Smart Displays On The Rise: Updated Report On SoC In Digital Signage October 29, 2018 by Super User 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. …
VIA Launches New Android 8.0, AI-Ready Digital Signage Player September 25, 2018 by Super User 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 …
Got An Opinion On SoC: Let Me Know Here August 29, 2018 by Super User Getting some great insights from CEOs and CTOs on the current state, pros and cons and future of System on Chip displays – all for an updated special report I am doing with my friends at SignageOS, in Prague. The report should be out in the fall, and we’re looking for as much feedback as …
With System On Chip Growing (And Evolving), It’s Time For An Updated Report August 17, 2018 by Super User Click here to get a full-sized, more easily read version. Sixteen:Nine has been following the emergence of System on Chip technology since it came on the market more than five year ago, and last year released a special report that took a detailed look into its merits and limits. There are still some naysayers who …
RMG Latest Digital Signage CMS Software Shop To Add LG webOS Support Via Korbyt July 19, 2018 by Super User RMG Networks is the latest CMS software and solutions company to develop support for LG’s webOS smart display platform. The company’s Korbyt platform is now compatible with the display giant’s Linux-derived system on chip platform. Korbyt is RMG’s relatively new cloud-based CMS. Dallas-based RMG suggests combining webOS Signage and Korbyt offers many benefits. “LG’s clients already using …
Nick Fearnley Talks About How SignStix Makes Smart Displays Really Smart July 11, 2018 by Super User I am guilty of thinking about SignStix as yet another smallish digital signage CMS company scratching out a living with low-cost subscriptions and equally low-cost Android stick players. Based in Yorkshire, England, SignStix is a lot more than that. The company is indeed small, but doing some stuff that is a little bit mind-blowing. It …
NoviSign Adds Sharp SoC Android Displays To Digital Signage Solution Set May 7, 2018 by Super User The Israeli digital signage software shop NoviSign now has its platform and media player running on Sharp’s Open Architecture system-on-chip displays. The company’s online Studio editor runs on the new Sharp 40 and 50-inch PN series 24/7 displays. “For the last several months, NoviSign’s engineering team has been working closely with SIICA to test NoviSign’s …
Sharp Broadens Options For Smart Signage With Two New 24/7 Android-based Displays May 2, 2018 by Super User Sharp has expanded the range of 24/7 commercial displays shipping with built-in system on chip media players and Android. The company has added 39.5-inch and 49.5-inch PN-M series displays that ship with built-in SoCs driven by Arm Cortex-A17 quad core processors, with 2 GB memory and 8 GB storage. The monitors are 50% brighter than the company’s …
Elo Introduces Android 7-based Backpack Appliance To Drive Touchscreens March 8, 2018 by Super User Touchscreen-maker Elo is introducing a hardened Android appliance to drive its range of monitors, for use in applications like interactive digital signage, kiosks and Point Of Sale systems. Called the Elo Backpack, it’s a set-top box-sized device that can be remotely managed using something called EloView. “The new Elo Backpack turns touchscreen monitors and displays into …
Screenly Releases V2 Of Raspberry Pi-Focused Digital Signage Platform February 28, 2018 by Super User UK-based Screenly, possibly/probably the most active developer of digital signage solutions that run on Raspberry Pis, has released the 2nd generation of its software platform – matter of factly called Screenly 2. The touted highlights: Full hardware accelerated playback for all supported asset types; Gapless playback for images, videos, and web-pages; Official support for NEC …
