Tag: outdoor digital signage

Information Screens Uses Indoors and Out

Providing customers with information and keeping them informed is essential for many businesses. The transport industry have long adopted video displays even before the rise of flat screen TVs like LCD or plasma, when CRT monitors displayed timetabling information in train stations and bus depots. Of course, now TVs have got thinner and cheaper, these […]

IP Ratings and What they Mean for Outdoor screen Enclosures

The international protection rating system, often referred to as ingress protection ratings (IP ratings), is a system that governs the protection offered by electrical enclosures. It provides more accurate information than vague terms, such as dustproof and waterproof. IP ratings are commonly used throughout Europe, and they’re defined by international standard IEC 60529 (International Electrical […]

Keeping a Screen Free from Dust

Since the rise of the flat panel television, LCD and plasma screens have begun to seep out of the home and are now a common sight in all sorts of locations. From digital signage systems in shopping centres and malls, to screens used as information displays in transport hubs, the modern television is used for […]

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 […]

Uses of LCD Enclosures as TV Screen Protection

LCD enclosures are put simply, protective cabinets that house conventional TV screens and allow them to be used outdoors or in locations where the environment makes the normal use of TV screens prohibitive. Most shop-bought TV screens are designed for use in stable, warm and dry environments such as the home or office; however, there […]

Outdoor Advertising – Going from Print to Digital

Outdoor advertising is one of the oldest forms of marketing. From the earliest days of printing, and before, advertising outdoors is a direct and effective form of promotion. Outdoor advertising is also fairly low cost when you compare it to other forms of mass-marketing. There are disadvantages of outdoor advertising though. While the footfall and […]

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 […]

Industrial Displays – Monitoring Production with an LCD Screen

There was a time that the only place where you saw a television was in the front room of your home. However, since the rise of flat screen TVs such as the LCD or plasma, modern televisions are used all over the place. From office computer screens, to outdoor digital signage, modern TVs have all […]

How Going Outdoors can Boost your Digital Signage Campaign

Digital signage, the latest in out of home advertising, has seen a dramatic explosion over the last decade. Screens, used for displaying promotional material, branding and advertisements, are now a familiar sight in all sorts of locations. Commonly seen around shopping malls, in retail stores, gas stations and convenience stores, not to mention around airport […]

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 […]