Winter and Your Outdoor Screens
Winter is a time when many devices struggle operationally. The cold weather, ice snow and prolonged darkness can make it difficult to start the car or operate machinery outside – and it can play havoc...
View ArticleLCD Enclosures – Floor Standing or Wall/Ceiling Mounted?
LCD enclosures are a housing used to protect LCD TVs (and other flat panel displays like plasma) from harmful elements such as rainfall and dust, enabling standard devices to be taken outdoors or in...
View ArticleDigital Signage Growth – Screen Size Expansion
One of the biggest changes in the move from the bulky cathode ray tube to the flat screen televisions that are ubiquitous in our homes is the rapid increase in size that TVs have grown to.Years ago, we...
View ArticleDigital Signage and the Benefits of Going Outdoors
Digital signage has literally exploded in recent years. Since the development of flat panel TVs in the late nineties they have completely usurped the home TV market as well as seeping out of home to...
View ArticleBenefits of a Turn-key Digital Signage System
Digital signage has exploded over the last few years. What started as a very niche market with one or two manufacturers, integrators and installers, has blossomed with literally hundreds of different...
View ArticleIce and Snow on the Way – Protecting Your Outdoor Digital Signage
Winter is a time of harsh weather and dark nights. In one regard, winter has its advantages for modern Dooh systems. The shorter days and darker nights mean that outdoor digital signage has an...
View ArticleCoping With Image Retention and Burn-in
Digital advertising, digital out of home (Dooh) and outdoor digital signage may use similar technology as our home and office TVs but the concept for using LCD displays for advertising, branding and...
View ArticleOutdoor 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.
View ArticleOutdoor Digital Signage Opportunities at Christmas
Christmas is a great time for retailers. As the busiest time of year, many big chains and independent stores try to maximise the opportunities during the festive period knowing that they only have one...
View ArticleBasics of Outdoor TV and Digital Signage Protection
Flat panel screens like LCD or plasma TVs have gone from just being a device to watch TV shows and films on to a wider, more commercial use. Digital out of home (Dooh) is a growing industry and...
View ArticleTouch Screen – The Next Step for Outdoor Digital Signage
The digital signage market seems to be in constant flux. New developments, innovations and the reinvigoration of old ideas already exhausted in print media means there is always something happening in...
View ArticleOLED – New Screen Technology for Digital Signage
It may only seem like yesterday but modern flat panel TV devices like LCDs and plasmas have been with us for well over a decade now. As such, we have seen them get bigger, flatter, wider and cheaper....
View ArticleThe Value of a High Brightness Screen in Outdoor Locations
Outdoor digital signage and other uses for outdoor TVs, such as open-air entertainment and information provision, are the reason why so many screens are now found in outdoor locations.
View ArticleLCD Enclosures – Design Matters
LCD enclosures are an innovation that allows standard consumer or commercial grade LCD screens to be taken outside to be used as outdoor digital signage. The key function of the digital signage...
View ArticleDo I Really Need an NTP Time Server?
NTP (Network Time Protocol) is one of the oldest protocols still in use today. It was developed in the 1980's when the internet was still in its infancy and was designed to help computers synchronise...
View ArticleDigital Signage TVs in Gyms and Sports Venues
Since the rise of the LCD and plasma televisions, flatscreen TVs are now a common sight out of the home. We are all used to seeing digital signage and advertising in shopping centres and malls, and TVs...
View ArticleOutdoor Digital Signage – Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance
Using an LCD screen in an outdoor location is a natural evolution for anybody already involved in Dooh marketing (digital out of home). However, outdoor digital signage is a different animal to using...
View ArticleOutdoor Digital Signage – Temperature How Low Can it Go?
With freezing temperatures gripping most of the UK a question many outdoor digital signage users should be asking themselves is how low can the temperature drop before the screen starts to fail?
View ArticleFinding an Online NTP Time Source
Finding a source of time to synchronise a computer network to can be a challenge as there are a myriad of online time sources, all pertaining to be accurate and reliable; however, the truth can be...
View ArticleHow Digital Signage is Changing Education
While the Dooh (digital out of home) market and the digital signage industry are centred around advertising, there are a multitude of different uses for implementing both indoor screens and outdoor...
View ArticleWaterproof Computer Products
Computers are now a ubiquitous tool. No longer just found in offices, bedrooms and studies, they are used in all sorts of locations; from factories to warehouses, hospitals to abattoirs, and schools to...
View ArticlePlasma, LED, or LCD for Outdoor – Advantages and Disadvantages
Outdoor digital signage is growing industry with over ten percent of all outdoor advertisements now a digital screen of some shape or another. The screens used for digital advertising are, in essence,...
View ArticleAn Outdoor TV – A Cost Effective and Simple Solution
While the internet and mobile technology has changed the way we live our lives, television is still the most common and popular media. Few people can claim to not own a TV, even fewer can claim to...
View ArticleRobust Digital Signage for Indoor and Out
Using a digital screen for advertising, promotion or providing information is becoming increasingly common, thanks in part to the falling cost of LCD and plasma type screens. The flat-screen TVs are...
