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Digital Signage & Video Walls

projects going on. They'll come out in two
years. The floor plans look the same as
everything you've ever done. Ratio-wise
nothing's really changed. They are planning
on that headcount though, " he says.
" Before where 12%-14% of the population of these big companies was allowed
to work from home at some capacity each
week, they are now anticipating 40% of
the people will be in that situation, " says
Grace. " They are space planning for a 60%
occupancy level where before it was an
86% occupancy level. "
This does change the way these organizations are planning to organize those that
come into the office. With so much variance
in which employees are in the office on any
given day, assigned desks make little sense.
Digital signage offers an opportunity to
better organize space so that employees
that come in a few times each week can still
get their work done efficiently in the office.
" You walk up to a kiosk, click on a workstation that's green, it gives it to you, and you
know you have that space to work from, " says
Grace. " Digital signage has a really bright
future in a lot of different ways. Definitely the
hoteling and hot desking is a major driver.
That's a big change from before. "
Video walls in corporate lobbies are no

less sophisticated than before, but over the
past year and looking ahead are more often
tied into the overall digital signage strategy.
" That communication medium that was
always there at the entrance greeting the
client coming in have shifted, " says Dudis.
" Those have become more of an internal
communication for employees coming into
the office. "
Video walls are also increasingly entering
the boardroom for a number of reasons,
including brightness levels and flexibility
of these systems. Not to mention the same
system from several years ago is a fraction
of the cost today.
" To drop $350,000 into a display for a
conference room was not very common
back then, " says Grace. " That technology is
into the $120,000 range to do something
similar, and we're doing them regularly.
Most boardrooms where the seating is
more than fifteen people we're putting in
that technology.
" Another big reason for LED in boardrooms is that you can create this pixel
space, and your content can be anywhere
on that in Windows, " he says. " If you put
two 98-inch displays that's very common.
" One side is something, the other side is
something else, and no image is centered.

Mitsubishi Electric
Get the display manufacturer involved early. The right display manufacturer will
be your partner and bring valuable support to a project from the pre-sale process
through post-sale support.
Ask the manufacturer how they can add more value, help reduce total project
cost and ensure an exceptional client experience. At Mitsubishi Electric we offer
customized solutions, detailed engineering drawings, design and fabricate our own
mounting solutions and even offer installation services.
These services can contribute to creating a unique, cost effective solution. Product
is of course important, and a full line of products is important in selecting a manufacturer, as is the quality. Don't however specify a product; specify and focus on the
total solution.
A good direct-view LED installation is more than simply stacking panels together
and resist the temptation to simply specify the highest pixel-pitch available. For value in the quality, ensure fine pixel-pitch displays use LEDs with durable, high-quality
gold bonding wires.
As clients and architects become more interested in unique solutions, and with installation costs representing a large portion of total project cost, system integrators
should consider the many ways a display manufacturer can contribute value to the
process and help bring solutions to the table.

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When you do the same pixel space in LED
you can have the presentation centered.
It's a better view for the table, " says Grace.
That flexibility of making the image centered when needed can't be done with two
monitors side-by-side. That flexibility can
drive different things for customers, and in
particular that ability to center images is a
real priority for corporate boardrooms.

Retail Spaces
Certainly online shopping has seen a
major boon in the COVID era, and unlike
restaurants, concert venues, and vacation

NanoLumens
Digital Signage displays are ever
evolving, from airports, to retail, to
entertainment venues, all applications
look for a versatile and vibrant product to dazzle their customers.
NanoLumens LED displays guarantee to offer an immersive brand experience, often in the form of a brilliant
curving ribbons or an ambitious multiwall façade. Easy-to-use and surprisingly affordable, our dynamic displays
are built and serviced in the U.S.
NanoLumens provides a consultative approach and can help design a
fully customizable solution integrated
to any environment, as well as simple
digital signage solutions for any
vertical.
Our team offers end-to-end customer service to help you find the right LED
display solution for your project. As
award-winning creators of LED visualization solutions, NanoLumens aims
to empower A/V pros to create digital
canvases freely without limitations.
" NanoLumens serves the audio/
visual design community with display
solutions that provide creative freedom to transform any environment
into an immersive and engaging experience. Stay tuned as we continue to
innovate with a full range of versatile
LED products to help create amazing
brand experiences, " says Ney Corsino,
CEO for NanoLumens.

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