10-Q

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 10-Q

[X]       QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2019

Commission file number 1-2257

TRANS-LUX CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware		13-1394750
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)
135 East 57th Street, 14th Floor, New York, New York		10022
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)
	(800) 243-5544
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes     X      No 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such files).  Yes     X      No  

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ___	Accelerated filer ___
Non-accelerated filer      X	Emerging growth company ___	Smaller reporting company      X

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.           

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes               No     X                                          

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of Common Stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Date	Class	Shares Outstanding
8/13/19	Common Stock - $0.001 Par Value	13,381,476

	TRANS-LUX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
	Table of Contents
		Page No.
Part I - Financial Information (unaudited)
Item 1.	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (see Note 1)	1
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations – Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss – Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit – Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018	4
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	5
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	21
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	28
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	28
Part II - Other Information
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	28
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	29
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	29
Item 3.	Defaults upon Senior Securities	29
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	29
Item 5.	Other Information	30
Item 6.	Exhibits	30
Signatures		31
Exhibits

Part I - Financial Information (unaudited)
Item 1.
TRANS-LUX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited)
	June 30 2019		December 31 2018
In thousands, except share data
			(see Note 1)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,413	$	723
Receivables, net		2,552		2,271
Inventories		2,533		2,201
Prepaids and other assets		787		417
Total current assets		7,285		5,612
Long-term assets:
Rental equipment, net		1,093		1,310
Property, plant and equipment, net		2,102		2,180
Right of use assets		1,281		-
Goodwill		744		744
Restricted cash		900		900
Other assets		720		720
Total long-term assets		6,840		5,854
TOTAL ASSETS	$	14,125	$	11,466
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	753	$	3,728
Accrued liabilities		5,652		6,332
Current portion of long-term debt		572		2,584
Current portion of long-term debt - related party		-		1,000
Current lease liabilities		322		-
Customer deposits		810		432
Total current liabilities		8,109		14,076
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term debt, less current portion		1,650		1,446
Long-term lease liabilities		994		-
Deferred pension liability and other		4,273		3,708
Total long-term liabilities		6,917		5,154
Total liabilities		15,026		19,230
Stockholders' deficit:
Preferred Stock Series A - $20 stated value -  416,500 shares authorized;     shares issued and outstanding: 0 in 2019 and 2018		-		-
Preferred Stock Series B - $200 stated value -  51,000 shares authorized;     shares issued and outstanding: 648 in 2019 and 16,512 in 2018     (liquidation preference $135,000)		130		3,302
Common Stock - $0.001 par value -  30,000,000 shares authorized;     shares issued: 13,409,316 in 2019 and 3,652,813 in 2018;     shares outstanding: 13,381,476 in 2019 and 3,624,973 in 2018		13		4
Additional paid-in-capital		40,958		30,069
Accumulated deficit		(32,643)		(31,682)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(6,296)		(6,394)
Treasury stock - at cost - 27,840 common shares in 2019 and 2018		(3,063)		(3,063)
Total stockholders' deficit		(901)		(7,764)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT	$	14,125	$	11,466
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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TRANS-LUX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)
	3 Months Ended June 30				6 Months Ended June 30
In thousands, except per share data	2019		2018		2019		2018
Revenues:
Digital product sales	$	3,113	$	2,353	$	6,204	$	6,301
Digital product lease and maintenance		634		709		1,142		1,296
Total revenues		3,747		3,062		7,346		7,597
Cost of revenues:
Cost of digital product sales		2,219		2,093		4,741		4,880
Cost of digital product lease and maintenance		180		420		389		676
Total cost of revenues		2,399		2,513		5,130		5,556
Gross profit		1,348		549		2,216		2,041
General and administrative expenses		(1,313)		(1,443)		(2,420)		(2,796)
Operating income (loss)		35		(894)		(204)		(755)
Interest expense, net		(80)		(218)		(335)		(414)
(Loss) gain on foreign currency remeasurement		(50)		50		(107)		122
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(245)		-		(193)		-
Gain on sale/leaseback transaction		-		-		-		11
Pension (expense) benefit		(19)		34		(37)		68
Loss before income taxes		(359)		(1,028)		(876)		(968)
Income tax expense		(6)		-		(12)		-
Net loss	$	(365)	$	(1,028)	$	(888)	$	(968)
Loss per share - basic and diluted	$	(0.03)	$	(0.48)	$	(0.10)	$	(0.48)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

TRANS-LUX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (unaudited)
	3 Months Ended June 30				6 Months Ended June 30
In thousands	2019		2018		2019		2018
Net loss	$	(365)	$	(1,028)	$	(888)	$	(968)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain (loss)		46		(47)		98		(114)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		46		(47)		98		(114)
Comprehensive loss	$	(319)	$	(1,075)	$	(790)	$	(1,082)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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TRANS-LUX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT (unaudited)
														Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss				Total Stock- holders' Deficit
	Preferred Stock									Add'l Paid-in Capital
	Series A			Series B			Common Stock					Accumulated Deficit				Treasury Stock
In thousands, except share data	Shares	Amt		Shares	Amt		Shares	Amt
For the 6 months ended June 30, 2019
Balance January 1, 2019	-	$	-	16,512	$	3,302	3,652,813	$	4	$	30,069	$	(31,682)	$	(6,394)	$	(3,063)		(7,764)
Net loss	-		-	-		-	-		-		-		(888)		-		-		(888)
Preferred stock converted to Common Stock	-		-	(15,864)		(3,172)	1,586,400		1		3,171		-		-		-		-
Exercise of warrants, net of costs	-		-	-		-	5,670,103		6		5,292		-		-		-		5,298
Rights Offering, net of costs	-		-	-		-	2,500,000		2		2,426		-		-		-		2,428
Dividends paid on preferred stock	-		-	-		-	-		-		-		(73)		-		-		(73)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain	-		-	-		-	-		-		-		-		98		-		98
Balance June 30, 2019	-	$	-	648	$	130	13,409,316	$	13	$	40,958	$	(32,643)	$	(6,296)	$	(3,063)	$	(901)
For the 3 months ended June 30, 2019
Balance April 1, 2019	-	$	-	648	$	130	7,301,069	$	7	$	35,238	$	(32,278)	$	(6,342)	$	(3,063)		(6,308)
Net loss	-		-	-		-	-		-		-		(365)		-		-		(365)
Exercise of warrants, net of costs	-		-	-		-	3,608,247		4		3,294		-		-		-		3,298
Rights Offering, net of costs	-		-	-		-	2,500,000		2		2,426		-		-		-		2,428
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain	-		-	-		-	-		-		-		-		46		-		46
Balance June 30, 2019	-	$	-	648	$	130	13,409,316	$	13	$	40,958	$	(32,643)	$	(6,296)	$	(3,063)	$	(901)
For the 6 months ended June 30, 2018
Balance January 1, 2018	-	$	-	16,512	$	3,302	2,190,011	$	2	$	28,273	$	(26,889)	$	(5,536)	$	(3,063)		(3,911)
Net loss	-		-	-		-	-		-		-		(968)		-		-		(968)
Dividends paid on preferred stock	-		-	-		-	127,013		-		-		-		-		-		-
Warrants issued for financing	-		-	-		-	-		-		287		-		-		-		287
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Unrealized foreign currency translation loss	-		-	-		-	-		-		-		-		(114)		-		(114)
Balance June 30, 2018	-	$	-	16,512	$	3,302	2,317,024	$	2	$	28,560	$	(27,857)	$	(5,650)	$	(3,063)	$	(4,706)
For the 3 months ended June 30, 2018
Balance April 1, 2018	-	$	-	16,512	$	3,302	2,190,011	$	2	$	28,273	$	(26,829)	$	(5,603)	$	(3,063)		(3,918)
Net loss	-		-	-		-	-		-		-		(1,028)		-		-		(1,028)
Dividends paid on preferred stock	-		-	-		-	127,013		-		-		-		-		-		-
Warrants issued for financing	-		-	-		-	-		-		287		-		-		-		287
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Unrealized foreign currency translation loss	-		-	-		-	-		-		-		-		(47)		-		(47)
Balance June 30, 2018	-	$	-	16,512	$	3,302	2,317,024	$	2	$	28,560	$	(27,857)	$	(5,650)	$	(3,063)	$	(4,706)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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TRANS-LUX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited)
	6 Months Ended June 30
In thousands	2019		2018
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss	$	(888)	$	(968)
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by     operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		320		497
Amortization of right of use assets		182		-
Amortization of gain on sale/leaseback transaction		-		(11)
Amortization of deferred financing fees and debt discount		71		81
Loss on extinguishment of debt		193		-
Loss (gain) on foreign currency remeasurement		107		(122)
Bad debt expense		162		222
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net		(445)		205
Inventories		(332)		26
Prepaids and other assets		(370)		770
Accounts payable		(2,975)		93
Accrued liabilities		(481)		161
Operating lease liabilities		(179)		-
Customer deposits		378		(567)
Deferred pension liability and other		417		(63)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(3,840)		324
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of rental equipment and property, plant and equipment		(25)		(133)
Net cash used in investing activities		(25)		(133)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from long-term debt		-		1,000
Proceeds from warrant exercise, net of costs		5,298		-
Proceeds from rights offering, net of costs		2,428		-
Payments of long-term debt		(3,037)		(1,885)
Payments of dividends on preferred stock		(73)		-
Payments for fees on extinguishment of debt		(62)		-
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		4,554		(885)
Effect of exchange rate changes		1		(1)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		690		(695)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year		1,623		1,909
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	2,313	$	1,214
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Interest paid	$	267	$	293
Income taxes paid		22		26
Supplemental non-cash financing activities:
Preferred Stock Series B converted to Common Stock	$	3,172	$	-
Warrants issued to SMI and SMII		-		287
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash to amounts     reported in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at end of period:
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,413	$	264
Long-term assets
Restricted cash		900		950
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	2,313	$	1,214
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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TRANS-LUX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2019

(unaudited)

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation

As used in this report, “Trans-Lux,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Trans-Lux Corporation and its subsidiaries.

Financial information included herein is unaudited, however, such information reflects all adjustments (of a normal and recurring nature), which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair presentation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the interim periods. The results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.  The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and therefore do not include all information and footnote disclosures required under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).  The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.  The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2018 is derived from the December 31, 2018 audited financial statements.

The following new accounting pronouncements were adopted in 2019:

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842).  Under ASU 2016-02, a company must recognize for all leases (with the exception of leases with terms of 12 months or less) a lease liability representing a lessee's obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease and a right of use (“ROU”) asset representing the lessee's right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term.  A lessee should recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and an ROU asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term.  For leases with a term of 12 months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities. In transition, lessees and lessors are required to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach.  In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements, which provided an additional (and optional) transition method to adopt the new leases standard whereby an entity initially applies the new leases standard at the adoption date and recognizes a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption.  The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective method in the period of adoption.  The adoption of the standard had a material impact to our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for the recognition of certain operating leases as ROU assets of approximately $1,463,000, long-term lease liabilities of $1,127,000 and current lease liabilities of $368,000, but did not have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, Comprehensive Loss, Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit or Cash Flows.  We have analyzed our leases, implemented systems, developed processes and internal controls and updated our accounting policies to comply with the standard's adoption requirements.  The Company's rental revenue agreements were accounted for under previous lease accounting standards through December 31, 2018 and are accounted for within the scope of Topic 842 following our adoption on January 1, 2019.  Topic 842 does not significantly affect the timing of recognition or presentation of revenue for our rental contracts.  See Note 9 – Leases for further details.

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In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting.  ASU 2018-07 eliminates the separate accounting model for nonemployee share-based payment awards and generally requires companies to account for share-based payment transactions with nonemployees in the same way as share-based payment transactions with employees.  The accounting remains different for attribution, which represents how the equity-based payment cost is recognized over the vesting period, and a contractual term election for valuing nonemployee equity share options.  As required by this standard, the Company adopted ASU 2018-07 on January 1, 2019. The adoption of this standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

Other than the foregoing changes, there have been no material changes in our significant accounting policies during the six months ended June 30, 2019 from the significant accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed with the SEC on April 15, 2019.

The following new accounting pronouncements, and related impacts on adoption, are being evaluated by the Company:

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350).  ASU 2017-04 simplifies the test for goodwill impairment.  Public business entities should apply the amendments in ASU 2017-04 for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years (i.e., January 1, 2020), early application is permitted.  The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14, Compensation – Retirement Benefits – Defined Benefit Plans – General (Subtopic 715-20).  ASU 2018-14 modifies the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans.  Public business entities should apply the amendments in ASU 2018-14 for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years (i.e., January 1, 2021).  Early application is permitted.  The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

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Note 2 – Liquidity

The Company has incurred recurring losses and has a working capital deficiency.  The Company incurred a net loss of $888,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2019 and had a working capital deficiency of $824,000 as of June 30, 2019.

The Company is dependent on future operating performance in order to generate sufficient cash flows in order to continue to run its businesses.  Future operating performance is dependent on general economic conditions, as well as financial, competitive and other factors beyond our control.  In order to more effectively manage its cash resources, the Company had, from time to time, increased the timetable of its payment of some of its payables, which delayed certain product deliveries from our vendors, which in turn delayed certain deliveries to our customers.

In April 2019, the Company received aggregate proceeds of $6.0 million from (i) a rights offering to current shareholders under which the shareholders could purchase shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $2.5 million (the “Rights Offering”) and (ii) the exercise of the remaining $3.5 million warrant (the “Unilumin Warrant”) issued to Unilumin North America Inc. (“Unilumin”).  Of these proceeds, a portion has been used to satisfy outstanding obligations including certain long-term debt, certain payables, certain accrued liabilities and pension obligations.  Certain directors deferred the timing of payments owed to them related to directors’ fees and current portion of long-term debt beyond one year.  In addition, a stockholder of the Company has committed to providing additional capital up to $2.0 million, to the extent necessary to fund operations.  Management believes that its current cash resources and cash provided by operations will be sufficient to fund its anticipated current and near-term cash requirements within one year from the date of issuance of this Form 10-Q.  The Company continually evaluates the need and availability of long-term capital, including replacing the Credit Agreement (hereinafter defined) which terminated in April 2019, in order to meet its cash requirements and fund potential new opportunities.

Note 3 – Revenue Recognition

Under the revenue recognition guidance provided by ASU 2014-09, revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration which the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services.  To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that an entity determines are within the scope of this standard, the Company performs the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.  The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the entity will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer.  At contract inception, once the contract is determined to be within the scope of this standard, the Company assesses the goods or services promised within each contract and determines those that are performance obligations and assesses whether each promised good or service is distinct.  The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied.  Sales tax, value added tax and other taxes collected on behalf of third parties are excluded from revenue.

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Contracts with customers may contain multiple performance obligations.  For such arrangements, the transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation based on the estimated relative standalone selling prices of the promised products or services underlying each performance obligation.  The Company determines standalone selling prices based on the price at which the performance obligation is sold separately.  If the standalone selling price is not observable through past transactions, the Company estimates the standalone selling price taking into account available information such as market conditions and internally approved pricing guidelines related to the performance obligations.

When determining the transaction price of a contract, an adjustment is made if payment from a customer occurs either significantly before or significantly after performance, resulting in a significant financing component.  Applying the practical expedient in paragraph 606-10-32-18, the Company does not assess whether a significant financing component exists if the period between when the Company performs its obligations under the contract and when the customer pays is one year or less.  None of the Company’s contracts contained a significant financing component as of June 30, 2019.

