Digital Signage Player

What to expect when you’re expecting digital signage

The past year has been a busy and interesting one for the digital signage world — but we’ve already lived through that one. Now it’s time to start getting ready for the next go-round, and to turn our heads to what we can expect from the coming year, 2012.

And for that we at DigitalSignageToday.com turned to a variety of industry figures for their predictions on what to expect when you’re expecting to work in digital signage in 2012. (We’ll also be following up with a look back at some of the year’s coolest deployments and perhaps another look at the top trends to come in the year ahead.) From Alan Brawn, principal at Brawn Consulting:

In terms of 2012 I think we will see several trends that will increase in their importance over the next year:

1. From a display technology point of view we will see a rapid rise in the use of more affordable video walls. We will also see the adoption of higher brightness flat panels in the 1000 nit range all the way up to 3,500 nits. Autostereoscopic 3-D without glasses will begin a slow but steady increase as the technology improves. Finally we will see many more clear LCD displays in use coming from Samsung and LG.

2. Interactivity will become the norm, and we will see several unique configurations such as the touch table move into the market. To read more, visit: http://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/article/188318/2012-What-to-expect-when-you-re-expecting-digital-signage?utm_source=NetWorld%20Alliance&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EMNA_DST_12212011_12_21_111

Digital Signage Player Options

There are lots of options when it comes to a digital signage player. What’s the right one for your installation? Give us a call at 715-235-7446 (SIGN) so we can discuss what works for your organization.

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Free Digital Signage Software

Free Digital Signage Software Trial Subscription

By using our free digital signage software trial subscription, you get to take advantage of the StrandVision Digital Signage video messaging system without paying a thing. We are confident that once you see how much it improves your business marketing communications, you will feel comfortable subscribing and continue to use it – and getting even more capabilities in the process.

 Digital Signage Software – Try It for Free

StrandVision delivers low-cost, high-availability hosted digital signage services directly over the Internet to televisions and computer displays in subscribers’ offices and businesses. There are several service packages available. We can show our recommendations of the services you can use along with the prices that fit your needs. Give us a call at 715-235-7446 (SIGN) or visit www.StrandVision.com to learn more about our free digital signage software offer.

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Digital Signage Solutions

Content Management Software – 2.0

When approaching digital signage content management software, it is useful to distinguish between two main camps of providers: those who say that digital signage content management software should be cloud-based, SaaS, ostensibly “so customers can take the best of what resides on the web and take it into their SaaS content management providers’ application and content”; and those who say more complex, more sophisticated digital signage rollouts should have premise-based digital signage content management software. How is the market evolving? To read more, see the December issue of Digital Signage Magazine or visit: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newbay/ds_20111112/index.php#/18

Digital Signage SaaS Solution

Based in Wisconsin, StrandVision delivers low-cost, Web-based digital signage software through a patented Software as a Service (SaaS) approach that delivers content to subscribers’ LCD flat panel screens, as well as computer screens and websites. StrandVision’s service distributes text and graphics pages, video content and national and local weather and news. To hear more about StrandVision’s digital signage solutions, visit www.StrandVision.com.

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Digital Signage – Interactive Technologies

To better engage audiences, the digital signage sector has turned its attention to interactive technologies, including touch screens, self-service kiosks and gesture recognition systems, all of which are less likely to become simply part of the media “background.” At the same time, the typical passerby has become more comfortable with interactivity. Smart phones, tablet computers and other consumer products have put multi-touch displays, motion detection and other technologies in everyone’s hands. To read more of this article, see the November issue of Sign Media Canada or visit:http://www.kenilworth.com/publications/smc/de/201111/files/46.html

 Reach audience members with Digital Signage

Use digital signage to stay in touch with all your audiences – customers, prospects, employees, visitors, patients, etc. Most of these audience members are accustomed to digital technology – tablet computers, smart phones, video games, etc. Let us help you with your digital signage needs. Visit www.StrandVision.com to learn more about the free test drive and how you can use digital signage in your organization.

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Vehicle Signs

Digital Signage – Traveling Billboards

Shrink-wrapped buses – you’ve heard of and seen them. Traveling billboards, if you will. Well, digital signs on buses are just a more dynamic and flexible extension of the concept. However, in this instance, the advertiser is not stuck with one ad per vehicle as with the shrink-wrapped version. With the digital signs, the bus company has a much greater opportunity to sell ads to a large number of local and national businesses – they are really just outdoor ads – that move through neighborhoods down the streets passing stores, restaurants and other businesses.

 Vehicle Signs for Buses

Vehicle signs on buses are an innovative use of digital signage and a terrific way for local resellers to get in on the market. These outdoor traveling ads move through neighborhoods down the street passing stores, restaurants and other businesses. StrandVision can help you with vehicle signs in and on taxis, shuttle buses, limousines, ferries and trains. Call 715-235-7446 (SIGN) or visit www.StrandVision.com to learn more about StrandVision’s digital signage software for vehicle signs.

