The Digital Signage Expert‘Dave Haar’ Archives
Following ISE – the Digital Signage Expert Tour at DSE
Well - it's finally here -or it's not here soon enough - depending on your outlook. Digital Signage Expo kicks off in Las Vegas next week and for the first time - the Digital Signage Expert Tour will be present, sponsored by The Digital Signage Association and hosted by Minicom Digital Signage. The Tour will be held on both Wednesday and [...]
A Really Interesting Read
There is so much news every day on all of the different quality websites about Digital Signage that it is sometime a daunting task just to sift through it all. Last week however I saw an article that I'd like to recommend to everyone to read. I saw it in Digital Signage Today. It was the lead story entitled: Q&A: Ten questions on [...]
I Thought We Were Going Crazy – Players at Screens?
How do fight a persistent trend? What is the best strategy for getting your message across? How do you overcome the disconnect between what designers design and the practical reality of every day use of digital signs? I have been trying to think of a way to get more people to look at our Cost Ramifications of Player Placement in Digital Signage [...]
It Takes a Village
The digital signage industry is seeing another example this week of companies working together to bring creative and relevant content to digital signage networks. In an article that was picked up on Friday by Digital Signage Today, Argo Digital announced that Waiting Room Promotions was going to use Rvue to bring relevant advertising content to [...]
Digital Signage in Education – a New Twist
We recently had the experience of working with a very interesting application of Digital Signage in the K-12 marketplace. One of our customers, ComputerLand of Texas , working with the Coppell School District has developed a Digital Signage Video wall that is actually part of the curriculum of New Tech High @ Coppell high school. The application [...]
AV crossover from Residential to Commercial to Digital Signage
I saw a very interesting article today posted on the Infocomm Forum by John Stiernberg of Stiernberg Consulting where he talks very distinctly about the trend for Residential AV integrators encroaching on the commercial AV spaces during these troubling times. The article can be found at the Infocomm site, but I'm not sure if you can get access to [...]
Digital Signage – Where do I start?
One of the prevalent attendee questions floating around last week's InfoComm 2009 Show in Orlando was - digital signage - where do I start? It is still a very confusing application to many integrators as well as end users. Unfortunately, many times the answer to the questions you ask as you contemplate designing or installing a digital signage [...]
Digitalsignageexpo 2009 resume
With more than 3300 visitors the Digitalsignageexpo in Essen was successfull. Most of the comments of the exhibitors have been very postive. Also the organizer Jens Schindler was very happy when I spoke with him. And here and there we heard rumours that new Digital Signage rollouts will start in the third quarter 2009...
Dave Haar, Minicom
Today we speak to Dave Haar, Vice President Digital Signage Division of Minicom to find out about how Infocomm 2008 went. Minicom Blog: How was it overall? Dave Haar: Really good. There was a lot happening so let me recap some of the highlights. Sony introduced their Felica technology into the US. It is an interactive card that allows [...]
From Dave’s Desk
From time to time, Dave Haar is going to be stopping by to the blog and commenting on things happening in the world of digital signage. Haar leads the new Digital Signage Division of Minicom.I got an interesting update this week from Lisa at the Digital Signage Forum that gave me food for though. Lisa was describing a survey that has been recently [...]