Taiwan’s Neousys Debuts Rugged Box That’s AI-Ready And Does 4 4K 60fps Outs April 27, 2021 by Dave Haynes The digital signage world may have shifted quite a bit from PCs to smart displays and specialty devices like BrightSign boxes for digital signage jobs, but there is still demand for PCs for more specialized and computing-intensive jobs. There are numerous companies making ruggedized and industrialized boxes that handle jobs like video walls and computer …
Submarine Takes Slow Dive Based On Viewers Of Those UK Digital Billboard April 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes In the first wave of QR codes. several years ago, there were lots of jokes about the dubious merits of putting these enhanced bar codes on digital OOH billboards. But here, in what seems to a revival period for the tech, is a billboard that makes the artistic rendering of the codes the focal point …
How Businesses Can Remain Connected During COVID-19 April 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Colin Farquhar, VITEC One year on from lockdowns imposed in countries around the world and we now face a starkly different world. No one could have predicted the far-reaching impact that the COVID-19 outbreak would have and how phrases such as ‘social distancing’ and ‘lockdown’ would become standard in people’s vocabulary. But today, …
Lots Of Kiosk Screens, No Digital Menu Displays, In New All-Digital Times Square Taco Bell April 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes Taco Bell opened its first digital-only restaurant in the U.S. yesterday, a New York’s Times Square “Cantina” store that has no order counter or menu boards. The only way to order is ahead of time online or by mobile, or in-store using one of 10 self-order kiosks. Order-ahead customers can use a separate entrance and …
The Interactive Display Ecosystem Sorted And Laid Out In A Single Poster April 13, 2021 by Dave Haynes Every so often there are graphics that come out from technology sectors that try to identify and sort a particular ecosystem, grouping sets of company logos by capability or focus. I can’t recall seeing one focused on digital signage, and that may be in part because of the 100s of CMS software companies out there …
Vitec Acquires IPTV Signage Rival Exterity; Plans To Converge Platforms April 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes A pair of IP streaming firms with substantial offers for digital signage have merged, broadening their collective reach and portfolion. The French firm VITEC acquired the Scottish company Exterity, with a plan to converge platforms and leverage a blended engineering team of some 200 around the globe. “Exterity is a respected IPTV and Digital Signage leader around …
April 21st Telelogos Webinar Looks At Secure Digital Signage Management In Banking April 1, 2021 by Dave Haynes I’m moderating what should be an interesting online roundtable in roughly three weeks, focused on the use and particularly management of a digital signage across a major South African bank. Nedbank is something of a pioneer, doing early, in-branch digital signage more than 20 years ago, when it was probably referred to as something like …
Adobe Gets Its Screens CMS Running On BrightSign Boxes March 31, 2021 by Dave Haynes The team behind creative software giant Adobe’s Experience Manager Screens digital signage CMS has completed an integration that makes the platform work natively with the little purple play-out boxes from Silicon Valley neighbor BrightSign. “BrightSign’s hardware is widely used throughout the industry to power digital signage experiences in a wide range of use cases,” says …
OnLogic Announces First Raspberry Pi-Based Industrial-Grade PC March 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Vermont industrial computer maker OnLogic has taken the interesting step of announcing its first Raspberry Pi-based industrial-grade PC, timing it in celebration of Pi Day. The little unit uses the latest CM4 Compute Module and is aimed at applications like factories, warehouses, and a range of IoT applications. The Pi 4 is also being …
Pro Tip: Secure LED Video Wall To Wall, Floor … Or, Ummm, Something. Or This Happens … March 10, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is the broadcast set for ESPN’s football coverage in Colombia, and part of the visual sizzle is an LED video wall. As the brief video in the tweet embedded below shows, it is probably a good idea to affix DV LED walls to the back wall, or if that is not feasible, at least …
