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16:9: Seoul’s Vast Subway System Adds 4,200+ Samsung Screens

The Seoul metro subway system – which is vast and bewildering (trust me) – has upgraded its passenger experience across some 90 stations, adding more than 4,200 Samsung screens across the network. The screens replace analogue posters and maps with interactive way-finding, timetables and information for the districts surrounding the stations. They provide nice tools like trip planners. […]

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Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 6:34 PM

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16:9: Montreal’s Integrated Health Systems Does Waiting Room Signage Reset

This is one of the screens running for the City of Montreal’s Integrated University Health and Social Services – four care organizations spread out across 43 locations. The digital signage network was described as ailing, and Montreal solutions firm VIF Tele won a bid to revamp and reimagine it, working with Philips for displays. […]

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Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 1:52 PM

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Reactive Media Installations Bring California Landscapes Indoors

A new reactive media installation has dramatically transformed a Silicon Valley-area office lobby into a motion-activated, immersive experience where deer skitter away when they catch sight of a passerby and the sun sets over the San Francisco Bay. […]

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Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 2:34 PM

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New Tech Out Of Portugal Bridges Physical Coffee Table Books With Screens

There has been lots of talk through the years about how digital signage could be effectively bridged with smartphones, but I’ve seen very little exploration about bridging screens with printed material. A Portuguese start-up is marketing a smart catalogue that pairs a printed book with screens, changing on-screen material as a user flips pages in the book. […]

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Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 8:43 AM

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LED Canopy Ceiling With Generative Content Designed To Attract Premium NYC Tenants

This is the LED ceiling of 250 West 57th Street, up near the south end of Central Park in New York. The 80 foot long by 8 foot wide art installation has been running for the last couple of years, but I just heard about it last week, and found time Friday morning to walk over for a look. […]

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Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 8:07 AM

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16:9: Twin Giant LED Rings Are Centerpieces Of Chase Flagship On NYC’s Madison Avenue

I was in NYC for a couple of days late last week, and on Friday had a big walk around to check out some installations I’d previously only seen in text and photos. A big target visit was the new Chase flagship branch at 390 Madison Avenue, which has a custom LED system designed and integrated by the solutions firm ANC. […]

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Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 6:12 AM

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Samsung’s microLED The Wall Finds Way Into NYC Boardroom

Samsung’s The Wall has been showing up at trade shows for a couple of years now, and while there’s been talk of high net worth individuals and business customers buying and installing the big microLED video walls, I’d not seen one in the wild. Until last week. […]

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Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 2:10 PM

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16:9: How to choose outdoor displays: a guide

Guest Post: Chuck Lewis, Palmer Digital Group A lot of thinking, engineering and testing goes into designing an outdoor digital kiosk that will work well, and last. Chuck Lewis Unlike indoor digital kiosks, almost every aspect of an outdoor digital kiosk has to be scrutinized and designed properly to survive  the heat, cold, moisture and winds that are part of outdoor environments. […]

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Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 6:20 AM

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16:9: Duty Free At Istanbul’s New Airport Features Some 1,000 Sq. Meters Of LED Display

Istanbul’s new airport – which when fully built out is expected to be the world’s busiest – already has the biggest duty free store, fronted by a giant LED media facade. The Unifree Duty Free zone in the airport is the size of nine soccer fields, with 53,000 square meters of perfumes, watches, scarves, chocolates and booze. […]

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Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 6:21 AM

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Experience Center Uses Transparent Film LED As Room Divider Panels

Here’s a case where transparent LED doesn’t look so bad from the rear – the big differences being the tech used and the way these glass room dividers are set in place and used. This is a project the workplace design firm Gensler did for the Enterprise wing of HP, at its headquarters customer experience center in Palo Alto. […]

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Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 8:33 AM

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16:9: The Problem With “Transparent” LED, In Two Images

Transparent LED mesh displays have come a long, long way in terms of resolution and scale, and the tech’s ability to deliver tight and bright visuals. In the right setting, it can look really good, particularly at a distance. For glass curtain walls that aren’t really windows, that people don’t really look out, they’re a great option. […]

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Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 8:47 PM

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16:9: 10K+ Smart Digital Signage Screens Installed Across 50+ Topgolf Venues

Digital signage projects have grown a LOT in scale in recent years, but the numbers of projects that involve 10,000-plus screens are still pretty limited. So it’s interesting to see news that Topgolf Entertainment Group has kitted out each of more than 50 venues with 200 or more displays. […]

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Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 8:23 AM

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400-Plus Dual Outdoor Screens Positioned Around Riyadh For Saudi Culture Fest

The Saudi government used more than 400 custom dual-sided outdoor LCD screens to drive public awareness of events surrounding Riyadh Season – one of a series of cultural festivals staged around the country to attract tourists. […]

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Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 9:09 AM

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16:9: LG Display Reports Big Loss; 3rd Bad Quarter In Row

LG Display has reported a big loss in its recent Q3 earnings release, its third bad quarter in a row – forcing out the longtime CEO, prompting a round of voluntary departures and most interesting in the context of the commercial display business, the start of a move away from LCD. […]

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Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 7:22 PM

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16:9: 175-Foot Wide Curved LED Marquee Lights Up At North End Of Vegas Strip

If you know Las Vegas, you probably know the intersection on the Strip down by the Venetian, Fashion Show Mall and Treasure Island resort. Like much of the Strip, this area seems to steadily evolve, and the corner that is part of TI has just lit up a huge, curved LED board touted as the 2nd biggest on that LED-riddled roadway. The beast sits atop a 24-hour CVS drug store. […]

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Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 12:18 PM

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