Casio Turns On New Countertop Merchandising Displays November 28, 2012 by Dave Haynes Casio Computer is getting deeper into the digital signage business (they have been peddling projectors in the space for a while) with a new countertop display system that is part LED projector, part projection film and part laser something or other. The company plans to market the technology to restaurants and c-stores in Japan, the …
WHITE PAPER: In-Store Digital Signage November 27, 2012 by Tony Wenzel Tony Wenzel, SVP Sales at STRATACACHE, has developed a white paper on the strategy to apply to in-store digital signage – focused on banking but more broadly applicable. Wenzel is delivering technology solutions that support large-scale digital merchandising initiatives for the banking, retail, C-store, and QSR verticals. Executive Summary Bank executives routinely ask sponsors of …
Sail: Great Store, Crappy Network November 27, 2012 by Dave Haynes A Quebec-based, outdoor-oriented retail chain called Sail recently jumped the Ontario border and started opening stores in the Toronto area, including one near me. The stores are competing with Mountain Equipment Coop, and emulating US chains like REI. I really like the place, and all the stuff to look over, and it’s pretty nicely designed …
Pix: Snowy DSA-CETW Cruise November 26, 2012 by Dave Haynes A photo gallery is now up from the DSA Crown Awards, held a week after Superstorm Sandy and in the middle of a pretty good snow storm. Nothing but fun. This is from the boat.
Stratacache Opens Hong Kong Sales & Support Office November 26, 2012 by Dave Haynes STRATACACHE has opened a new sales and support office in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong as the Dayton, Ohio-based digital media company looks to expand its business in the Asia-Pacific region. “STRATACACHE’s new office in Hong Kong provides a great local base in the region, allowing us to offer our clients exceptional support and access to …
Project Profiles: Google’s Gallery For Everyone In Times Square November 26, 2012 by Dave Haynes Google is using a pop-up demo center and an LED board in New York’s Times Square to promote its new $249 Chromebook cloud-based laptop. You an walk up to the demo center and check out the Chromebooks, as well as upload photos with brief messages suggesting what these latops are for, as in For Movies, …
Project Profile: The Night Sky In LEDs, As Tribute To Carl Sagan November 24, 2012 by Dave Haynes You can do some pretty amazing things with even low rez LED screens if a bright mind gets involved. This is artist Leo Villareal’s tribute to the late American astronomer Carl Sagan, embedded into the outdoor ceiling of a building on the campus of Cornell University, where Sagan was a professor. The installation uses …
Financials: Wireless Ronin’s Groundhog Day Numbers November 23, 2012 by Dave Haynes There’s a bit of a Groundhog Day thing going when it comes to the quarterly financials coming out of embattled software company Wireless Ronin. Quarter after quarter after quarter, they lose a pile of money. And quarter after quarter people like me, sitting safely in the bleachers, wonder how long they can hang on. But …
Sharp Launches 90-Inch Commercial Display For Digital Signage November 23, 2012 by Dave Haynes We are moving ever closer to the point that smaller video walls don’t actually need to be arrays of LCDs with bezels that hopefully aren’t too thick and unsightly. You could get four 45-inch LCDs and put them together in an array, or just get one of these 90 inch fellas from Sharp and stop …
Project Profile: Massive Video Room Shows Narrow Bezels Essential November 21, 2012 by Dave Haynes Here is the ultimate reference case on why video walls need to use super narrow bezel monitors or display cube tech like MicroTiles or Prysm. Here is a massive, absolutely massive video wall that looks like hell because they spec’d in monitors with wider bezels. Stony Brook University, on the north shore of Long Island …
