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California Cannabis Dispensary Looks to Digital Signage for Wow Factor (Commercial Integrator)

My time as a professional journalist has given me the opportunity to cover some very cool and historic stories, including some of the first recreational marijuana sales on the East Coast. What struck me inside those stores was the immense amount of technology, like digital signage, self-service kiosks, professional sound systems, access management, security cameras and more. […]

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Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 11:30 AM

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The Global Semiconductor Shortage Could Begin Impacting Pro AV (Commercial Integrator)

In February, as the media began reporting on the global semiconductor shortage, I posed this question in a Commercial Integrator blog: Could the global chip shortage impact pro AV? For a few months, it seemed like the global shortage was generally impacting automakers and other consumer electronics industries like gaming. […]

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Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 3:30 PM

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Absen Says It Has Built Asia’s Largest 8K Ultra HD Virtual Studio (Commercial Integrator)

We’ve written several times about the massive LED walls that are replacing green screens in some of film and TV’s most popular titles. Most notable including Disney+’s The Mandalorian. The technology, called Stagecraft, was developed by visual effects studio Industrial Light & Magic, a division of production company Lucasfilm, which was founded by “Star Wars” creator George Lucas. […]

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Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 6:00 AM

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Industrial Light & Magic’s “Stagecraft” Brings New Capabilities to Film with LED Technology (Commercial Integrator)

Audiovisual professionals are all well aware of the immersive qualities of LED screens – especially particularly large installations. However, they are not just being used in commercial installations, theatres, stadiums or homes. Now, they are being used on the big screen. […]

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Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 7:00 AM

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AT&T Stadium Upgrades Its Digital Display Network

If you’ve watched any sports over the last year, you probably noticed the near complete lack of fans. Most stadiums and sports venues didn’t allow fans for the majority of 2020, and many are just now starting to reopen. As they do reopen, teams are hoping to maximize attendance to the limits set by local health regulations to make up for that revenue lost during the course of the last year. […]

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Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 5:00 PM

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Don’t Let Your Video Walls Come Crashing Down On Your Customers

I’m about a year and a half into my career as an AV media personality, and I’m constantly amazed at the technology and innovation this incredibly unique industry displays every day. However, what doesn’t get me excited are the non-technical hardware and mounting solutions that help secure these displays, cameras, speakers, microphones and other devices. […]

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Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 9:24 AM

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Unpacking The ‘Smart Building’ Opportunity For Pro AV (Commercial Integrator)

As organizations across every industry become more digital as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, smart buildings are becoming an even larger opportunity for the pro AV industry than ever before. That is according to Sean Wargo, senior director of market intelligence at AVIXA, who presented some illuminating market research at this week’s RISE Spotlight event on smart buildings. […]

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Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 5:02 PM

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Schools Are Armed With COVID Relief Funding, And They Need Tech Help

AV Integrators that already count K-12 and higher education institutions among their top customers may want to start having more in-depth conversations about that they can do to help them reopen safely and effectively and meet the educational needs of students. […]

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Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 10:39 AM

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Digital Signage Has Evolved from Interactive to Gesture-Based. Where Will It Go from Here?

A few years ago, just about every booth I visited during InfoComm was proudly showing off interactive displays and advocating for them as the future, saying people had gotten so used to texting and scrolling on their mobile phones and portable devices that of course they’d want to do that with big screens too. […]

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Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 4:25 PM

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SNA Displays Refreshes LED Display at Boston’s W Hotel

Thanks to SNA Displays, Orange Barrel Media was able to upgrade its digital display with a new LED video screen at the W Hotel in Boston’s Theatre District. According to SNA Displays, the company designed and built a custom subframe matching the existing knife plate mounts while simultaneously allowing for x-, y-, and z-axis adjustments between cabinets at the high-profile location. […]

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Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 5:04 PM

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Learn About How LG Helped Transform The Learning Experience At This Georgia Museum

Have you ever walked into a museum, theater, corporate lobby or other building and been in awe of a massive video wall displaying immersive, captivating content? Especially as these spaces begin to reopen and strive to attract visitors, LED video walls and digital display technologies will become critically important. […]

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Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 1:08 PM

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How AR, VR and XR Are Reshaping the World One Vertical at a Time

The world is becoming more interactive than ever and AV technology is powering the transformation along with AR. […]

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Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 4:29 PM

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LG Teams Up With Automatic Door Company On Transparent OLED Signage

Working with an automatic door manufacturer, LG is developing automatic doors that double as a transparent OLED display, giving customers the ability to kill two birds with one stone. In a press release, LG said the display-doors will be unveiled this week. […]

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Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 2:25 PM

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