Sharp’s New Color E-Paper Displays Coming On US Market; Price And Color Reproduction Might Be Issues February 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes The color e-paper displays that Sharp NEC was demonstrating at the recent ISE trade show in Spain will be available in North America starting next month, in 13-inch and 25-inch versions, but eco-conscious buyers might be gulping when they see the prices. The US office of Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America says in PR …
Smart Airport Trolleys Put Wayfinding Screens On Wheels February 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes Big digital display totems with wayfinding are good starts in the effort to help airport passengers find their departure gates and services, but available space and significant capital costs for each unit mean there are only so many of them on concourses. A Danish company called Intelligent Track Systems is trying to address the need …
Krispy Kreme’s London Flagship Uses Screens To Drive Its Doughnuts Experience February 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes The UK software firm Embed Signage has pushed out a nice video that shows the use of its solutions in the London Oxford Street flagship location of Krispy Kreme, the US chain known for mouth-melting, lethally good, warm, glazed, yeast doughnuts. The new store has a series of tiled flat panel menu and promotions displays …
Barcelona’s Admira Is Big On Retail And DOOH, But Also On Sneakers And Star Wars February 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes I am finally getting back to notes and recordings done during ISE week, including one of my favorite memories of that recent show – a visit with the Barcelona-based software and solutions provider Admira. The company is not known all that much outside of Europe, but is a substantial player in the signage market – …
Wi-Charge’s Cord-Cutting Gen 3 Wireless Shelf-Edge Retail Screens Are Sleeker, Offer More Features February 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Israeli firm Wi-Charge has launched a third-generation of its retail-focused wireless video displays – small 5 and 7-inch units meant mount at the front of in-aisle shelves and with end-caps. The display units are skinny LCDs that can easily be mounted and moved around as needed, since they don’t rely on wiring – regular …
PPDS Plans Solutions And Tech Summit For April In Amsterdam February 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes It is tech expo and road show season, the gap in big trade show schedules that sees some of the larger display vendors and distribution companies doing their own events – fixed site expos and touring events. Sony did one in San Diego right after ISE and now PPDS, which markets Philips pro displays, has …
New Mega-Resort Near Seoul Has Vast LED Canopy Over Entertainment Street February 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes A vast LED canopy display has been switched on at a new mega resort about an hour west of Seoul, near that sprawling city’s main airport. The display is the key feature of an area called Aurora, and involves 150-meters (not sure if that is length or square meters) of LED display above what is …
BOE Prototype LCD Gets 2,500 Nits Visuals From A 1,200 Nits Panel February 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes One of the big challenges with wandering into stands for Chinese display manufacturers is clearing what can be a big language hurdle, so I was very, very happy during the recent ISE trade show to get a detailed walk around the BOE stand from a senior sales manager who comes from South Africa and works …
Get Set For Buzz & Bullseyes – The Digital Signage Industry Mixer At InfoComm February 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine and the Experience United Social Club have paired up to organize a big digital signage industry mixer this June in Las Vegas, during the giant InfoComm pro AV trade show. Bryan Meszaros of the New Jersey-based experience design agency OpenEye Global, which has been doing for a few years now a series of XUSC …
North America Gets First Look At Interactive Playing Surface During NBA All Star Weekend February 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes The North American sports market got a look this past weekend at German technology that turns a basketball floor into a vast interactive display. The just-ended NBA All-Start Weekend in Indianapolis included a Saturday night set of skills contests run on a 27 million pixel LED screen embedded in a modular glass-based floor called LumiFlex, …
