A look at the numerous applications – and possibilities – offered by digital signage in healthcare. There has been a significant adoption of visual media in the form of digital signage in the healthcare industry over recent years. The medium offers a broad range of applications, from acting simply as a replacement for traditional static signs, such as directions, to integrating with data systems in order to display dynamic, real-time status information. To read more of Steve Harvey’s article, see the Fall 2011 issue of Healthcare AV.

Healthcare Digital Signage Solution

StrandVision offers a cost-effective and efficient way to promote healthy lifestyles, display community events, and provide directories and other listings in medical facility lobbies, waiting rooms and lounges.

To hear more about our digital signage solutions for your healthcare organization, visit www.StrandVision.com or give us a call at 715-235-7446 (SIGN).

Discover everything the sign industry has to offer under one roof at ISA’s International Sign Expo. Just one month from today the Expo runs from Thursday, March 22 to Saturday, March 24, 2012 at the Orange County Convention Center, North Building in Orlando, Florida. The Education & Networking Events run from Wednesday, March 21 through Saturday, March 24, 2012. To register, visit www.signexpo.org/now and for more information, visit www.signexpo.org/everything.

Digital Signage Dilemma

Whatever your digital signage needs, we’d be happy to talk with you about your business and how we can help. Drop by www.StrandVision.com or call us at 715-235-7446 (SIGN). Let’s get started on solving your digital signage dilemma.

Your passengers might think the wait is actually shorter if they are watching your digital signage messaging. Mobile digital signage applications provide passengers with immediate information. The latest in signage, they can help reduce the time staffers spend answering arrival/departure, etc. questions from passengers.

Vehicle Signage – Mobile appliance

Drop by www.StrandVision.com or give us a call at 715-235-7446 to learn more about our digital signage software for vehicle signs. We are working with LEI Technology Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Lanner Electronics. Their LEC—5510 mobile appliance is specifically configured for vehicle signs in and on taxis, shuttles buses, limos, ferries and trains.

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.

This fall, the medium of neon signs turns 100 years old. Coincidentally, a new exhibit at the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is taking a look back at the colour, light and dazzle of that city’s golden age of neon signs, which stretched through the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. The exhibit – which opened on October 13, 2011, and is scheduled to run until August 2012 – also considers the ‘visual purity’ crusades that sought to ban neon signs from Vancouver’s streets. To read more of Peter Saunders article, visit: http://www.kenilworth.com/publications/smc/de/201111/index.html

Digital signs – They are everywhere

Digital signs are everywhere now – they are those TVs that you see in the retail store showing featured products; they are the display in the doctor’s office providing business marketing messages; they are the large format monitor in a company’s dining area showing employee communications information. Come on over to www.StrandVision.com or give us a call at 715-235-7447 (SIGN), we’d be happy to talk about how you can use digital signs in your organization.

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 provider’s 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 David Keene’s column athttp://www.digitalsignageweekly.com/default.aspx

The Cloud, the Client, and the Ongoing Evolution of Digital Signage

David Keene asked several top experts – users, integrators, consultants, and providers – to try to put aside the theoretical arguments and offer their thoughts on how the market is evolving now. “The trend is toward simplified operation of digital signage networks, but not at the cost of functionality needed to deliver the communications value and ROI,” says Lyle Bunn. To read more, see David Keene’s column at: http://www.digitalsignageweekly.com/default.aspx. And come on over to www.StrandVision.com to discuss your digital signage network needs.

If you are considering making an investment in digital billboards during 2012, perhaps the single most important decision impacting your return on investment will be from what manufacturer you buy. Before signing on the dotted line, here are five questions to ask digital billboard manufacturers. To read more of Darrin Friskney’s article, please visit: : http://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/article/188215/5-Things-Five-questions-to-ask-before-buying-a-digital-billboard?utm_source=NetWorld%20Alliance&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=emna_dst_12282011_12_27_111

Digital Signage – Hardware & Software

There are hundreds of supporting pieces of hardware, software and services that may make broadcasting your signage delivered by StrandVision Digital Signage throughout your facility faster and easier. Please visit us at www.Strandvision.com or call 715-235-7446 (SIGN) to see a list of hardware you can use with your digital signage software at your organization.

This year along with my Top 10 Trends for 2012, it occurred to me to take a look back at what cool stuff the industry did in 2011. So, here is the first annual top 10 coolest DOOH deployments of the year: What were the most noticed, coolest, fun and amazing deployments of 2011? As we watched 2011 unfold, some great creative and technical minds were at work producing some very cool deployments throughout the world. Most of what we saw was interactive and engaging deployments. To view the video and read more of Keith Kelsen’s article, please visit: http://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/article/188407/The-top-10-coolest-DOOH-deployments-of-2011-Video?utm_source=NetWorld%20Alliance&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=emna_dst_12282011_12_27_111

 Digital Signage for hospitality venues

StrandVision’s Digital Signage system provides a number of ways for hotels and other hospitality venues to present targeted advertising to guests. Text, graphics and video pages quickly help guests feel welcome, while making them aware of the property’s amenities. To learn more about StrandVision’s digital signage, please visit www.StrandVision.com or call 715-235-7446 (SIGN).

To permanently change the screen resolution on the StrandVision Linux Digital Signage Player, do the following:
1) open up the terminal window from the desktop
2) type su (to go to root user)
3) enter the root password (every player is different contact StrandVision for details).
4) type sax2
5) pick the new screen resolution and save it
6) reboot the pc and it will use that resolution from that point forward.

Digital signs have made a showing at political events. When event organizers need to be certain that attendees, no matter where they are seated, can not only hear but also see the candidates as they make their speeches, they turn to digital signage to solve the issue. All they need to do is install digital displays on either side of the speaker’s podium.

Digital Signage Player – Some things to keep in mind

When searching for a digital signage player for any venue, a few things to keep in mind are the size of the room, as well as accessibility to the Internet, telephones and power sources. Visit www.StrandVision.com or call us at 715-235-7446 (SIGN) to learn more about how you can use a digital signage player at your facility.