When I first started covering this industry a few years ago, I started to notice all the different systems and applications that integrators were responsible for that others “in-the-wild” might not realize is the work of AV industry professionals. [related]
Lately, I’ve also started to notice more and more holiday displays on the front lawns of my neighbors and in the communities I drive through each day (after all, it’s pretty dark when I drive home because of everybody’s favorite daylight savings time… So these intense, multi-colored holiday displays tend to stick out).
I know yard decorations have been around longer than the AV industry, but lately, it seems like they’re getting incredibly intricate, large, and assertive.
I’m not bemoaning this, mind you! To the contrary, I’m solidly here for anybody who wants to make a statement using their property and enlisting the help of about 3 billion LED lights, projectors, and blow-up caricatures to do so.
But seeing these intense displays got me to thinking: do integrators use their digital signage design and other skills to create holiday displays at home?
Our colleagues at CE Pro write about technology in the home all the time. But I’m talking about folks who also have experience in the commercial end of custom integration.
Have you ever used an outdoor screen, projection, or intricate lighting & control technology to create a holiday display for your home, yard, or business front?
If you have flexed your digital signage system design muscles in this way before, please go ahead and show us!
Email photos of your work to [email protected], or put them in the comments below!