In March 2016, the FASB issued updated lease accounting guidance ("Topic 842"), as explained further in Note 9 – Leases.  We adopted Topic 842 on January 1, 2019.  Topic 842 is an update to Topic 840, which was the lease accounting standard in place through December 31, 2018.  There were no significant changes to our revenue accounting upon adoption of Topic 842.

We recognize revenue in accordance with two different accounting standards: 1) Topic 606 and 2) Topic 842.  Under Topic 606, revenue from contracts with customers is measured based on the consideration specified in the contract with the customer, and excludes any sales incentives and amounts collected on behalf of third parties.  A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to a customer, and is the unit of account under Topic 606.  Our contracts with customers generally do not include multiple performance obligations.  We recognize revenue when we satisfy a performance obligation by transferring control over a product or service to a customer. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for such products or services.

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Disaggregated Revenues

The following table represents a disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, along with the reportable segment for each category:

	Three months ended				Six months ended
In thousands	June 30, 2019		June 30, 2018		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2018
Digital product sales:
Catalog and small customized products	$	3,113	$	2,353	$	6,204	$	5,301
Large customized products		-		-		-		1,000
Subtotal		3,113		2,353		6,204		6,301
Digital product lease and maintenance:
Operating leases		338		439		630		766
Maintenance agreements		296		270		512		530
Subtotal		634		709		1,142		1,296
Total	$	3,747	$	3,062	$	7,346	$	7,597

Performance Obligations

The Company has two primary revenue streams which are Digital product sales and Digital product lease and maintenance.

Digital Product Sales

The Company recognizes net revenue on digital product sales to its distribution partners and to end users related to digital display solutions and fixed digit scoreboards.  For the Company’s catalog products, revenue is generally recognized when the customer obtains control of the Company’s product, which occurs at a point in time, and may be upon shipment or upon delivery based on the contractual shipping terms of a contract.  For the Company’s customized products, revenue is either recognized at a point in time or over time depending on the size of the contract.  For those customized product contracts that are smaller in size, revenue is generally recognized when the customer obtains control of the Company’s product, which occurs at a point in time, and may be upon shipment or upon delivery based on the contractual shipping terms of a contract.  For those customized product contracts that are larger in size, revenue is recognized over time based on incurred costs as compared to projected costs using the input method, as this best reflects the Company’s progress in transferring control of the customized product to the customer.  The Company may also contract with a customer to perform installation services of digital display products.  Similar to the larger customized products, the Company recognizes the revenue associated with installation services using the input method, whereby the basis is the total contract costs incurred to date compared to the total expected costs to be incurred.

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Revenue on sales to distribution partners are recorded net of prompt-pay discounts, if offered, and other deductions.  To the extent the transaction price includes variable consideration, the Company estimates the amount of variable consideration that should be included in the transaction price utilizing the most likely amount method to which the Company expects to be entitled.  In the case of prompt-pay discounts, there are only two possible outcomes: either the customer pays on-time or does not.  Variable consideration is included in the transaction price if, in the Company’s judgment, it is probable that a significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will not occur.  Determination of whether to include estimated amounts in the transaction price are based largely on an assessment of the Company’s anticipated performance and all information (historical, current and forecasted) that is reasonably available.  The Company believes that the estimates it has established are reasonable based upon current facts and circumstances.  Applying different judgments to the same facts and circumstances could result in the estimated amounts to vary.  The Company offers an assurance-type warranty that the digital display products will conform to the published specifications.  Returns may only be made subject to this warranty and not for convenience.

Digital Product Lease and Maintenance

Digital product lease revenues represent revenues from leasing equipment that we own.  We do not generally provide an option for the lessee to purchase the rented equipment at the end of the lease and do not generate material revenue from sales of equipment under such options.  Our lease revenues do not include material amounts of variable payments.  Digital product maintenance revenues represent revenues from maintenance agreements for equipment that we do not own.  Lease and maintenance contracts generally run for periods of one month to 10 years.  A contract entered into by the Company with a customer may contain both lease and maintenance services (either or both services may be agreed upon based on the individual customer contract).  Maintenance services may consist of providing labor, parts and software maintenance as may be required to maintain the customer’s equipment in proper operating condition at the customer’s service location.  The Company concluded the lease and maintenance services represent a series of distinct services and the most representative method for measuring progress towards satisfying the performance obligation of these services is the input method.  Additionally, maintenance services require the Company to “stand ready” to provide support to the customer when and if needed.  As there is no discernable pattern of efforts other than evenly over the lease and maintenance terms, the Company will recognize revenue straight-line over the lease and maintenance terms of service.

The Company has an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date, as evidenced by the requirement that the customer pay upfront for each month of services. Lease and maintenance service amounts billed ahead of revenue recognition are recorded in deferred revenue and are included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Revenues from equipment lease and maintenance contracts are recognized during the term of the respective agreements.  At June 30, 2019, the future minimum lease payments due to the Company under operating leases that expire at varying dates through 2028 for its rental equipment and maintenance contracts, assuming no renewals of existing leases or any new leases, aggregating $2,100,000, are as follows:  $470,000 – remainder of 2019, $1,025,000 – 2020, $329,000 – 2021, $137,000 – 2022, $71,000 – 2023 and $68,000 thereafter.

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Contract Balances with Customers

Contract assets primarily relate to rights to consideration for goods or services transferred to the customer when the right is conditional on something other than the passage of time.  The contract assets are transferred to the receivables when the rights become unconditional.  As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had no contract assets.  The contract liabilities primarily relate to the advance consideration received from customers for contracts prior to the transfer of control to the customer and therefore revenue is recognized on completion of delivery.  Contract liabilities are classified as deferred revenue by the Company and are included in customer deposits and accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following table presents the balances in the Company’s receivables and contract liabilities with customers:

In thousands	June 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Gross receivables	$	3,196	$	4,067
Allowance for bad debts		644		1,796
Net receivables		2,552		2,271
Contract liabilities		1,325		465

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized the following revenues as a result of changes in the contract asset and the contract liability balances in the respective periods:

	Three months ended				Six months ended
In thousands	June 30, 2019		June 30, 2018		June 30,2019		June 30,2018
Revenue recognized in the period from:
Amounts included in the contract liability at the      beginning of the period	$	149	$	205	$	350	$	753

Transaction Price Allocated to Future Performance Obligations – alternative more qualitative presentation

Remaining performance obligations represents the transaction price of contracts for which work has not been performed (or has been partially performed).  The guidance provides certain practical expedients that limit this requirement and, therefore, the Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for (i) contracts with an original expected length of one year or less and (ii) contracts for which revenue is recognized at the amount to which the Company has the right to invoice for services performed.  As of June 30, 2019, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations for digital product sales was $2.4 million and digital product lease and maintenance was $2.1 million.  

The Company expects to recognize revenue on approximately 83%, 13% and 4% of the remaining performance obligations over the next 12 months, 13 to 36 months and 37 or more months, respectively.

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Costs to Obtain or Fulfill a Customer Contract

Prior to the adoption of ASU 2014-09, the Company expensed incremental commissions paid to sales representatives for obtaining customer contracts.  Under ASU 2014-09, the Company currently capitalizes these incremental costs of obtaining customer contracts.  Capitalized commissions are amortized based on the transfer of the products or services to which the assets relate.  Applying the practical expedient in paragraph 340-40-25-4, the Company recognizes the incremental costs of obtaining contracts as an expense when incurred if the amortization period of the assets that the Company otherwise would have recognized is one year or less.  These costs are included in General and administrative expenses.

The Company accounts for shipping and handling activities related to contracts with customers as costs to fulfill the promise to transfer the associated products.  When shipping and handling costs are incurred after a customer obtains control of the products, the Company also has elected to account for these as costs to fulfill the promise and not as a separate performance obligation.  Shipping and handling costs associated with the distribution of finished products to customers are recorded in costs of goods sold and are recognized when the related finished product is shipped to the customer.

Note 4 – Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

	June 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
In thousands
Raw materials	$	1,396	$	1,178
Work-in-progress		840		626
Finished goods		297		397
	$	2,533	$	2,201

Note 5 – Rental Equipment, net

Rental equipment consists of the following:

	June 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
In thousands
Rental equipment	$	7,104	$	7,109
Less accumulated depreciation		6,011		5,799
Net rental equipment	$	1,093	$	1,310

Depreciation expense for rental equipment for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was $212,000 and $353,000, respectively.  Depreciation expense for rental equipment for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was $106,000 and $177,000, respectively.

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Note 6 – Property, Plant and Equipment, net

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

	June 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
In thousands
Machinery, fixtures and equipment	$	2,721	$	2,691
Leaseholds and improvements		12		12
		2,733		2,703
Less accumulated depreciation		631		523
Net property, plant and equipment	$	2,102	$	2,180

Machinery, fixtures and equipment having a net book value of $2.2 million at December 31, 2018 were pledged as collateral under various financing agreements.

Depreciation expense for property, plant and equipment for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was $108,000 and $144,000, respectively.  Depreciation expense for property, plant and equipment for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was $54,000 and $72,000, respectively.

Note 7 – Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following:

	June 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
In thousands
8¼% Limited convertible senior subordinated notes due 2012	$	352	$	387
9½% Subordinated debentures due 2012		220		220
Revolving credit line		-		1,440
Term loans		-		1,590
Term loans - related party		1,000		1,000
Forgivable loan		650		650
Total debt		2,222		5,287
Less deferred financing costs		-		257
Net debt		2,222		5,030
Less portion due within one year		572		3,584
Net long-term debt	$	1,650	$	1,446

On July 12, 2016, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Trans-Lux Display Corporation, FairPlay Corporation (formerly Trans-Lux Midwest Corporation) and Trans-Lux Energy Corporation entered into a credit agreement, as subsequently amended on various dates, the latest being on March 1, 2019 (collectively, the “Credit Agreement”) with CNH Finance Fund I, L.P. (“CNH”) as lender.  Under the Credit Agreement, the Company was able to borrow up to an aggregate of $4.0 million, which included (i) up to $3.0 million of a revolving loan, at an interest rate of prime plus 9.0% (11.50% at December 31, 2018), and (ii) a $1.0 million term loan, at an interest rate of prime plus 11.0% (11.50% at December 31, 2018).  The availability under the revolving loan was calculated based on certain percentages of eligible receivables and inventory.  On November 6, 2018, the Company and CNH agreed to a forbearance agreement which was effective through February 28, 2019, as long as there were no additional defaults under the Credit Agreement.  On March 1, 2019, the effectiveness of the forbearance agreement was extended through April 15, 2019.  On April 10, 2019, the Company satisfied the Credit Agreement in full and the Credit Agreement was terminated.  The termination fee of $60,000 and the remaining debt discount of $23,000 were written off and included in loss on extinguishment of debt on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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On June 11, 2018, the Company entered into a Subordinated Secured Promissory Note (the “SMI Note”) with SM Investors, L.P. (“SMI”), pursuant to which the Company borrowed $330,000 from SMI at an interest rate of 12.00%.  The maturity date of the SMI Note was the earlier of June 11, 2020 or the Company’s completion of an additional financing package of at least $1 million.  The Company also issued SMI a three-year warrant to purchase 82,500 shares of the Company at an exercise price of $0.01 per share.  The Company utilized the Black-Scholes method to calculate the fair value of this warrant at the time of issuance, which was $95,000, and was being treated as a debt discount amortized over the two-year term of the loan.  On April 17, 2019, the Company satisfied the SMI Note in full and the remaining debt discount of $53,000 was written off and included in loss on extinguishment of debt on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

On June 11, 2018, the Company entered into another Subordinated Secured Promissory Note (the “SMII Note”) with SM Investors II, L.P. (“SMII”), pursuant to which the Company borrowed $670,000 from SMII at an interest rate of 12.00%.  The maturity date of the SMII Note was the earlier of June 11, 2020 or the Company’s completion of an additional financing package of at least $1 million.  The Company also issued SMII a three-year warrant to purchase 167,500 shares of the Company at an exercise price of $0.01 per share.  The Company utilized the Black-Scholes method to calculate the fair value of this warrant at the time of issuance, which was $192,000, and was being treated as a debt discount amortized over the two-year term of the loan.  On April 17, 2019, the Company satisfied the SMII Note in full and the remaining debt discount of $109,000 was written off and included in loss on extinguishment of debt on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company has a $500,000 loan from Carlisle Investments Inc. (“Carlisle”) at a fixed interest rate of 12.00%, which matured on April 27, 2019 with a bullet payment of all principal due at such time.  Interest is payable monthly.  Carlisle has agreed to not demand payment on the loan through at least December 31, 2020.  As of June 30, 2019, the entire amount was outstanding and is included in long-term debt, less current portion in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued $90,000 and $60,000, respectively, of interest related to this loan.  Carlisle has agreed to not demand payment on $60,000 of the interest as of June 30, 2019, so it is included in deferred pension liability and other in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The remaining $30,000 of accrued interest as of June 30, 2019 and the $60,000 of accrued interest as of December 31, 2019 are included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Marco Elser, a former director of the Company, exercises voting and dispositive power as investment manager of Carlisle.

The Company has an additional $500,000 loan from Carlisle at a fixed interest rate of 12.00%, which matured on December 10, 2017 with a bullet payment of all principal due at such time (the “Second Carlisle Agreement”).  Interest is payable monthly.  Carlisle has agreed to not demand payment on the loan through at least December 31, 2020.  As of June 30, 2019, the entire amount was outstanding and is included in long-term debt, less current portion in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued $90,000 and $60,000, respectively, of interest related to this loan.  Carlisle has agreed to not demand payment on $60,000 of the interest as of June 30, 2019, so it is included in deferred pension liability and other in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The remaining $30,000 of accrued interest as of June 30, 2019 and the $60,000 of accrued interest as of December 31, 2019 are included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Under the Second Carlisle Agreement, the Company granted a security interest to Carlisle in accounts receivable, materials and intangibles relating to a certain purchase order for equipment issued in April 2017.

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As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had outstanding $352,000 and $387,000, respectively, of 8¼% Limited convertible senior subordinated notes due 2012 (the “Notes”) which are no longer convertible into common shares.  The Notes matured as of March 1, 2012 and are currently in default.  On February 15, 2019, holders of $35,000 of the Notes accepted the Company’s offer to exchange each $1,000 of principal, forgiving any related interest, for $200 in cash, for an aggregate payment by the Company of $7,000.  As a result of the transaction, the Company recorded a gain on the extinguishment of debt, net of expenses, of $52,000 in 2019.  As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued $286,000 and $298,000, respectively, of interest related to the Notes, which is included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had outstanding $220,000 of 9½% Subordinated debentures due 2012 (the “Debentures”).  The Debentures matured as of December 1, 2012 and are currently in default.  As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued $200,000 and $190,000, respectively, of interest related to the Debentures, which is included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

On May 23, 2017, the Company received $650,000 structured as a forgivable loan from the City of Hazelwood, Missouri.  The loan will be forgiven on a pro-rata basis if predetermined employment levels are attained and would expire on April 1, 2024.  If the Company attains the employment levels required by the agreement, there is no interest due, otherwise interest accrues at a rate of prime plus 2.00% (7.50% at June 30, 2019).  As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued $95,000 and $71,000, respectively, of interest related to this loan, which is included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  In February 2018, in accordance with the agreement, the Company requested a 1-year extension of the terms of the agreement, which was approved by the City of Hazelwood in March 2018, so the agreement now terminates on April 1, 2025.  As of the March 31, 2019 measurement date, the Company has not yet attained the appropriate employment levels and has requested an additional extension from the City of Hazelwood.

