Dell's new little guy, the Studio Hybrid, breaks below $500 July 29, 2008 by Dave Haynes PC maker Dell has announced some details and a name for its new micro PC, aimed at the consumer market but undoubted capturing the interest of screen network operators looking for a player that’s small and relatively inexpensive. Called the Studio Hybrid, Gizmodo is reporting the unit will cost $499 and is available now in …
Tidy little solid state unit aimed at DS market July 26, 2008 by Dave Haynes Taiwanese industrial PC maker Acrosser has some up with a nice little fanless and potentially full solid state box aimed at the digital signage marketplace. The thing is 6.5 by 10 by 2.5 inches, also known as pretty small, and at least looks pretty rugged. Acrosser announced an embedded system capable of running Intel’s 2.16GHz …
Tidy little solid state unit aimed at DS market July 26, 2008 by Dave Haynes Taiwanese industrial PC maker Acrosser has some up with a nice little fanless and potentially full solid state box aimed at the digital signage marketplace. The thing is 6.5 by 10 by 2.5 inches, also known as pretty small, and at least looks pretty rugged. Acrosser announced an embedded system capable of running Intel’s 2.16GHz …
Wanted: Complete DS platform, will trade for 4X8 billiards table July 25, 2008 by Dave HaynesSpotted on GetAFreelancer.com … We are looking for a person or a company who can supply a turnkey digital signage solution including player exe and ASP server. Player XP and can play all kind of video codec, sound, swf,ppt,scolling text, RSS and internet in different frame of the screem If you have and only if …
Another entry into gas pump TV game July 24, 2008 by Dave Haynes There are lots and lots of gas stations out there, so it is no surprise to learn of another entry into the screens on top of gas pumps game – the latest in Lexington, Kentucky. Fuel View TV has 100 screens installed on pumps at Shell stations around Lexington, and plans to add another 80 …
And your point is??? July 23, 2008 by Dave HaynesThe hoo-hah continues about big LED boards and their impact in communities. The latest comes from Grand Forks, North Dakota (final resting place of many brain cells – the cheapest road trip from my college days in Winnipeg), where authorities have put a hold on such boards on the very flat prairie outside the little …
LED envelope gets pushed a little further (as in brighter) July 23, 2008 by Dave HaynesSilicon Valley semiconductor company OSRAM has managed to push out 500 lumens of brightness from a single LED, albeit in a lab setting, reports Gizmodo. That’s still not all that bright when thinking in terms of projection technology (the crappiest little desktop projectors push 1,100 and something driving a window display will need a lot …
LED envelope gets pushed a little further (as in brighter) July 23, 2008 by Dave HaynesSilicon Valley semiconductor company OSRAM has managed to push out 500 lumens of brightness from a single LED, albeit in a lab setting, reports Gizmodo. That’s still not all that bright when thinking in terms of projection technology (the crappiest little desktop projectors push 1,100 and something driving a window display will need a lot …
Network announces it would like to make an announcement July 23, 2008 by Dave HaynesThis had me howling this morning … A press release pops up about a digital screen network getting political for the upcoming U.S. election. Cool, I think, as even in a down-market there will be a tanker-load of money spent by politicos this fall by everyone from Obama down to local comptrollers … and some …
How consumers are using mobile direct advertising July 23, 2008 by Dave Haynes Many of us are trying to bend our brains about the how the relationship between interactive mobile and digital screen networks is supposed to work. One of the key challenges has been trying to sort out how consumers might interact with advertising, and how that correlates to screens. We offer no answers here, but have …
