DooH: “Holographic” 3D-Truck Hits Las Vegas May 28, 2025 by Florian Rotberg A new era of mobile advertising is set to unfold in Las Vegas with the arrival of Flo Advertising’s 3D Holographic Experience Truck. Developed in collaboration with Hypervsn and Firefly, the truck features the infamous 3D LED rotor displays, supposed to captivate audiences in high-traffic areas, conventions, and live events. Combining two familiar technologies – …
Orlando: The Most Significant Infocomm in Years May 28, 2025 by Florian Rotberg The North American ProAV industry is set to gather in Orlando for its annual event, Infocomm 25. This year’s show comes at a time of significant change, driven by AI advancements, hyperscalers, managed services, and evolving tariffs. Organizers report strong registration numbers from the US- Infocomm’s core market – but overall attendance may be impacted …
A New Chapter for Sixteen:Nine: Hello from invidis May 27, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger “We miss Dave already!” I’m sure that’s what you’re all thinking. And we get it – we miss his snarky posts, too. While we don’t possess the same level of sass as Dave – after all, we’re German – our history in the digital signage industry is just as long. “We” – that’s invidis. Some …
Dave Haynes: The Exit Interview May 26, 2025 by Dave Haynes This podcast is a bit different, as I am on the other side of the interview table – answering questions instead of asking them. That’s because this is the last Sixteen:Nine podcast with me as the host. I’ve been doing Sixteen:Nine for almost 20 years, and the podcast version for the last nine. I’m retiring. …
That’s It For Me Folks … But Not For Sixteen:Nine! May 23, 2025 by Dave Haynes This is my last regular post on Sixteen:Nine, more than 11,000 posts and 400+ podcasts after I started doing this thing, on a lark, back in early 2006. It’s time to slow down, so I’m now riding off into the sunset … albeit on a lawn mower. The pic is AI’d. I couldn’t prompt it …
Day 2 DSSE – Lightning Impressions, Inc. Color E-paper And Making Smart Displays Do More May 23, 2025 by Dave Haynes Very busy second day at Digital Signage Summit Europe in Munich, and I got into my room at 1:42 AM. It is encouraging that I recall the time, cuz wine and weisse beer. A lot of people at this event, with the numbers amplified by how people can fly in to the city, walk out …
Miami’s Primeview Showing Fine Pitch LED At InfoComm That Rolls Up Like A Window Shade May 22, 2025 by Dave Haynes Miami-based LED display firm Primeview has pushed out PR on what it calls the world’s first LED Roll-Up Display … except for the ones I saw last year in Taiwan from another manufacturer called PanelSemi. Setting that aside, it’s an interesting twist on large-format displays – with a fine pitch Chip on Board screen that …
Day 1 DSSE – Lightning Impressions May 22, 2025 by Dave Haynes Up and at it for the second and kinda sorta opening day of the annual Digital Signage Summit Europe in Munich. The event has expanded to three days, with yesterday being a pre-event sorta thing filled with technical panel discussions on hot topics like AI. It was still set-up day for the micro trade show …
Tech Companies Team Up For OpenAV Cloud Initiative Aimed At Encouraging Interoperability May 21, 2025 by Dave Haynes A “coalition” of six fairly hefty AV manufacturers and tech providers have announced something called OpenAV Cloud, an industry initiative its founding members say was put together to make everything from flat panels and media players to microphones more interoperable. The founding members include Sony Electronics, Panasonic, Legrand, Shure, BrightSign, and Xyte. Planar and AUO …
Peerless-AV Makes Its Universal LED Wall Mount System Slimmer And Stronger May 21, 2025 by Dave Haynes The AV infrastructure firm Peerless-AV has announced a set of refinements to its SEAMLESS Connect Universal mounting system, with the idea that an evolved product makes it easier to get direct view LED video walls up tight and proper. The press release suggests the product is just launching but I know I wrote about it …