Note 8 – Pension Plan

As of December 31, 2003, the benefit service under the pension plan had been frozen and, accordingly, there is no service cost.  As of April 30, 2009, the compensation increments had been frozen and, accordingly, no additional benefits are being accrued under the pension plan.

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The following table presents the components of net periodic pension cost for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

	Three months ended June 30				Six months ended June 30
In thousands	2019		2018		2019		2018
Interest cost	$	126	$	114	$	251	$	227
Expected return on plan assets		(173)		(203)		(345)		(406)
Amortization of net actuarial loss		66		56		131		112
Net periodic pension expense (benefit)	$	19	$	(33)	$	37	$	(67)

As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had recorded a current pension liability of $475,000 and $623,000, respectively, which is included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and a long-term pension liability of $3.5 million and $3.7 million, respectively, which is included in deferred pension liability and other in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The minimum required contribution in 2019 is expected to be $629,000, of which the Company contributed $391,000 in the first half of the year and $85,000 subsequent to June 30, 2019.

Note 9 – Leases

The Company leases administrative and manufacturing facilities through operating lease agreements. The Company has no finance leases as of June 30, 2019.  Our leases include both lease (e.g., fixed payments including rent) and non-lease components (e.g., common area or other maintenance costs). The facility leases include one or more options to renew.  The exercise of lease renewal options is typically at our sole discretion, therefore, the renewals to extend the lease terms are not included in our ROU assets or lease liabilities as they are not reasonably certain of exercise.  We regularly evaluate the renewal options and, when they are reasonably certain of exercise, we include the renewal period in our lease term.

Operating leases result in the recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  ROU assets represent our right to use the leased asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments.  Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term.  As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our estimated incremental borrowing rate at the commencement date to determine the present value of lease payments.  Most real estate leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from 1 to 5 years or more.  Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.  Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The primary leases we enter into with initial terms of 12 months or less are for equipment.

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Supplemental information regarding leases:

	June 30 2019
In thousands, unless otherwise noted
Balance Sheet:
ROU assets	$	1,281
Current lease liabilities		322
Non-current lease liabilities		994
Total lease liabilities		1,316
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)		3.0
Weighted average discount rate		8.9%
Future minimum lease payments:
2019	$	245
2020		349
2021		342
2022		348
2023		295
Thereafter		-
Total		1,579
Less: Imputed interest		263
Total lease liabilities		1,316
Less: Current lease liabilities		322
Long-term lease liabilities	$	994

Supplemental cash flow information regarding leases:

	For the three months ended June 30, 2019		For the six months ended June 30, 2019
In thousands
Operating cash flow information:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities	$	121	$	243
Non-cash activity:
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities		-		162

Total operating lease expense and short-term lease expense was $249,000 and $64,000, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2019.  Total operating lease expense and short-term lease expense was $124,000 and $32,000, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2019.

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Note 10 – Stockholders’ Deficit and Loss Per Share

The following table presents the calculation of loss per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

	Three months ended June 30				Six months ended June 30
In thousands, except per share data	2019		2018		2019		2018
Numerator:
Net loss, as reported	$	(365)	$	(1,028)	$	(888)	$	(968)
Change in dividends accumulated on preferred shares		(3)		(50)		(38)		(99)
Net loss attributable to common shares	$	(368)	$	(1,078)		(926)	$	(1,067)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding		13,226		2,243		9,123		2,203
Basic and diluted loss per share	$	(0.03)	$	(0.48)	$	(0.10)	$	(0.48)

Basic loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period.  Diluted loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common shares, by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, adjusted for shares that would be assumed outstanding after warrants and stock options vested under the treasury stock method.

At June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company had accumulated unpaid dividends of $5,000 and $41,000, respectively, related to the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“SBCPS”).

For each holder of SBCPS that converted their shares into Common Stock in March 2019, the Company declared a dividend of $4.60 per share of SBCPS on March 29, 2019, aggregating $73,000, which was distributed to these former holders of the SBCPS on April 2, 2019.

As of June 30, 2019, the Company had warrants to purchase 250,000 shares of Common Stock outstanding, which were included in the calculation of diluted loss per share because their exercise price was less than the average share price of our Common Stock for the period, so their inclusion was dilutive.  As of June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company had other warrants to purchase 10,000 and 52,000 shares, respectively, of Common Stock outstanding, which were excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share because their exercise price was greater than the average share price for the period and their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.  The remaining warrants to purchase 10,000 shares as of June 30, 2019 could be dilutive in the future if the average share price increases and is greater than the exercise price of these warrants.

As of June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company had 648 and 16,512 shares, respectively, of SBCPS outstanding, which were convertible into 64,800 and 330,240 shares of Common Stock, none of which were used in the calculation of diluted loss per share because their conversion price was greater than the average share price for the period and their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.  These shares of SBCPS could be dilutive in the future if the average share price of our Common Stock increases and is greater than the purchase price of these shares of SBCPS.

On February 5, 2019, the Company commenced a Rights Offering to current shareholders under which the shareholders could purchase shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share.  On April 5, 2019, the Company completed its Rights Offering and accepted subscriptions for a total of 2,500,000 shares of its Common Stock, representing approximately all of the shares offered, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $2.5 million, less issuance costs of $72,000.

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Note 11 – Contingencies

The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary course of its business and/or which are covered by insurance.  The Company has accrued reserves individually and in the aggregate for such legal proceedings.  Should actual litigation results differ from the Company’s estimates, revisions to increase or decrease the accrued reserves may be required.  There are no open matters that the Company deems material.

Note 12 – Related Party Transactions

In addition to the Company’s loans from Carlisle described in Note 7, the Company has the following related party transactions:

Yaozhong Shi, a former director of the Company, is the Chairman of Transtech LED Company Limited (“Transtech”), which is one of our LED suppliers.  The Company purchased $416,000 and $127,000 of product from Transtech in the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  The Company purchased $406,000 and $64,000 of product from Transtech in the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  Amounts payable by the Company to Transtech were $0 and $305,000 as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

On March 4, 2019, 96.1% of our issued and outstanding SBCPS holders converted their SBCPS into 1,586,400 shares of Common Stock.  Such amount included shares of SBCPS held by a greater than 5% stockholder of the Company and certain directors of the Company.

On March 4, 2019, Unilumin exercised $2.0 million of the Unilumin Warrant and the Company issued 2,061,856 shares of Common Stock, and on April 5, 2019, Unilumin exercised the remaining $3.5 million of the Unilumin Warrant and the Company issued 3,608,247, raising an aggregate of $5.5 million for the Company, less issuance costs of $202,000.  As a result of the exercises, Unilumin now holds 52.2% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, which resulted in a change in control event.  The Company did not elect to apply pushdown accounting.  Nicholas Fazio, Yang Liu and Yantao Yu, each directors of the Company, are also each directors and/or officers of other subsidiaries of Unilumin’s parent company Unilumin Group Co. Ltd.

As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had outstanding payables to certain executive officers aggregating $0 and $427,000, respectively.

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Note 13 – Business Segment Data

Operating segments are based on the Company’s business components about which separate financial information is available and are evaluated regularly by the Company’s chief operating decision makers in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance of the business.

The Company evaluates segment performance and allocates resources based upon operating income (loss). The Company’s operations are managed in two reportable business segments: Digital product sales and Digital product lease and maintenance.  Both design and produce large-scale, multi-color, real-time digital displays.  Both operating segments are conducted on a global basis, primarily through operations in the United States.  The Company also has operations in Canada.  The Digital product sales segment sells equipment and the Digital product lease and maintenance segment leases and maintains equipment.  Corporate general and administrative items relate to costs that are not directly identifiable with a segment.  There are no intersegment sales.

Foreign revenues represent less than 10% of the Company’s revenues in 2019 and 2018.  The Company’s foreign operation does not manufacture its own equipment; the domestic operation provides the equipment that the foreign operation leases or sells.  The foreign operation operates similarly to the domestic operation and has similar profit margins.  Foreign assets are immaterial. Information about the Company’s operations in its two business segments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:

	Three months ended June 30				Six months ended June 30
In thousands	2019		2018		2019		2018
Revenues:
Digital product sales	$	3,113	$	2,353	$	6,204	$	6,301
Digital product lease and maintenance		634		709		1,142		1,296
Total revenues	$	3,747	$	3,062	$	7,346	$	7,597
Operating (loss) income:
Digital product sales	$	248	$	(442)	$	364	$	118
Digital product lease and maintenance		415		258		673		548
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(628)		(710)		(1,241)		(1,421)
Total operating income (loss)		35		(894)		(204)		(755)
Interest expense, net		(80)		(218)		(335)		(414)
(Loss) gain on foreign currency remeasurement		(50)		50		(107)		122
Loss on debt extinguishment		(245)		-		(193)		-
Gain on sale leaseback transaction		-		-		-		11
Pension (expense) benefit		(19)		34		(37)		68
Loss before income taxes		(359)		(1,028)		(876)		(968)
Income tax expense		(6)		-		(12)		-
Net loss	$	(365)	$	(1,028)	$	(888)	$	(968)
	June 30 2019		December 31 2018
Assets
Digital product sales	$	8,466	$	7,689
Digital product lease and maintenance		4,246		3,054
Total identifiable assets		12,712		10,743
General corporate		1,413		723
Total assets	$	14,125	$	11,466

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Note 14 – Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated events and transactions subsequent to June 30, 2019 and through the date these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements were included in this Form 10-Q and filed with the SEC.

Item 2.             Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

Trans-Lux is a leading supplier of LED technology for display applications.  The essential elements of these systems are the real-time, programmable digital products that we design, manufacture, distribute and service.  Designed to meet the digital signage solutions for any size venue’s indoor and outdoor needs, these displays are used primarily in applications for the financial, banking, gaming, corporate, advertising, transportation, entertainment and sports markets.  The Company operates in two reportable segments: Digital product sales and Digital product lease and maintenance.

The Digital product sales segment includes worldwide revenues and related expenses from the sales of both indoor and outdoor digital product signage.  This segment includes the financial, government/private, gaming, scoreboards and outdoor advertising markets.  The Digital product lease and maintenance segment includes worldwide revenues and related expenses from the lease and maintenance of both indoor and outdoor digital product signage.  This segment includes the lease and maintenance of digital product signage across all markets.

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Results of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

The following table presents our Statements of Operations data, expressed as a percentage of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

	Six months ended June 30
In thousands, except percentages	2019				2018
Revenues:
Digital product sales	$	6,204	84.5	%	$	6,301	82.9	%
Digital product lease and maintenance		1,142	15.5	%		1,296	17.1	%
Total revenues		7,346	100.0	%		7,597	100.0	%
Cost of revenues:
Cost of digital product sales		4,741	64.5	%		4,880	64.2	%
Cost of digital product lease and maintenance		389	5.3	%		676	8.9	%
Total cost of revenues		5,130	69.8	%		5,556	73.1	%
Gross profit		2,216	30.2	%		2,041	26.9	%
General and administrative expenses		(2,420)	(33.0)	%		(2,796)	(36.8)	%
Operating income (loss)		(204)	(2.8)	%		(755)	(9.9)	%
Interest expense, net		(335)	(4.5)	%		(414)	(5.4)	%
(Loss) gain on foreign currency remeasurement		(107)	(1.5)	%		122	1.6	%
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(193)	(2.6)	%		-	-	%
Gain on sale/leaseback transaction		-	-	%		11	0.1	%
Pension (expense) benefit		(37)	(0.5)	%		68	0.9	%
(Loss) income before income taxes		(876)	(11.9)	%		(968)	(12.7)	%
Income tax expense		(12)	(0.2)	%		-	-	%
Net loss	$	(888)	(18.0)	%	$	(968)	(12.7)	%

Total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2019 decreased $251,000 or 3.3% to $7.3 million from $7.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to decreases in consulting services and Digital product lease and maintenance, partially offset by an increase in other Digital product sales.

Digital product sales revenues decreased $97,000 or 1.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to a decrease in consulting services, partially offset by increases in the sports market.  Consulting services represented $1.0 million of revenue from one customer in 2018 for planning services related to a potential larger project which has not yet commenced.  There were no such projects in the same period in 2019.

Digital product lease and maintenance revenues decreased $154,000 or 11.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to the continued expected revenue decline in the older outdoor display equipment rental and maintenance bases acquired in the early 1990s.  The financial services market continues to be negatively impacted by the current investment climate resulting in consolidation within that industry and the wider use of flat-panel screens for smaller applications.

Total operating loss for the six months ended June 30, 2019 decreased $551,000 to $204,000 from $755,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2018, principally due to a reduction in general and administrative expenses, partially offset by the decrease in revenues.  Without the consulting revenues in 2018, the total operating loss in 2019 would have decreased $1.6 million as compared to the same period in 2018.

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Digital product sales operating income increased $246,000 to $364,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to $118,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to a decrease in general and administrative expenses, partially offset by the decrease in revenues.  The cost of Digital product sales decreased $139,000 or 2.8%, primarily due to the decrease in revenues.  The cost of Digital product sales represented 76.4% of related revenues in 2019 compared to 77.4% in 2018.  Without the consulting revenues in 2018, Digital product sales operating income (loss) would have been a loss of $882,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the cost of Digital product sales would have represented 92.1% of related revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2018.  General and administrative expenses for Digital product sales decreased $204,000 or 15.7%, primarily due to decreases in marketing expenses, bad debt expenses and employee expenses.

Digital product lease and maintenance operating income increased $125,000 or 22.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily as a result of a decrease in the cost of Digital product lease and maintenance, partially offset by the decrease in revenues.  The cost of Digital product lease and maintenance decreased $287,000 or 42.5%, primarily due to a decrease in depreciation expense.  The cost of Digital product lease and maintenance revenues represented 34.1% of related revenues in 2019 compared to 52.2% in 2018.  The cost of Digital product lease and maintenance includes field service expenses, plant repair costs, maintenance and depreciation.  General and administrative expenses for Digital product lease and maintenance increased slightly.

Corporate general and administrative expenses decreased $180,000 or 12.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to decreases in payroll and benefits and employee expenses.

Net interest expense decreased $79,000 or 19.1% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to a decrease in the average outstanding long-term debt, due to the termination of the CNH and SM Investors loans.

The loss on extinguishment of debt for the six months ended June 30, 2019 represented the write-off of the remaining debt discount costs and the termination fees related to the CNH and SM Investors loans, partially offset by the gain on the extinguishment of $35,000 of Notes.

The effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was 1.4% and 0.0%, respectively.  Both the 2019 and 2018 tax rates are being affected by the valuation allowance on the Company’s deferred tax assets as a result of reporting pre-tax losses.

