Vandalism creates real risk for public street furniture and Digital Out-of-Home networks. BoldVu® by MRI stays several steps ahead. With 21+ years and 27,000+ deployments, we have seen almost everything. Displays have faced vehicle impacts, tire irons, acid etching, graffiti, and even gunshots. Every BoldVu® display includes anti-vandalism technology and smart reporting. These features help…
A look into anti-vandalism measures standard on our Digital LCD Displays Vandalism creates constant challenges for public street furniture and Digital Out-of-Home networks. BoldVu® by MRI faces those same real-world risks. After 21+ years and 27,000+ deployments, we have seen almost everything. Vehicles have crashed into our units. Vandals have used tire irons, chains, rocks,…
For an In-Depth Read Into This Subject Click Here. When investing in digital signage, companies often focus on hardware, installation, and maintenance. But one of the biggest overlooked costs is power, both the cost of installation and ongoing energy consumption. BoldVu®: Engineered for Energy Efficiency BoldVu® displays by MRI are designed to consume up to…
Cost of Power for DOOH (Digital Out of Home) Digital Signage When investing in outdoor digital signage, most companies focus on upfront costs: hardware, installation, and maintenance. But two of the most overlooked expenses in the industry are: 1) the cost of installing primary AC power; and 2) The ongoing power consumption. Electricity costs can…
UPDATED JUNE 16, 2025 In the world of consumer display technologies, the battle between LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), and to a far lesser extent, direct view micro RGB LED (Red, Green, Blue Light-Emitting Diode) has been ongoing, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. For outdoor advertising applications OLEDs are…
Outdoor digital displays must be able to withstand direct sunlight, extreme temperatures, heavy humidity, rain, snow, dust, dirt, wind, and vandalism. How this is achieved varies depending on who you choose to work with. Before going too far with any outdoor LCD display supplier, here are some considerations for outdoor LCD displays: Can the Display…
Here’s a list of non-technical consideration questions before getting too far along in a digital display project: These non-technical considerations all impact the development and schedule of a display rollout and could have significant cost implications for your project. They might also greatly influence the type of display you decide to purchase and use in your network. …
MRI and Georgia Tech have steadily collaborated on BoldVu® display research. Georgia Tech is a top 10 public research university located in Atlanta, Georgia. The research covers internal cooling and low-cost IoT sensor networks for Urban Heat Island and air pollution studies. Several publications have resulted from this collaboration, in the form of conference proceedings…
Our eyes take great delight in being easily entertained with rich colors and deep contrast. Ideally, that’s the goal when we use digital displays for business purposes. But great-looking displays don’t happen by chance. Creating a great-looking display requires an exact match between human vision and display technology. The technology must use the visual capabilities…
Sunlight attacks LCD displays harder than anything else. It heats them up, shifts color, and can eventually drive the screen toward blackening through solar clearing. We’ve all watched a phone shut down to cool itself, but outdoor displays can’t take breaks. Media networks, QSRs, and transit systems need the image on and readable 24/7, even…
