Cycling Retailer Q36.5 Uses Fine Pitch LED To Make Visual Statement At New Zurich Flagship December 17, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a recently-opened flagship store of the cycling-focused retailer Q36.5 in Zurich – a two-level venue that’s visually dominated by a big fine pitch LED that fills a feature wall. The LED is an AOTO 1.5mm. This is notable because of its scale. In larger stores, a screen of this size might still just …
B2B Flat Panel Market Sees Record Growth, Despite, Well, Everything: Futuresource December 17, 2021 by Dave Haynes Despite everything that has been going on, and continues to transpire, the B2B flat panel market has just finished what the research firm Futuresource Consulting says has been the largest quarter ever, with global sales of 1.74 million units. That was up 3.1% year on year for the quarter. Matthew Rubin, Senior Market Analyst at …
Re-booted DSE Revives Awards Program Under A Very Vegas-Appropriate Handle: The DIZZIES December 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes The re-boot of DSE is continuing, with the Digital Signage Experience team announcing today it has revived the awards program that was directly tied for many years to the now-defunct version of that trade show and conference. What were the APEX awards before the original show backers Exponation ran into crippling financial troubles will now …
NHL Team Uses Fine Pitch LED To Replicate Center-Hung Scoreboard In The Locker Room December 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes Kitting out team locker rooms with screen technology has been happening more and more in both pro sports and collegiate sports in the U.S., where blinged-out training areas can help with high school recruitment efforts during campus visits. But I haven’t seen one that takes the visuals from the competition venue into the locker room. …
LG Starts Showing TV That Runs On Batteries, Pivots To Portrait, And Has Wheels December 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to Display Daily for noticing this … LG In South Korea has started showing a new TV that can swivel from landscape to portrait mode, be easily moved around a house, and run on batteries for as long as three hours. The LG 27ART10 TV, which also goes by the much more marketing-friendly …
Why Some Retailers And Brands Are Downsizing Screens, With Instorescreen CEO Henrik Andersson December 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes Note: This will be the last Sixteen:Nine podcast until the new year. Retail experts have long spoke about the so-called zero moment of truth – that time in bricks and mortar stores when shoppers are in the aisles and making the decision about which product they’re going to pull off the shelf and put in …
New Hall At Shenzhen’s Stunning Airport Features Giant LED Halo Screen December 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes We’ve seen halo displays at big sports venues in the US – notably the NFL stadiums in Atlanta and LA – but here’s a version in an airport. This is at Shenzhen’s stunning airport, in a new satellite hall. It’s a three-sided halo screen using Unilumin 3.9mm LED cabinets. The area covers more than 700 …
Creative Technology Shop StandardVision Starts Marketing Own LED Display Product December 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes LA-based StandardVision has developed a reputation for designing and delivering great-looking digital experiences, particularly in the commercial real estate sector. But the creative technology shop recently took the unusual step of starting to market its own display technology. The company has launched Luma Canvas – modular, fine-pitch LED cabinets that are aimed primarily at the …
Exertis/DCC Says Almo Acquisition Makes It Largest Pro Av Distributor In North America December 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes More consolidation news out of the pro AV sector this morning, with word that the big global technology distributor Exertis has acquired a U.S. rival, Almo Corporation. The deal is technically DCC Technology doing the deal, with that Irish company doing business as the Exertis brand. It comes on the heels of Exertis also acquiring …
This Edinburgh Krispy Kreme Has A Doughnut Hole Right In Its Window Video Display December 14, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting application of an LED video display built into the window of a Krispy Kreme shop in an Edinburgh, Scotland urban shopping mall – with three-dimensional creative built around the doughnut hole in the LED wall. The doughnut shop, says software provider embed signage in a YouTube feature, “is a modern take …