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Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

The following table presents our Statements of Operations data, expressed as a percentage of revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

	Three months ended June 30
In thousands, except percentages	2019				2018
Revenues:
Digital product sales	$	3,113	83.1	%	$	2,353	76.8	%
Digital product lease and maintenance		634	16.9	%		709	23.2	%
Total revenues		3,747	100.0	%		3,062	100.0	%
Cost of revenues:
Cost of digital product sales		2,219	59.2	%		2,093	68.4	%
Cost of digital product lease and maintenance		180	4.8	%		420	13.7	%
Total cost of revenues		2,399	64.0	%		2,513	82.1	%
Gross profit		1,348	36.0	%		549	17.9	%
General and administrative expenses		(1,313)	(35.1)	%		(1,443)	(47.1)	%
Operating income (loss)		35	0.9	%		(894)	(29.2)	%
Interest expense, net		(80)	(2.1)	%		(218)	(7.1)	%
(Loss) gain on foreign currency remeasurement		(50)	(1.3)	%		50	1.6	%
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(245)	(6.6)	%		-	-	%
Pension (expense) benefit		(19)	(0.5)	%		34	1.1	%
(Loss) income before income taxes		(359)	(9.6)	%		(1,028)	(33.6)	%
Income tax expense		(6)	(0.1)	%		-	-	%
Net (loss) income	$	(365)	(9.7)	%	$	(1,028)	(33.6)	%

Total revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2019 increased $685,000 or 22.4% to $3.7 million from $3.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to an increase in Digital product sales, partially offset by a decrease in Digital product lease and maintenance.

Digital product sales revenues increased $760,000 or 32.3% for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to an increase in the sports market.

Digital product lease and maintenance revenues decreased $75,000 or 10.6% for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to the continued expected revenue decline in the older outdoor display equipment rental and maintenance bases acquired in the early 1990s.  The financial services market continues to be negatively impacted by the current investment climate resulting in consolidation within that industry and the wider use of flat-panel screens for smaller applications.

Total operating income (loss) for the three months ended June 30, 2019 increased $929,000 to income of $35,000 from a loss of $894,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2018, principally due to the increase in revenues and a decrease in the cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues.

Digital product sales operating income (loss) increased $690,000 to income of $248,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to a loss of $442,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to the increase in revenues and a decrease in the cost of revenue as a percentage of revenues, partially offset by a decrease in general and administrative expenses.  The cost of Digital product sales increased $126,000 or 6.0%, primarily due to the increase in revenues.  The cost of Digital product sales represented 71.3% of related revenues in 2019 compared to 89.0% in 2018.  This decrease as a percentage of revenues is primarily due to increased manufacturing efficiency.  General and administrative expenses for Digital product sales decreased $56,000 or 8.0%, primarily due to a decrease in marketing expenses, partially offset by increases in bad debt expenses and employee expenses.

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Digital product lease and maintenance operating income increased $157,000 or 60.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018, primarily as a result of a decrease in the cost of Digital product lease and maintenance, partially offset by the decrease in revenues.  The cost of Digital product lease and maintenance decreased $240,000 or 57.1%, primarily due to a decrease in depreciation expense.  The cost of Digital product lease and maintenance revenues represented 28.4% of related revenues in 2019 compared to 59.2% in 2018.  The cost of Digital product lease and maintenance includes field service expenses, plant repair costs, maintenance and depreciation.  General and administrative expenses for Digital product lease and maintenance increased $8,000 or 25.8%, primarily due to an increase in bad debt expense.

Corporate general and administrative expenses decreased $82,000 or 11.5% for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to a decrease in payroll and benefits and employee expenses.

Net interest expense decreased $138,000 or 63.3% for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to decreases in the average outstanding long-term debt, due to the termination of the CNH and SM Investors loans.

The loss on extinguishment of debt for the three months ended June 30, 2019 represented the write-off of the remaining debt discount costs and the termination fees related to the CNH and SM Investors loans.

The effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was 1.7% and 0.0%, respectively.  Both the 2019 and 2018 tax rates are being affected by the valuation allowance on the Company’s deferred tax assets as a result of reporting pre-tax losses.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Current Liquidity

The Company has incurred recurring losses and continues to have a working capital deficiency.  The Company incurred a net loss of $888,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2019 and had a working capital deficiency of $824,000 as of June 30, 2019.  As of December 31, 2018, the Company had a working capital deficiency of $8.5 million.  The decrease in the working capital deficiency as compared to December 31, 2018 is primarily due to the $5.5 million of exercises of the Unilumin Warrant and the $2.5 million raised from the Rights Offering, which allowed us to decrease the current portion of long-term debt and accounts payable, as well as the deferral of the timing of payments owed to certain directors related to $1.0 million of long-term debt and $771,000 of accrued liabilities directors.

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The Company is dependent on future operating performance in order to generate sufficient cash flows in order to continue to run its businesses.  Future operating performance is dependent on general economic conditions, as well as financial, competitive and other factors beyond our control.  In order to more effectively manage its cash resources, the Company had, from time to time, increased the timetable of its payment of some of its payables, which had, from time to time,  delayed certain product deliveries from our vendors, which in turn had, from time to time, delayed certain deliveries to our customers.  The recent cash infusions have resolved these previous issues.

Certain directors deferred the timing of payments owed to them related to directors’ fees and current portion of long-term debt beyond one year.  In addition, a stockholder of the Company has committed to providing additional capital up to $2.0 million, to the extent necessary to fund operations.  Management believes that its current cash resources and cash provided by operations will be sufficient to fund its anticipated current and near-term cash requirements and to execute our operating plan.  The Company continually evaluates the need and availability of long-term capital, including replacing the Credit Agreement, in order to meet its cash requirements and fund potential new opportunities.

The Company used cash of $3.8 million and generated cash of $324,000 from operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  The Company has implemented several initiatives to improve operational results and cash flows over future periods, including reducing head count, reorganizing its sales department and outsourcing certain administrative functions.  The Company continues to explore ways to reduce operational and overhead costs.  The Company periodically takes steps to reduce the cost to maintain the digital products on lease and maintenance agreements.

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash increased $690,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $2.3 million at June 30, 2019 from $1.6 million at December 31, 2018.  This increase is primarily attributable to the gross proceeds from the exercises of the Unilumin Warrant of $5.5 million and the gross proceeds from the Rights Offering of $2.5 million, partially offset by cash used in operating activities of $3.8 million, primarily to reduce Accounts Payable by $3.0 million, payments of $1.6 million to terminate term loans and payments of $1.4 million to terminate the revolving loan.  The current economic environment has increased the Company’s trade receivables collection cycle, and its allowances for uncollectible accounts receivable, but collections continue to be favorable.

Under various agreements, the Company is obligated to make future cash payments in fixed amounts.  These include payments under the Company’s current and long-term debt agreements, pension plan minimum required contributions, employment agreement payments and rent payments required under operating lease agreements.  The Company has both variable and fixed interest rate debt.  Interest payments are projected based on actual interest payments incurred in 2019 until the underlying debts mature.

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The following table summarizes the Company’s fixed cash obligations as of June 30, 2019 for the remainder of 2019 and over the next four fiscal years:

In thousands	Remainder of 2019		2020		2021		2022		2023
Long-term debt, including interest	$	1,151	$	1,240	$	-	$	-	$	-
Pension plan payments		238		845		658		655		459
Employment agreement obligations		225		338		-		-		-
Estimated warranty liability		58		91		68		49		23
Operating lease payments		309		350		342		348		309
Total	$	1,981	$	2,864	$	1,068	$	1,052	$	791

As of June 30, 2019, the Company still had outstanding $352,000 of Notes which matured as of March 1, 2012.  The Company also still had outstanding $220,000 of Debentures which matured on December 1, 2012.  On February 15, 2019, holders of $35,000 of the Notes accepted the Company’s offer to exchange each $1,000 of principal, forgiving any related interest, for $200 in cash, for an aggregate payment by the Company of $7,000.  The Company continues to consider future exchanges of the $352,000 of remaining Notes and $220,000 of remaining Debentures, but has no agreements, commitments or understandings with respect to any further such exchanges.

The Company may still seek additional financing in order to provide enough cash to cover our remaining current fixed cash obligations as well as providing working capital.  However, there can be no assurance as to the amounts, if any, the Company will receive in any such financing or the terms thereof.  The Company has no agreements, commitments or understandings with respect to any such financings.  To the extent the Company issues additional equity securities, it could be dilutive to existing shareholders.

For a further description of the Company’s long-term debt, see Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Long-Term Debt.

Pension Plan Contributions

The minimum required pension plan contribution for 2019 is expected to be $629,000, of which the Company contributed $391,000 through to June 30, 2019, and contributed $85,000 subsequent to June 30, 2019.  At this time, we expect to make the remaining minimum required contributions of $153,000; however, there is no assurance that we will be able to make any or all of such remaining payments.  See Note 8 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Pension Plan for further details.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

The Company may, from time to time, provide estimates as to future performance.  These forward-looking statements will be estimates and may or may not be realized by the Company.  The Company undertakes no duty to update such forward-looking statements.  Many factors could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements, including loss of market share through competition, introduction of competing products by others, pressure on prices from competition or purchasers of the Company’s products, interest rate and foreign exchange fluctuations, terrorist acts and war.

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Item 3.             Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

The Company is subject to interest rate risk on its long-term debt.  The Company manages its exposure to changes in interest rates by the use of variable and fixed interest rate debt.  The fair value of the Company’s fixed rate long-term debt is disclosed in Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Long-Term Debt.  Every 1-percentage-point change in interest rates would result in an annual interest expense fluctuation of approximately $7,000.  In addition, the Company is exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risk mainly as a result of its investment in its Canadian subsidiary. A 10% change in the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar would result in a currency remeasurement expense fluctuation of approximately $261,000, based on dealer quotes, considering current exchange rates.  The Company does not enter into derivatives for trading or speculative purposes and did not hold any derivative financial instruments at June 30, 2019.

Item 4.             Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.  As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of the end of the period covered by this report, we have carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (our principal executive officer) and our Chief Accounting Officer (our principal accounting officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures.  Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management (including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Accounting Officer) to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.  Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer have concluded that these disclosure controls are effective as of June 30, 2019.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.  There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred in the quarter ended June 30, 2019 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Part II – Other Information

Item 1.             Legal Proceedings

The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary course of its business and/or which are covered by insurance.  The Company has accrued reserves individually and in the aggregate for such legal proceedings.  Should actual litigation results differ from the Company’s estimates, revisions to increase or decrease the accrued reserves may be required.  There are no open matters that the Company deems material.

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Item 1A.          Risk Factors

The Company is subject to a number of risks including general business and financial risk factors.  Any or all of such factors could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company.  You should carefully consider the risk factors identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.  There have been no material changes to those previously disclosed risk factors.

Item 2.             Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

During the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company issued 3,608,247 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of the Unilumin Warrant.  The Common Stock issued to Unilumin was issued pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 3.             Defaults upon Senior Securities

As disclosed in Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Long-Term Debt, as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had outstanding $352,000 and $387,000, respectively, of Notes which are no longer convertible into common shares.  The Notes matured as of March 1, 2012 and are currently in default.  As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued $286,000 and $298,000, respectively, of interest related to the Notes, which is included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As disclosed in Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Long-Term Debt, the Company has outstanding $220,000 of Debentures.  The Debentures matured as of December 1, 2012 and are currently in default.  As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued $200,000 and $190,000, respectively, of interest related to the Debentures, which is included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The trustee, by notice to the Company, or the holders of 25% of the principal amount of the Debentures outstanding, by notice to the Company and the trustee, may declare the outstanding principal plus interest due and payable immediately.

Item 4.             Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

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Item 5.             Other Information

None.

Item 6.             Exhibits

31.1     Certification of Alberto Shaio, President and Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.

31.2     Certification of Todd Dupee, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.

32.1     Certification of Alberto Shaio, President and Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.

32.2     Certification of Todd Dupee, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	TRANS-LUX CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
	by	/s/  Alberto Shaio
		Alberto Shaio
		President and Chief Executive Officer
	by	/s/  Todd Dupee
		Todd Dupee
		Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Date:  August 14, 2019

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

TRANS-LUX CORPORATION

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT

I, Alberto Shaio, certify that:

1.        I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Trans-Lux Corporation for the quarter ended June 30, 2019;

2.        Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.        Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant, as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.        I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 (e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 (f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)         designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)         designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)         evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)         disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.        I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)         all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)         any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

	/s/ Alberto Shaio
Date: August 14, 2019	Alberto Shaio
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

TRANS-LUX CORPORATION

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT

I, Todd Dupee, certify that:

1.        I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Trans-Lux Corporation for the quarter ended June 30, 2019;

2.        Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.        Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant, as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.        I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 (e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 (f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)         designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)         designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)         evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)         disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.        I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)         all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)         any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

	/s/ Todd Dupee
Date: August 14, 2019	Todd Dupee
	Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer)

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), I, Alberto Shaio, President and Chief Executive Officer of Trans-Lux Corporation (the “Registrant”), do hereby certify, to the best of my knowledge that:

(1) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019 being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

This Certification accompanies this Form 10-Q as an exhibit, but shall not be deemed as having been filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or as a separate disclosure document of the Registrant or the certifying officer.

	/s/ Alberto Shaio
Date: August 14, 2019	Alberto Shaio
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), I, Todd Dupee, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Trans-Lux Corporation (the “Registrant”), do hereby certify, to the best of my knowledge that:

(1) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019 being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

This Certification accompanies this Form 10-Q as an exhibit, but shall not be deemed as having been filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or as a separate disclosure document of the Registrant or the certifying officer.

	/s/ Todd Dupee
Date: August 14, 2019	Todd Dupee
	Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer)

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Document And Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Aug. 13, 2019
Document Information Line Items
Entity Registrant Name	TRANS LUX Corp
Document Type	10-Q
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		13,381,476
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Central Index Key	0000099106
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2019
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Ex Transition Period	false
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1,413,000	$ 723,000
Receivables, net	2,552,000	2,271,000
Inventories	2,533,000	2,201,000
Prepaids and other assets	787,000	417,000
Total current assets	7,285,000	5,612,000
Long-term assets:
Rental equipment, net	1,093,000	1,310,000
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,102,000	2,180,000
Right of use assets	1,281,000
Goodwill	744,000	744,000
Restricted cash	900,000	900,000
Other assets	720,000	720,000
Total long-term assets	6,840,000	5,854,000
TOTAL ASSETS	14,125,000	11,466,000
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	753,000	3,728,000
Accrued liabilities	5,652,000	6,332,000
Current portion of long-term debt	572,000	2,584,000
Current portion of long-term debt - related party		1,000,000
Current lease liabilities	322,000
Customer deposits	810,000	432,000
Total current liabilities	8,109,000	14,076,000
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,650,000	1,446,000
Long-term lease liabilities	994,000
Deferred pension liability and other	4,273,000	3,708,000
Total long-term liabilities	6,917,000	5,154,000
Total liabilities	15,026,000	19,230,000
Stockholders' deficit:
Preferred Stock Series A - $20 stated value - 416,500 shares authorized; shares issued and outstanding: 0 in 2019 and 2018 and Preferred Stock Series B - $200 stated value - 51,000 shares authorized; shares issued and outstanding: 648 in 2019 and 16,512 in 2018 (liquidation preference $135,000)	130,000	3,302,000
Common Stock - $0.001 par value - 30,000,000 shares authorized; shares issued: 13,409,316 in 2019 and 3,652,813 in 2018; shares outstanding: 13,381,476 in 2019 and 3,624,973 in 2018	13,000	4,000
Additional paid-in-capital	40,958,000	30,069,000
Accumulated deficit	(32,643,000)	(31,682,000)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(6,296,000)	(6,394,000)
Treasury stock - at cost - 27,840 common shares in 2019 and 2018	(3,063,000)	(3,063,000)
Total stockholders' deficit	(901,000)	(7,764,000)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT	14,125,000	11,466,000
Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] | Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' deficit:
Preferred Stock Series A - $20 stated value - 416,500 shares authorized; shares issued and outstanding: 0 in 2019 and 2018 and Preferred Stock Series B - $200 stated value - 51,000 shares authorized; shares issued and outstanding: 648 in 2019 and 16,512 in 2018 (liquidation preference $135,000)
Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] | Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' deficit:
Preferred Stock Series A - $20 stated value - 416,500 shares authorized; shares issued and outstanding: 0 in 2019 and 2018 and Preferred Stock Series B - $200 stated value - 51,000 shares authorized; shares issued and outstanding: 648 in 2019 and 16,512 in 2018 (liquidation preference $135,000)	$ 130,000	$ 3,302,000

