Digital signage software and player on a USB stick? November 22, 2011 by Dave Haynes Jason Cremins of SignageLive had a tweet up this morning about a Norwegian start-up that has a PC that is the size of a car cigarette lighter, but capable of running Android and driving 1080P video. Laptop magazine reports how FXI Technologies showed off a USB stick-sized portable computer prototype, complete with a dual-core 1.2-GHz Samsung …
Japanese company runs big multi-touch display running Android OS July 7, 2011 by Dave HaynesThe Japanese company SKR Technology has developed a demo multi-touch system that runs the Android on a 32? display – another sign that the user experience people now have on smartphones is making the jump to much larger screens for digital signage applications. Reports Akihabara News: Running off a regular Android terminal which is connected …
Rugged little $249 D2Plug PC pushes HD video May 17, 2011 by Dave HaynesI wrote the other day about the dubious merits of PC companies trying to out-market each other with steadily smaller boxes for digital signage deployments. My argument is they’re pretty much already small enough. However, going smaller on price is always in play, which is what got me interested in a little gadget called the …
TI intros new $51 HD video processor for digital signage (among a few things) March 1, 2011 by Dave HaynesExercising the absolute caveat that I am no propeller-head and don’t pretend to understand much of the inner workings or many of the acronyms, I do know enough to find this release today from Texas Instruments quite interesting … TI is introducing a new software compatible, power-efficient TMS320DM8148 DaVinci digital media processor that can do …
Google TV explained, and why you should care June 15, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe 1:56 mark of this new video from Google tells you what you want to really know about Google TV and its relevance to the digital signage market. At the entry level, your digital signage playback engine could be nothing more than an Android app selected from the marketplace. Find. Select. Click. Off you go. …
