NEC's first 15-series screens going to Kenya

September 10, 2008

SHARJAH, U.A.E. — NEC Display Solutions has confirmed that the very first customer to receive its new 15 series commercial displays for digital signage will be…

LG: Driving customer experience through interactivity

September 3, 2008

PictureBusiness: The digital signage market continues to innovate and LG claims their latest digital signage line-up, "lends itself to a variety of retail…

LG screens turn to commercial use in China

September 2, 2008

Trading Markets: It is hard to find plasma TV sets with the brand name of LG at the household appliance stores in Guangzhou, China. Many sellers with the…

LG Display and Amtran to set up LCD panel joint venture

September 1, 2008

Reuters: South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd. and Taiwan's Amtran Technology agreed on Monday to set up a joint venture in China to produce flat screen modules and…

Is digital signage a green business?

Accusations have caused awareness for environmental initiatives.

NEC offers commercial-grade screens at consumer-grade price

August 28, 2008

CHICAGO — NEC Display Solutions, a provider of commercial and residential LCD and plasma displays and projectors, has announced a new family of…

Fanless digital signage player optimizes multi-media display

August 19, 2008

FREMONT, Calif. — Nexcom, an embedded industrial PC provider, has launched the NDiS 161 player for digital signage applications. The NDiS 161 enables rich…

NEC releases low-cost displays for digital signage

August 12, 2008

CHICAGO — NEC Display Solutions of America, a provider of commercial- and consumer-grade LCD and plasma displays and projectors, has announced a new family of…

Planar wins digital display contract with Thomson's PRN

August 7, 2008

RTTNews: Planar Systems Inc. said it has been awarded a digital display contract by retail television network provider Thomson's Premier Retail Networks Inc.…

Venco introduces screens with integrated audience measurement

July 29, 2008

TAMPA, Fla. – Venco Electronica, a Spanish electronics provider, has integrated TruMedia's iCapture audience measurement solution into its digital signage…

LG cuts down on LCD production

July 27, 2008

AFP: LG Display, the world's second-largest liquid crystal display maker, has cut down on production in the short term amid a global supply glut and falling…

OLED may take over LCD, but not yet

New developments may make OLED a viable option for the future.  

Toshiba, Matsushita will jointly make small EL displays

July 21, 2008

CNet: Toshiba and Matsushita Electric Industrial will jointly manufacture small electroluminescent displays in an effort to match the output from Korea-based…

Panasonic demos giant, Surface-like touchscreen wall

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

July 20, 2008

Bloggers at Digital World Tokyo recently got a demonstration of a massive wall-mounted touchscreen at the Panasonic Center Tokyo. The working title of the…

MvixUSA intros digital signage for small, medium businesses

July 16, 2008

CHANTILLY, Va. — MvixUSA Inc., provider of high-definition video playback systems, has announced the launch of its branded digital signage solution, the Mvix…

Digital signage connectivity

Cables, Wi-Fi and cellular offer unique ways of linking screens.  

Keywest intros HD-Video POD for digital signage

July 8, 2008

LENEXA, Kan. — Keywest Technology has unveiled the HD-Video POD, a high-definition digital signage content player offering a professional alternative to the…

New fanless PC supports Intel Core 2 Duo processor

July 6, 2008

TAIWAN, Republic of China — Acrosser Technology announced the release of its new fanless Core 2 Duo embedded computer, the AR-ES5430FL series. The company…

New apps for mobile-driven signage

by Digital Signage Today

Companies are investing more as content, interactivity improve.

Plasma, LCDs blamed for accelerating global warming

July 2, 2008

ABC News (Australia): A gas used in the making of flat screen televisions, nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), is being blamed for damaging the atmosphere and…