View ArticleHow Outdoor Digital Signage Could Improve Your Business
In such a competitive environment, nearly all businesses are looking for new methods to get ahead of the competition. This is one of the driving forces behind the digital out of home (Dooh) revolution...
View ArticleSynchronising Digital Signage
One aspect of digital signage that is very rarely talked about is the need for synchronisation, especially amongst networked systems. If a network of signs, especially outdoor digital signage used to...
View ArticleProtect Outdoor Screens – Simply and Cheaply
Taking a screen outdoors is now becoming common. Whether it's a homeowner, wanting to watch the ballgame in the backyard; an advertising company, wanting to advertise with outdoor digital signage; or...
View ArticleDifferences 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,...
View ArticleIdeal Places for Outdoor Digital Signage
Digital signage is now no longer an infant innovation. Screens in indoor locations such as shopping malls, concourses and inside retail stores, are now a common sight with more locations such as petrol...
View ArticleOutdoor Digital Signage – Urban Centerpieces
There are certain locations in city and town centers that become centerpieces. Places like Times Square in New York and Piccadilly Circus in London spring to mind with their bright signage and ad...
View ArticleThe Five Challenges to Outdoor Digital Signage
Outdoor digital signage has many benefits and is becoming a popular concept in many public areas. For advertisers screens placed outside provide a platform to promote to the large potential audience of...
View ArticleDigital Signage Generates Sales – The Effectiveness of Digital Out of Home...
Having been around for a long time, the digital out of home (Dooh) market is often criticised as being unable to demonstrate its effectiveness. An advertising industry that has been running for over a...
View ArticleWeatherproof TV – Budget Solutions
There was a time where the only place you would have found a TV set was in the front room of people's homes. As TV's became cheaper – especially with the introduction of the portable – and smaller they...
View ArticleWeatherproof LCD Screens – Any Make, Any Model Waterproofed
With a veritable explosion of LCD and plasma screens over the last decade there is now an almost unlimited choice of make, size and models. From small compact 10" screens for bedrooms to giant 70"...
View ArticleCommunicating with the Community –digital signage for schools and religious...
Providing information to the local community is important for several community centric locations in most towns and villages. In many communities upcoming events need to be relayed as does important...
View ArticleOutdoor TV Screens – Economical and Simple Outdoor TVs
Our social lives are changing. Even in colder climates there is more of a move toward outdoor living, especially when we socialise and go to bars and pubs, many of whom are now providing outdoor areas...
View ArticleDigital Advertising Screens – Going Outdoors
Digital advertising is a cheap and effective method of out of home advertising made possible due to the flat screen television revolution. Modern LCD (liquid crystal display) and plasma screens are so...
View ArticleTouchscreen and Outdoor Digital Signage – Using Interactive Screens
Since LCD screens and plasma TVs have taken over the home television market, their use hasn't been just confined to homes. Modern flatscreen TVs are now just as likely to be used out of the home as...
View ArticleInexpensive Mass Communication with Outdoor Digital Signage
Getting noticed and spreading your message is as important in the modern digital world as it has always been. The difference today, in comparison with years gone by is the number of ways information...
View ArticleUsing 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.
View Article2011 – A Year for Digital Signage
Digital signage is already a burgeoning industry worth somewhere in the region of £2 billion worldwide. And this year it is expected to expand further, particularly here in the UK where the industry is...
View ArticleSecure and Vandal Proof Outdoor Screens
Placing a TV screen outside is becoming a common and popular activity. Not only are many bars and pubs placing screens in beer gardens and outdoor areas as more drinkers spend time outside, but also...
View ArticleEquipping the Modern School – Digital Signage
Technology in schools and classrooms has moved a long way from the slate and chalkboard of a hundred years ago. Many schools are now chock-full of technology that aides the learning process making...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Digital Signage
Digital signage, or digital out of home advertising, is similar to other advertising mediums in that its effectiveness, is in part, governed by human psychology. There has been much research by...
View ArticleInformation and Interactive Outdoor Signage
Outdoor advertising is a huge industry. In the UK alone it accounts for nearly £1.4 billion annually and is growing over ten percent each year (source Outdoor Media Centre), driven partly by the...
View ArticleOutdoor Screens and the Need for Rugged Protection
Over the last decade televisions have gone from merely devices for entertainment to being commonly used out of the home for advertising, promotion, branding and information.
View ArticleAlternatives to Outdoor Digital Totems
The outdoor digital signage market is fast on the heels of indoor. Increasingly we are seeing digital outdoor signs being erected in city centres, towns and around airports and other transport hubs.
View ArticleCauses of Poor Digital Signage Campaigns
Digital signage, once a novelty used by only a few advertising companies is now a mainstream form of promotion, branding and marketing with more and more screens appearing in all sorts of locations...
View ArticleOutdoor Digital Signage – High Brightness Screens
Taking a screen outdoors has many advantages, especially for advertisers. High footfall and audience numbers and the lack of other digital competition can make an outdoor digital signage campaign very...
View ArticleDigital Advertisers – Take Advantage of Outdoors
Digital out of home (Dooh) is one of the most effective advertising mediums in the digital age with its effectiveness surpassing that of the internet, mobile advertising and other modern ad promotions.
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