Tizen Smart Displays Now “More Than Capable” Of Doing Most Digital Signage Work: Lab Tests December 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes Independent testing done by the software firm signageOS suggests Samsung’s current line-up of “smart” LCD pro displays are “more than capable” of meeting the playback quality demands of typical digital signage deployments, getting a 91/100 rating in the US-Czech company’s new report. The goal of this report, says signageOS, was to analyze the performance of …
New K-Pop Fan Mecca In Seoul Has Predictably Manic AV, Including Transparent OLED Floor December 5, 2022 by Dave Haynes It stands to reason that a store in central Seoul that’s focused on K-Pop groups and their fans was going to be more manic than minimalist, so there are all kinds of screens at the flagship store of Kwangya. The store was opened by SM Entertainment, which manages and promotes several big K-Pop acts, both …
48-Foot Wide Fine Pitch LED Wall Tracks Oil And Gas Ops In Kazakhstan December 5, 2022 by Dave Haynes When fine pitch LED video walls first started being marketed by pro AV companies, control room displays were touted as an obvious application – with the qualifiers that the pitches probably had to tighten and costs have to lower significantly before there were going to be many buyers. Both those issues have been resolved, with …
More Pix From The Sixteen:Nine DSE Mixer December 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes Thank you to David Drain and the DSE/Questex people who had a photographer milling around the mixer a couple of weeks ago in Las Vegas. They sent me a link to a file with a pile of group photos and candids from the evening. I have put stacked them all below … Our 2022 Sponsors: …
Pickcel Develops On-Screen Promotions, Booking Capability For Emerging “Salon Suite” Industry December 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Indian CMS software company Pickcel has developed an interesting application aimed at what it says is a new spin on wellness and beauty salons – suites in the U.S. and Canada that are licensed to a single specialist. The company has developed a custom solution for My Salon Suite, a franchise operator that has …
Mergers And Acquisitions In Digital Signage: DSE 2022 Mixer Panel December 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes Ahead of the networking mixer that Sixteen:Nine pulls together during DSE week in Las Vegas, we tried a panel discussion in the hour before the actual mixer started. I zeroed in on mergers and acquisitions as the topic, as I am aware of numerous companies either selling or buying. To get a sense of what’s …
Sixteen:Nine DSE 2022 Networking Mixer Photos November 30, 2022 by Dave Haynes Along with video and audio of the panel done at the Sixteen:Nine networking mixer at DSE a couple of weeks ago, I now have candid photos taken by the team that also shot the free Linkedin headshot photos for people that evening. As you can see from the pix, the venue has a BUNCH of …
This Week’s Podcast Delayed, But Now Getting Edited November 30, 2022 by Dave Haynes I wanted to use the audio from the Mergers and Acquisitions roundtable that was run just ahead of the annual mixer we did two weeks ago at DSE in Las Vegas. Some 125 people came early to catch the panel, and the feedback was uniformly positive – probably because I was too busy to moderate …
LED Mainstreamed: Lux Hollywood Apartment Block’s Unique 61-foot-wide LED Wall Greets Tenants, Visitors November 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes LED video walls have been talked up for the last three or four years as a new tool to attract and retain tenants in commercial office towers, by using a big digital canvas and (ideally) custom creative to drive experience and reinforce a brand. Now, as costs have come down and awareness has gone up, …
The Largest MicroLED Display In Latin America Lights Up, But It Probably Doesn’t Look Like What’s In The PR November 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is either very cheeky or just lazy – press about a big LED video wall installation that probably isn’t as big as the supplied photos from Samsung suggest. I came across news that a shopping mall in Bogota, Colombia had lit up what is billed as the largest Micro LED screen in Latin America, …
