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Smart Digital, BrightSign Team To Drive Wayfinding At NYC COVID-19 Field Hospitals

Here’s another story about companies pitching in … BrightSign CEO has written a blog post (somewhere, it was passed along) about adding AV to the temporary hospital facilities established in hard hit NYC. He writes: Despite how bleak the outlook may appear today, I’m inspired by how the AV industry is responding to this crisis. […]

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Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 3:12 PM

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16:9: STRATACACHE Buys Old Computer Chip Plant In Oregon; Plans Next-Gen Display Facility

STRATACACHE has bought an old computer chip facility south of Portland, OR with plans to revive it as a fab for its increasingly verticalized digital signage solutions business. CEO Chris Riegel bought the old Hynix plant last week for $6.3 million, in an auction.  Hynix spent $1.5 billion to build and equip the 1.2-million-square-foot factory, which opened in 1998, reports Oregon Live. […]

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Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 11:31 AM

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Planar Debuts All-In, Lease-based Bundle Program For Its Display Solutions

Portland, OR-based digital display company Planar has started marketing a bundled program that puts pretty much everything associated with a visual systems project into one fixed monthly cost. […]

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Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 8:07 AM

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16:9: Samsung Getting Out Of LCD Display Panel Production

Samsung Display is ending direct production of LCD panels in South Korea and China by the end of this year, according to a report by the global news agency Reuters. […]

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Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:40 PM

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768 Square Meters Of LED Video Wall In A Chinese Control Room

Command and control centers have long been touted as a big opportunity and natural application for direct view LED, and here’s a very large example of that happening. It is 768 sq. meters of 1.2mm fine pitch Leyard modules, resulting in a vast video wall at a facility somewhere in north China. […]

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Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 8:36 AM

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16:9: Electronic Shelf Labels Multi-Purposed As Health Messaging

The Spar c-stores in, I think, Ireland are multi-purposing their electronic shelf labels to provide pricing AND health messaging. […]

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Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 8:38 AM

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16:9: NEC Display CEO Bouman: Business As Usual Until Sharp/Foxconn Deal Closes

Here’s the word from Todd Bouman, President and CEO, of NEC Display, in the wake of  overnight news that his company and Sharp are becoming one this summer, with Sharp as majority owner. Todd Bouman/NEC We are pleased to share the news with you that NEC Corporation and Sharp Corporation have agreed to create a joint venture by combining NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. […]

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Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 2:04 PM

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16:9: Smart Shelf Start-up Opens Autonomous C-Store At LA Apartment Complex

A kinda sorta digital signage tech startup focused on smart retailing has opened an autonomous micro c-store in Orange County, California that uses a combination of LED ribbon “smart” shelves, payments systems and AI-based computer vision. […]

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Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:01 PM

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16:9: AOPEN Shows How To Clean Public Displays In Midst Of Pandemic

The EU wing of Taiwan’s AOPEN has pushed out some useful advice via an email blast on how to best deal with cleaning displays in the midst of a pandemic. The guide relates to the touch panel of the company’s Smart Kiosk, but the advice could be more broadly applied. AOPEN recommends using a dry, clean cloth to wipe off dust regularly and to use alcohol for cleaning when necessary. […]

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Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 8:50 AM

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16:9: NEC Display Now 66%-Owned By Sharp (Foxconn) In New Joint Venture

NEC and Sharp have agreed to create a joint venture that combines its subsidiary NEC Display Solutions with Sharp. The press release on this just-announced JV is not all that enlightening, saying: “The Sharp-NEC joint venture will allow both companies to build upon their strengths and address the visualization needs of their global customers. […]

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Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 8:33 AM

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16:9: Peerless-AV Debuts Mobile Screen Solution For Covid-19 Testing And Treatment Sites

Chicago-based Peerless-AV has started marketing a bundled technology solution aimed at  the hundreds of testing and treatment stations that are opening across the USA, which have needs for rapid triage and information sharing, often in rough, inhospitable environments. […]

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Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 6:06 AM

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16:9: VuWall Makes Video Wall Control Software Free For COVID-19 Responders

Montreal-based video wall control software firm VuWall has offered up its VuWall2 solution as a free download to community, government and other organizations that need to create big visual dashboards to stay on top of pandemic response measures. As the current situation caused by COVID-19 remains fluid, managing the overflow of information has become a complex challenge. […]

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Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:56 AM

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16:9: Direct View LED Display Market Grew 34.7% In 2019

Here’s some good news to take on-board during this dark business period, and a reminder that business will come back soon enough. Revenue in the worldwide LED video display market went up by 34.7 percent in 2019, driven by surging demand for fine pixel pitch (FPP) products. […]

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Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 11:22 PM

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16:9: Timing Is Everything: Digital Signage Paired With Hand Sanitizer No Longer Novelty Product

Timing is sometimes everything when it comes to marketing a product, and it can take a compelling event to shift a product from being regarded as “interesting” to one that is right for the moment. […]

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Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 8:56 AM

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16:9: Samsung Starts Marketing All-In-One Digital Signage Bundle Aimed At SMB Market

Samsung has started marketing what it calls its Business TV, or Pro TV. It’s a “prosumer”  display – a TV with some commercial display features – bundled with a light CMS application that small business operators can control and manage off a smartphone. […]

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Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 2:48 PM

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