cool the digital signage was at the big game. https://twitter.com/route802/status/562072660897579008 Well … yes, the projection mapping was kinda sorta cool. Seen way better at this game. But yeah, still … However, it was not digital signage. That …
Add SignStix To The Long List Of Android Options January 30, 2015 by Super User Here’s something I’m not sure I’ve seen in this sector before – a digital retail consultancy that built and markets its own Android-driven digital signage solution. The company is Welcom Digital, based far from the big city high streets in little Harrogate, Yorkshire, north of Leeds. The firm has started marketing a product it calls …
Projects: 800 Sq Ft Curved Display At Fresno Casino January 29, 2015 by Super User Here’s a 38 foot wide by 21 high Nanolumens LED wall set on a curve at the Tachi Palace casino in the Fresno, California-area. It is touted as the largest curved video wall in North America, visible throughout the entire Casino of the Moon. I like the scale, and can only hope this is demo …
