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 …
Audio: DSF Cocktails and Controversy, NYC 2023 – AI In Digital Signage October 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes The opening seconds sound a little scratchy and distorted, probably because I was talking more loudly than I needed to, but the majority of the audio from Monday night’s Cocktails and Controversy event sounds pretty good. I have uploaded the file to my podcast platform, so that folks who couldn’t make it to the Digital …
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 …
Giant Vending Machine And 3D Illusions Used To Market Coca-Cola Product On Danish Mall Screen October 12, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting blend of 3D visual illusions with a bolted-on, out-sized physical add-ons to a big LED display in a Copenhagen shopping mall – marketing a new Coca-Cola beverage. The campaign mimics a giant Rube Goldberg-esque vending machine to building consumer interest in Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. From a Coke exec on Linkedin: An …
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 …
NYC Walkabout : The Tiffany Virtual Windows Are Lovely, But Reflection Is An Issue October 12, 2023 by Dave Haynes The front end of this week was spent in New York, moderating a DSF panel and also doing a few things like catching some of the DPAA conference and getting a peek inside a very ambitious new tech-focused attraction that hopes to open next month (more on that once it’s OK to mention). I also …
