Strangest pitch line we've read in a while … June 15, 2010 by Super User“Showering visitors with the charm of digital signage applied in an exhibition is only one part of CAYIN’s demonstration at COMPUTEX,” said Ravel Chi, Vice President of CAYIN Technology, making the case for dropping by the company’s booth at the recent COMPUTEX show in Taipei.
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. …
Is 3D the digital signage future? June 14, 2010 by Super UserIs all this sudden 3D buzz the product of hype? Sure. Does it work? Well, yes, in a “this will really be cool when it gets better” way. Read on: https://www.sixteen-nine.net/?page_id=2570
If DOOH is about reach, Reach has it June 14, 2010 by Super UserRMG Networks (aka Reach Media Group or RMG) released new Nielsen Media Research numbers that suggest its Fitness Entertainment Network are almost double that of other Nielsen research done later last year. The jump owes to adding on the LA Fitness and Lifetime Fitness chains and screens into more than 270 new venues in Q1 …
This Stuff Works Dep't: 63% lift in UK Burger Kings June 14, 2010 by Super UserRobin Critchley from Signature Digital Menus Ltd. in the UK sent me a nice video case study on the company that operates Burger Kings in the UK. It was nice because the packaging of the video and related materials beats the pants off a Plain Jane press release, but also because the results are showing …
Captivate drops screwball ad format; goes mainstream June 14, 2010 by Super UserWhen the old Elevator News Network and Captivate Network merged almost a decade ago I was, for a few months, a Captivate guy. Then, like the rest of the Canadian executive team, I got walked off the plank. I stayed interested in what they were doing, and was dismayed and confused when the Captivate guys …
Where are the content people? June 11, 2010 by Super UserI was at InfoComm chatting and mostly listening to Dos Dosanjh from Cisco, who is the company’s content evangelist (though I don’t think that is what’s on his biz card). We were having one of those conversations that many, many of us who’ve been around for a while have about the poor state of content …
InfoComm Day 2 – Impressions June 11, 2010 by Super UserAnd here I sit at Gate B15, getting the heck out of Las Vegas, at least for a while. Nine days on the ground here is tooo much. By about 2 PM walking around the LVCC I was done, but kept on visiting people. I wandered into most corners of the floor, yakking with a …
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 …
