LA Startup Blends LED Lighting Backdrops With Building Materials To Create Animated “Luminous” Video Walls October 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes An LA company has launched a new product that blends LED backwalls with other materials like fabrics and even stone to create luminous, animated wall panels for commercial environments. It’s a spin on what companies like ESI Design did in some office tower lobbies, creating a relatively low cost digital feature wall by animating a …
Captivate Further Extends Footprint Into Residential Via Partnership With Deliveries Locker Firm October 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes The DOOH media company most known for putting screens in office tower elevators has broadened its footprint a bit more, partnering with a company that puts package management lockers in the lobbies of upscale apartment blocks and condos. Captivate is working with Luxer One, a tech company that specializes in “contactless pick-up and drop-off solutions …
Reminder: 200+ Pages Of Profiles, Insights And Research On Digitl Signage Available As Free Download October 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes I get calls and emails frequently – had one just last week – asking if I knew of good resources for research on the digital signage industry. I always reply that it is very hit and miss in terms of what’s available and worthwhile. There are a handful of credible research firms – like Omdia, …
Chilean Bakery Uses Digital Split-Flap Displays For Full Five-Screen Menu Board October 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes Most of the flip-disc and split-flap installations I’ve seen – old-school mechanical or digital – have tended to be single screens that are used more for the visual novelty than as a functional communications tool – which was the main use for the original spinning and chattering status board displays at airports and rail stations. …
SignageOS, Screenfeed Partner On Standard HTML5 Performance Tests For SOC Smart Displays And Players October 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Czech/US software firm signageOS has been doing benchmarking tests on system-on-chip smart display technology since 2018, and has now taken the interesting step of partnering with subscription content provider Screenfeed on a standardized content set to test how “smart” digital signage screens and players handle HTML5. The Prague company, most known for middleware that …
Revel, Absen Forge Alliance To Chase Arena, Stadium Display And Signage Business October 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes Utah-based solutions provider Revel Media Group has done a partnership deal with the US wing of Chinese LED manufacturer Absen to mutually chase business in sports and entertainment venues. Under this exciting alliance, says PR, Revel Media Group and Absen Inc. will champion each other’s products and services, with a specific focus on elevating the …
AOPEN Now Shipping 3rd-Gen Commercial Chromeboxes October 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes Taiwan-based tech manufacturer AOPEN has released a third-generation of its Chromebox Commercial series, aimed at use-cases like retail, QSR, manufacturing, healthcare and hospitality. The new Chromebox Commercial 3 is touted as reliability, performance and versatility, with key features as: Ruggedized: Made from aluminum and SECC metal, and billed as having “near-zero fail rates” Fanless Seamless …
LG, Samsung Announce Tech Partnerships Targeting Screens For Health Care Environments October 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes The two biggest pro display manufacturers active in the North American market made announcements this week that signal their interest in chasing the complicated but big scale opportunity of patient communications in health care environments. Both LG and Samsung made announcements Thursday about partnerships with technology companies that are specifically focused on health care – …
Newark’s New-ish Terminal Borrows LED Surprise From Comcast Tower October 12, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of the brilliant aspects, going back some 15 years, of the Comcast Tower LED lobby experience in Philly was and is how the big video wall takes on the appearance of the lobby’s non-digital wall finish – and then stuff starts appearing. Newark and Philly are pretty close in proximity, so the Comcast lobby …
DPAA Conference – Start-up Response Point Shows Display Totem That Pairs Public Safety With DOOH Advertising October 12, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of my NYC stops earlier this week was the big annual DPAA adtech/media conference, which attracts a pile of media people from round the US and Canada. The organization always does a good job, and I liked the location along the Hudson River, at Chelsea Piers. It looked packed in the presentation room, and …
