Category: Enclosures

Media Players and Thin Client PCs – Simple and Cost Effective Digital Signage Solutions

For screen installers, intent on sourcing and operating their own digital signage or information display, very often while they spend a lot of time and research looking into screens, and yet few spend enough time thinking about the media player hardware. And media players are a confusing buy with so many different models on the […]

Home Improvement Ideas – Patio TV

With spring arriving it’s often a good time to begin those home improvement projects that can help make our homes a more enjoyable place to be. One are of the home that people often concentrate on at this time of year is the garden or back yard. And understandably, with so few warm days in […]

Digital Information Displays – Providing Real Time Information

Providing customers and the general public with information is a big challenge for many businesses and institutions, but also an essential one. For businesses in the transport sector, providing relevant timetable information and news of delays and cancellations is all part of offering customers a good service. And other businesses and institutions need to provide relevant information […]

Watching Football Outdoors – Outdoor TVs

Watching the big game with friends and family often involves going around to somebody’s home or the local pub, where often people relax with a drink to watch the latest football action.

Problems of Condensation for Outdoor Screens

Condensation can be a serious problem for outdoor digital signage and other outdoor screen use. It can cause a myriad of problems and can lead to components failing, obscured screens and can be difficult to counter. The main problem with using a screen outdoors is that no matter how well-protected it is in an LCD […]

Digital Signage, Commercial and Consumer Grade Screens – the Difference

Digital signage displays are becoming a common sight around the shopping malls and transport hubs of our cities, and with outdoor digital signage expanding too, seeing screens out of the home is now a common occurrence. However, the TV screens used in these out of home locations are not the same to the standard consumer […]

Using Standard TVs Outside

Since the rise of the flat screen TV, such as plasma or LCDs (liquid crystal display), TVs have expanded out of the home and are being used for all sorts of other tasks. Digital signage is one of the most common out of home LCD uses, and these advertising screens are now a common sight […]

LCD Enclosures – Floor Standing or Wall/Ceiling Mounted?

LCD enclosures are a housing used to protect LCD TVs (and other flat panel displays like plasma) from harmful elements such as rainfall and dust, enabling standard devices to be taken outdoors or in hostile locations. They are versatile and flexible built to the most common size of display and can house almost any make […]

Keeping Outdoor Screens Cool

Outdoor digital signage is the fastest growing outdoor advertising sector. In the USA, mainland Europe and the UK – outdoor screens are becoming commonplace; used for signage, information and entertainment. But using screens outdoors is a new preoccupation and it can be all too easy to underestimate the requirements of the screen and the location […]

Screen Safe – Digital Signage, Privacy, the Law and Health and Safety

Advertising has always had its critics. Whether on TV, radio and even in the early days of print advertising, there have always been those that find advertising and invasion or privacy. And things are even worse in the modern world. Email spam an unsolicited junk mail is an annoyance to the best of times, whilst […]