VIA brings its range of graphics and multi-display solutions to this year's Digital signage Expo, including its latest, the eH1 graphics card.

The VIA eH1 supports DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.1, OpenGL ES 2.0 and the stereoscopic 3D technologies, while handling multiple HD content streams. It is a low profile PCI-E add-in board, carrying the 64-bit S3 Chrome 5400E GPU.

The company says it is ideal for embedded applications involving sophisticated graphics and HD video, such as digital signage and advertising, POS, POI and casino gaming. Read more...

Prysm EMEA VP Steve Scorse tells eSP and rAVe Europe Web TV how the company is now shipping its Laster Phosphor Display (LPD) products-- a low-power (27W per 25" tile), display technology shown off behind closed doors last year, now on full display at ISE 2011.

Clients can create a seamless display of any size using LPD tiles, Scorse says-- while taking care of their energy costs. The company's first client is American Eagle's SoHo Manhattan, store; one Scorse describes as being fairly impressive. 

Grabbing eyes at ISE is Prysm's Digital Mannequin-- Read more...

Minicom CEO Ronni Guggenheim speaks to eSP and rAVe Web TV at ISE 2011 on the state of the digital signage industry as seen at the show-- a still-fragmented industry with lots of AV players trying to enter a challenging yet growing market. 

The ultimate challenge remains-- putting a solution together with all the various parts available. 

A big chunk of the business comes from the integration side, on which 30-40% of money is spent. 

Guggenheim says advertising pays for a lot of this business; if a screen fails, you simply cannot charge, with all Read more...

We speak to Jason Skillicorn, Lighthouse Sales and Marketing Director, at ISE 2011 about the company's latest LED products-- the Impact and DuoLED series. 

Impact is 4-colour LED panel series just launched at ISE 2011. The 2 Impact panel models (at 12mm and 16mm pixel pitch respectively) boast high brightness (6000 nits) and aim for outdoor installations such as stadiums. 

Lighthouse are soon going to install a 100 square meter Impact 12-series screen at Carphone Warehouse's flagship office in the UK, Skillicorn says. 

The Impact series panels are Read more...