Guest Post: Digital Signage At SID 2013 June 3, 2013 by Stephen Randall Manufacturers of large display panels don’t make much — or any — money on panels for television, so the rapidly growing market for digital signage is a bright spot. SID Display Week — held May 19-24, 2013 in Vancouver, B.C. — is a display technology show that is not known for a focus on digital …
Android For Digital Signage: A Closer Look At TargetR May 22, 2013 by Dave Haynes The latest in our running series of closer looks at Android-driven digital signage solution providers is UK-based TargetR. Some 30 companies have introduced products based on the open-source Android operating system that is very widely used for smart devices like handsets and tablets, all of them using CPUs based on ARM reference designs. Most smartphones …
Android For Digital Signage: Say Hello To This Flexible, Low-Cost Platform May 18, 2013 by Dave Haynes Here’s the 12th entry in this running series of closer looks at digital signage solution providers who have started working with the Android operating system and low-cost, ultra-small ARM processors. Almost 30 companies have introduced products based on the open-source Android operating system that is very widely used for smart devices like handsets and tablets, …
Low Cost CPUs Force Smart Content Decisions May 12, 2013 by Dave Haynes One of the happy consequences of all the tinkering going right now with low-cost, limited-power CPUs like ARM-based Android players and Raspberry Pi micro computers is the decision to stop a lot of the multi-zone crap and simplify presentations. The Raspberry Pi forum has a post up about a project that involved developing a network …
A Talking Flat Lady I Kinda Sorta Like (Must Have Skipped My Meds) May 3, 2013 by Dave Haynes As much as I dislike Talking Flat Ladies, they’ve gone over well enough – very surprisingly – at Logan Airport in Boston to merit ordering another three of the virtual assistant projection thingdoodles And the company that’s been championing the things is introducing a new version next week that I actually kinda sorta like, again …
Screenly Serves Up Raspberry Pi As Alternative To Android Players May 3, 2013 by Dave Haynes The Raspberry Pi is now very close to being a viable digital signage playback device, and a for-profit software company has been investing the time and resources to develop a Linux-driven player and content management system to bring to the market. WireLoad – which has developers in the UK and Sweden – says its Screenly …
Airgoo Joins The ARM Race With Latest Android Digital Signage Offer May 2, 2013 by Dave Haynes The UK-based AV integrator and distributor Anders+Kern, or A+K, is an unusual new entry in the ARM race, announcing an ARM-based Android digital signage player and management system. The A+K Airgoo is a micro-player stick that plugs into a display panel HDMI port and runs Android 4.0 on a 1GHz CPU. It has 4GB storage for media …
Android For Digital Signage: A Closer Look At Instillo’s Pure Play Solution May 1, 2013 by Dave Haynes We’re now at 11 entries, and still counting, in this running series of closer looks at digital signage solution providers who have started working with the Android operating system and low-cost, ultra-small ARM processors. Almost 30 companies have introduced products based on the open-source Android operating system that is very widely used for smart devices …
Android For Digital Signage: A Closer Look At Stinova’s iChannel April 26, 2013 by Dave Haynes We’re now at 10 entries, and counting, in this running series of closer looks at digital signage solution providers who have started working with the Android operating system and low-cost, ultra-small ARM processors. Almost 30 companies have introduced products based on the open-source Android operating system that is very widely used for smart devices like …
Android For Digital Signage: A Closer Look At 11Giraffes’ Platform April 25, 2013 by Dave Haynes This is the entry #9 in a running series of closer looks at digital signage solution providers who have started working with the Android operating system and low-cost, ultra-small ARM processors. At least 20 companies have introduced products based on the open-source Android operating system that is very widely used for smart devices like handsets …
