ANC got its start about 20 years ago as a rotational signage company that primarily serviced the pro sports business, and through the years, ANC has grown into a big tech services provider that’s been putting in the visual systems for many arenas and stadiums. […]
OAAA asked digital billboard manufacturers three insightful questions: The OOH industry estimates there are 7,800 digital billboards operating in the US. When we talk with the OOH operators, internet security is a hot topic. Do you offer any services to help the operators in this area? […]
This is a really interesting use of fine pitch LED in a new resort casino in New York state’s Catskills region. It’s a 2.5mm pixel pitch curved wall behind the Empire Lounge bar stage at Resorts World Catskills, which opened about 10 weeks ago. The 42 feet wide, 13 feet tall canvas has a resolution of 4992 by 1536 pixels, so more than 4K with its width. […]
Medium to fine pitch LED displays can have tremendous visual impact in the right environment, but the thing customers should always bear in mind is that the little surface-mounted LED chips that produce the colored light are fragile – attached to their substrates with microscopic wiring. […]
The big LED display manufacturer Leyard, based in China, has acquired the German video wall and display cube company eyevis – giving the company a greater sales and marketing foothold in western Europe and into the Middle East. The announcement names both Leyard and Portland, OR-based Planar (which Leyard acquired) as the companies leading the deal. […]
This is an area called Understory – an LED-filled exhibit and visitor center tied in with The Spheres – three giant intersecting, plant-filled domes that are part of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters building. […]
Reece Kurtenbach now runs Daktronics, the company started by his father and a university colleague 50 years ago – and has grown up seeing it evolve from electronic voting systems from state politicians to the maker behind some of the biggest and most iconic LED display boards on the planet. […]
The Dallas-based LED display and lighting products company Ultravision has filed a patent infringement complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), looking to get 37 companies barred from importing, selling or distributing what Ultravision considers infringing LED display products. […]
There’s a lot to see at Digital Signage Expo this year, and there will be a lot of attention paid to the display manufacturers showing fine pitch LED tech. There’s a lot going on in that sector, and weighing selection options on price and how they look is not the path to an informed decision. You need to know about things like LED chip bins, packaging, controllers and on and on. […]
Guest Post: Jim Nista, Insteo Sign Expo, the International Sign Association’s (ISA) big annual trade show, is underway in Orlando. The ISA show focuses on the print and outdoor sign industry, with large format printers, CNC machines, light pole flags, architectural signage, and large outdoor LED. There’s even a section for bucket trucks for outdoor signage install. […]
An upstate New York firm called SelfArray is touting technology that would greatly speed up the time it takes to manufacture fine pitch LED displays, using (and I am not making this up) magnets and levitation. The company just received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Award to continue their groundbreaking work in the field. […]
This is a massive wrap-around digital OOH LED display in Seoul’s Gangnam-gu business district – which has a total surface area of more than 1,600 sq. meters, or roughly the size of four basketball courts. It is 81 by 20 meters. […]
While shopping at Chicago’s Magnificent Mile mall patrons can look to the ceiling and see a 190 foot long canopy of trees. Or, if they look at another moment, they may see a kaleidoscope of colours or a flock of local birds. That’s because the skylight is actually a high definition LED canvas with content created at 16k resolution. […]
Hat Tip Tom McGowan The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that the city council there has authorized a multi-million refresh of the Fremont Street Experience LED canopy in downtown Las Vegas. The low rez canopy is 14 years old and overdue for new and better tech. Anybody who pays attention to LED knows HOW MUCH that has changed in that time. […]
Making a quick stop in Atlanta – which was seriously chilly last night and is again this morning – for the last of eight speaking sessions on Samsung’s Resolution Tour. It had been a while since I more than connected through Hartsfield, so it was interesting to get off that train that runs between terminals and to baggage claim and see the new signage in place. […]
