Luxury Auto Display Wins Planar’s OLED Clear Concept Prize February 23, 2016 by Super User At last fall’s SEGD xlab event in New York, Jennifer Davis from Planar announced a contest aimed at generating great concept uses for transparent OLED screens – technology Planar had just started showing off. A few months later, Planar announced today the winner of the Clear Concept Award – Fivestone Studios, a creative services agency …
DSE Attendance Tracking Ahead Of 2015 February 23, 2016 by Super User Digital Signage Expo starts three weeks from today or tomorrow, depending on how you look at the event. I caught up with Andrea Varrone, who has been with the event company and show for years but is in charge of the whole thing for the first time this year. Attendance is tracking ahead of last …
My Chromebit Digital Signage Experience February 23, 2016 by Super User When the little Asus Chromebit HDMI stick was finally released last fall, I was anxious to get my hands on one to see what an $85 USD device could offer as an entry-level digital signage player. I also wanted to see what Google’s Chrome Device Management Console was all about, particularly after a stripped-back version …
Projects: PATTISON Onestop Adds New Video Wall For 280K Daily Commuters February 23, 2016 by Super User Here’s what a mature Digital OOH ad network looks like: 350 screens covering 97% of the potential area. That’s what PATTISON Onestop is at after more than a decade in Toronto’s subway system – with screens on platforms and in the stations. The media company has now turned on a nine-unit video wall at Union Station, the …
Commoditized Future Of Digital Signage Business Is Not For Faint-Hearted February 23, 2016 by Kaijus Asteljoki Guest Post: A Jay, Mvix It is always fun to write about competition (and no I don’t mean the upcoming March Madness), specially when it relates to a seemingly growing industry like digital signage. Industry analysts suggest the market boasts as many as 600 digital signage content management providers, with dozens more being added to …
Request: I Need A Panasonic Digital Signage Contact February 22, 2016 by Super User You build up a lot of contacts over 17 years of working in signage, and a decade writing a blog. But you don’t get everyone into a contact list. I have been trying, since returning from ISE in Amsterdam, to find a contact at Panasonic – N. America or Europe – who can tell me …
Projects: Samsung Opens Digitally-Rich, Product-Less Manhattan Flagship Store February 22, 2016 by Super User Hat tip to Rob Gorrie for flagging this via LinkedIn … Here’s an interesting take by Samsung on flagship store design – a new one that doesn’t actually sell stock any product. Called Samsung 837, the store opens today at 837 Washington Street in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Reports Fast Company: Instead of endless product shelves, the …
DSE 2016 Booth Field Guide: LG Electronics USA February 22, 2016 by Super User LG Electronics USA, Booth #1210 I thought LG had a particularly strong presence at the recent ISE show, and I expect that while it won’t be anything near that scale, the company will nonetheless have some impressive product on display. Here’s what the company says visitors will see … Why do people going to …
Projects: Giant 36-Screen Video Wall In New Shanghai Business District February 22, 2016 by Super User This is a massive video wall built in the new Hongqiao Central Business District in Shanghai, China. The 36 screens are being driven by IAdea’s recently announced AnyTile solution – which uses something it calls Distributed Graphics Architecture to push 36 screens with a total of 18K x 4K resolution. The idea behind AnyTiles is, …
Employee Engagement Issues Solved With Digital Signage February 22, 2016 by Stu Armstrong GUEST POST: Sean Matthews, Visix The term “employee engagement” has been a hot topic ever since a 2012 Gallup study showed that companies with highly involved employees significantly outperform those who don’t. This confirmed with hard data something managers had long suspected – people work harder when they feel like they are part of something, …
