Planar Debuts Budget “Simplicity” Display Line September 18, 2013 by Dave Haynes I tend to think of Planar Systems operating at the higher end of the LCD display market, but the compoany has just announced a new series of displays aimed more at the entry-level market. The Simplicity series is characterized by narrow-bezels, no brand logos, and some built-in media playback capability. Planar Simplicity Series full-featured digital …
Christie MicroTiles Get Tweaks For New Version September 5, 2013 by Dave Haynes It’s been four years, so Christie was about due to upgrade its little MicroTiles display blocks – though the changes are tweaks and not wholesale revisions. The newly announced MicroTiles S310 displays are JUST a bit skinnier at the seams. Featuring the same optical performance and construction as the S300, the Christie MicroTiles S310 screen is …
A $45 Android PC If You Don’t Want Pi September 4, 2013 by Dave Haynes There’s now another teeny PC player out there, at the same starter price point as the Raspberry Pi. The CuBox is 2″ by 2″ by 2″ and runs Linux and Android Jelly Bean. For the $45 base price, the CuBox-i has a single-core 1GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM and a LAN port. You can buy …
Video: The Impending Android Invasion September 4, 2013 by Dave Haynes While BroadSign is unabashedly promoting the features, benefits and comparative benefits of its Android digital signage offer versus the dozens of other ones that have popped up in the last two years, it’s also a really good primer for understanding how the Google mobile operating system applies to this sector. The preferred choice for many …
TargetR Now Has Both Android & Raspberry Pi Digital Signage Options August 22, 2013 by Dave Haynes The UK digital signage software firm TargetR now has platforms support both Android and Raspberry Pi, as well as standard PCs. TargetR’s new Raspberry Pi player uses the same underlying core player components from the Android Player software and in hooked into the company’s cloud-based platform. They’ve done that by adapting the player core and …
RevelDigital Releases 2nd-Gen Android Digital Signage Offer August 17, 2013 by Dave Haynes Android digital signage products have now been on the scene long enough that we’re staring to see 2nd generation products hit the market. Capital Networks released theirs recently, and now Fargo, ND-based RevelDigital has announced a new version of its hardware/software offer. RevelDigital says the new version is the result of customer feedback and working …
Haptix, Ubi Add New Possibilities For Touchless Touch In Digital Signage August 15, 2013 by Dave Haynes There’s a couple of new entrants in the emerging field of touchless touchscreens – with two very different approaches. One is hardware that has similarities to the Leap Motion, while the other is software working with Kinect. Haptix The hardware piece is from a San Francisco start-up called Haptix, and is based on software and …
Signagelive Works Smart Signage Deal With Ingram August 12, 2013 by Dave Haynes Signagelive is the latest digital signage software company to take a crack at getting its offer marketed through distribution giant Ingram Micro. The UK-based company now has a distribution agreement with Ingram, described as “the world’s largest wholesale technology distributor and a global leader in IT supply-chain, mobile device lifecycle services and logistics solutions.” This is …
Silver Curve’s Crowdfunding Raise Two-Thirds Subscribed August 12, 2013 by Dave Haynes Companies in this sector that are looking for start-up capital will be interested in the progress of a crowd-funding effort by Silver Curve, a UK start-up that has developed a graphics engine that makes the very low cost Raspberry Pi a viable digital signage media player. The company put 20% equity up in the company …
Can The Leap Motion Make A Touchless Touch Screen? August 7, 2013 by Dave Haynes The very cute little Leap Motion gesture device showed up via the post yesterday, and I had some time this morning and then this afternoon to download the software, plug the thing in, and see what it could do. For the unfamiliar, the Leap Motion is a gesture sensor that creates an infrared field in …
