Through Friday’s global IT outage, it started to become clear that the enterprise-level digital signage networks most affected by the CrowdStrike security update boo-boo ... […]
It is VERY difficult these days to discern what is real and what is the cheeky fakery of someone who knows their way around ... […]
There have been seemingly endless tales of digital signage networks with screens showing the dreaded Windows blue screen of death or pop-up notifications for ... […]
The walls have been dropping on a lot of software and hardware products in this industry to meet demands for interoperability and to work ... […]
Pop-up Windows error messages on digital signage and digital screens has been a source of regular amusement in this industry for many years, but ... […]
While much of the digital signage industry seems to be shifting to Android, dedicated devices like BrightSign and SpinetiX boxes, and special purpose operating ... […]
A reader passed along this visual reminder about the risks of using commercial operating systems on digital signage jobs. This is a big video ... […]
The CMS software firm Scala, one of the oldest companies in the industry, has announced a major version release of its flagship platform: Scala ... […]
Sixteen:Nine content partner Invidis has a German language post up about how LG has followed the lead of Korean rival Samsung by developing and ... […]
This (at end of post) is a very good conceptual video from LG that shows how its transparent LED film could be used in large private and public spaces like shopping malls and airports. There are, unfortunately, more conceptual visuals out there from LG than actual installs, it seems, but they do exist – like this one in Singapore and this one in Sweden. […]
MONTVALE, N.J., Oct. 28, 2019 — Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC) announced today the world’s first Windows collaboration display with Microsoft’s Skype for Business certification. The next generation 4K Ultra HD display is designed to support and improve team work. […]
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. […]
The options for all-in-one displays continues to broaden, with Sharp announcing a partnership with AOPEN that allows a small Windows 10-based media player to be slot-loaded in a 4K screen. The new arrangement uses the mini version of the Open Pluggable Specification (OPS) launched a few years back by Intel. […]
A lot of traffic on this site continues to be generated by readers looking for low-cost digital signage player solutions – as in 100s of page views a day just for a round-up of Raspberry Pi options. I also see a lot of interest in posts involving Chrome devices and PC sticks. […]
Buffalo-based software house inLighten has released what it touts to be the first HDMI stick for digital signage to run on Windows. The Argo, as it is called, is a companion product to another HDMI stick that runs Android, called the Apollo. […]
