Samsung's Magic software evolving, getting slicker July 6, 2010 by Super UserThe Samsung people I know don’t spend much time trying to sell me on the 10 gallons of awesome that is their software product, MagicInfo/MagicNet. Because it’s actually pretty basic, entry-level stuff. But that’s all a lot of end-users are going to need, and it’s now been around a few years. It’s evolving and getting …
Wine-buying kiosk fails basic test of making a task easier June 28, 2010 by Super UserHow about taking the experience of buying a bottle of wine and giving it all the pleasure of renewing your license plate sticker? That’s what the state of Pennsylvania has in mind, apparently, with a new automated wine-dispensing system that gets rid of those pesky state liquor store employees and puts all the bottles of …
Flash 10.1 hands off video work to graphics processor June 18, 2010 by Super UserWell, we are still waiting for Adobe to hand off the definitive, uambiguous word on the whole licensing issue with the Flash Player for digital signage. That was going to be in the new year, and I suppose one might weakly argue the new year is only half over … There are people out there …
Seneca Data's sleek little digital signage player June 15, 2010 by Super UserWhen I was at Infocomm last week poking around the trade hall, acting interested and waiting furtively for the Christie Digital booth to start pouring beers, I saw a lot of little boxes from Seneca Data driving digital signage applications. The upstate New York company only launched its slim little boxes a few months ago,so …
Google TV explained, and why you should care June 15, 2010 by Super UserThe 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. …
New Mac Mini makes best Digital Signage player out there better June 15, 2010 by Super UserApple has quietly released a new version of its Mac Mini, stripping down the size, amping up its capabilities and reducing power consumption. What was already considered arguably the best digital signage player around seems to be better (though also costlier). The refreshed Mini is now 0.6 inches thinner, and even sleeker than the original. …
Another display vendor gets into digital signage software game June 10, 2010 by Super UserLG Electronics has announced a turnkey digital signage solution called LG SignNET, that includes hardware, software, news feeds from CNN, and a dozen starter templates. Aimed at the SMB market, the service is set to come available by end of summer, and gives customers a full-meal deal at $179/month, for three year agreements. The deal …
InfoComm Impressions – Day One June 10, 2010 by Super UserThe big AV gadget show is on here in Las Vegas, with a few days of seminars for that crowd followed by a three day exhibit hall. This show gets something like 30,000 and it is a must for people who deploy screens. I don’t have a bunch of solid impressions just yet because my …
InfoComm lookahead: Prysm June 3, 2010 by Super UserI am in Las Vegas in the middle of some really good meetings, and getting set for next week, when I will be at the Strategy Institute conference and InfoComm next week. One of the technologies I am looking forward to seeing for the first time next week is the laser phosphor displays by evidently …
Digital signage players separated at birth? June 1, 2010 by Super UserNews that Swiss-based Spinitex had done a deal to have its little box run with Scala, and then a dailyDOOH post about Gefen’s little box for InfoComm, got me remembering something i noticed at DSE a few months back. The two little solid state boxes – both of them potentially great for projects that need fanless …
