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16:9: Flat Panel Display Demand Rebounding; Up 12% Quarter On Quarter: Omdia

Global demand is ticking back up for flat panel displays (FPD), with the research firm Omdia issuing a new supply and demand tracker report that suggests demand is up 12% from the previous quarter and 4% year on year. Q3 demand will is set to reach 220 million m2 in 2020, says PR related to the newest OLED and LCD Supply Demand & Equipment Tracker. […]

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Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 5:11 PM

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16:9: That’s TSItouch Tech Getting Worked In Election Return Analyses

If you are in the U.S. or Canada – or further afield – spending an inordinate amount of time watching TV analysts explain the nuances of election returns in rural counties, you are seeing a lot of touchscreens being worked to the point of smoking. […]

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Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 8:41 AM

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Next AVIXA Power Hour Has Rock Star Panel To Talk LED In Commercial Spaces

The next AVIXA Digital Signage Power Hour is set for Nov. 17, and it is another good one – with a focus on LED on real estate and a rock star panel. We will be talking about how and why property owners are installing big dollar, visually dominating LED video walls in the lobbies of buildings. […]

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Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 11:43 AM

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16:9: Tourist Stop In Zurich Uses 19-Wide LCD Video Wall To Promote Destinations

Big LCD-based video walls are growing less common as direct view LED takes over, but there are still some nice jobs out there – like this one at the Zurich Tourist Information Centre in Switzerland. The centre is located on the ground floor of the main concourse of Zurich Main station, and is there to provide useful local and regional information to residents and visitors. […]

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Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 3:19 PM

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16:9: More Details On The LED Set-Up At New Circa Resort In Las Vegas

Daktronics has pushed out a fact sheet on ALL the direct view LED installed at the new Circa Resort and Casino, which opened last week on Fremont, in downtown Las Vegas. The resort has a MASSIVE sport book display inside, and giant displays poolside and on one facade of the hotel tower. The specs says: 5,750 sq. […]

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Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 7:26 AM

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16:9: Sharp-NEC Joint Venture Finally Formalized; Now Sharp NEC Display Solutions, or SNDS

The joint venture tie-up between Sharp Corporation and NEC Corporation has now been formalized, with the new company to be known from now on as Sharp NEC Display Solutions Ltd. (or SNDS).  The JV is the result, from months ago, of Sharp acquiring 66% of shares for NEC Display Solutions Ltd.  Sharp is owned by Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision, aka Foxconn. […]

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Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 5:08 PM

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16:9: PORTL Closes $3M Raise, First COO; Reports 100 Hologram-ish Units Sold

The LA startup that uses a highly optimized transparent LCD displays and enclosures to create life-sized, hologram-ish visual effects has completed a new $3 million fundraising round that will be used, in part, to devlop a small desktop version for content creators. […]

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Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 8:15 AM

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16:9: 6,000 Thermal Sensor Kiosks Running In, Psssst, Home Depots

A smirking Hat Tip to Middletown, CT-based Reality Interactive  for issuing a second press release about the same thing, and showing how tech companies are constrained by their clients in what they can say about big projects. The company put out PR recently indicating its contactless body temperature check screen-thingie was seeing marketplace adoption. […]

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Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 7:52 AM

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16:9: E-Paper Real-Time Transit Signs Dot Bus Routes in Portuguese City

This is one of numerous solar-powered, off-grid e-paper transit information displays in the Portuguese city of Coimbra. […]

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Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 8:48 AM

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16:9: Digital Signage Tech Provider STRATACACHE Closes Massive QSR Drive-Thru Deal With RBI

Dayton, Ohio-based digital signage solutions company STRATACACHE has bagged and closed a massive deal that sees it providing software, hardware and services to three of the larger QSR chains in North America, The deal involves more than 40,000 screens at Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes locations in Canada and the U.S. […]

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Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 6:44 PM

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Pandemic Shifts Tech Priorities and Processes At Sports And Entertainment Venues

Guest Post: Paul Kapustka, Mobile Sports Report This post originally appeared in Stadium Tech Report Paul Kapustka As some venues take baby steps forward in allowing limited fan attendance at events, for most venues the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are forcing owners and operators to take a longer look at the technologies and procedures that can help provide safer situations for large crowds inside public spaces for the foreseeable future. […]

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Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 7:36 AM

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16:9: Transparent LED On Film Starting To Get Market Adoption

LED on film is getting better and tighter, and starting to see some marketplace adoption. The Chinese manufacturer Nexnovo has been a major supplier of mesh-based transparent LED, but I have discovered it also does film – with a focus on horizontal ribbon-like displays that can overhang things like entryways. […]

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Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 6:25 PM

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16:9: Re-Opened Retail/Entertainment Center American Dream Filled With Direct View LED Displays

This is a glimpse inside American Dream, the destination retail/entertainment attraction that opened up, closed for COVID and then re-opened at the start of the month. The huge mall (the backers don’t like that term, but …) is located in the New Jersey meadowlands, on the other side of the Hudson from New York City. […]

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Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 12:59 PM

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Looking For More Feedback On 16:9 Direct View LED Survey

Re-upping this post from two-three weeks ago. I have lots of responses but would absolutely welcome more from manufacturers, resellers, integrators and end-users! […]

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Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 9:29 AM

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How Digital Signage Can Help Digitalization for Businesses

Guest Post: Chloe Weaver, Allsee Technologies Digitalization is the process of converting existing business operations into digital form by applying new technologies. For instance, this could be a retail brand transforming their high street store into an e-commerce website, or a local fast food restaurant running social media ads instead of posting flyers through people’s letterboxes. […]

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Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 8:55 AM

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