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Interested In OLED Displays?
With LG announcing an OLED based TV for release in the 2nd half of 2012 together with news that Samsung and AUO are also moving in that direction it seems clear that larger OLED displays … [more]
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Connectors & Input Signals…
Common input signal connectors as shown above include: HMDI: Designed for consumer electronics but increasingly appearing on professional grade products as well. DVI: Comes in two designs, digital and digital & analog. DisplayPort: Promoted as … [more]
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SID Display Week: Boston 3-8 June 2012
As SID say “Display Week is North America’s premier showcase of the display industry which is valued at over US$100B annually”. Display Week is a mix of conferences and an exhibition. The exhibition runs from … [more]
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Backlights: Which Is Better, LED or CCFT?
‘Better’ may depend on your requirements however it seems reasonably clear that LED provides a number of benefits over CCFT backlights. A few of the issues: Availability: Now many of the panels meeting other specification … [more]
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Displays In Our Future…
A look at how displays might be part of our daily life in the future… this is Corning’s excellent A Day Made of Glass 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkHpNnXLB0
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Controller Solution Generator
Having chosen an LCD panel the Controller Solution Generator, or CSG as we normally call it, is the place to go: http://www.digitalview.com/csg The CSG has nearly 2,000 panels listed, for many of these it will provide … [more]
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Kyocera bought Optrex
Kyocera announced that with as of 1 February 2012 it had acquired the shares of Optrex, see http://global.kyocera.com/news/2012/0103_glop.html. As noted the company names will be combined but we are yet to see what this means in … [more]
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Displays
Displays already seem to be everywhere – but it has really only just started…
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New Digital View UK Office
Digital View UK is pleased to announce it is back in Knebworth Park – following the relocation of its European digital signage operations to Munich in Q4 of 2011 the display electronics operations decided to … [more]
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ALR-1920 LCD Controller Significant Upgrade
The ALR-1920 LCD controller has been significantly upgraded as announced today, the new model reference is part number 417270011-3. Some of the new features are: Additional RS-232 command support DDC/CI command support for brightness, contrast, … [more]
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Update – 1st 5 months of 2011
The first 5 months of 2011 have been action packed for Digital View with formalization of the signage division under Bob Michaels, numerous trade shows in the USA and around Europe as well as many … [more]
Digital Signage
Digital Signage Off The Shelf
In retail environments consumers are surrounded by all kinds of promotional materials and mediums, competing for their attention. There are many different points of engagement, but in this post I want to focus on shelf … [more]
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Networking Digital Posters
With a new series of VideoFlyer digital posters hitting the market, it’s time to look at some of the features. Most notably networking.
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Designing Large Format Display Systems
Our technical team have been doing an amazing job developing our new Integre Chassis product line, and yesterday we got to look at the range. Seeing is believing! These chassis are the formula one of … [more]
Digital Signage
Digital Signs & The Psychology Of The Poster
Attending The Screen breakfast briefing in London this morning raised an interesting point that probably gets overlooked about general perceptions of signage. Ever wondered about the factors that lead viewers to give their attention to … [more]
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The big deal about serial port commands
Professional grade LCD Controllers support functions and provide features that display designers can use to build extremely sophisticated LCD products. With so many features available sometimes some of the powerful features slip under the radar … [more]
Digital Signage
Viability for digital screens in vending machines
Time was, using digital displays in vending machines was a tricky business. Screens were heavy and expensive to employ. As technology moves on and standards improve it is becoming easier to integrate screens with anything. … [more]
Digital Signage
Digital Signage – making the right purchase
Increasing sales and customer loyalty is the dream of every business owner. Of course there are many ways to go about this, but I want to give you some thoughts on how to go about … [more]
Digital Signage
Digital posters and a little thought
Digital signage is everywhere, some of it amazingly good, some not so good. What separates the good from the bad and what is being done to build on successes?
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Very Easy Content Authoring – Xtranormal
Just to be clear, I am not recommending the following as a solution for digital signage content – however I do think it strongly hints at things to come… Xtranormal.com is a web based service … [more]