Chief unveils new super-model skinny mount plate April 1, 2008 by Dave Haynes Well it’s not like the other stuff in the market is hanging so far into a room there’s no room for the couch, but panel mount guys Chief have come up with a particularly skinny mounting plate meant to snug a big flat panel up against the wall like a hung painting. The Thinstall scheme …
Buy your DS stuff on eBay … no really March 24, 2008 by Dave HaynesSo I was doing my regular cruise of eBay watch items, ever on the hunt for rare, gilded Tammy Faye Bakker make-up trowels (bless her soul), when I stumbled across something I didn’t actually expect to see on the auction site’s hallowed pages – digital signage stuff. Behold — a digital signage player from a …
Wimax termed a disaster by Aussie broadband network March 24, 2008 by Dave HaynesLots of news stories and blog posts out there today about a presentation last week by the guy running an Aussie IP connectivity start-up that was using Wimax. He started his routine by saying the technology may not work, and it apparently spiraled down from there, citing poor performance and big latency problems. However, another …
I thought solid state was supposed to be good? March 19, 2008 by Dave HaynesGizmodo is reporting word that a major PC maker, probably Dell, is seeing a 10-20 per cent failure rate with its solid state, Flash-memory hard drives. Not good. The whole idea of these things is no moving parts, therefore reduced risk of failure. Other drives are coming back not because they cratered, but because the …
Half a screen February 29, 2008 by Dave Haynes Spotted at DSE … In the LG booth – what looked like half a 32″, sliced in half horizontally. Kinda weird. But kinda cool. Betcha it doesn’t cost half as much. It was well before the show opened, and there was no one around to ask.
Day One at DSE February 28, 2008 by Dave Haynes Well, as expected, I never got more than about two feet beyond my master’s booth all day, so about all I can tell you about Day One is that was a blur and my favorite new client is the guy who took one look at me at 4:05 and said, “Hey, let me buy you …
Akoo bridges digital and cell phone screens February 25, 2008 by Dave Haynes A little Chicago-area start-up is getting some big attention lately, particularly this past weekend with a credibility-boosting feature in the New York Times. The paper was interested in how Akoo has developed an interactive relationship between mobile phones and digital screens, something Boston-based LocaModa has been doing for the last couple of years, but in …
Tracking audiences via GPS February 14, 2008 by Dave HaynesHere’s what I think is a pretty unique take on tracking the movement of people as they go abouit their days and get exposed to all kinds of out of home media – hand them a GPS gizmo and then track where they go. In the UK Postar, reads an article, the audience research body …
Microsoft demos its ideas on next-gen advertising technologies February 6, 2008 by Dave Haynes People love to kick around Microsoft for often being a little behind the real curve, but Steve and the guys have market share, money and a lot of very bright people … so scoff at your peril. That said, the Microsoft demo fest the company did for its next-generation digital advertising technologies Tuesday in Redmond …
Revisiting the 720P vs 1080P thing February 4, 2008 by Dave HaynesBeing a sales monkey, I have this conversation about once a day with someone. The prospect rattles through what they’re looking for, and throws in that they want their content playing out at 1080P. Then I ask, “Ok, why not 720P, which is just peachy as HD goes?” “Well,” they say, “Yeah, but 1080 is …
