Projects: Chinese Mall Uses LEDs To Wrap Center Court Elevator Tower October 6, 2014 by Super User There have been a couple of instances recently where I suggested a workaround on a challenging video display install might be a low-rez LED curtain wall. I’ve seen them on the sides of buildings and in windows and when the media choice is right, it can work. Here’s a good example of that: a shopping …
Report: Google Lab Working On New Display Tech October 3, 2014 by Super User A pile of tech blogs are quoting and drafting off a Wall Street Journal piece that suggests its R&D lab is developing seamless modular display blocks that – in the absence of real details – sound most like those already in the market from Christie, Prysm and Eyevis. The Journal story – behind a pay …
White Paper: Think Iceberg When Planning A Digital Signage Project October 3, 2014 by Super User Atlanta-based solutions provider Convergent Media Systems has put out a white paper that uses the metaphor of an iceberg to drive home the point that the biggest considerations around a successful digital signage network are not the ones end-users tend to see when they start looking around for ideas and options. “Being in the industry as long …
STiNO Latest Firm To Jump Android Digital Signage To Intel Tech October 3, 2014 by Super User The German AV software firm STiNO is the latest company to announce it is working with Intel on an entry-level Android player that uses an x86 processor instead of something produced with ARM’s reference design. That’s at least three companies in the past week, which makes me reasonably think this is not coincidental. More likely, …
Projects: The Gorgeous Linq LED Marquee and Vortex On LV Strip October 2, 2014 by Super User I forget the name of the grubby hotel(s) that used to be beside the Flamingo on the LV strip, but it’s been replaced by a project called The Linq. I like the little commercial laneway that takes you back to the giant ferris wheel, but I really like the design and quality of the LED …
If Your Job’s About Effective Digital Signage, You Want To Be At Xlab October 2, 2014 by Super User With DSrupted, a speaking thing earlier this week and a quick 1-day run through G2E out of the way, I’m now looking forward to my next conference -SEGD’s Xlab 2014 in New York on Nov. 6th. It will be a kooky few days because there’s also the DPAA’s annual event, CEW (formerly CETW and before …
Mirabyte Releases Free Windows Lockdown Tool For Digital Signage October 2, 2014 by Super User A German software company has released a new, free software tool designed to make configuring and protecting things like Windows-based digital signage players and kiosks a lot easier than normal. Mirabyte’s FrontFace Lockdown Tool organizes all the various settings and configuration options in different versions of Windows to lock-down and protect a public-facing kiosk PC or …
Revel Digital Puts Android On Intel October 1, 2014 by Super User RevelDigital, a digital signage software firm based in Fargo, ND (yes, THAT Fargo) was one of the early copanies to get into the Android ARM race for players and platform. And now it is one of the first companies to jump on the opportunity to use an Intel chipset that will allow it to run and support …
Global Gaming Expo Impressions From A Digital Signage Perspective October 1, 2014 by Super User I went to the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas Tuesday – the first time I’d been at an event geared to the industry that almost entirely drives the economy in that city. It is not, by any measure, a digital signage show, though it is full of screens running content. But that great majority …
Checking Out Global Gaming Expo September 30, 2014 by Super User The lack of posts owes to my being in Las Vegas (I think this is visit #24) for a few reasons. 1. Did a speaking thing at a conference Monday. 2. Walked through the Hard Rock Cafe on the strip to double-check things ahead of booking the 3rd floor for what will be the 6th …
