LG Adds Three Tanning Booth-Bright In-Window LCDs To US Commercial Display Line-Up April 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes LG has added three tanning booth-bright flat panel displays to its line-up, with the use-cases focused on applications like in-window displays for QSR operations and street-level retail. The units – 49, 55 and 75 inches – are rated at 4,000 nit brightness, which is as bright or brighter than many purely outdoor-rated LCD displays that …
Watch: Big Downtown Dallas LED Wall Becomes Virtual Rube Goldberg Machine April 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is pretty amazing three-dimension illusion content, done for that big LED wall on the corner of a building in the AT&T Discovery District in Dallas. The piece was developed by the local (to Dallas) agency Flight School Studio, and is a virtual/mechanical Rube Goldberg machine that is one-part musical instrument, one-part contraption. It has …
US Broadcaster Sinclair, Integrator USSI Testing Digital Signage Delivery Using NextGen TV Technologies April 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes What if tweaked but largely existing television broadcasting towers and transmitters could be used to deliver digital signage content and DOOH advertising, instead of being delivered using the Internet? That’s the premise that will be tested in the US for a network of screens attached to electric vehicle charging stations, by the Sinclair Broadcast Group …
Merger Of Exertis And Almo Pro AV Distributors Leads To Exertis Almo Rebrand, And Re-Org April 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes The well-known Almo brand has kinda sorta mostly survived in the wake of the big pro AV distributor being acquired in December by rival and now BFF Exertis, with the blended company to be known going forward as Exertis Almo. Exertis Almo, says PR, harnesses the combined sales, service, marketing and subject matter expertise of …
German Firm Markets Manufacturer-Agnostic Device Management Platform For Digital Signage, Kiosks April 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes Via Invidis … A Hamburg, Germany firm called Accenta is marketing a device and supporting platform – called Kiosk IQ – that makes it possible to monitor, diagnose and control digital signage systems in real time, regardless of manufacturer and location. “24/7 monitoring, cloud alarm rules with escalation management and notifications via email or SMS provide …
Pro AV Industry Saw Record Sales Growth In March 2022: AVIXA Research April 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes Despite ongoing supply chain issues, the pro AV industry saw record sales growth last month in North America and even more so globally, according the latest business index numbers from the research wing of the trade association AVIXA. The new Pro AV Business Index says its AV Sales Index (AVI-S) measured 72.7 for March, up …
Digital OOH Ad Spend Was Up Almost 23% For 2021 (But Keep In Mind What 2020 Was Like) April 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes Digital OOH ad spending saw huge bumps up in the past year, up 22.7 for 2021 over 2020 and 49.6% in Q4 versus the same period a year earlier. The numbers are from new research from the Out of Home Advertising Association of America, highlighted from the organization’s 2021 OOH Facts & Figures report, which I …
Why Esprit Digital Has Broadened Its Custom Display Work To LED, And Bought Into A Shenzhen Factory April 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes Esprit Digital has been making and supporting custom display solutions for 20 years from facilities north of London, but the company recently took the interesting step of investing in their own manufacturing in China and expanding from LCD into LED. The company has built up a reputation for putting together displays – from screens that …
LG Follows Samsung Into All-In-One Kiosk Market With 27-Inch, Windows-Driven Unit April 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine content partner Invidis has a German language post up about how LG has followed the lead of Korean rival Samsung by developing and launching an all-in-one kiosk aimed at self-service applications. The LG Kiosk, reports Invidis, will be launched first in the Korean home market and later in Europe and North America, likely by …
Upshow’s New Shift Formalizes, Focuses Back Of House QSR Digital Signage Solutions April 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes Chicago-based Upshow has formalized its digital signage options for the so-called “back of house” in restaurant businesses – enabling displays in kitchen, break rooms and other areas where it’s possible to communicate with steadily on-the-go workers. Called Upshow Shift, the platform makes it possible for workers to view and respond to real-time information via in-venue …
