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16:9: Digital Signage Industry Vet Halpin Donates Kidney To Help Widowed Mom

Halpin (right) with friend Schenider. [Photo: Scott Varley / Staff Photographer / LA Daily Breeze]Via the LA Daily Breeze If you have been in this industry for a while, you’ve learned there are many, many good people … and right up there on that list is Sally Halpin. The display industry veteran selflessly donated a kidney this summer to a widowed mom badly in need of a transplant. […]

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Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 8:01 PM

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LG Showcases Wavy OLED Wall, 1 MM OLED Digital Poster

LG Display has started showing off a set of OLED display prototypes that will get people who design retail and corporate interiors thinking about the possibilities. An LG press release suggests  its CEO and President, Dr. Sang Beom Han, talked a lot about OLED in his opening keynote speech at IFA 2015 in Berlin, Dr. […]

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Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 8:20 AM

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Projects: New Tech Center Makes Big Visual Statement With LED Columns

This is the new Technology Center of Excellence that connectivity and IT services firm CenturyLink has opened in Monroe, Louisiana – with 37,000 square feet of nanotechnology glass that tints automatically and three big NanoLumens wrap-around displays inside. […]

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Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 1:14 AM

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16:9, DSrupted: The Future Is About Pixels Everywhere

So much has happened on the software and computing side of the digital signage business in recent years that I think we tend to overlook how much has also happened on the display side. When I got into this business 16 years ago LCD panels were small and crazily expensive, and the big flat panels were $10,000 40-inch plasma displays that weighed roughly as much as oil tankers. […]

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Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:28 AM

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16:9: Brown-Forman’s Interactive Liquor Wall At HQ

This is a big 3×3 touch interactive video wall designed exclusively for Brown-Forman, makers of Jack Daniels and all kinds of other booze, at its Louisville, Kentucky headquarters. An interactive bottle carousel showcases all the liquor brands, and includes directional audio for what’s described as a multi-sensory experience. […]

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Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:59 AM

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16:9: Birmingham Gets Its Own Advertising Eyes Of Sauron

The central rail station in one of the UK’s largest cities – Birmingham – is having a trio of giant eye-shaped LED ad boards installed – there to message to passengers and pay their way through advertising contracts. The redeveloped New Street station will be the first in the UK to feature these sorts of displays, which will be sold by Ocean Outdoor. […]

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Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 9:15 AM

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16:9: LG Starts Shipping Flat, Crazy-Thin OLED TVs

We all know that using TVs for digital signage isn’t the best idea, for a variety of operating and technical reasons. But people who do this stuff day in and out also know that a lot of TVs get used – to shave costs, because the demands are pretty light, or because the TVs just look so damn good. […]

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Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 8:57 AM

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AOPEN Adds Chromebase Commercial All-In-One To Chrome OS Line-up

Taiwan’s AOPEN has followed up the recent release of its commercial-grade Chromebox with Chromebase Commercial all-in-one display, aka big-ass tablet. The solid state 22-inch display is billed as a versatile, tamperproof and zero maintenance device for such uses as Point Of Sale, small kiosks or retail end-caps. […]

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Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 8:07 AM

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16:9: Book Comes To Life In Silicon Valley Mall Display

Speciality display maker Volanti Displays, based just south of Silicon Valley, teamed up recently with a nearby luxe shopping mall – Westfield Valley Fair – on a very different digital window used to promote the Michael Kors fashion line. […]

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Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:35 PM

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16:9: Apple Reported To Be Dumping iPads As In-Store Smart Signs

Photo: Macstories The Apple-centric blog 9to5Mac is reporting that Apple’s impending store refresh will include a change in how it handles merchandising and product information. “With this Apple Store refresh next week,” the blog reports, “Apple will be pulling these aging iPad 2s from most of its stores. […]

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Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 12:39 PM

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OAAA Says OOH Ad Spend Up In Q2: Research

The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) says Out Of Home ad revenue was up 3.8 percent in the second quarter of 2015 compared to the previous year, accounting for $2.25 billion. Overall ad spend was down nearly 7 percent for the quarter, based on what Kantar Media reports, with OOH and local radio the only traditional media to see significant growth, notes the OAAA. […]

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Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 7:56 AM

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Planar CEO’s Memo To Staff: Business As Usual

Planar’s CEO is telling staff and customers that it is business as usual for the Portland, OR company in the wake of the announced acquisition by Chinese LED display manufacturer Leyard. Of course, executives tend to say that in the wake of M&A events, and often that isn’t the case. […]

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Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 1:44 AM

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Ontario Lottery Uses Live Digital Signs For $1M Casino Draw

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has for many years had a dedicated digital signage team – both tech and creative – running its screen networks across 19 slots and casino sites across the province. The team work with its longtime software vendor Capital Networks on a very different, very clever twist to casino messaging – a live prize draw focused around the screens. […]

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Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 10:06 AM

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16:9: High-end display panel maker Planar Acquired By Chinese LED Firm Leyard

  The blending of LED and display technologies and companies continues. Specialty, high-end display panel maker Planar Systems has been acquired by the Chinese high-end indoor LED firm Leyard Optoelectronic Co., Ltd. The companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement, that would see a U.S. […]

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Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 7:36 AM

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16:9: Turn TVs Into Interactive Signs For $200 With New Gadget

The same crowd that is endlessly looking to cut display hardware, playback hardware and software costs out of digital signage projects will likely be intrigued as heck by a new IndieGogo project that turns any TV with an HDMI connector into a touch and stylus controlled display. […]

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Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 5:51 PM

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