New NEC displays increase contrast, brightness

June 14, 2007

CHICAGO — NEC Display Solutions of America, provider of flat-panel desktop and commercial large-screen LCD displays, plasma displays and projectors, unveiled a…

Samsung claims 500,000:1 contrast ratio with 70-inch LCD

June 14, 2007

Texyt: Samsung has introduced a new high definition 70-inch LCD TV with dynamically-controlled LED backlighting that provides a contrast ratio of 500,000:1 and…

New interactive display changes the car-shopping experience

June 11, 2007

Advertising Age: A new display technology allows car shoppers to "look" through a car's sheet metal into its automotive underbelly. It's just one of many…

'Virtual Sales Associates' combine digital signage, speech recognition

June 10, 2007

ATLANTA — Message Technologies Inc., provider of interactive voice response (IVR), speech technologies and call center solutions, announced that it has formed…

Direktronik to distribute Minicom to the Swedish market

June 5, 2007

ZURICH, Switzerland — Minicom Advanced Systems announced that Direktronik will distribute its products to the Swedish market.

Board's Eye tool captures pedestrian, traffic counts

June 5, 2007

TORONTO — MISA, provider of outdoor media management software, announced the launch of Board's Eye, a hardware solution designed to capture and report…

Juice bar chain adds digital signage

June 4, 2007

BRACKNELL, U.K. — Beverage chain Boost Juice Bars UK announced it is using digital signage technology from 3M in its stores. The company operates 200 Boost…

Flextronics to acquire Solectron for $3.6B

June 3, 2007

SINGAPORE and MILPITAS, Calif. — Flextronics International Ltd. and Solectron Corp. announced today that the two companies have entered into a definitive…

Cayin adds new media player to its SMP-PRO line

May 30, 2007

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Cayin Technology announced the availability of its advanced media player, SMP-PRO3, tailored for dynamic digital signage. The latest product…

Microsoft unveils its first 'digital furniture'

May 29, 2007

International Herald Tribune: In advance of its formal unveiling Wednesday by Steven Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, the company described Microsoft…

Dutch company announces digital signage film

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

May 28, 2007

Projecta, a Netherlands-based company with a 50-year history manufacturing projection screens and presentation furniture, announced its first products for the…

Trident announces 'hidden PC solution' for digital signage

May 28, 2007

SURREY, U.K. — A hidden PC solution that attaches to the VESA mounting at the rear of a display has been introduced by Trident, to eliminate clutter from…

Planar launches multicolor EL display

May 21, 2007

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Planar Systems Inc. announced the company's first QVGA multicolor thin-film electroluminescent (EL) display. Similar to the visual…

Reflect Systems releases next-gen. digital-signage software

May 17, 2007

DALLAS — Reflect Systems Inc., provider of media-software applications for digital signage and corporate communications, has released ReflectView 2007, its…

Professor: Government should tax 'wasteful' plasma screens

May 15, 2007

BBC News: Governments should tax plasma screens because of the large amount of energy they consume, according to a leading expert on climate change. Professor…

SSKA holds first digital signage council meeting

May 15, 2007

CHICAGO—On the eve of the Digital Signage Expo in Chicago, the Self-Service & Kiosk Association held its first meeting of a new council formed to help…

LG unveils IP Solution technology

May 15, 2007

CHICAGO — LG Electronics today introduced a new digital signage technology designed to streamline system design and control.

LG announces world's first flexible color e-paper

May 14, 2007

SEOUL, Korea — LG.Philips LCD announced that it has developed the world's first 14.1-inch flexible color E-paper display, equivalent in size to an A4 sheet of…

Planar to make brand debut at DSE

May 14, 2007

CHICAGO — Planar Systems Inc. is making its brand debut at this week's Digital Signage Expo in Chicago, May 16 & 17.

Fujitsu installs first interactive RFID wall

May 13, 2007

Tech UK: After two years in the Fujitsu R&D lab, the first UBWALL has been installed in a branch of financial services company Nomura Securities. The…