The LCD Bezel Battles Rage On, But Why? May 3, 2016 by Super User Digital signage display manufacturers have been in a pitched battle for years over whose product has the skinniest bezels, ands therefore the least discernible seams in video walls. First, we had narrow bezel. Then super narrow. And ultra narrow bezel. One manufacturer even, apparently with a straight face, now has super ultra narrow bezels. Which logically means …
Chart: LCD’s Future Is Big, As In Big Screens, Says IHS May 2, 2016 by Super User The latest IHS Digital Signage & Professional Displays Market Analysis – this one tied to Q1 2016 – says the slowdown in the economies of China, Latin America, and Eastern Europe actually shrunk the digital signage and professional display market by 3%, year on year, in 2015. But the market is coming around and is expected …
LG MRI Building Outdoor Displays To Survive And Thrive May 2, 2016 by Super User “Before we fabricate anything,” says Bill Dunn, as we’re walking into LG MRI’s 120,000 manufacturing plant, “we know that display is going to thrive, not just survive.” His company, based in the sprawling, heavily-wooded suburbs north of Atlanta, makes large-format outdoor displays for the out of home advertising business and, more recently, emerging markets like fast food …
Projects: Italy’s Postal Service Rolls Out 11,500 Digital Signs April 29, 2016 by Super User If you’ve been involved in this business for a few years, you’ll remember the “old days” when rollouts of any real size were big news. Now, big rollouts are commonplace and don’t even get much attention when they happen (unless your company got the deal). Consider this: The Italian Post Office has installed 11,500 digital signage …
The “Proof Of Play” Lie In Digital Signage April 28, 2016 by Nick Donaldson Guest Post: Nate Remmes, NanoLumens For companies paying good money for advertising, having validation that the ads they’ve paid for have actually played on screens when and where they are supposed to is of critical importance. The advertising industry has long relied on “Proof of Play,” or an auditing process that shows advertisers that their …
Creative Realities SEC Filings Show Yet More Red Ink For Blended Entitity April 28, 2016 by Super User The red ink story has continued at Creative Realities – the blended entity that includes elements of CRI, Wireless Ronin, Broadcast International and . The company filed its annual report with the SEC, which shows it had a net loss of just shy of $8 million for the 2015 fiscal year. Sales were down about …
Cool Data Visualization Shows Global Shipping April 28, 2016 by Super User Via Popular Mechanics The University of London’s Energy Institute created this great visualization to show the movements of cargo ships, and the resulting carbon footprint. This is just a gif of that. You can (maybe) see the full visualization at http://www.shipmap.org/. You’ll need to enable Web GL support in your browser, which takes a little rooting around …
Monster Media, TINT Resolve Patent Dispute Through Cross-Licensing Deal April 28, 2016 by Super User In an interesting approach to patent dispute resolution, the out of home media company Monster Media and the social media visualization firm TINT have done a long-term patent and technology cross-licensing agreement. The deal sees Monster licensing its LocaModa-derived social media display patent portfolio of five patents to TINT, and TINT has licensed the use …
7 Big Benefits Of Digital Signage In Healthcare April 27, 2016 by Cornelia Henkel Guest Post: Till Carlos, OnSignTV The quality and flow of information in a hospital setting is important for patients and the people working in those busy environments. Let’s look at some of the key benefits digital signage brings to manage patient and hospital communications. 1. Employee coordination and communication In a world where time often speeds …
Projects: SoCal University Fixes Digital Signage Budget Problem And Starts Course In Process April 27, 2016 by Super User Students at Southern California’s University of LaVerne have turned a problem into a small business – developing a low-cost digital signage solution for the campus library and in the process realizing the same set-up could be offered to area businesses. The library wanted to expand its messaging capability, but the commercial solution being used by the …