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Employee Communication

Employee Communication – Emergency
Notifications

Digital Signage for Emergency Schedule notifications is an important addition to any
organization’s emergency notification/evacuation communications planning mix. The
signage can give detailed location-specific instructions to employees and
visitors. It is ideal for fire and tornado drills and evacuations, and can also
be used for other non-emergency notifications, such as to announce visiting
dignitaries. Administrators have full control to design the required notices
and override the normal digital signage display in order to communicate
directly with viewers.

Emergency Notifications for Employee
Communication

StrandVision’s “Emergency Schedule” feature enables administrators to create immediate or preset emergency notification content that can be recalled and activated for
distribution over the StrandVision digital signage network within minutes. It is
ideal for schools and colleges, industrial and commercial operations, retail
and healthcare facilities. It offers dynamic, up-to-the-minute user-created
emergency notifications of a single to several pages that can be activated for
display as needed. To learn more about how you can use the Emergency Schedule
feature for your employee communication, visit us at www.StrandVision.com or
call 715-235-7446.

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Digital Signs

Digital Signage Buzz Words

I love buzz words. Every industry has them. Web 2.0. Web 3.0 (whatever happened to that?). Cloud Computing. In digital signage there’s a phrase du jour as well: digital signage ecosystem. You can’t walk an exhibit hall or have a conversation with a reseller without hearing it. As with all new, catchy phrases it’s important to understand what it actually means. After all, there are a lot of people who still don’t know what “the cloud” is. To read more of this article by Don Pierson, visit: http://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/blog/7033/The-digital-signage-ecosystem?utm_source=NetWorld%20Alliance&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EMNA_DST_12052011_12_5_111

Digital Signs – Free Trial

StrandVision can help you design your digital signage from the ground up. Just give us a call at 715-235-7446 (SIGN) or better yet, stop by www.Strandvision.com for a free trial. We have experience with Web 2.0, Cloud Computing, etc. We’ve been in business for nearly a decade. Just call or stop by, we’re looking forward to helping you with your digital signs.

 

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Digital Signage Network

Digital signage and cellular networking

Why integrate digital signage through a network? Today, the vast majority of digital signage deployments are networked. The advantages of a networked digital signage system are far greater than simply the cost savings; such systems also add value by their ability to update content, nearly in real time, and increase its relevance to the viewing audience. The days of updating signs by flash drives and other manual, non-networked approaches have simply become a thing of the past. Excerpted from the recently published Digital Signage Today guide, “3G/4G Cellular-Based Digital Signage” To read more, download the free publication. at: http://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/article/187744/Digital-signage-and-cellular-networking?utm_source=NetWorld%20Alliance&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EMNA_DST_12052011_12_5_111

Digital Signage Networks

Most businesses have LANs for their computers, while schools may have LANs and coaxial cable television networks. However, sometimes, because of cost, security or capacity reasons, it does not make sense to use an existing network for digital signage. One option is to use a wireless network but, because of distance, quality, security or other issues, wireless usually is not the answer. We’d be happy to answer any of your digital signage networking questions. Please visit www.StrandVision.com or give us a call at 715-235-7446 (SIGN) to learn more about setting up a digital signage network.

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Digital Signage Software

Digital Signage – Developing Content

Content is king. When developing messages for your digital signage, look to other marketing materials for content – remember that digital signage is just another tool in your marketing messaging mix. Repurpose copy that you are using for your website or employee newsletters.

Digital Signage Software is a Low Cost Option

Digital signage is a low cost option when it comes to your marketing budget. Much of the content can be taken from other marketing vehicles and prepared at very little cost. Just keep it fresh. You can promote employees awards, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. There’s plenty of content just waiting to be used. StrandVision offers a low-cost, Web-based digital signage software option delivered through a patented Software as a Service (SaaS) approach that delivers content to subscribers’ LDC flat panel screens, as well as to computer screens and Websites. To learn more about StrandVision’s digital signage software offerings, call 715-235-7446 (SIGN) or visit www.StrandVision.com.

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Future Trends for Digital Signage

The Digital Signage Future Trends 2011 report gives readers a sense of the strong currents that will influence the course of the digital signage space in the next two years. They have compiled future-case scenarios from some of the top minds in the space, working to create a composite snapshot of where the industry is headed. They also gathered survey results about how things stand today and where they’re headed, and compared those results to the same survey questions from two years ago. To read the Executive Summary, written by Digital Signage Today editor Christopher Hall, visit http://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/whitepapers/4269/Executive-Summary-Digital-Signage-Future-Trends-2011?utm_source=NetWorld%20Alliance&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EMNA_DST_11302011_11_30_111

 Use Digital Signage Technology to Communicate

StrandVision Digital Signage works to help companies effectively communicate and evolve relationships with their customers and employees. The ultimate goal is to increase profits by increasing overall satisfaction with effective communication. To learn more about how we can help you with your digital signage needs, visit www.StrandVision.com or call us at 715-235-7446 (SIGN).

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