Reach Media Network Latest To Debut On Hardware Media Player, Aimed At Tight-Budgeted Buyers November 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes Digital signage software and solutions companies have for many years been adding their own versions of hardware media players as end-user options, but there seems to be a bit of a bump up lately in the number of companies doing so. Minneapolis-based Reach Media Network is the latest – having just released its own private …
Here Are The Digital Signage-Related Winners From Friday’s AV Awards In London November 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes The UK pro AV industry had its big and boozy awards night on the weekend, with some 1,400 people turning up in black tie and gowns for the dinner and drinks at a special events venue in central London. The annual AV Awards, organized by AV Magazine, cover a lot of ground, but here’s who …
Boosting OOH Advertising Efficiency: The Power of Strategic Tech Integration November 6, 2023 by Satish Thiagarajan GUEST POST: Satish Thiagarajan, Brysa The realm of Out-Of-Home (OOH) advertising, with its illustrious history of billboards and digital displays, stands as a vibrant testament to the advertising world’s capacity for innovation and endurance. Yet, beneath its impressive facade, the industry contends with a host of operational challenges that stifle its full potential. The adoption …
Video: How AI-Based Computer Vision Generates Actionable Insights In QSR Drive-Thrus November 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes Computer vision solutions have been around for many years now, but the vendors haven’t always done the best job of marketing them or even explaining how they really work. The biggest issues have been mis-identifying their systems as facial recognition, which inflames privacy advocates (most of these systems don’t recognize individual faces, just patterns of …
Hip To Be Square: Now There’s A 60-Inch Square LCD November 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes It’s not a milestone or advance that will set the pro AV world on fire, but it is interesting nonetheless that it’s now possible to source a 60-inch square LCD display for digital signage jobs. UK-based specialty display manufacturer Crystal Display Systems had an overnight email blast that touted the “Largest Square Display in the …
Changi Re-Opens Terminal 2 With Digital Waterfall, LED Halos And Virtual Sky November 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes Singapore’s Changi Airport has consistently been ranked as one of the best airport experiences anywhere, and while there are undoubtedly many operational reasons for that, our interests here are of course on what it does with digital. After 3.5 years of work, the upgraded and expanded Terminal 2 fully reopened today – with the terminal …
SpinetiX, Sharp NEC Partner On Upgrade-Capable Smart Pro Displays October 31, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Swiss digital signage hardware/software SpinetiX has partnered with Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe to market a different take on so-called smart commercial displays – units that ship with Spinetix software on Intel compute modules that can slot-load into certain pro displays. The all-in-one displays run the Spinetix DSOS operating system and Arya CMS. One …
Friend-shoring: Moving Product Manufacturing Closer To The Markets October 30, 2023 by Florian Rotberg The annual Digital Signage Yearbook produced by invidis, with contributions from Sixteen:Nine, was released this summer as a free download – and we’re now running some of the articles from that yearbook here. First up, a piece written by invidis managing director Florian Rotberg about the recent trend of friend-shoring – companies shifting production and …
PPDS Upsizes Its E-Paper Tableaux Series With 32-Inch Unit To Launch At ISE October 30, 2023 by Dave Haynes PPDS is adding a modestly-upsized version of its full-color e-paper Tableaux display – a larger 32 inch version it will show for the first time at ISE in Barcelona. A 25 inch version of the Philips Tableaux series – the e-paper component is from E Ink – was brought on to the market earlier this …
Are You Getting New Post Emails October 27, 2023 by Dave Haynes A reader let me know that he and his colleagues have not been getting the email notifications about new Sixteen:Nine posts, which go out with each post. I did not know this was happening, and am not sure why. I use WordPress as a CMS, and all kinds of things can go haywire with plugins …
