Noxel Embeds Digital Signage Player In LED Projector August 27, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Malaysian digital signage company Noxel has embedded an ARM-based media player, running Noxel’s software, in the body of a small LED-lit projector. The 1,200 lumens projector, which would need to run in a darkened environment to drive a decent image, has an operating life of 20,000 hours minimum, which is a big jump up …
Shuttle Europe Launches $175 Android Digital Signage Players August 21, 2014 by Dave Haynes Shuttle Computer Group announced a set of ARM-based players at DSE earlier this year, and now the European wing has gone the next logical step and said they are marketing Android-specific media players. Shuttle Computer Handels GmbH, the European subsidiary of Shuttle Inc., one of the leading developers and manufacturers of compact PC solutions such …
Samsung Launches New Smart Digital Signage TV Product Aimed At Small Biz Market August 18, 2014 by Dave Haynes Samsung has just announced a new variant on its Smart Signage program – this one seemingly aimed squarely at the SMB space and built around its own MagicInfo software, and not that of any partners. Under the rather overstated headline “Samsung Revolutionizes Digital Signage with Introduction of Samsung Smart Signage TV for Small Shop and Business …
With Moves By Intel And Microsoft, Maybe Digital Signage’s Future Isn’t All About ARM August 2, 2014 by Dave Haynes Maybe ARM isn’t entirely going to take over from old school x86 PCs for digital signage … When I was in Taipei at Computex a couple of months ago I saw a lot of computing devices and talked to a lot of people who were showing off low cost boxes that could ostensibly play back …
TinyGreenPC Debuts Raspberry Pi Digital Signage Player July 23, 2014 by Dave Haynes TinyGreenPC has has been doing teeny solid-state micro PCs for a few years now, but the London, UK-based firm has announced a new digital signage player based on an the Raspberry Pi-ARM micro PC. The new player is a commercial-grade version of the hyper-popular Raspberry Pi, based on a partnership with Silver Curve and already set …
DSrupted Mixer Coming Together June 11, 2014 by Dave Haynes Details are still getting firmed up, but it’s looking like there will be a mixer on Sept. 16th, the night before the DSrupted event in Toronto on Sept. 17th. The mixer will be a good networking opportunity ahead of the disruptive technology in digital signage event set for the Telus conference centre in downtown Toronto. …
Advantech Walks IoT Talk With Clever Meeting Room System June 10, 2014 by Dave Haynes My last meeting in Taipei was at the impressive new headquarters building of the embedded systems giant Advantech, and I got a nice demo of an impressive meeting room system that walks the company’s talk about a sensor-driven, Internet of Things future. The first thing you notice in the right side of the main lobby …
Navori Ports Android Player To NEC’s Slot-Loaded ARM Box May 22, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Swiss software company Navori has had an Android version of its digital signage platform on the market for the last 18 months or so, but on its own elected devices. Now the company has created an image for the software that runs on NEC’s Open Pluggable Spec (OPS) media players for Android that was launched at …
A Sub-$700 49-inch Android Smart Panel (Sadly Just Available In China) May 20, 2014 by Dave Haynes Bryan Mongeau, VP Technology at BroadSign, keeps one eye on the Asian flat panel display market, looking for “smart” displays with sufficient horsepower to fully apply to the digital signage space. His latest is from a Chinese startup called Xiaomi, which you may have heard of if you pay attention to the smartphone market. The …
Two Proof Of Display Products Hit Digital Signage Market On Same Day May 13, 2014 by Dave Haynes In an odd little twist, a pair of companies are making noise week in London about new products that monitor the state of digital signage networks using tech that watches the output of screens. Beatpixels is launching UpState at an NEC Showcase event while Taggalo was formally launching and pitching its own proof of display …
