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16:9: Samsung Developing Super Pixel Density OLED Displays

This is not coming to a digital signage job anytime soon, but Samsung is deep into R&D on a new kind of OLED display that has as many as 10,000 light pixels per inch. That’s JUST a bit tighter in pixel density than a typical OLED commercial display or TV, which will typically have a pixel density of about 100 to 200 pixels per inch (PPI). […]

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Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 8:12 AM

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16:9: New Touch Film Enables Smartphone-Level Touch On Big, Tiled LCD Video Walls

The touch technology firm TSItouch has started marketing a new touch film that can be applied to commercial LCD displays, resulting in the sort of responsiveness available on handheld device screens, and spanning between multiple screens on video walls. The company, based in Pennsylvania, worked with the Portuguese firm DISPLAX on what is called PCAP Tile. […]

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Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 9:32 AM

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16:9: Digital Signage-based COVID Counter-Measures Keep On Coming

Back in late Q1 and early Q2, when the gravity of the pandemic really grew evident, there was an initial flood of companies rapidly developing and marketing a series of screen-based counter-measures aimed at retailers, restaurant operators and businesses. […]

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Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 5:44 PM

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16:9: That Giant LCD Fab Touted For Wisconsin … Never Mind

People who genuinely know the display industry, and how it works, would have looked at the big announcements about plans for a huge LCD display plant in Wisconsin, and thought, “Yeah, that dog don’t hunt.” It appears they were right. The much-touted Gen 10.5 LCD factory that Foxconn said it was going to build in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin appears to have hit the skids. […]

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Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 2:54 PM

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Preview: Almo’s E4v Virtual Learning And Product Showcase Set For Oct. 27-29

Pro AV distributor Almo Professional A/V has a long history of doing popular regional road show events that pair product marketing with education, but 2020 has gotten seriously in the way of how things normally work. So the company has pivoted to online events, with a virtual program that does live online education and provides expert insight on topics resellers and integrators. […]

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Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:31 AM

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16:9: Korean Firm Embeds LED Displays In Commercial Glass Window Panels

I’ve written and spoken a number of times about direct view LED starting to become a core design consideration – as in do we do the main lobby wall in granite, tile or LED – for the people who design and fit out buildings, stores and other venues. […]

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Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 2:49 PM

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16:9: Raspberry Pi Launches Newest Compute Module, Based On Pi 4; Costs Start At $25

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released a new, more powerful version of the computing module that, among many things, can be popped into the back of a commercial display to make it smart. NEC Display has embraced the Pi modules as an alternative to the system on chip (SoC) displays favored by the majority of its pro display competitors. […]

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Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 9:25 AM

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16:9: New Concept Blends Giant, LED-filled Concert Venue With Resort Hotel

The giant recorded music company Universal Music Group (UMG) has announced it is getting  into the destination resort with themed UMUSIC hotels that could be a big, largely unexpected business opportunity for direct view LED vendors and the supporting ecosystem. The hotels are built around large live concert facilities, using a lot of LED in the concert venue and around the property. […]

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Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 8:49 AM

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16:9: Sony Launches $5K “Spatial Reality” Screen, Based on 3D Light Field Display Tech

Sony Electronics has started marketing a new kind of 3D-like screen it calls a Spatial Reality Display (or SR Display). I would love to explain it well, but it is, frankly, way the hell over my giant, hair-barren head. […]

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Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:42 PM

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16:9: Managed Services Firm Velocity Acquires Grocery-Based DOOH Network Impax Media

The managed services firm Velocity has gone into one of the vertical markets it serves by acquiring the small, grocery-focused Digital OOH ad network Impax Media. A Montreal company that bubbled up about five years ago, Impax does in-store advertising to shoppers at the checkout aisles at 49 grocery stores in the New York City area. […]

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Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 8:45 AM

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16:9: Peerless-AV Adds Absen To DV LED Makes Supported By Its “Seamless” Mount System

The mounting hardware and specialty display firm Peerless-AV has added Absen to a long list of direct view LED companies it supports with what it calls its Seamless Connect series. The Chicago-area company’s dedicated Connect Series dvLED Mounting System now has versions specifically for Absen’s Acclaim Plus and Pro Series Direct View LED Displays. […]

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Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 9:09 AM

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16:9: Shuttle Marketing Stretch LCD With Built-In SoC And Computer Vision

The Taiwanese PC maker Shuttle has started marketing what I THINK is the first digital signage display product for the company – one of those stretch LCDs with a smart System on Chip processor inside. […]

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Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 8:45 AM

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16:9: Polish Apparel Retailer Modivo Launches Digitally-Driven, Video Wall-Heavy New Format Store

This is an interesting spin on a digitally-driven apparel store – somewhere in Poland. The chain – called Modivo – has launched a new format that is heavy on narrow-bezel LCD video walls, and that uses something like an appointment set-up for shopping. […]

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Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 8:35 AM

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16:9: Levi’s Opens Digitally-Rich NextGen Stores In US, China

Levi Strauss & Co. has started opening what it is calling its NextGen stores – new shops built around personalization and digital. […]

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Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 9:02 AM

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16:9: Ultraleap Debuts Free Software To Make Existing Touchscreen Devices TouchFree

The UK tech start-up Ultraleap – which markets technology that merges camera-based hand-tracking with haptic feedback – has released free software it says enables existing touchscreens to go touch-free. The qualifier in that is to make the TouchFree software work, operators will need to add on a $250 camera/sensor or a $90 controller gadget. […]

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Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 11:11 AM

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