Taiwan’s IBASE Technology has started marketing a seriously beefy fanless digital signage player that can drive four different 4K outputs off a single box. The industrial unit, which uses an AMD Ryzen embedded processor, is suitable in retail, shopping malls, airports, and banks, IBASE says. […]
A couple of long-running digital signage CMS companies have linked up, with NYC-based ComQi acquiring Minneapolis-based JohnRyan. The deal, which is formalized today but comes with no details on $$ or terms, sees both companies operating as their own entities and brands, but with some cross-pollination expected on things like sales and R&D. […]
If your technology comes from China or Taiwan – and it is VERY likely at least some of your digital signage components started there – the next few weeks will be interesting because of Chinese New Year, which is about to start. All major businesses in China and Taiwan pretty much shut down for at least seven days, including the factories and by extension, repair depots. […]
A report from the Taiwan-based tech publication Digitimes suggests the microLED displays that are mostly seen these days at trade show stands will start seeing broad adoption as early as 2024, for a few reasons. […]
The French computer vision firm Quividi – which has been marketing video analytics into the digital signage and DOOH ecosystems for many years – has shuffled its management team, naming a new CEO, shifting its longtime CEO to the board, and bringing back a founder. […]
The French interactive software firm Intuiface has done an interesting tie-up with Taiwanese digital signage hardware manufacturer IAdea, offering a combined solution for end-users and integrators who don’t to get locked into specific meeting room signage platforms. […]
Via Display Daily and Digitimes … One of the two big barriers facing the development of microLED displays is figuring out how to mass transfer a lot of the microscopic LED lights at once, since current high-speed manufacturing methods are too slow to make larger screens feasible. […]
I was in Taiwan recently for a trade show called Touch Taiwan, and managed to grab 20 minutes with Paul Peng, the Chairman and CEO of display manufacturing giant AU Optronics. AUO is based in Taiwan, with its main office about an hour south of Taipei in the manufacturing city of Hsinchu. […]
Research firm DSCC’s Quarterly Display Supply Chain Financial Health Report suggests the major display panel makers in China, Korea and Taiwan are in the midst of a rough patch, with nine of the 13 panel makers tracked having year to year revenue declines. The industry tracking also suggests many of the companies recorded losses in the last couple of quarters. […]
It’s showing its age a bit, but an experiential media installation in Taipei is easily one of the best digital signage projects I’ve seen … anywhere. IAdea’s John Wang ran me over from his office in a tech-heavy office park to a big office tower complex that is home to the financial services firm China Trust. […]
If you are still trying to wrap your head around the rationale for using 8K resolution in digital signage, you’ll be tickled pink to learn display manufacturers are starting to show large format 16K product. The Taiwan-based display firm Innolux will be showing off a 100-inch 16K S-UHD display at the end of the month at Touch Taiwan Display International 2018. […]
