Monthly Archives: August 2014

Digital Signage Solutions

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Mike

More on digital signage solutions for hotels Yesterday I talked tongue in cheek about robots as potential digital signage platforms as they move about the property to make deliveries to hotel guest rooms. It’s possible, more likely probable, over the … Continue reading →

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Digital Signage Players

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Mike

Rudimentary Robots Have you been following the recent news stories on robots (not to mention drones)? There were a couple over the last few weeks: one, called, Jibo, is a home companion; the other, Botlr, is used in hotels to … Continue reading →

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Digital Signage Content

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Mike

What not to do in digital signage DigitalSignageToday.com recently ran an article by Tanya Williams of Digital Conversations with the intriguing tittle of “What not to do in digital signage” in which she talks about matching digital signage content to … Continue reading →

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Digital Signage

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Mike

Thoughts about Things to Come Over the last couple of weeks I’ve mentioned Android and Raspberry Pi digital signage network and player solutions on this blog and it got me to thinking. Since I started StrandVision more than 10 years … Continue reading →

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Digital Signage Solutions

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Mike

Digital Signs Put Business Information to Work I happened to notice the announcement of an upcoming Gartner presentation at the Data+ Conference in September, Gartner is a technology research company that reports on business issues. Anyway, the catchy headline is … Continue reading →

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Digital Signage Displays

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Mike

4K Displays Are Here? Are they Worth It for Digital Signage? The answer in my opinion is – it depends. 4K displays (generally with 3840 x 2160 resolution or higher) have four times the resolution density of full HD. They’re … Continue reading →

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Digital Signage Industry

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Mike

Digital Signage Symposium in September The Digital Screenmedia Association “Connected Experiences” Symposium will be held in Dallas, TX on September 22-23. The symposium offers digital signage industry updates, as well as educational and networking opportunities. You can get more information … Continue reading →

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Digital Signage Solutions

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Mike

StrandVision Introduces Digital Signage Content Highlighting with New Page Border Feature StrandVision Digital Signage today announced a visitor and employee communication enhancement that highlights new pages and updates to existing pages with color-coded borders in order to alert viewers that … Continue reading →

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Digital Signage Players

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Mike

Raspberry Pi Digital Signage Media Players Coming to Market When we first started out eleven years ago digital signage was primarily driven by personal computers – sometimes new ones but more often than not older ones that were put back … Continue reading →

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Digital Signage for Education

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Mike

Back to School Is an Ideal Time to Introduce Wayfinding Digital Signage  In some parts of the country the school year starts in a matter of days – not weeks. I’ve been singing the praises of digital signage for education … Continue reading →

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