LED Mainstreamed: Small NC University Kits Out Sports Arena With Vast LED Halo Over Seating Bowl November 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes Yet more evidence of LED costs coming down and awareness and adoption going up – a small university on North Carolina has kitted out the seating bowl of its campus sports arena with a 577-foot circumference LRD halo ring. The 5,000-seater Nido & Mariana Qubein Arena at High Point University in North Carolina added the …
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 …
Waikiki Beach Hilton Now Sports What’s Described As Largest Screen In Hawaii October 31, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Hilton Waikiki Beach in Honolulu now has what’s touted to be the largest screen in Hawaii – a 146 inch version of the Samsung’s premium The Wall LED display. It’s up behind the bar in the lobby of the hotel, which caters to both business travelers and vacationers. The big screen splits it time …
Global Digital Signage Awards Release List Of Finalists; Dinner Set For Jan. 29th In Barcelona October 31, 2023 by Dave Haynes The UK team behind the global Digital Signage Awards has released a full list of the companies that have submitted work for consideration for the 2024 awards, with some 50 business and organizations from around the planet. A rumble through the list shows companies from as far afield as Australia, and the entries include work …
3D Illusion Creative Has Now Mainstreamed October 31, 2023 by Dave Haynes I’ve written often about how LED display technology has advanced in capabilities and lowered in price to a level that it is now a mainstream option on digital signage and DOOH projects, and the same thing appears to be happening with anamorphic illusion ad spots. The first ones that popped up were run on high …
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 …
Loop TV CEO Jon Niermann On Growing A Streaming TV For Business Service To 71K+ Screens October 30, 2023 by Dave Haynes Bars and restaurants have long been a targeted venue for digital OOH media start-ups, the attraction being scale, dwell time and lots of products and services that could be put in front of people sitting around having a drink or three. But there’s been a lot of roadkill through the years, because selling in to …
LED Back Wall Dominates Conceptual Shop For Presumably High-End Shoes In Tokyo October 30, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is a concept store for the URA apparel brand in a “semi-basement” back lane location in the Harajuku/Jingumae district of Tokyo, VERY minimalist in its design and dominated by a big LED back wall. Arch Daily Reports (warning: art-speak ahead) … The interior of the shop, which weakens the boundary between inside and outside …
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 …
