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Modernising your Business with Digital Signage

For many businesses, image is as important a factor as customer service, especially for retailers and other industries where customers regularly visit the location, and providing a good impression can make the difference between making a sale or not. Few people would buy clothes from a store where the items had been strewn over the […]

Challenges of Protecting Outdoor Screens

It is a common misconception that the LCD enclosures provided by Armagard and other manufacturers, are simply waterproof fabricated cases in which standard TV screens are placed inside to protect them in outdoor locations. Providing outdoor protection for devices like an LCD screen that has not been designed for outdoor or even out of home […]

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 […]

Differences between Indoor and Outdoor Digital Signage

Screens used for advertising, branding, promotion and information are now a common sight in a myriad of locations. Few people will fail to notice the number of screens in their local shopping mall, subway or even around town as outdoor digital signage is becoming common too. There is, however, a big difference between indoor and […]

Dual Purpose Screens – Transport Hubs and other Locations

TV Screens have long been commonplace in transport hubs; even before the rise of the flat-screen televisions and the digital signage revolution, old cathode ray tube (CRT) TVs were often mounted on the ceiling of train stations and airports to relay timetable information and news of delays and/or cancellations. Now with modern LCD screens their […]

Snow Survival – Outdoor Digital Signage

The UK is experiencing the harshest winter in decades with temperatures reaching as low as minus 20 centigrade (-4 Fahrenheit) in some parts of the country. And as record numbers of cars breakdown and home plumbing systems fail, it is a busy time for plumbers and mechanics alike. For those that use outdoor digital signage, […]

Digital Signage – Reasons to go Outdoor

Digital signage and advertising is now as common in shopping malls and concourses as two dimensional posters and signs. The reason: LCD screens are very cheap and the costs are falling all the time. And because digital signage content can be uploaded remotely, without the need for somebody to visit the advertising site, they eventually […]

Outdoor Digital Signage – Common Questions

Outdoor digital signage is increasing in popularity.  More and more screens are being erected in outdoor locations to take advantage of the larger audience potential. The advantage for advertisers is obvious – more people view the advertisement, and for shops and stores the outdoor promotions can help bring people inside. Like indoor digital signage t […]

Keeping Out the Cold – Outdoor Digital Signage

With the weather taking a turn for the worse, signalling the arrival of winter and the oncoming cold spell, its time to start thinking about your digital signage and whether it is adequately protected from the cold. Many screens that function perfectly well throughout the year can often fail when the first cold spells arrive […]

Outdoor Sign-makers and the Opportunities in Going Digital

Many traditional sign-makers are feeling threatened by the new and increasingly ubiquitous digital out of home sector- commonly referred to as digital signage. In the outdoor advertising world, outdoor digital signage now exceeds ten percent of the market and is expected to continually expand, perhaps exceeding traditional signage one day. While it is doubtful that […]