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited) (Parentheticals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Common Stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common Stock, shares authorized	30,000,000	30,000,000
Common Stock, shares issued	13,409,316	3,652,813
Common Stock, shares outstanding	13,381,476	3,624,973
Treasury Stock, shares	27,840	27,840
Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] | Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 20	$ 20
Preferred stock, shares authorized	416,500	416,500
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] | Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 200	$ 200
Preferred stock, shares authorized	51,000	51,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	648	16,512
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	648	16,512
Preferred stock, liquidation preference (in Dollars)	$ 135,000	$ 135,000

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 3,747,000	$ 3,062,000	$ 7,346,000	$ 7,597,000
Cost of revenues:
Cost of revenues	2,399,000	2,513,000	5,130,000	5,556,000
Gross profit	1,348,000	549,000	2,216,000	2,041,000
General and administrative expenses	(1,313,000)	(1,443,000)	(2,420,000)	(2,796,000)
Operating income (loss)	35,000	(894,000)	(204,000)	(755,000)
Interest expense, net	(80,000)	(218,000)	(335,000)	(414,000)
(Loss) gain on foreign currency remeasurement	(50,000)	50,000	(107,000)	122,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(245,000)		(193,000)
Gain on sale/leaseback transaction				11,000
Pension (expense) benefit	(19,000)	34,000	(37,000)	68,000
Loss before income taxes	(359,000)	(1,028,000)	(876,000)	(968,000)
Income tax expense	(6,000)		(12,000)
Net loss	$ (365,000)	$ (1,028,000)	$ (888,000)	$ (968,000)
Loss per share - basic and diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ (0.03)	$ (0.48)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.48)
Digital Product Sales [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 3,113,000	$ 2,353,000	$ 6,204,000	$ 6,301,000
Cost of revenues:
Cost of revenues	2,219,000	2,093,000	4,741,000	4,880,000
Digital Product Lease And Maintenance [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	634,000	709,000	1,142,000	1,296,000
Cost of revenues:
Cost of revenues	$ 180,000	$ 420,000	$ 389,000	$ 676,000

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (unaudited) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Net loss	$ (365,000)	$ (1,028,000)	$ (888,000)	$ (968,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain (loss)	46,000	(47,000)	98,000	(114,000)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	46,000	(47,000)	98,000	(114,000)
Comprehensive loss	$ (319,000)	$ (1,075,000)	$ (790,000)	$ (1,082,000)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS` DEFICIT (unaudited) - USD ($)	Preferred Stock [Member] Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Preferred Stock [Member] Series B Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Total
Balance at Dec. 31, 2017		$ 3,302,000	$ 2,000	$ 28,273,000	$ (26,889,000)	$ (5,536,000)	$ (3,063,000)	$ (3,911,000)
Balance (in Shares) at Dec. 31, 2017		16,512	2,190,011
Net loss					(968,000)			(968,000)
Dividends paid on preferred stock (in Shares)			127,013
Warrants issued for financing				287,000				287,000
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain (loss)						(114,000)		(114,000)
Balance at Jun. 30, 2018		$ 3,302,000	$ 2,000	28,560,000	(27,857,000)	(5,650,000)	(3,063,000)	(4,706,000)
Balance (in Shares) at Jun. 30, 2018		16,512	2,317,024
Balance at Mar. 31, 2018		$ 3,302,000	$ 2,000	28,273,000	(26,829,000)	(5,603,000)	(3,063,000)	(3,918,000)
Balance (in Shares) at Mar. 31, 2018		16,512	2,190,011
Net loss					(1,028,000)			(1,028,000)
Dividends paid on preferred stock (in Shares)			127,013
Warrants issued for financing				287,000				287,000
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain (loss)						(47,000)		(47,000)
Balance at Jun. 30, 2018		$ 3,302,000	$ 2,000	28,560,000	(27,857,000)	(5,650,000)	(3,063,000)	(4,706,000)
Balance (in Shares) at Jun. 30, 2018		16,512	2,317,024
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018		$ 3,302,000	$ 4,000	30,069,000	(31,682,000)	(6,394,000)	(3,063,000)	(7,764,000)
Balance (in Shares) at Dec. 31, 2018		16,512	3,652,813
Net loss					(888,000)			(888,000)
Preferred stock converted to Common Stock		$ (3,172,000)	$ 1,000	3,171,000
Preferred stock converted to Common Stock (in Shares)		(15,864)	1,586,400
Exercise of warrants, net of costs			$ 6,000	5,292,000				5,298,000
Exercise of warrants, net of costs (in Shares)			5,670,103
Rights Offering, net of costs			$ 2,000	2,426,000				2,428,000
Rights Offering, net of costs (in Shares)			2,500,000
Dividends paid on preferred stock					(73,000)			(73,000)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain (loss)						98,000		98,000
Balance at Jun. 30, 2019		$ 130,000	$ 13,000	40,958,000	(32,643,000)	(6,296,000)	(3,063,000)	(901,000)
Balance (in Shares) at Jun. 30, 2019		648	13,409,316
Balance at Mar. 31, 2019		$ 130,000	$ 7,000	35,238,000	(32,278,000)	(6,342,000)	(3,063,000)	(6,308,000)
Balance (in Shares) at Mar. 31, 2019		648	7,301,069
Net loss					(365,000)			(365,000)
Exercise of warrants, net of costs			$ 4,000	3,294,000				3,298,000
Exercise of warrants, net of costs (in Shares)			3,608,247
Rights Offering, net of costs			$ 2,000	2,426,000				2,428,000
Rights Offering, net of costs (in Shares)			2,500,000
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain (loss)						46,000		46,000
Balance at Jun. 30, 2019		$ 130,000	$ 13,000	$ 40,958,000	$ (32,643,000)	$ (6,296,000)	$ (3,063,000)	$ (901,000)
Balance (in Shares) at Jun. 30, 2019		648	13,409,316

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss	$ (888,000)	$ (968,000)
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	320,000	497,000
Amortization of right of use assets	182,000
Amortization of gain on sale/leaseback transaction		(11,000)
Amortization of deferred financing fees and debt discount	71,000	81,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt	193,000
Loss (gain) on foreign currency remeasurement	107,000	(122,000)
Bad debt expense	162,000	222,000
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net	(445,000)	205,000
Inventories	(332,000)	26,000
Prepaids and other assets	(370,000)	770,000
Accounts payable	(2,975,000)	93,000
Accrued liabilities	(481,000)	161,000
Operating lease liabilities	(179,000)
Customer deposits	378,000	(567,000)
Deferred pension liability and other	417,000	(63,000)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(3,840,000)	324,000
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of rental equipment and property, plant and equipment	(25,000)	(133,000)
Net cash used in investing activities	(25,000)	(133,000)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from long-term debt		1,000,000
Proceeds from warrant exercise, net of costs	5,298,000
Proceeds from rights offering, net of costs	2,428,000
Payments of long-term debt	(3,037,000)	(1,885,000)
Payments of dividends on preferred stock	(73,000)
Payments for fees on extinguishment of debt	(62,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	4,554,000	(885,000)
Effect of exchange rate changes	1,000	(1,000)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	690,000	(695,000)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year	1,623,000	1,909,000
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	2,313,000	1,214,000
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Interest paid	267,000	293,000
Income taxes paid	22,000	26,000
Supplemental non-cash financing activities:
Preferred Stock Series B converted to Common Stock	3,172,000
Warrants issued to SMI and SMII		287,000
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	1,413,000	264,000
Long-term assets
Restricted cash	900,000	950,000
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$ 2,313,000	$ 1,214,000

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Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation

As used in this report, “Trans-Lux,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Trans-Lux Corporation and its subsidiaries.

Financial information included herein is unaudited, however, such information reflects all adjustments (of a normal and recurring nature), which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair presentation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the interim periods. The results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.  The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and therefore do not include all information and footnote disclosures required under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).  The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.  The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2018 is derived from the December 31, 2018 audited financial statements.

The following new accounting pronouncements were adopted in 2019:

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842).  Under ASU 2016-02, a company must recognize for all leases (with the exception of leases with terms of 12 months or less) a lease liability representing a lessee's obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease and a right of use (“ROU”) asset representing the lessee's right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term.  A lessee should recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and an ROU asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term.  For leases with a term of 12 months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities. In transition, lessees and lessors are required to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach.  In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements, which provided an additional (and optional) transition method to adopt the new leases standard whereby an entity initially applies the new leases standard at the adoption date and recognizes a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption.  The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective method in the period of adoption.  The adoption of the standard had a material impact to our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for the recognition of certain operating leases as ROU assets of approximately $1,463,000, long-term lease liabilities of $1,127,000 and current lease liabilities of $368,000, but did not have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, Comprehensive Loss, Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit or Cash Flows.  We have analyzed our leases, implemented systems, developed processes and internal controls and updated our accounting policies to comply with the standard's adoption requirements.  The Company's rental revenue agreements were accounted for under previous lease accounting standards through December 31, 2018 and are accounted for within the scope of Topic 842 following our adoption on January 1, 2019.  Topic 842 does not significantly affect the timing of recognition or presentation of revenue for our rental contracts.  See Note 9 – Leases for further details.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting.  ASU 2018-07 eliminates the separate accounting model for nonemployee share-based payment awards and generally requires companies to account for share-based payment transactions with nonemployees in the same way as share-based payment transactions with employees.  The accounting remains different for attribution, which represents how the equity-based payment cost is recognized over the vesting period, and a contractual term election for valuing nonemployee equity share options.  As required by this standard, the Company adopted ASU 2018-07 on January 1, 2019. The adoption of this standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

Other than the foregoing changes, there have been no material changes in our significant accounting policies during the six months ended June 30, 2019 from the significant accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed with the SEC on April 15, 2019.

The following new accounting pronouncements, and related impacts on adoption, are being evaluated by the Company:

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350).  ASU 2017-04 simplifies the test for goodwill impairment.  Public business entities should apply the amendments in ASU 2017-04 for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years (i.e., January 1, 2020), early application is permitted.  The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14, Compensation – Retirement Benefits – Defined Benefit Plans – General (Subtopic 715-20).  ASU 2018-14 modifies the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans.  Public business entities should apply the amendments in ASU 2018-14 for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years (i.e., January 1, 2021).  Early application is permitted.  The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

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Liquidity

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Liquidation Basis of Accounting [Text Block]

Note 2 – Liquidity

The Company has incurred recurring losses and has a working capital deficiency.  The Company incurred a net loss of $888,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2019 and had a working capital deficiency of $824,000 as of June 30, 2019.

The Company is dependent on future operating performance in order to generate sufficient cash flows in order to continue to run its businesses.  Future operating performance is dependent on general economic conditions, as well as financial, competitive and other factors beyond our control.  In order to more effectively manage its cash resources, the Company had, from time to time, increased the timetable of its payment of some of its payables, which delayed certain product deliveries from our vendors, which in turn delayed certain deliveries to our customers.

In April 2019, the Company received aggregate proceeds of $6.0 million from (i) a rights offering to current shareholders under which the shareholders could purchase shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $2.5 million (the “Rights Offering”) and (ii) the exercise of the remaining $3.5 million warrant (the “Unilumin Warrant”) issued to Unilumin North America Inc. (“Unilumin”).  Of these proceeds, a portion has been used to satisfy outstanding obligations including certain long-term debt, certain payables, certain accrued liabilities and pension obligations.  Certain directors deferred the timing of payments owed to them related to directors’ fees and current portion of long-term debt beyond one year.  In addition, a stockholder of the Company has committed to providing additional capital up to $2.0 million, to the extent necessary to fund operations.  Management believes that its current cash resources and cash provided by operations will be sufficient to fund its anticipated current and near-term cash requirements within one year from the date of issuance of this Form 10-Q.  The Company continually evaluates the need and availability of long-term capital, including replacing the Credit Agreement (hereinafter defined) which terminated in April 2019, in order to meet its cash requirements and fund potential new opportunities.

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Revenue Recognition

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]

Note 3 – Revenue Recognition

Under the revenue recognition guidance provided by ASU 2014-09, revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration which the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services.  To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that an entity determines are within the scope of this standard, the Company performs the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.  The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the entity will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer.  At contract inception, once the contract is determined to be within the scope of this standard, the Company assesses the goods or services promised within each contract and determines those that are performance obligations and assesses whether each promised good or service is distinct.  The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied.  Sales tax, value added tax and other taxes collected on behalf of third parties are excluded from revenue.

Contracts with customers may contain multiple performance obligations.  For such arrangements, the transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation based on the estimated relative standalone selling prices of the promised products or services underlying each performance obligation.  The Company determines standalone selling prices based on the price at which the performance obligation is sold separately.  If the standalone selling price is not observable through past transactions, the Company estimates the standalone selling price taking into account available information such as market conditions and internally approved pricing guidelines related to the performance obligations.

When determining the transaction price of a contract, an adjustment is made if payment from a customer occurs either significantly before or significantly after performance, resulting in a significant financing component.  Applying the practical expedient in paragraph 606-10-32-18, the Company does not assess whether a significant financing component exists if the period between when the Company performs its obligations under the contract and when the customer pays is one year or less.  None of the Company’s contracts contained a significant financing component as of June 30, 2019.

In March 2016, the FASB issued updated lease accounting guidance ("Topic 842"), as explained further in Note 9 – Leases.  We adopted Topic 842 on January 1, 2019.  Topic 842 is an update to Topic 840, which was the lease accounting standard in place through December 31, 2018.  There were no significant changes to our revenue accounting upon adoption of Topic 842.

We recognize revenue in accordance with two different accounting standards: 1) Topic 606 and 2) Topic 842.  Under Topic 606, revenue from contracts with customers is measured based on the consideration specified in the contract with the customer, and excludes any sales incentives and amounts collected on behalf of third parties.  A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to a customer, and is the unit of account under Topic 606.  Our contracts with customers generally do not include multiple performance obligations.  We recognize revenue when we satisfy a performance obligation by transferring control over a product or service to a customer. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for such products or services.

Disaggregated Revenues

The following table represents a disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, along with the reportable segment for each category:

	Three months ended				Six months ended
In thousands	June 30, 2019		June 30, 2018		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2018
Digital product sales:
Catalog and small customized products	$	3,113	$	2,353	$	6,204	$	5,301
Large customized products		-		-		-		1,000
Subtotal		3,113		2,353		6,204		6,301
Digital product lease and maintenance:
Operating leases		338		439		630		766
Maintenance agreements		296		270		512		530
Subtotal		634		709		1,142		1,296
Total	$	3,747	$	3,062	$	7,346	$	7,597

Performance Obligations

The Company has two primary revenue streams which are Digital product sales and Digital product lease and maintenance.

