ScreenScape Launches Plug’n’Play Digital Signage Connect Service September 23, 2014 by Dave Haynes PEI-based ScreenScape has launched a new plug-and-play hardware solution, called ScreenScape Connect, that takes advantage of emerging low-cost media devices. The first device certified for the program is the Dell Wyse Cloud Connect, an HDMI stick designed for thin client computing but good to go, as well, as a simple networked media player. Screenscape is the …
New Standard Allows 4K Signal, Data AND Power Over 1 USB Cable September 23, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Video Electronics Standards Association has announced a new type of USB cable and connectors that can push signals to 4K monitors and provide up to 100 watts of power while also deliver USB 3.1 SuperSpeed data. VESA’s DisplayPort Alternate Mode (“Alt Mode”) can also drive adaptors that support the huge installed base of existing DisplayPort, …
Google Sees Chrome, Not Android, As Its Digital Signage Platform September 22, 2014 by Dave Haynes Google’s Vidya Nagarajan was our first speaker last week at DSrupted, taking attendees though the tech giant’s vision of cloud services and how it plugs in to digital signage. I barely sat down on the day, and never had time to take notes, but I did listen and did get a copy of her presentation deck …
Via Debuts New Android Box For Digital Signage September 18, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Taiwanese chip and PC maker Via has debuted a new Android box tuned to digital signage, interactive kiosks and home automation devices. The VIA ARTiGO A900 has a 1.0GHz dual core VIA Elite E1000 Cortex-A9 SoC with a high-performance 2D/3D graphics and video engine that supports Open GL ES 3.0 hardware acceleration and simultaneous multiple …
UCView Adds Raspberry Pi Option To Digital Signage Player Lineup September 11, 2014 by Dave Haynes Most of the companies that have introduced digital signage solutions for Raspberry Pi have been start-ups or little teeny existing companies with no marketplace presence. But now we have UCView, a long-running signage software company operating in greater LA, launching what’s called ARM Caster HD, which is powered by Raspberry Pi. Says the company: Known …
Swedish Firm Puts Messaging At The Point Of Pay September 11, 2014 by Dave Haynes A Swedish company has launched a quasi-digital sign product that puts an e-ink screen into the top of one of those divider bars people use to separate purchases in checkout lanes at groceries. Motion Display’s “Motion e-bar” will be used initially in selected Swedish ICA stores. “Customers we discussed with spontaneously say they can’t imagine …
Hybrid-Cloud: Squashing the Debate on Cloud vs. On-Premise September 11, 2014 by Tony Downey Guest Post: David Wible, Industry Weapon There is a lot of debate on whether digital signage should be housed on-premises or in the cloud. Of course, both cloud based and on-premises digital media management solutions have pros and cons. An ‘on-prem’ solution allows clients to have complete control of the system, so that data security …
Looks A Lot Like Digital Signage: Opera Browser Adds Smart TV Ads Capabilities September 10, 2014 by Dave Haynes The majority of the chatter about using HTML5 and web browsers as digital signage playout tools has been about using Google’s Chrome browser and/or OS, or the open source webskit browser. But there is news that Norway’s Opera Software has released a smart TV solution, coupled with advertising, that would do the business, as well, …
Dell Latest To Add Chromebox To Product Line September 9, 2014 by Dave Haynes US PC maker Dell has added a little Chrome OS-driven Chromebox to its product lineup, with units shipping later this month. The Austin-based company is the 4th, by my count, with a $179 USD Chromebox – a device I know is already in the field as a digital signage player with Rise Vision and being actively …
Fabulous Parting Gifts From Our DSrupted Sponsors September 7, 2014 by Dave Haynes We’ll have some genuinely “fabulous parting gifts” for the folks who register and attend DSrupted next week in Toronto. Google and Rise Vision – Google’s Vidya Nagarajan is our lead-off speaker and Rise is an event sponsor – have very kindly offered up 10 Asus Chromeboxes, teeny put powerful little devices that Rise already has in …
