InfiLED was highlighting a deal with beMatrix, a company that makes modular systems for retail application. The company has a modular system for displays that can be composed of LED cabinets from InfiLED (LEDskin – for which the company won a RedDot Design Award), but can also be lightboxes with fixed graphics, or printed fabrics panels or plain panels. This means that a large area can give a big impact while keeping costs under control. The system can also be used to create systems that are easy to re-configure to keep the visual interest of regular shoppers.
InfiLED has worked on this system for retail which allows the mixing of LED and print in a standard frame layout. Image:Meko
InfiLED emphasised to us the criticality of speed of mounting/dismounting which can be reckoned to often cost as much as the rental charge alone. Also at the show, the company was showing a 1.2mm cabinet that is optimised for sharp external corners.
Infiled had this display sharp external corners – a tough challenge. Image:Meko
Lighthouse Technologies has not bothered to come along to Infocomm in the past, leaving the promotion to Panasonic, which is the firm’s distributor in the US. The company told us that in the past it went from 4 to 20mm but it has now pushed down its pitches to include 1.2mm, 1.5mm, 1.8mm and 2.5mm. The company showed us the integrated sensor that is used with its chromatic modulation technology which is built into its systems and exploits the company’s own technology, developed in its Japan technology centre. The company has a cable free design. Features that help to make alignment easier and quicker include longer alignment pins and the designs are optimised based on the many years of experience that the firm has.
The company that seemed to start the trend to ‘LCDs as art’ with frames and subscription access to artwork, Meural, had nothing new at the show, but told us that it is planning an update to its system software in September.