Digital Product Sales

The Company recognizes net revenue on digital product sales to its distribution partners and to end users related to digital display solutions and fixed digit scoreboards.  For the Company’s catalog products, revenue is generally recognized when the customer obtains control of the Company’s product, which occurs at a point in time, and may be upon shipment or upon delivery based on the contractual shipping terms of a contract.  For the Company’s customized products, revenue is either recognized at a point in time or over time depending on the size of the contract.  For those customized product contracts that are smaller in size, revenue is generally recognized when the customer obtains control of the Company’s product, which occurs at a point in time, and may be upon shipment or upon delivery based on the contractual shipping terms of a contract.  For those customized product contracts that are larger in size, revenue is recognized over time based on incurred costs as compared to projected costs using the input method, as this best reflects the Company’s progress in transferring control of the customized product to the customer.  The Company may also contract with a customer to perform installation services of digital display products.  Similar to the larger customized products, the Company recognizes the revenue associated with installation services using the input method, whereby the basis is the total contract costs incurred to date compared to the total expected costs to be incurred.

Revenue on sales to distribution partners are recorded net of prompt-pay discounts, if offered, and other deductions.  To the extent the transaction price includes variable consideration, the Company estimates the amount of variable consideration that should be included in the transaction price utilizing the most likely amount method to which the Company expects to be entitled.  In the case of prompt-pay discounts, there are only two possible outcomes: either the customer pays on-time or does not.  Variable consideration is included in the transaction price if, in the Company’s judgment, it is probable that a significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will not occur.  Determination of whether to include estimated amounts in the transaction price are based largely on an assessment of the Company’s anticipated performance and all information (historical, current and forecasted) that is reasonably available.  The Company believes that the estimates it has established are reasonable based upon current facts and circumstances.  Applying different judgments to the same facts and circumstances could result in the estimated amounts to vary.  The Company offers an assurance-type warranty that the digital display products will conform to the published specifications.  Returns may only be made subject to this warranty and not for convenience.

Digital Product Lease and Maintenance

Digital product lease revenues represent revenues from leasing equipment that we own.  We do not generally provide an option for the lessee to purchase the rented equipment at the end of the lease and do not generate material revenue from sales of equipment under such options.  Our lease revenues do not include material amounts of variable payments.  Digital product maintenance revenues represent revenues from maintenance agreements for equipment that we do not own.  Lease and maintenance contracts generally run for periods of one month to 10 years.  A contract entered into by the Company with a customer may contain both lease and maintenance services (either or both services may be agreed upon based on the individual customer contract).  Maintenance services may consist of providing labor, parts and software maintenance as may be required to maintain the customer’s equipment in proper operating condition at the customer’s service location.  The Company concluded the lease and maintenance services represent a series of distinct services and the most representative method for measuring progress towards satisfying the performance obligation of these services is the input method.  Additionally, maintenance services require the Company to “stand ready” to provide support to the customer when and if needed.  As there is no discernable pattern of efforts other than evenly over the lease and maintenance terms, the Company will recognize revenue straight-line over the lease and maintenance terms of service.

The Company has an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date, as evidenced by the requirement that the customer pay upfront for each month of services. Lease and maintenance service amounts billed ahead of revenue recognition are recorded in deferred revenue and are included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Revenues from equipment lease and maintenance contracts are recognized during the term of the respective agreements.  At June 30, 2019, the future minimum lease payments due to the Company under operating leases that expire at varying dates through 2028 for its rental equipment and maintenance contracts, assuming no renewals of existing leases or any new leases, aggregating $2,100,000, are as follows:  $470,000 – remainder of 2019, $1,025,000 – 2020, $329,000 – 2021, $137,000 – 2022, $71,000 – 2023 and $68,000 thereafter.

Contract Balances with Customers

Contract assets primarily relate to rights to consideration for goods or services transferred to the customer when the right is conditional on something other than the passage of time.  The contract assets are transferred to the receivables when the rights become unconditional.  As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had no contract assets.  The contract liabilities primarily relate to the advance consideration received from customers for contracts prior to the transfer of control to the customer and therefore revenue is recognized on completion of delivery.  Contract liabilities are classified as deferred revenue by the Company and are included in customer deposits and accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following table presents the balances in the Company’s receivables and contract liabilities with customers:

In thousands	June 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Gross receivables	$	3,196	$	4,067
Allowance for bad debts		644		1,796
Net receivables		2,552		2,271
Contract liabilities		1,325		465

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized the following revenues as a result of changes in the contract asset and the contract liability balances in the respective periods:

	Three months ended				Six months ended
In thousands	June 30, 2019		June 30, 2018		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2018
Revenue recognized in the period from:
Amounts included in the contract liability at the      beginning of the period	$	149	$	205	$	350	$	753

Transaction Price Allocated to Future Performance Obligations – alternative more qualitative presentation

Remaining performance obligations represents the transaction price of contracts for which work has not been performed (or has been partially performed).  The guidance provides certain practical expedients that limit this requirement and, therefore, the Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for (i) contracts with an original expected length of one year or less and (ii) contracts for which revenue is recognized at the amount to which the Company has the right to invoice for services performed.  As of June 30, 2019, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations for digital product sales was $2.4 million and digital product lease and maintenance was $2.1 million.  

The Company expects to recognize revenue on approximately 83%, 13% and 4% of the remaining performance obligations over the next 12 months, 13 to 36 months and 37 or more months, respectively.

Costs to Obtain or Fulfill a Customer Contract

Prior to the adoption of ASU 2014-09, the Company expensed incremental commissions paid to sales representatives for obtaining customer contracts.  Under ASU 2014-09, the Company currently capitalizes these incremental costs of obtaining customer contracts.  Capitalized commissions are amortized based on the transfer of the products or services to which the assets relate.  Applying the practical expedient in paragraph 340-40-25-4, the Company recognizes the incremental costs of obtaining contracts as an expense when incurred if the amortization period of the assets that the Company otherwise would have recognized is one year or less.  These costs are included in General and administrative expenses.

The Company accounts for shipping and handling activities related to contracts with customers as costs to fulfill the promise to transfer the associated products.  When shipping and handling costs are incurred after a customer obtains control of the products, the Company also has elected to account for these as costs to fulfill the promise and not as a separate performance obligation.  Shipping and handling costs associated with the distribution of finished products to customers are recorded in costs of goods sold and are recognized when the related finished product is shipped to the customer.

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Inventories

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 4 – Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

	June 30 2019		December 31 2018
In thousands
Raw materials	$	1,396	$	1,178
Work-in-progress		840		626
Finished goods		297		397
	$	2,533	$	2,201

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Rental Equipment, net

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Rental Equipment [Abstract]

Rental Equipment [Text Block]

Note 5 – Rental Equipment, net

Rental equipment consists of the following:

	June 30 2019		December 31 2018
In thousands
Rental equipment	$	7,104	$	7,109
Less accumulated depreciation		6,011		5,799
Net rental equipment	$	1,093	$	1,310

Depreciation expense for rental equipment for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was $212,000 and $353,000, respectively.  Depreciation expense for rental equipment for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was $106,000 and $177,000, respectively.

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Property, Plant and Equipment, net

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 6 – Property, Plant and Equipment, net

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

	June 30 2019		December 31 2018
In thousands
Machinery, fixtures and equipment	$	2,721	$	2,691
Leaseholds and improvements		12		12
		2,733		2,703
Less accumulated depreciation		631		523
Net property, plant and equipment	$	2,102	$	2,180

Machinery, fixtures and equipment having a net book value of $2.2 million at December 31, 2018 were pledged as collateral under various financing agreements.

Depreciation expense for property, plant and equipment for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was $108,000 and $144,000, respectively.  Depreciation expense for property, plant and equipment for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was $54,000 and $72,000, respectively.

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Long-Term Debt

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Long-term Debt [Text Block]

Note 7 – Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following:

	June 30 2019		December 31 2018
In thousands
8¼% Limited convertible senior subordinated notes due 2012	$	352	$	387
9½% Subordinated debentures due 2012		220		220
Revolving credit line		-		1,440
Term loans		-		1,590
Term loans - related party		1,000		1,000
Forgivable loan		650		650
Total debt		2,222		5,287
Less deferred financing costs		-		257
Net debt		2,222		5,030
Less portion due within one year		572		3,584
Net long-term debt	$	1,650	$	1,446

On July 12, 2016, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Trans-Lux Display Corporation, FairPlay Corporation (formerly Trans-Lux Midwest Corporation) and Trans-Lux Energy Corporation entered into a credit agreement, as subsequently amended on various dates, the latest being on March 1, 2019 (collectively, the “Credit Agreement”) with CNH Finance Fund I, L.P. (“CNH”) as lender.  Under the Credit Agreement, the Company was able to borrow up to an aggregate of $4.0 million, which included (i) up to $3.0 million of a revolving loan, at an interest rate of prime plus 9.0% (11.50% at December 31, 2018), and (ii) a $1.0 million term loan, at an interest rate of prime plus 11.0% (11.50% at December 31, 2018).  The availability under the revolving loan was calculated based on certain percentages of eligible receivables and inventory.  On November 6, 2018, the Company and CNH agreed to a forbearance agreement which was effective through February 28, 2019, as long as there were no additional defaults under the Credit Agreement.  On March 1, 2019, the effectiveness of the forbearance agreement was extended through April 15, 2019.  On April 10, 2019, the Company satisfied the Credit Agreement in full and the Credit Agreement was terminated. The termination fee of $60,000 and the remaining debt discount of $23,000 were written off and included in loss on extinguishment of debt on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

On June 11, 2018, the Company entered into a Subordinated Secured Promissory Note (the “SMI Note”) with SM Investors, L.P. (“SMI”), pursuant to which the Company borrowed $330,000 from SMI at an interest rate of 12.00%.  The maturity date of the SMI Note was the earlier of June 11, 2020 or the Company’s completion of an additional financing package of at least $1 million.  The Company also issued SMI a three-year warrant to purchase 82,500 shares of the Company at an exercise price of $0.01 per share.  The Company utilized the Black-Scholes method to calculate the fair value of this warrant at the time of issuance, which was $95,000, and was being treated as a debt discount amortized over the two-year term of the loan.  On April 17, 2019, the Company satisfied the SMI Note in full and the remaining debt discount of $53,000 was written off and included in loss on extinguishment of debt on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

On June 11, 2018, the Company entered into another Subordinated Secured Promissory Note (the “SMII Note”) with SM Investors II, L.P. (“SMII”), pursuant to which the Company borrowed $670,000 from SMII at an interest rate of 12.00%.  The maturity date of the SMII Note was the earlier of June 11, 2020 or the Company’s completion of an additional financing package of at least $1 million.  The Company also issued SMII a three-year warrant to purchase 167,500 shares of the Company at an exercise price of $0.01 per share.  The Company utilized the Black-Scholes method to calculate the fair value of this warrant at the time of issuance, which was $192,000, and was being treated as a debt discount amortized over the two-year term of the loan.  On April 17, 2019, the Company satisfied the SMII Note in full and the remaining debt discount of $109,000 was written off and included in loss on extinguishment of debt on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company has a $500,000 loan from Carlisle Investments Inc. (“Carlisle”) at a fixed interest rate of 12.00%, which matured on April 27, 2019 with a bullet payment of all principal due at such time. Interest is payable monthly. Carlisle has agreed to not demand payment on the loan through at least December 31, 2020. As of June 30, 2019, the entire amount was outstanding and is included in long-term debt, less current portion in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued $90,000 and $60,000, respectively, of interest related to this loan. Carlisle has agreed to not demand payment on $60,000 of the interest as of June 30, 2019, so it is included in deferred pension liability and other in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The remaining $30,000 of accrued interest as of June 30, 2019 and the $60,000 of accrued interest as of December 31, 2019 are included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Marco Elser, a former director of the Company, exercises voting and dispositive power as investment manager of Carlisle.

The Company has an additional $500,000 loan from Carlisle at a fixed interest rate of 12.00%, which matured on December 10, 2017 with a bullet payment of all principal due at such time (the “Second Carlisle Agreement”). Interest is payable monthly. Carlisle has agreed to not demand payment on the loan through at least December 31, 2020. As of June 30, 2019, the entire amount was outstanding and is included in long-term debt, less current portion in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued $90,000 and $60,000, respectively, of interest related to this loan. Carlisle has agreed to not demand payment on $60,000 of the interest as of June 30, 2019, so it is included in deferred pension liability and other in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The remaining $30,000 of accrued interest as of June 30, 2019 and the $60,000 of accrued interest as of December 31, 2019 are included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Under the Second Carlisle Agreement, the Company granted a security interest to Carlisle in accounts receivable, materials and intangibles relating to a certain purchase order for equipment issued in April 2017.

As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had outstanding $352,000 and $387,000, respectively, of 8¼% Limited convertible senior subordinated notes due 2012 (the “Notes”) which are no longer convertible into common shares.  The Notes matured as of March 1, 2012 and are currently in default.  On February 15, 2019, holders of $35,000 of the Notes accepted the Company’s offer to exchange each $1,000 of principal, forgiving any related interest, for $200 in cash, for an aggregate payment by the Company of $7,000.  As a result of the transaction, the Company recorded a gain on the extinguishment of debt, net of expenses, of $52,000 in 2019.  As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued $286,000 and $298,000, respectively, of interest related to the Notes, which is included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had outstanding $220,000 of 9½% Subordinated debentures due 2012 (the “Debentures”).  The Debentures matured as of December 1, 2012 and are currently in default.  As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued $200,000 and $190,000, respectively, of interest related to the Debentures, which is included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

On May 23, 2017, the Company received $650,000 structured as a forgivable loan from the City of Hazelwood, Missouri.  The loan will be forgiven on a pro-rata basis if predetermined employment levels are attained and would expire on April 1, 2024.  If the Company attains the employment levels required by the agreement, there is no interest due, otherwise interest accrues at a rate of prime plus 2.00% (7.50% at June 30, 2019).  As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued $95,000 and $71,000, respectively, of interest related to this loan, which is included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  In February 2018, in accordance with the agreement, the Company requested a 1-year extension of the terms of the agreement, which was approved by the City of Hazelwood in March 2018, so the agreement now terminates on April 1, 2025.  As of the March 31, 2019 measurement date, the Company has not yet attained the appropriate employment levels and has requested an additional extension from the City of Hazelwood.

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Pension Plan

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 8 – Pension Plan

As of December 31, 2003, the benefit service under the pension plan had been frozen and, accordingly, there is no service cost.  As of April 30, 2009, the compensation increments had been frozen and, accordingly, no additional benefits are being accrued under the pension plan.

The following table presents the components of net periodic pension cost for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

	Three months ended June 30				Six months ended June 30
In thousands	2019		2018		2019		2018
Interest cost	$	126	$	114	$	251	$	227
Expected return on plan assets		(173)		(203)		(345)		(406)
Amortization of net actuarial loss		66		56		131		112
Net periodic pension expense (benefit)	$	19	$	(33)	$	37	$	(67)

As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had recorded a current pension liability of $475,000 and $623,000, respectively, which is included in accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and a long-term pension liability of $3.5 million and $3.7 million, respectively, which is included in deferred pension liability and other in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The minimum required contribution in 2019 is expected to be $629,000, of which the Company contributed $391,000 in the first half of the year and $85,000 subsequent to June 30, 2019.

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Leases

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Lessee, Operating Leases [Text Block]

Note 9 – Leases

The Company leases administrative and manufacturing facilities through operating lease agreements. The Company has no finance leases as of June 30, 2019.  Our leases include both lease (e.g., fixed payments including rent) and non-lease components (e.g., common area or other maintenance costs). The facility leases include one or more options to renew.  The exercise of lease renewal options is typically at our sole discretion, therefore, the renewals to extend the lease terms are not included in our ROU assets or lease liabilities as they are not reasonably certain of exercise.  We regularly evaluate the renewal options and, when they are reasonably certain of exercise, we include the renewal period in our lease term.

