Hall Technologies Sees Big Executive Team Changes; VP Technology Now CEO August 29, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Pro AV infrastructure firm Hall Technologies has elevated its VP Technology to the CEO post. Pro AV industry veteran Ken Eagle has been with Hall Technologies since July 2021 and is replacing Jason Schwartz, who was CEO since 2020. Hall Technologies CFO Matt Kingsley will also take on additional leadership responsibilities, in the wake …
LG’s New North America HQ Near NYC Features 100s Of Digital Signs And Pro Displays August 25, 2023 by Dave Haynes LG has pushed put PR about its new North American headquarters in a wooded area along the Hudson River, in Englewood Cliffs, NJ and in the immediate orbit of New York City. Korean rival Samsung also has its US head office in New Jersey and near the Big Apple. They are about 10 minutes apart …
Dutch Smart Glass Lets Air Travelers Play Pong, Grows Biophilic Leaves As Active Glare Control August 24, 2023 by Dave Haynes I’ve been paying attention to a Dutch startup called VideowindoW because of its interesting approach of manufacturing digitally-embedded building glass that runs media but also doubles up as active glare control. The company promotes several use cases as it looks for early adopters, but the most obvious and compelling one is for windows in mass …
Fuel Dispenser Manufacturer And Kiosk Software Firm Partner On Self-Ordering Option At Gas Station Pumps August 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes Screens on gas pumps have been developed into an advertising medium, most notably by market leader GSTV, but now a manufacturer of fuel dispensers has partnered with a kiosk software company on a set-up that puts self-service C-Store ordering out in gas station forecourts. A company called Dover Fueling Solutions (or DFS) has partnered with …
LG About To Start Shipping A 27-Inch Smart Display In A Fancy Briefcase, And I Want One (Though Not Sure Why) August 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes I think we’ve all come across new products – particularly with electronics – that we saw and wanted, but really couldn’t quantify why or come up with a valid use. That’s certainly the case for me with a new display in a briefcase that LG will start shipping within a few days. Called the StanbyME …
Digital Signage Companies Aren’t The Only Ones Chasing Health Care Communications Business August 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s another example of a company that works outside the digital signage business finding its way into the industry to address evolving customer needs – a firm that started out putting TVs in hospital rooms now doing what it calls interactive patient care. The Long Island, NY firm pCare has a platform that includes screens …
Montreal Digital Artist Pushes Distorted Views Of People Passing Through Portal To Big Video wall August 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes Hat tip to Stefan Bischof for posting about this .. This is an interesting interactive digital art piece that is a different spin on the many gesture-driven video walls we’ve all seen demo’d at trade shows. Called Liminal, it is an interactive exhibition by Montreal-based artist Louis-Philippe Rondeau that involves people passing through what amounts …
Videos: Samsung, LG Booth Tours From Last Week’s K-Display Exhibition August 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes I referenced the recent K-Display exhibition in Seoul and the product demos of the two biggest display manufacturers in Korea – Samsung and LG. The two companies have since put out round-up videos that show their stands at the event, and focus on a range of different products.A lot of the Samsung video (below) is …
LG Has Its Smart Display “Smarts” In A Standalone Box That Can Now Drive Other Manufacturers’ Smart Screens August 21, 2023 by Dave Haynes LG has taken the interesting step of marketing a standalone media play-out device that runs the same webOS operating system as its lines of System on Chip embedded smart displays. The LG WP402 media player would work like an LG smart display, but allows the solutions provider and end-user to plug this in to an …
German Water Park And Spa’s Facelift Builds In Screens In Key Areas August 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes Via Invidis … This is a fairly straight-forward digital signage integration at a water park and wellness facility north of Munich, Germany – but there are a couple of interesting elements worth exploring. First, the reception area nicely integrates the welcome and ticketing information displays, particularly the “bar-type” skinny display set in portrait to somewhat …
