Display Market Analysts Expect 10% Cost Bump If Trump’s China Tariffs Kick In Sept. 1 August 7, 2019 by Super User The analyst firm DSCC, which focuses on the supply chain for the display industry, is suggesting the trade tariffs US President Trump will be imposing Sept. 1 on China could raise end-user costs by 10% across the range of electronics products coming out of that country. But it also suggests over-supply in the industry might …
Tom Milner On Why Clean Screens Are More Than Just An Aesthetics Issue August 7, 2019 by Super User Much of the focus in this industry is on the hardware and software used to put digital signage networks together, and increasingly, mercifully, on content and creative. Not that much attention gets paid to the service side of the business – installing screens and fixing devices when things go wrong. Even less attention is paid …
NEC Adds Super-Skinny Bezel Video Wall 55s August 6, 2019 by Super User NEC is the latest LCD manufacturer to release a super/extreme/OMG narrow bezel video wall product, on the heels of recent announcements by LG and Planar/Leyard. The company has announced a pair of 55s – which seems to be the default size for video walls – that are either 500 or 700 nits. Either has what …
YCD Multimedia Adds BrightSign Player Support August 6, 2019 by Super User YCD Multimedia is the latest CMS software company to put the resources into getting a version of its software player running on BrightSign’s little purple media players. “With this new capability,” the company says in PR, “using YCD RAMP digital signage management system any retail customer will now be able to play and control its content …
Another Hung Timmie’s Screen – At Old Main Office August 6, 2019 by Super User A reader sent along a couple of photos from a digital menuboard set-up at Tim Hortons. Stuff happens, things hang, but it happens a LOT lately at the Canadian coffee chain, which would have something like 20,000-plus screens in stores across the country. This one is interesting because it is at the site of the …
Free, Open-Source Digital Signage Platform Xibo Gets Snapped August 2, 2019 by Super User The free, open source digital signage platform, Xibo, is now available as something called a snap – a universal Linux app packaging format. Snaps are described as “containerized software packages designed to work across cloud, desktop, and IoT devices. They work natively on the most popular Linux distributions and feature automatic update and rollback functionality, enhanced …
Real-Time AR-Driven Video Wall Engages Shanghai Subway Riders August 1, 2019 by Super User This is a 10-metre (30-ish feet) wide interactive LCD video wall in a Shanghai subway station that is using augmented reality to get passengers excited about a lemon iced tea product. When people stand in front of it, their faces appear on the screen in real time, adorned by lemon filters and a Vita Lemon …
Next DSF Meet And Greet Set For Aug. 14th In Chicago July 31, 2019 by Super User The next Digital Signage Federation Meet and Greet mixer is set for two weeks from today in suburban Chicago, at NEC’s offices out in the ‘burbs. The event on Aug. 14th – 6 to 8:30 pm CDT – will have a couple of presentations: NEXT/NOW will present “Rooted in Greatness” – a discussion about its work …
AirDroid Business Touted As Android Device Management Solution For Digital Signage, Kiosks July 31, 2019 by Super User A San Francisco-area company that specializes in mobile device management (MDM) software solutions has announced a business application, AirDroid Business, aimed at use-cases like kiosks and digital signage. “Our research tells us that small and medium businesses cringe at expensive enterprise mobile device management solutions that offer far too many valueless features,” says Anson Shiong, CEO …
NanoLumens’ Joe’ Lloyd On How Integrators View The LCD vs LED Video Wall Decision July 31, 2019 by Super User I sometimes get white papers and research that a vendor hopes I report on or talk about, and then decide against it because the information is hopelessly skewed in favor of that vendor. It’s a bit like those recipe pamphlets that suggest you don’t just add a cup of this, it has to be specifically …
