PQ Labs Debuts 4K Touch Overlay At ISE February 10, 2015 by Dave Haynes The Silicon Valley firm PQ Labs is at ISE in Amsterdam this week showing off a new touchscreen overlay it describes as the best money can buy – and the description certainly tells a good story. The Multi-Touch G5: is built for 4K displays takes writing from a stylus no thicker than a pencil tip …
New Seneca Data Box 180s The Norm February 10, 2015 by Dave Haynes Here’s something I don’t often read about … a U.S. digital signage hardware manufacturer shipping INTO China. Seneca Data, now owned by distribution giant Arrow, has got its HDN digital signage player safety-certified for selling into the China market. The HDN, says Seneca, now holds CE, TUV, NOM, and CCC certifications. The HDN is Seneca’s take on the …
Codigo Goes HTML And Android In Major Platform Revamp February 10, 2015 by Dave Haynes Louisville-based software and solutions firm Codigo has joined the ranks of companies offering an Android solution, part of a new software release the company says rolls up a bunch of messaging systems into one HTML5-driven platform. “Two years ago, we saw a need for the consolidation of multiple retail media solutions into a single user …
New Zealand’s Wallflower DS Looking For Buyer February 9, 2015 by Dave Haynes New Zealand, from a distance, looks freakin’ amazing, so news that the country’s main digital signage solutions company is for sale gets the squeaky little wheels in my head turning. If only I had investment and operating capital … However … I don’t. But someone looking for a major change of scenery and a reason …
First Transparent LCDs, Now Transparent OLEDs February 4, 2015 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
