New Raspberry Pi 2 Is 6X More Powerful February 2, 2015 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
In Toronto, At Least, Things Are Hopping January 29, 2015 by Dave Haynes I spent the last three days doing a series of show and tell visits with a vendor to the many digital signage software companies in the greater Toronto area. Those sessions all tended to to start with a little bit of “How are things going?” chatter, and the message back was uniformly that things were hopping. …
Christie Says 50K+ MicroTiles Now Lit Globally January 26, 2015 by Dave Haynes Christie has pushed out a news release that talks about an expanded warranty for its MicroTiles displays, but contains the more interesting information about the global footprint. The company says it has now shipped more than 50,000 units for roughly 1,000 installations worldwide. That’s, of course, a small number when compared to the commercial LCD market, …
InLighten Touts First Windows-Based Digital Signage Stick January 16, 2015 by Dave Haynes Buffalo-based software house inLighten has released what it touts to be the first HDMI stick for digital signage to run on Windows. The Argo, as it is called, is a companion product to another HDMI stick that runs Android, called the Apollo. “Argo was created for organizations that seek the savings in hardware and installation …
NRF: Is Memomi’s Digital Mirror The Fairest Of Them All January 13, 2015 by Dave Haynes I missed this in the two days I spent wandering the aisles of NRF, which is a shame because I’m intrigued by how it works. It’s billed as the world’s first digital mirror, which is a bit of a reach given eBay and The Big Space both have digital mirror things (admitted doing different stuff) …
NRF: Lexmark’s Shrug-Inducing Digital Signage Play January 13, 2015 by Dave Haynes The big printing hardware firm Lexmark debuted a digital signage product this week at the National Retail Federation show in New York – a digital endcap solution I’d best describe as shrug-inducing. It’s a template program that will generate a jpeg and push it to an LG monitor … and that’s about it. It’s not a …
NRF: Day I Impressions January 12, 2015 by Dave Haynes The National Retail Federation Big Show extended to three days this year, running a shortened five-hour session on Sunday. That meant retailers and brands could get a look on a free day or get three full days in when two was not enough. That also meant all kinds of sales guys were finding creative …
