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US Commercial Displays Outsell Consumer Units in 2014

by Tom Allen

Sales of large (32″+) FPDs in the USA rose 12% YoY in December, according to PMA Research. The firm gets its data from professional AV dealers and integrators in the USA, serving commercial markets. …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| large displays| LFD - Large Format Display| PMA Research| Vol 22 - Issue 06

ISE is Here

by Tom Allen

A multi-touch best practice guide is to be introduced by 3M (8.F300). The guide will include advice from 3M and its European partners, to show where and how touch technology can be used. A media server …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Digital Signage| DOOH| Electrochromic Displays| HDMI| ISE 2015| Large Display Monitor| LED| LG Electronics (LGE)| Media Servers| Meeting Rooms| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Switchers| UltraHD| Video Walls| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Daktronics Prepared For Super Bowl

by Tom Allen

Daktronics installed a massive new digital billboard in the University of Phoenix Stadium, ahead of the recent Super Bowl. The billboard, with a 13mm pixel pitch, measured 17.7m x 50m (a total of 2,900m²!)    …

Tags:Daktronics| Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 22 - Issue 05

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Captive Media Chooses Broadsign

by Tom Allen

Captive Media, a UK provider of digital signage for public toilets, has converted its network to use Broadsign’s cloud-based software platform. Captive currently has a network of 60 screens in London and will install …

Tags:Broadsign| Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 05

JCDecaux Reports 5% Rise in 2014 Revenue

by Helen Vince

JCDecaux  said that revenue in 2014 increased 5.1% year on year to €2.8 billion, compared with €2.7 billion in 2013. In the final quarter of the year, revenue was 8.8% higher at €389.3 million.  …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Financial Data| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Axiomtek’s OPS Player Supports UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Axiomtek’s newest digital signage media player, the OPS883-H, is an OPS-compliant model that supports UltraHD resolution. Driven by a dual- or quad-core Core i3/i5/i7 Haswell processor, the media player can be used in multi-display and large-venue …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 05

JCDecaux Expands Airport Portfolio

by Tom Allen

JCDecaux Airports has taken on the contract to operate interior and exterior advertising displays at French airport Golfe de Saint-Tropez. All displays will be newly installed, including a large-format unit visible from the runway. However …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| France| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

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Squats for Subway Rides in Mexico City

by Tom Allen

To combat rising obesity levels in Mexico, officials in Mexico City are offering free tickets on the metro trains to passengers who indulge in some light exercise. Thirty ‘health stations’ have been installed at …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 22 - Issue 05

TriLite to Introduce Steerable Pixels and RGB Laser Modules at Photonics West

by Chris Chinnock

TriLite Technologies (Vienna, Austria) is a start-up that has been working on a unique laser display technology for about four years. Now, the company is ready to tell the world about its inventions.  There are …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Digital Signage| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Laser| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 05

LDM Product Roundup Vol 22 No 5

by Tom Allen

BenQ America is now shipping the RP840G (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 20) 84″ interactive display. Additionally, BenQ Europe has announced release details for the BL2711U 27″ UltraHD monitor (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 44). It …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| NEC| Notebooks| Nvidia| Panasonic| Rugged Displays| Smart Digital Signage| Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 05| Workstations

ISE Promises Projection, Signage and More

by Tom Allen

Avolites (8.K300) will show its new V8 software, running on its own Ai media servers. The software includes a new autoblend feature for projectors and a surface modelling page for the creation of editable 3D …

Tags:Christie| Digital Signage| DLP Projectors| HDMI| Hitachi| ISE 2015| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| LFD - Large Format Display| Media Players| Optoma| Video Walls| Vol 22 - Issue 05