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16:9: Real Estate Developer Uses Anamorphic Illusions on Indoor Corporate LED Video Wall

New anamorphic 3D visuals on big LED boards located in public plazas in Asia seem to be popping up more and more on feeds like Linkedin. Like this one with a Star Trek craft flying out of a building corner. Here’s a very different take – a corporate office in Vancouver, BC that is using anamorphic visuals (viewed from a certain angle, 2D graphics look three-dimensional) for business messaging. […]

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Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 9:00 AM

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16:9: Irish Firm Planning Giant LED-Driven Selfie Statues in 21 Cities Around Globe

Via Invidis An Irish company, based in Dublin, is pitching to put 21 giant LED-driven statues in 21 cities around the world, by the end of 2021. The statues have addressable LED units and support some basic movement, making it possible for the things to feature famous people, but also capture, map and then display giant selfies of the people who pay to see the attraction up close. […]

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Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 1:07 PM

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16:9: Those Spinning LED Wand Thingies Find an Application – Public Art

The madly spinning LED wands that started showing up at AV trade shows maybe four years ago have always been good at attracting crowds at booths, but I’ve not seen or read much that suggests broad adoption in the real world. […]

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Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 1:00 PM

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16:9: See the Difference Between “Naked” DV LED Modules and Ones Coated to Protect Against Damage

I’ve written a few times about the hardened, engineered coatings that some direct view LED manufacturers are using on their modules to better protect against damage. It’s been a little hard to explain and even harder to show in trade show photos I’ve grabbed, but this close-up comparison image does a good job. […]

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Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 12:00 PM

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16:9: Huge LED Mesh Screen at Vegas NFL Venue Comes Down for Mount Maintenance

Hat Tip to LV resident Tom McGowan The huge transparent LED mesh display that lines one side of the new NFL stadium in Las Vegas is coming down … temporarily. The 27,600 sq. ft. […]

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Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 11:00 AM

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16:9: Creative Uses for Low-Cost Low-Resolution Displays

Most of the marketing and much of the design execution for LED has been focused, rightly, on increasingly fine pixel pitch displays and tight resolutions, but there’s an interested diversion some designers are taking with addressable LED lights. […]

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Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 8:41 AM

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The Display Size Formula (Commercial Integrator)

It can be said that without a good source, a digital display becomes secondary. We can say that with poor signal distribution, the images do not “transport” properly and lack integrity. And we can say without bandwidth, those mysterious images on the network or in the cloud arrive late or cannot even be seen. […]

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Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 10:16 AM

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16:9: Giant Fine-Pitch LED Video Walls Finding New Uses as Virtual Movie Sets

It has really been just three or four years since direct view LED started being demo’d and marketed as a screen alternative to projection for cinemas, and now we’re starting to see tangible examples of LED being used to make blockbuster movies and streaming series. […]

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Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 8:50 AM

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16:9: Pro tip: How to secure your LED video wall

This is the broadcast set for ESPN’s football coverage in Colombia, and part of the visual sizzle is an LED video wall. As the brief video in the tweet embedded below shows, it is probably a good idea to affix DV LED walls to the back wall, or if that is not feasible, at least use a mounting system with wide enough “feet” or anchor bolts that will ensure it stays upright. […]

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Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 11:34 AM

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16:9: Massive Experiential DV LED Video Walls Focal Point Of New Project In Central London

A new development going up now in central London, in the immediate vicinity of the Tottenham Court Road tube station, includes a building with a public atrium lined inside by four-storey tall 8K DV LED video walls. The Outernet London development is a feature of new build and redeveloped properties intended to make the area a destination focused on the performing arts and public art. […]

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Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 8:04 AM

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16:9: DV LED Demand Recovering, But Almost 70% Of Trade In Chinese Market: Research

The market research firm OMDIA says the Direct View LED video display market is coming back as the COVID-19 pandemic slows, but the recovery is somewhat limited to China. Recovery began in the third quarter and accelerated further in the 4th quarter, says OMDIA in a brief. “In Q4 2020, 336,257 square meters were shipped, with a 23.5% quarter-on-quarter growth. […]

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Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 6:17 PM

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16:9: Projection Whacked, LED And LCD Sales Less Hard-Hit In 2020: Futuresource

The research firm Futuresource Consulting has confirmed what we all pretty much knew – the past year wasn’t great for much of anything, including the professional displays industry. Futuresource’s tracking services show that in terms of volume, projection was the hardest hit across 2020, down by almost a third in total. […]

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Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 7:28 PM

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16:9: Evolution of Direct View LED Video Walls (Allsee)

Introduction Video walls have always been one of the most popular types of digital signage solution. However, the technology used to create them has changed drastically over the past few decades. In this article, I explore the evolution of an emerging video wall technology known as direct view LED. […]

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Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 5:45 AM

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16:9: Wraparound DV LED Ribbon Tops New Frictionless Hudson Shop At Love Field In Dallas

Here’s more evidence that DV LED is mainstreaming – an LED header ribbon display on a grab’n’go newsstand at Dallas Love Field Airport. Located post-security near Gate 10, the Hudson Nonstop stand opened up on Feb. 22, offering contactless shopping that uses Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology (the kind used at Amazon Go stores). […]

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Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 3:36 PM

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An Introduction to Direct View LED – Digital Signage Webinar

Direct View LED (a.k.a. DV-LED) is one of the fastest-growing markets in the digital signage industry. To help introduce our partners to this technology type, we’re hosting a live webinar via Zoom. […]

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Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 4:30 AM

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