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Ocean Expands Westfield Presence

by Raverstead

Ocean Outdoor has launched ‘The Screen @ Southern Terrace’, a new full-motion 325 site in Westfield London. It measures 5.2m x 2.7m and has a 10.5mm pixel pitch.  

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Ocean Outdoor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Ocean Links Western Cities

by Raverstead

The Great Western Link is Ocean Outdoor’s new display site in the UK, linking Bristol and Bath. With a landscape configuration on the A4320 road (leading to the A4 to Bath), the site is …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Ocean Outdoor| Vol 21 - Issue 45

SBB Invests CHF15 Million in LED Displays

by Raverstead

The Swiss railway operator, SBB, is installing signage systems in 17 stations around the country. By the end of next year 44 large-format LED displays will have replaced existing departure and arrival boards. The …

Tags:Digital Signage| Europe| Large Display Monitor| LED| Transport| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Storm Shows Off Curved LED

by Raverstead

Clear Channel UK’s Storm brand has unveiled a new display at its Coventry House site in London. The display is a Daktronics unit – the 13mm 13HD product – chosen by LG, a long-term …

Tags:ClearChannel| Curved Displays| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Vienna Station Outfitted With 44m² LED Board

by Raverstead

Beginning full operations at the end of next year, the Vienna Main Station will serve more than 1,100 trains each day. Departures will be displayed on a 21m x 2.1m LED board supplied by …

Tags:Austria| Curved Displays| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Transport| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Absen To Boast of Lowest Pixel Pitch at ISE

by Raverstead

An exclusive demonstration of Absen Optoelectronics’ new high-resolution outdoor LED display, the X5, will be given at ISE 2015. Absen will be in hall 11, stand F52. The X5 is a 5.2mm-pixel pitch product …

Tags:Absen| ISE 2015| Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Frankfurt Claims Largest Airport Screen

by Raverstead

A 100m² (5.5m x 18.3m) LED screen has been installed at Frankfurt Airport in Germany – making it the largest digital airport advertising space in Europe. We heard (via our friends at Invidis) that …

Tags:Aviation| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 47

JCDecaux Plans Wave-Like Billboard

by Raverstead

A new billboard is being designed for JCDecaux by designer Zaha Hadid, and is to be installed on the south side of West Cromwell Road in London. The sign will use a digital screen, …

Tags:DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| LED| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Osram Reaches New Blue Brightness

by Raverstead

While our previous coverage of Osram at Electronica has focused on the company’s backlighting technology, we found more to discuss this year. The company had a large stand at the front of hall A3 …

Tags:Electronica 2014| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Osram| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Barco Technology Showcase Promises Big Things

by Raverstead

Barco ran its annual Technology Showcase in Westminster this year – the heart of London. To give you a feel for the location, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament were visible from the …

Tags:Barco| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Short Throw| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Switchers| TCP-IP| Vol 21 - Issue 47

SiliconCore Shows 1.2mm LED at Gitex

by Raverstead

At Gitex 2014 in Dubai, SiliconCore showed the word’s first 1.2mm pitch LED display, enabled by its new driver chip which can drive 640 LEDs. Steve Scorse tells us about it and also about …

Tags:Gitex 2014| LED| SiliconCore| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

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Physics Prize Goes to LED Inventors

by Helen Vince

Lighting – The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on October 7, 2014 “for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”. The prize was awarded to Isamu …

Tags:Awards| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Nichia| Opinion| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21