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I first saw some sort of cooler screen in a grocery store in Bangkok, I think around 2019. The door was actually transparent, it was just the pixel layer, no re

I first saw some sort of cooler screen in a grocery store in Bangkok, I think around 2019. The door was actually transparent, it was just the pixel layer, no reflectors or lights (light coming from the luminance of delicious products lit themselves by traditional in-cabinet lighting). As I recall the imagery was a loop of a pleasant airline attendant-looking lady offering a coke bottle. Not sure I have been to a drug store of any kind in a few years though. Are these different? Truly screens so you can't see what's in the cabinets?

jagged-chisel 3y ago
Indeed, these are full screens mounted between the glass door and the customer’s eyes. The Walgreens near me had them installed recently and they were generally functional - lit, animated, switched to inventory when I approached - but the inventory data was wrong. I wanted ice cream, one brand/flavor was available, but I opened the door to find it totally empty. Had to open it to know that the “available” ice cream was not actually available.