Operating leases result in the recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  ROU assets represent our right to use the leased asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments.  Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term.  As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our estimated incremental borrowing rate at the commencement date to determine the present value of lease payments.  Most real estate leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from 1 to 5 years or more.  Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.  Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The primary leases we enter into with initial terms of 12 months or less are for equipment.

Supplemental information regarding leases:

	June 30 2019
In thousands, unless otherwise noted
Balance Sheet:
ROU assets	$	1,281
Current lease liabilities		322
Non-current lease liabilities		994
Total lease liabilities		1,316
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)		3.0
Weighted average discount rate		8.9%
Future minimum lease payments:
2019	$	245
2020		349
2021		342
2022		348
2023		295
Thereafter		-
Total		1,579
Less: Imputed interest		263
Total lease liabilities		1,316
Less: Current lease liabilities		322
Long-term lease liabilities	$	994

Supplemental cash flow information regarding leases:

	For the three months ended June 30, 2019		For the six months ended June 30, 2019
In thousands
Operating cash flow information:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities	$	121	$	243
Non-cash activity:
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities		-		162

Total operating lease expense and short-term lease expense was $249,000 and $64,000, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2019.  Total operating lease expense and short-term lease expense was $124,000 and $32,000, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2019.

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Stockholders' Deficit and Loss Per Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

Note 10 – Stockholders’ Deficit and Loss Per Share

The following table presents the calculation of loss per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

	Three months ended June 30				Six months ended June 30
In thousands, except per share data	2019		2018		2019		2018
Numerator:
Net loss, as reported	$	(365)	$	(1,028)	$	(888)	$	(968)
Change in dividends accumulated on preferred shares		(3)		(50)		(38)		(99)
Net loss attributable to common shares	$	(368)	$	(1,078)		(926)	$	(1,067)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding		13,226		2,243		9,123		2,203
Basic and diluted loss per share	$	(0.03)	$	(0.48)	$	(0.10)	$	(0.48)

Basic loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period.  Diluted loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common shares, by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, adjusted for shares that would be assumed outstanding after warrants and stock options vested under the treasury stock method.

At June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company had accumulated unpaid dividends of $5,000 and $41,000, respectively, related to the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“SBCPS”).

For each holder of SBCPS that converted their shares into Common Stock in March 2019, the Company declared a dividend of $4.60 per share of SBCPS on March 29, 2019, aggregating $73,000, which was distributed to these former holders of the SBCPS on April 2, 2019.

As of June 30, 2019, the Company had warrants to purchase 250,000 shares of Common Stock outstanding, which were included in the calculation of diluted loss per share because their exercise price was less than the average share price of our Common Stock for the period, so their inclusion was dilutive.  As of June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company had other warrants to purchase 10,000 and 52,000 shares, respectively, of Common Stock outstanding, which were excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share because their exercise price was greater than the average share price for the period and their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.  The remaining warrants to purchase 10,000 shares as of June 30, 2019 could be dilutive in the future if the average share price increases and is greater than the exercise price of these warrants.

As of June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company had 648 and 16,512 shares, respectively, of SBCPS outstanding, which were convertible into 64,800 and 330,240 shares of Common Stock, none of which were used in the calculation of diluted loss per share because their conversion price was greater than the average share price for the period and their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.  These shares of SBCPS could be dilutive in the future if the average share price of our Common Stock increases and is greater than the purchase price of these shares of SBCPS.

On February 5, 2019, the Company commenced a Rights Offering to current shareholders under which the shareholders could purchase shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share.  On April 5, 2019, the Company completed its Rights Offering and accepted subscriptions for a total of 2,500,000 shares of its Common Stock, representing approximately all of the shares offered, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $2.5 million, less issuance costs of $72,000.

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Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 11 – Contingencies

The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary course of its business and/or which are covered by insurance.  The Company has accrued reserves individually and in the aggregate for such legal proceedings.  Should actual litigation results differ from the Company’s estimates, revisions to increase or decrease the accrued reserves may be required.  There are no open matters that the Company deems material.

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Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 12 – Related Party Transactions

In addition to the Company’s loans from Carlisle described in Note 7, the Company has the following related party transactions:

Yaozhong Shi, a former director of the Company, is the Chairman of Transtech LED Company Limited (“Transtech”), which is one of our LED suppliers.  The Company purchased $416,000 and $127,000 of product from Transtech in the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  The Company purchased $406,000 and $64,000 of product from Transtech in the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  Amounts payable by the Company to Transtech were $0 and $305,000 as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

On March 4, 2019, 96.1% of our issued and outstanding SBCPS holders converted their SBCPS into 1,586,400 shares of Common Stock.  Such amount included shares of SBCPS held by a greater than 5% stockholder of the Company and certain directors of the Company.

On March 4, 2019, Unilumin exercised $2.0 million of the Unilumin Warrant and the Company issued 2,061,856 shares of Common Stock, and on April 5, 2019, Unilumin exercised the remaining $3.5 million of the Unilumin Warrant and the Company issued 3,608,247, raising an aggregate of $5.5 million for the Company, less issuance costs of $202,000.  As a result of the exercises, Unilumin now holds 52.2% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, which resulted in a change in control event.  The Company did not elect to apply pushdown accounting.  Nicholas Fazio, Yang Liu and Yantao Yu, each directors of the Company, are also each directors and/or officers of other subsidiaries of Unilumin’s parent company Unilumin Group Co. Ltd.

As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had outstanding payables to certain executive officers aggregating $0 and $427,000, respectively.

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Business Segment Data

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 13 – Business Segment Data

Operating segments are based on the Company’s business components about which separate financial information is available and are evaluated regularly by the Company’s chief operating decision makers in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance of the business.

The Company evaluates segment performance and allocates resources based upon operating income (loss). The Company’s operations are managed in two reportable business segments: Digital product sales and Digital product lease and maintenance.  Both design and produce large-scale, multi-color, real-time digital displays.  Both operating segments are conducted on a global basis, primarily through operations in the United States.  The Company also has operations in Canada.  The Digital product sales segment sells equipment and the Digital product lease and maintenance segment leases and maintains equipment.  Corporate general and administrative items relate to costs that are not directly identifiable with a segment.  There are no intersegment sales.

Foreign revenues represent less than 10% of the Company’s revenues in 2019 and 2018.  The Company’s foreign operation does not manufacture its own equipment; the domestic operation provides the equipment that the foreign operation leases or sells.  The foreign operation operates similarly to the domestic operation and has similar profit margins.  Foreign assets are immaterial.

Information about the Company’s operations in its two business segments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:

	Three months ended June 30				Six months ended June 30
In thousands	2019		2018		2019		2018
Revenues:
Digital product sales	$	3,113	$	2,353	$	6,204	$	6,301
Digital product lease and maintenance		634		709		1,142		1,296
Total revenues	$	3,747	$	3,062	$	7,346	$	7,597
Operating (loss) income:
Digital product sales	$	248	$	(442)	$	364	$	118
Digital product lease and maintenance		415		258		673		548
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(628)		(710)		(1,241)		(1,421)
Total operating income (loss)		35		(894)		(204)		(755)
Interest expense, net		(80)		(218)		(335)		(414)
(Loss) gain on foreign currency remeasurement		(50)		50		(107)		122
Loss on debt extinguishment		(245)		-		(193)		-
Gain on sale leaseback transaction		-		-		-		11
Pension (expense) benefit		(19)		34		(37)		68
Loss before income taxes		(359)		(1,028)		(876)		(968)
Income tax expense		(6)		-		(12)		-
Net loss	$	(365)	$	(1,028)	$	(888)	$	(968)

	June 30 2019		December 31 2018
Assets
Digital product sales	$	8,466	$	7,689
Digital product lease and maintenance		4,246		3,054
Total identifiable assets		12,712		10,743
General corporate		1,413		723
Total assets	$	14,125	$	11,466

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Subsequent Events

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events [Text Block]

Note 14 – Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated events and transactions subsequent to June 30, 2019 and through the date these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements were included in this Form 10-Q and filed with the SEC.

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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

	Three months ended				Six months ended
In thousands	June 30, 2019		June 30, 2018		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2018
Digital product sales:
Catalog and small customized products	$	3,113	$	2,353	$	6,204	$	5,301
Large customized products		-		-		-		1,000
Subtotal		3,113		2,353		6,204		6,301
Digital product lease and maintenance:
Operating leases		338		439		630		766
Maintenance agreements		296		270		512		530
Subtotal		634		709		1,142		1,296
Total	$	3,747	$	3,062	$	7,346	$	7,597

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block]

In thousands	June 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Gross receivables	$	3,196	$	4,067
Allowance for bad debts		644		1,796
Net receivables		2,552		2,271
Contract liabilities		1,325		465

Schedule of Changes In Contract Asset and Contract Liability [Table Text Block]

	Three months ended				Six months ended
In thousands	June 30, 2019		June 30, 2018		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2018
Revenue recognized in the period from:
Amounts included in the contract liability at the      beginning of the period	$	149	$	205	$	350	$	753

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Inventories (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

	June 30 2019		December 31 2018
In thousands
Raw materials	$	1,396	$	1,178
Work-in-progress		840		626
Finished goods		297		397
	$	2,533	$	2,201

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Rental Equipment, net (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Rental Equipment [Abstract]

Rental Equipment [Table Text Block]

	June 30 2019		December 31 2018
In thousands
Rental equipment	$	7,104	$	7,109
Less accumulated depreciation		6,011		5,799
Net rental equipment	$	1,093	$	1,310

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Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

	June 30 2019		December 31 2018
In thousands
Machinery, fixtures and equipment	$	2,721	$	2,691
Leaseholds and improvements		12		12
		2,733		2,703
Less accumulated depreciation		631		523
Net property, plant and equipment	$	2,102	$	2,180

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Long-Term Debt (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

	June 30 2019		December 31 2018
In thousands
8¼% Limited convertible senior subordinated notes due 2012	$	352	$	387
9½% Subordinated debentures due 2012		220		220
Revolving credit line		-		1,440
Term loans		-		1,590
Term loans - related party		1,000		1,000
Forgivable loan		650		650
Total debt		2,222		5,287
Less deferred financing costs		-		257
Net debt		2,222		5,030
Less portion due within one year		572		3,584
Net long-term debt	$	1,650	$	1,446

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Pension Plan (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

	Three months ended June 30				Six months ended June 30
In thousands	2019		2018		2019		2018
Interest cost	$	126	$	114	$	251	$	227
Expected return on plan assets		(173)		(203)		(345)		(406)
Amortization of net actuarial loss		66		56		131		112
Net periodic pension expense (benefit)	$	19	$	(33)	$	37	$	(67)

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Leases (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]

	June 30 2019
In thousands, unless otherwise noted
Balance Sheet:
ROU assets	$	1,281
Current lease liabilities		322
Non-current lease liabilities		994
Total lease liabilities		1,316
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)		3.0
Weighted average discount rate		8.9%
Future minimum lease payments:
2019	$	245
2020		349
2021		342
2022		348
2023		295
Thereafter		-
Total		1,579
Less: Imputed interest		263
Total lease liabilities		1,316
Less: Current lease liabilities		322
Long-term lease liabilities	$	994

Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures, Leases [Table Text Block]

	For the three months ended June 30, 2019		For the six months ended June 30, 2019
In thousands
Operating cash flow information:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities	$	121	$	243
Non-cash activity:
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities		-		162

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Stockholders' Deficit and Loss Per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

	Three months ended June 30				Six months ended June 30
In thousands, except per share data	2019		2018		2019		2018
Numerator:
Net loss, as reported	$	(365)	$	(1,028)	$	(888)	$	(968)
Change in dividends accumulated on preferred shares		(3)		(50)		(38)		(99)
Net loss attributable to common shares	$	(368)	$	(1,078)		(926)	$	(1,067)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding		13,226		2,243		9,123		2,203
Basic and diluted loss per share	$	(0.03)	$	(0.48)	$	(0.10)	$	(0.48)

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Business Segment Data (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Three months ended June 30				Six months ended June 30
In thousands	2019		2018		2019		2018
Revenues:
Digital product sales	$	3,113	$	2,353	$	6,204	$	6,301
Digital product lease and maintenance		634		709		1,142		1,296
Total revenues	$	3,747	$	3,062	$	7,346	$	7,597
Operating (loss) income:
Digital product sales	$	248	$	(442)	$	364	$	118
Digital product lease and maintenance		415		258		673		548
Corporate general and administrative expenses		(628)		(710)		(1,241)		(1,421)
Total operating income (loss)		35		(894)		(204)		(755)
Interest expense, net		(80)		(218)		(335)		(414)
(Loss) gain on foreign currency remeasurement		(50)		50		(107)		122
Loss on debt extinguishment		(245)		-		(193)		-
Gain on sale leaseback transaction		-		-		-		11
Pension (expense) benefit		(19)		34		(37)		68
Loss before income taxes		(359)		(1,028)		(876)		(968)
Income tax expense		(6)		-		(12)		-
Net loss	$	(365)	$	(1,028)	$	(888)	$	(968)

	June 30 2019		December 31 2018
Assets
Digital product sales	$	8,466	$	7,689
Digital product lease and maintenance		4,246		3,054
Total identifiable assets		12,712		10,743
General corporate		1,413		723
Total assets	$	14,125	$	11,466

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Basis of Presentation (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019	Jan. 01, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset	$ 1,281,000	$ 1,463,000
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent	994,000	1,127,000
Operating Lease, Liability, Current	$ 322,000	$ 368,000

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Liquidity (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 05, 2019	Mar. 04, 2019	Apr. 30, 2019	Apr. 05, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Liquidity (Details) [Line Items]
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent					$ (365,000)	$ (1,028,000)	$ (888,000)	$ (968,000)
Working Capital Deficit					$ 824,000		824,000
Proceeds From Rights Offering and Warrants Exercise			$ 6,000,000
Share Price (in Dollars per share)			$ 1.00
Proceeds From Issuance Of Rights Offering			$ 2,500,000				2,428,000
Proceeds from Warrant Exercises							$ 5,298,000
Unilumin [Member]
Liquidity (Details) [Line Items]
Proceeds from Warrant Exercises	$ 3,500,000	$ 2,000,000	3,500,000	$ 5,500,000
Maximum [Member] | Unilumin [Member]
Liquidity (Details) [Line Items]
Other Additional Capital			$ 2,000,000

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Revenue Recognition (Details) - Performance Obligations	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Revenue Recognition (Details) - Performance Obligations [Line Items]
Segment Reporting Information, Description of Products and Services	The Company has two primary revenue streams which are Digital product sales and Digital product lease and maintenance
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received	$ 2,100,000
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received, Remainder of Fiscal Year	470,000
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received, Two Years	1,025,000
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received, Three Years	329,000
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received, Four Years	137,000
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received, Five Years	71,000
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received, Thereafter	$ 68,000
Minimum [Member]
Revenue Recognition (Details) - Performance Obligations [Line Items]
Lease And Maintenance, Term Of Contract	1 month
Maximum [Member]
Revenue Recognition (Details) - Performance Obligations [Line Items]
Lease And Maintenance, Term Of Contract	10 years

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Revenue Recognition (Details) - Remaining Performance Obligations $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Digital Product Sales [Member]
Revenue Recognition (Details) - Remaining Performance Obligations [Line Items]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount	$ 2.4
Digital Product Lease And Maintenance [Member]
Revenue Recognition (Details) - Remaining Performance Obligations [Line Items]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount	$ 2.1

