Next Week’s CES Will Switch On Quantum Dots Chatter, So What Is It … January 2, 2015 by Super User Las Vegas is about to be even more of a zoo than normal – if normal is a word you can attach to that city – as the annual Consumer Electronics Show ramps up. As it is every year, a lot of the stuff on the show floor and in the private areas is very …
Projects: 4K Displays Create Virtual Balconies On Cruise Ship December 31, 2014 by Super User This is pretty wild. The cruise ship giant Royal Caribbean’s new Quantum of the Seas ship has installed 80-inch portrait-mode 4K displays in its interior staterooms (the ones that could never have windows anyway) to create virtual balconies. The displays get a streamed feed – I’m guessing via fiber – from a set of high-def RED …
CEW Trade Show Discontinued December 29, 2014 by Super User I saw news elsewhere online that Customer Engagement World – the annual trade show in New York – had been shut down, but wanted to get direct confirmation myself before relaying it here. Joel Davis, the JD in show manager JD Events, confirmed for me via email that the news is accurate: “JD Events has …
Man At Center Of Digital Signage Patent Scraps Sued For Racketeering December 29, 2014 by Super User Florida’s State Attorney General has filed racketeering and fraud charges on the guy broadly regarded as digital signage’s patent troll, alleging David Gothard stole millions of dollars from victims by making false promises and offering stocks that turned out to be worthless. A story in the Naples Daily News alleges that since 2003, Gothard and his companies engaged …
LG’s New LCD Screens As Skinny As iPhones December 29, 2014 by Super User The display industry is getting very close to that moment when flat panels are so skinny and light they can be hung on walls like artwork. Consider this: LG Display will be showing off a new line of TVs – called the Art Slim series – at CES next week in Las Vegas, with the …
Samsung Adds High-Brights To Smart Signage Line December 18, 2014 by Super User Samsung has announced a new line of 2,500 nit high-brightness displays in sizes ranging from 46- through 75-inches, with those system on chip media players built in. The OMD series displays are more than bright enough to park in high ambient light environments, as well as outdoor – the latter needing custom-designed weatherproof enclosure. The panels …
Inlighten Adds Whitebox Full Of Signage Gear December 18, 2014 by Super User I’ve been aware of Inlighten for years – given they’re just down the road and over the Niagara in Buffalo – but have never bumped into them in person or been at their digs near the airport. The company has tended to operate pretty quietly, but that’s changed in recent months – first with a …
Projects: Wayfinding At Montreal’s World Trade Centre December 17, 2014 by Super User Long-time Montreal solutions provider iGotcha Media has installed a series of four 47-inch wayfinding kiosks in the World Trade Centre Montréal, for building operator Ivanhoé Cambridge. The centre is a combination of offices, lower level boutiques and cafes, and a hotel in downtown Montreal, across from the convention centre. iGotcha Media’s wayfinding kiosks include: floor plan maps, …
Projects: Ford Gets Touchy For Its Truth About Trucks December 17, 2014 by Super User This is a very nice deal … for someone. As many as 1,900 Ford dealers in the U.S. may deploy a new Truth About Trucks interactive touch product-information kiosk in their showrooms – a set-up designed to help move more Ford F-150 trucks. Much poking around has got me no closer to determining what vendors are …
Is Your Android Digital Signage Player Rooted? December 16, 2014 by Alan Brawn Guest Post: Mark Hemphill, ScreenScape If you operate a digital signage network, chances are you’ve been hearing about new Internet-connected devices. They are transforming the way digital signage networks are built and managed. New Android-powered solutions are being lauded by software vendors and pundits as simpler and cheaper alternatives to the PC as a digital …
