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Digital Signage

Samsung Super-Wide Digital Signage LCDs

March 1, 2010

Samsung has begun mass production of its Super-Wide LCD for digital signage applications: a 43-inch with a 4:1 aspect ratio with a pixel format of 1920×480. As you can see from the picture above, it works quite well.

LG M4224F: 42-inch Transflective LCD

December 3, 2009

The M4224F from LG is geared for digital signage applications. The 42-inch LCD makes use of an IPS transflective “High Performance Public Display Panel” that can easily be seen in sunlight. The M4224F sports a brightness of 400 cd/m2 with reflected light and 700 cd/m2 without. The digital signage display from LG can be used [...]

Sharp Silent Digital Signage LCDs

November 27, 2009

Sharp announced a line of LCDs geared for digital signage applications that are silent: 42-inch PN-E421, 47-inch PN-E471, 52-inch PN-E521, 60-inch PN-E601. The PN-E601 and PN-E521 make use of Sharp’s UV2A LCD technology allowing for solid picture quality while consuming less power than comparably-sized LCDs. Unlike most other digital signage LCDs, all four from Sharp [...]

HP LD4200tm: 42-inch Multitouch Digital Signage LCD

October 20, 2009

HP’s LD4200tm is a 42-inch LCD designed for digital signage applications. The LD4200tm is the company’s first full interactive digital signage display that incorporates multitouch technology enhancing interactivity for indoor applications such as kiosks, retail and hotel lobbies. Because the LD4200tm was built from the ground up for digital signage applications it can be run [...]

Bayer Media Facade: 5.6 Million LED by ag4 media

October 12, 2009

This is probably the largest digital signage application in the world! Bayer’s former HQ in Leverkusen, Germany has been adorned by 5.6 million LEDs. ag4 media covered the entire 17,500 square meters of the building that can be used as really large advertisements and they look fantastic.
Source:

“Bayer’s ‘Media Facade’ redefines building-vertising” – Engadget
“Media Facade Bayer” [...]

150-foot LED Display: 12,000 nits of Brightness!

September 9, 2009

150 Foot Digital Signage Display Electronic Communication Displays, based in Bellevue, Washington, installed a 150-foot LED display for Emerald Queen Casino located in Tacoma, WA. The digital signage display features 3200 square feet of LEDs totaling over 300,000 pixels and two miles of cabling. The display was manufactured by Optec Displays based in City of [...]

Notes: 2009 DisplaySearch Digital Signage Conference

September 1, 2009

I’m attending DisplaySearch’s Digital Signage Conference today held at the San Jose Marriott in downtown San Jose, CA. Actually, I’ll be here tomorrow and the day after that too. It’s not like listening to Steve Jobs at MacWorld, but there should be some interesting morsels in the presentations. I’ll be updating this post throughout the [...]

Shinoda 145″ Plasma Tube Array (PTA): 3×2 Meter Matrix

May 7, 2009

Thin & Light Shinoda Plasma Corporation, the company that will catapult plasma technology as the best for digital signage (and other applications) showed off its 145″ plasma display. But it’s not only the size, it’s the thickness and the weight. Let’s do a simple comparison. I just wrote about B&O’s BeoVision 4-103, the 103″ plasma [...]

Epson X-Desk: Watch out Microsoft Surface!

April 25, 2009

Epson is to Microsoft as X-Desk is to Surface Epson has introduced a Surface-like table called the X-Desk. It is a multitouch table that uses rear projection technology and infrared sensors to interact with your fingers and real objects such as mobile phones.
Retail Focus Epson is gearing the X-Desk for retail applications. For instance, AT&T [...]

Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition

April 20, 2009

Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition Specifications
Display: 2.8″ Haptic Touch AMOLED (Active Matrix OLED)
Pixel Format: 240 x 400
Camera: 8MP with Dual Power LED Flash
Video: 640 x 480 at 30fps
Connectivity: GPS (Navigation, Geo-tagging), HSDPA (7.2mbps)
According to Samsung, the Tocco Ultra Edition is the world’s first full touch smartphone with a slide-out 3×4 keypad. The company’s Tocco is the [...]