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Revenue Recognition (Details) - Remaining Performance Obligations, Expected Timing of recognition	Jun. 30, 2019
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2019-07-01
Revenue Recognition (Details) - Remaining Performance Obligations, Expected Timing of recognition [Line Items]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Percentage	83.00%
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period	12 months
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-07-01
Revenue Recognition (Details) - Remaining Performance Obligations, Expected Timing of recognition [Line Items]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Percentage	13.00%
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-07-01 | Minimum [Member]
Revenue Recognition (Details) - Remaining Performance Obligations, Expected Timing of recognition [Line Items]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period	13 months
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-07-01 | Maximum [Member]
Revenue Recognition (Details) - Remaining Performance Obligations, Expected Timing of recognition [Line Items]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period	36 months
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-07-01
Revenue Recognition (Details) - Remaining Performance Obligations, Expected Timing of recognition [Line Items]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Percentage	4.00%
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period	37 months

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Revenue Recognition (Details) - Disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Digital product sales:
Revenue from contracts with customers	$ 3,747	$ 3,062	$ 7,346	$ 7,597
Digital Product Sales [Member]
Digital product sales:
Revenue from contracts with customers	3,113	2,353	6,204	6,301
Digital Product Lease And Maintenance [Member]
Digital product sales:
Revenue from contracts with customers	634	709	1,142	1,296
Catalog And Small Customized Products [Member] | Digital Product Sales [Member]
Digital product sales:
Revenue from contracts with customers	3,113	2,353	6,204	5,301
Large Customized Products [Member] | Digital Product Sales [Member]
Digital product sales:
Revenue from contracts with customers				1,000
Operating Leases [Member] | Digital Product Lease And Maintenance [Member]
Digital product sales:
Revenue from contracts with customers	338	439	630	766
Maintenance Agreements [Member] | Digital Product Lease And Maintenance [Member]
Digital product sales:
Revenue from contracts with customers	$ 296	$ 270	$ 512	$ 530

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Revenue Recognition (Details) - Company`s receivables and contract liabilities with customers - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Revenue Recognition (Details) - Company`s receivables and contract liabilities with customers [Line Items]
Gross receivables	$ 3,196	$ 4,067
Allowance for bad debts	644	1,796
Net receivables	2,552	2,271
Contract liabilities	$ 1,325	$ 465

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Revenue Recognition (Details) - Revenues as a result of changes in the contract asset and the contract liability - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Revenue Recognition (Details) - Revenues as a result of changes in the contract asset and the contract liability [Line Items]
Amounts included in the contract liability at the beginning of the period	$ 149	$ 205	$ 350	$ 753

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Inventories (Details) - Inventories - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Inventory [Line Items]
Raw materials	$ 1,396	$ 1,178
Work-in-progress	840	626
Finished goods	297	397
Total inventory	$ 2,533	$ 2,201

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Rental Equipment, net (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Rental Equipment [Member]
Rental Equipment, net (Details) [Line Items]
Depreciation	$ 106,000	$ 177,000	$ 212,000	$ 353,000

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Rental Equipment, net (Details) - Schedule Of Rental Equipment - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Rental Equipment, net (Details) - Schedule Of Rental Equipment [Line Items]
Rental equipment	$ 7,104	$ 7,109
Less accumulated depreciation	6,011	5,799
Net rental equipment	$ 1,093	$ 1,310

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Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Details) [Line Items]
Depreciation	$ 54,000	$ 72,000	$ 108,000	$ 144,000
Machinery Fixture And Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Details) [Line Items]
Pledged Assets, Other, Not Separately Reported on Statement of Financial Position					$ 2,200,000

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Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Details) - Property, plant and equipment - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, Gross	$ 2,733	$ 2,703
Less accumulated depreciation	631	523
Net property, plant and equipment	2,102	2,180
Machinery Fixture And Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, Gross	2,721	2,691
Leaseholds and Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, Gross	$ 12	$ 12

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Long-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Apr. 10, 2019	Mar. 01, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Line of Credit [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 4,000,000
Loan Termination Fees	$ 60,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount, Current	$ 23,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 3,000,000
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis		prime plus 9.0%
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		9.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage			11.50%
Term Loan [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 1,000,000
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis		prime plus 11.0%
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		11.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage			11.50%

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Long-Term Debt (Details) - SMI Note - SMI Note [Member] - USD ($)	Jun. 11, 2018	Apr. 17, 2019
Long-Term Debt (Details) - SMI Note [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 330,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	12.00%
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights (in Shares)	82,500
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01
Proceeds from Issuance of Warrants	$ 95,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount, Current		$ 53,000
Minimum [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Details) - SMI Note [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unused Borrowing Capacity, Amount	$ 1,000,000

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Long-Term Debt (Details) - SMII Note - USD ($)	Jun. 11, 2018	Apr. 17, 2019
SMII Note [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Details) - SMII Note [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 670,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	12.00%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	Jun. 11, 2020
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights (in Shares)	167,500
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01
Proceeds from Issuance of Warrants	$ 192,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount, Current		$ 109,000
SMII Note [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Details) - SMII Note [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unused Borrowing Capacity, Amount	1,000,000
SMI Note [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Details) - SMII Note [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 330,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	12.00%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	Jun. 11, 2020
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights (in Shares)	82,500
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.01
Proceeds from Issuance of Warrants	$ 95,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount, Current		$ 53,000
SMI Note [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Details) - SMII Note [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unused Borrowing Capacity, Amount	$ 1,000,000

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Long-Term Debt (Details) - Carlisle - USD ($)	Nov. 06, 2017	Apr. 27, 2016	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
First Carlisle Agreement [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Details) - Carlisle [Line Items]
Proceeds from Loans		$ 500,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		12.00%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date		Apr. 27, 2019
Interest Payable, Current				$ 90,000	$ 60,000
Liability, Defined Benefit Plan				60,000
Accrued Liabilities				30,000
Second Carlisle Agreement [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Details) - Carlisle [Line Items]
Proceeds from Loans	$ 500,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	12.00%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	Dec. 10, 2017
Interest Payable, Current				90,000	$ 60,000
Liability, Defined Benefit Plan				60,000
Accrued Liabilities				$ 30,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | First Carlisle Agreement [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Details) - Carlisle [Line Items]
Accrued Liabilities			$ 60,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | Second Carlisle Agreement [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Details) - Carlisle [Line Items]
Accrued Liabilities			$ 60,000

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Long-Term Debt (Details) - 2012 Note - 8¼% Limited Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2012 [Member] - USD ($)		6 Months Ended
	Feb. 15, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Long-Term Debt (Details) - 2012 Note [Line Items]
Long-term Debt		$ 352,000	$ 387,000
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date		Mar. 01, 2012
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 35,000
Debt Exchange, Each Principal Amount Of Original Debt Exchanged	1,000
Repayment Of Convertible Debt Principal	200
Debt Exchanged Aggregate Payment	$ 7,000
Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment of Debt		$ 52,000
Interest Payable, Current		$ 286,000	$ 298,000

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Long-Term Debt (Details) - 2012 Debentures - 9½% Subordinated Debentures Due 2012 [Member] - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Long-Term Debt (Details) - 2012 Debentures [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 220,000	$ 220,000
Debentures, Matured Date	Dec. 01, 2012
Interest Payable, Current	$ 200,000	$ 190,000

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Long-Term Debt (Details) - Forgivable Loan - Forgivable Loan [Member] - USD ($)		6 Months Ended
	May 23, 2017	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Long-Term Debt (Details) - Forgivable Loan [Line Items]
Proceeds from Loans	$ 650,000
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis	prime plus 2.00%
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	2.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage		7.50%
Interest Payable, Current		$ 95,000	$ 71,000
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date, Description		In February 2018, in accordance with the agreement, the Company requested a 1-year extension of the terms of the agreement, which was approved by the City of Hazelwood in March 2018, so the agreement now terminates on April 1, 2025

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Long-Term Debt (Details) - Long-term debt - USD ($)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion	$ 2,222,000	$ 5,030,000
Less portion due within one year	572,000	3,584,000
Net long-term debt	1,650,000	1,446,000
Total debt	2,222,000	5,287,000
Less deferred financing costs		257,000
8¼% Limited Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2012 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion	352,000	387,000
9½% Subordinated Debentures Due 2012 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion	220,000	220,000
Revolving Credit Line [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion		1,440,000
Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion		1,590,000
Related Party Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion	1,000,000	1,000,000
Forgivable Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion	$ 650,000	$ 650,000

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Pension Plan (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Aug. 13, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Pension Plan (Details) [Line Items]
Liability, Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Current		$ 475,000	$ 623,000
Liability, Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Noncurrent		3,500,000	$ 3,700,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Current Fiscal Year		629,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer		$ 391,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Pension Plan (Details) [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer	$ 85,000

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Pension Plan (Details) - Components of net periodic pension cost - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Pension Plan (Details) - Components of net periodic pension cost [Line Items]
Interest cost	$ 126	$ 114	$ 251	$ 227
Expected return on plan assets	(173)	(203)	(345)	(406)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	66	56	131	112
Net periodic pension expense (benefit)	$ 19	$ (33)	$ 37	$ (67)

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Leases (Details)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Leases (Details) [Line Items]
Operating Lease, Expense	$ 124,000	$ 249,000
Short-term Lease Payments	$ 32,000	$ 64,000
Minimum [Member]
Leases (Details) [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Renewal Term	1 year	1 year
Maximum [Member]
Leases (Details) [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Renewal Term	5 years	5 years

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Leases (Details) - Supplemental information regarding leases - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019	Jan. 01, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Balance Sheet:
ROU assets	$ 1,281,000	$ 1,463,000
Current lease liabilities	322,000	368,000
Non-current lease liabilities	994,000	1,127,000
Total lease liabilities	$ 1,316,000
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)	3 years
Weighted average discount rate	8.90%
Future minimum lease payments:
2019	$ 245,000
2020	349,000
2021	342,000
2022	348,000
2023	295,000
Thereafter
Total	1,579,000
Less: Imputed interest	263,000
Total lease liabilities	1,316,000
Less: Current lease liabilities	322,000	368,000
Long-term lease liabilities	$ 994,000	$ 1,127,000

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Leases (Details) - Supplemental cash flow information regarding leases - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019
Operating cash flow information:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities	$ 121	$ 243
Non-cash activity:
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities		$ 162

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Stockholders' Deficit and Loss Per Share (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 05, 2019	Apr. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Feb. 05, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Stockholders' Deficit and Loss Per Share (Details) [Line Items]
Proceeds From Issuance Of Rights Offering (in Dollars)		$ 2,500,000	$ 2,428,000
Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] | Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Deficit and Loss Per Share (Details) [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Amount of Preferred Dividends in Arrears (in Dollars)			$ 5,000	$ 41,000
Preferred Stock, Dividends Per Share, Declared (in Dollars per share)			$ 4.60
Dividends Payable, Date Declared			Mar. 29, 2019
Dividends, Preferred Stock (in Dollars)			$ 73,000
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid			Apr. 02, 2019
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding			648	16,512		16,512
Common Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Deficit and Loss Per Share (Details) [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount			64,800	330,240
Warrant [Member]
Stockholders' Deficit and Loss Per Share (Details) [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount			10,000	52,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding			10,000
Warrant [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Deficit and Loss Per Share (Details) [Line Items]
Incremental Common Shares Attributable to Dilutive Effect of Call Options and Warrants			250,000
Rights Offering [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Deficit and Loss Per Share (Details) [Line Items]
Shares Issued, Price Per Share (in Dollars per share)					$ 1.00
Stock Issued During Period Shares Rights Offering	2,500,000
Proceeds From Issuance Of Rights Offering (in Dollars)	$ 2,500,000
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs (in Dollars)	$ 72,000

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Stockholders' Deficit and Loss Per Share (Details) - Calculation of loss per share - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Numerator:
Net loss, as reported	$ (365,000)	$ (1,028,000)	$ (888,000)	$ (968,000)
Change in dividends accumulated on preferred shares	(3,000)	(50,000)	(38,000)	(99,000)
Net loss attributable to common shares	$ (368,000)	$ (1,078,000)	$ (926,000)	$ (1,067,000)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding (in Shares)	13,226	2,243	9,123	2,203
Basic and diluted loss per share (in Dollars per share)	$ (0.03)	$ (0.48)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.48)

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Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 05, 2019	Mar. 04, 2019	Apr. 30, 2019	Apr. 05, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Proceeds from Warrant Exercises							$ 5,298,000
Conversion of SBCPS to Common Stock [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Shareholders Conversion, Percentage		96.10%
Conversion of Stock, Shares Issued (in Shares)		1,586,400
Transtech [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Purchases from Related Party					$ 406,000	$ 64,000	416,000	$ 127,000
Due to Related Parties, Current					0		0		$ 305,000
Stockholders and Certain Directors [Member] | Conversion of SBCPS to Common Stock [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Shareholders Conversion, Percentage		5.00%
Unilumin [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Proceeds from Warrant Exercises	$ 3,500,000	$ 2,000,000	$ 3,500,000	$ 5,500,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues (in Shares)	3,608,247	2,061,856
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs				$ 202,000
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	52.20%			52.20%
Executive Officer [Member]
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Due to Officers or Stockholders					$ 0		$ 0		$ 427,000

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Business Segment Data (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Business Segment Data (Details) [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments	2
Foreign [Member] | Revenue Benchmark [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Business Segment Data (Details) [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	10.00%	10.00%

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Business Segment Data (Details) - Business Segment Data - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 3,747,000	$ 3,062,000	$ 7,346,000	$ 7,597,000
Operating (loss) income:
Operating income (loss)	35,000	(894,000)	(204,000)	(755,000)
Interest expense, net	(80,000)	(218,000)	(335,000)	(414,000)
(Loss) gain on foreign currency remeasurement	(50,000)	50,000	(107,000)	122,000
Loss on debt extinguishment	(245,000)		(193,000)
Gain on sale leaseback transaction				11,000
Pension (expense) benefit	(19,000)	34,000	(37,000)	68,000
Loss before income taxes	(359,000)	(1,028,000)	(876,000)	(968,000)
Income tax expense	(6,000)		(12,000)
Net loss	(365,000)	(1,028,000)	(888,000)	(968,000)
Assets
Assets	14,125,000		14,125,000		$ 11,466,000
Digital Product Sales [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	3,113,000	2,353,000	6,204,000	6,301,000
Digital Product Lease And Maintenance [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	634,000	709,000	1,142,000	1,296,000
Operating Segments [Member]
Assets
Assets	12,712,000		12,712,000		10,743,000
Operating Segments [Member] | Digital Product Sales [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	3,113,000	2,353,000	6,204,000	6,301,000
Operating (loss) income:
Operating income (loss)	248,000	(442,000)	364,000	118,000
Assets
Assets	8,466,000		8,466,000		7,689,000
Operating Segments [Member] | Digital Product Lease And Maintenance [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	634,000	709,000	1,142,000	1,296,000
Operating (loss) income:
Operating income (loss)	415,000	258,000	673,000	548,000
Assets
Assets	4,246,000		4,246,000		3,054,000
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Operating (loss) income:
Operating income (loss)	(628,000)	$ (710,000)	(1,241,000)	$ (1,421,000)
Assets
Assets	$ 1,413,000		$ 1,413,000		$ 723,000