I pretty much write for a living, but in the context of the industry I cover, I’m usually much happier when a vendor shows me what a product or services does, as opposed to making me read about it. […]
Most of the PR that comes in about work in resorts tends to be for casinos, and the giant displays the owners put into the sports books and on the sides of the building. Here’s a good example of a digital signage install across a full report property, in this case the new family-focused, non-casino in Round Rock, Texas (Austin). The 1.5 million sq. […]
The commercial display company PPDS, aka Philips, has announced the completion of a smart digital signage rollout to some 700 Kwik Trip convenience stores across the U.S. midwest. The c-store chain started a modernization program in 2018 and now has more than 1,000 screens in place – all of them Philips D-Line displays with embedded Android media players. […]
The Vermont industrial computer maker OnLogic has taken the interesting step of announcing its first Raspberry Pi-based industrial-grade PC, timing it in celebration of Pi Day. The little unit uses the latest CM4 Compute Module and is aimed at applications like factories, warehouses, and a range of IoT applications. […]
One of the minor but persistent concerns about using the smart digital signage displays now marketed by most LCD manufacturers is that the embedded computing devices didn’t have the power to meet the demands of some projects. […]
If Raspberry Pi mini-PCs are part of your digital signage hardware mix – as a vendor, integrator or end-users – you may be intrigued by news that there is now support for the latest version of Android on the low-cost devices. […]
Here’s another variation on the idea of a hybrid display/sanitizer, the difference with this one being the addition of an IR body temperature reader for sensing fevers and dispensers for face masks and gloves. The station is from Crimson AV, the Chicago-based mounts and displays company. The dispenser holds a gallon of gel. […]
Guest Post: Rob Côté, Broadsign When it comes to choosing a digital signage player, most network operators will go with a PC running Windows or Linux, but it’s not the only choice out there. Android boxes, Chrome OS, and systems on a chip (Soc) have all come into their own as platforms in recent years. Each has found a following among digital signage network owners and operators. […]
Mvix is back as a sponsor of the 16:9 Mixer this year, but the software and solutions company will not be exhibiting at DSE. Instead, it will have a team walking the show, led by Mike Kilian, the Senior Director of Business Development. DC-based Mvix does content-rich digital signage software and solutions. […]
Digital Signage Expo is now less than two weeks out, which means I am less than two weeks out from the dreadfully long, connected flight to Vegas that I just did a week ago. Waaaaaaaah. Anyway … the show floor will be filled with display and software vendors actively promoting their take on smart displays and smart devices that use system on chip processors. […]
Elo – DSE Booth Number 3018 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? In visiting the Elo booth at DSE, visitors will start to envision how they can bring their brand to life, whether it’s by helping customers to visualize and customize a product, or by offering intuitive self-service and exploration. […]
The Prague-based software company signageOS has launched a free software bridge that enables CMS companies and other developers to easily launch and manage digital signage networks that blend a variety of different playback devices, including all the major smart displays and Android players. […]
Guest Post: Curtis Campbell, Hughes Virtually everywhere we look, we see divisions. Be it politics, how to raise children, dogs versus cats, there never seems to be a winner-take-all argument. And digital signage technology is no different. For a few years now, signage buyers have been presented with an alternative to external digital signage players – namely SoC (System On Chip) and digital signage running on SmartTV displays. […]
About 18 months ago, Sixteen:Nine first looked at the state of smart displays and raised the question of whether digital signage displays with embedded System on Chip (SoC) players inside represented the future path for the industry. In early 2017, almost every sign pointed to widespread adoption. Today, it is clear that adoption is happening. […]
Taiwan’s VIA Technologies has done a significant upgrade on its line of ruggedized Android digital signage players, releasing what it calls the VIA ALTA DS 3 Edge AI system. The $400 MSRP units are run off the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820E Embedded Platform and Android 8.0. Previous versions, while powerful, were several generations back at Android 4.4. […]
