DSF Names MGM’s Dearborn As New Chairman; Adds To Board January 22, 2016 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation has announced its 2016 executives, as well as the elected broad of directors. Randy Dearborn, who runs MGM Resorts International’s many different digital sign installs, is the 2016 Chairman and Ken Goldberg, CEO of Real Digital Media, has been sent to the sunny porch out back where they put past chairmans. …
Projects: Westgate Las Vegas Switches On World’s Largest LED Video Wall January 22, 2016 by Super User What’s being touted as the world’s largest LED video wall has been plugged in and fired up inside the “Superbook” room at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, aka the old Las Vegas Hilton. The curved beast is 20 feet tall and 220 feet wide, and uses 1,640 2.5mm Christie Velvet LED tiles. The wall …
Lexmark Enters Crowded QSR Digital Menu Board Business January 19, 2016 by Super User The printer company Lexmark was at National Retail Federation show a year ago with what I described then as shrug-inducing. A year later, the company is back at NRF and marketing what would appear to be a more evolved solution aimed at QSRs. The Digital Menu Board solution being touted through today at the giant …
How Technology Is Taking The Yuck Out Of Touchscreens January 17, 2016 by Curtis Tilly As society has grown ever more technology-driven and cashless, public touchscreens are now virtually inescapable. Whether it’s an interactive digital sign, directory, checkout terminal, an ATM screen or subway ticket dispenser, it’s difficult to navigate daily life without touching a communal screen. While that’s great for bacterial colonies, it’s not an overly good set of circumstances for people trying to stay healthy. Numerous studies …
Custom Panel Resizer Tannas Acquired By Investors January 15, 2016 by Super User Tannas Electronic Displays, the interesting little company that saws LCDs in half to make custom displays, has been acquired by investors and the name changed to Pixel Scientific. Tannas , says a news release, was sold in a majority stock purchase agreement to investors led by Richard McCartney of Scotts Valley, California. The new board …
Scala Now Really Up And Running On ChromeOS January 15, 2016 by Super User Scala has formally joined the list of companies developing solutions that run on Google ChromeOS devices, releasing a version of the Scala Enterprise Player that will work on a Chromebox, and in theory at least, on Chromebits and Chromebase all-in-ones. Scala was at the Google booth at DSE 2015 indicating it was doing ChromeOS, but …
2016 Preset Group Mixer Tickets Now Available January 14, 2016 by Super User Ticketing is now good to go for the 2016 Preset Group DSE Mixer in Las Vegas, March 15th at the Hard Rock Cafe on the Las Vegas Strip. It’s the 8th annual version of this puppy, and every year we get a little better at it. Tickets are free, and with them you get two …
Looking Ahead To ISE January 13, 2016 by Super User I’m starting to get my head together for what will be my first time at Integrated Systems Europe, which is in Amsterdam in less than a month. Flight booked. AirBnB place arranged. I’ve even scoped out how I could maybe go see a Dutch pro football (soccer) match – PSV Eindhoven v FC Utrecht, if anyone else …
Signagely Rebrands As Metascreen; Adds Free CMS Tier January 13, 2016 by Super User Austin, Texas-based Signagely has rebranded as Metascreen, and opened up a free-forever tier to its web app-driven digital signage CMS. Founder Nick Kristoffersen says the name change was a simple case of coming to grips with the hard time people were having with pronouncing and spelling Signagely. I don’t think Signagely is all that hard, but …
Samsung Uses Robotics For Transformable Video Walls January 11, 2016 by Super User Digital signage vet Tom McGowan was at CES last week – taking great advantage of avoiding most of the mayhem and high costs, because he lives south of the airport in Las Vegas and knows how to get to and from the LVCC with minimal fuss. He said he was interested in going not so …
