Digital Signage Jargon Deciphered

As a new industry digital signage is littered with acronyms, abbreviations and technical can’t that it can often be difficult to understand what is meant.

The phrase digital signage is a good example, few people outside the industry refer to the use of TV screens for advertising, information and promotion as digital signage, with terms such as electronic billboard, digital poster or electronic sign more commonly used.

Here is a list of common terms associated with the digital signage market and what they mean:

Aspect ratio – the scale of a TV screen. Traditionally they were all 4:3 now there are various widescreen formats.

Captive Audience Network – a network of screens that addresses an audience that is captured in a specific area – this can be a point of sale queue, on a train or in a bathroom.

Content – the images, advertisements and text displayed on the screen.

CRT – Cathode Ray Tube, the precursor to LCDs

DooH – Digital out of home, often referred to as the official moniker of the industry. Dooh refers to the use of digital TV equipment taken out of the home; another word for digital signage.

HD-TV – High definition television which offers improved picture quality and resolution.

Impressions – the number of people that view your digital sign.

JPEG – a file format often used for pictures and photographs.

LCD – Liquid Crystal Display, the most common technology employed in flat panel TVs.

LCD Enclosure – a protective, waterproof and weather-poof enclosure to house LCD TVs so they can be used outdoors.

Narrowcasting – the resultant images displayed on the screen. Different to broadcasting where the content goes everywhere and is picked up by anyone with a receiver, narrowcasting is content that is aimed at specific locations and audiences.

Outdoor Digital Signage – Screens used for digital signage placed in an outdoor location.

PNG – a picture file format that permits transparency.

Richard N Williams is a technical author and a specialist in the digital signage industry helping to develop outdoor digital signage and protection for plasmas. Please visit us for more information about LCD Enclosures or other digital signage solutions.

Cheap 42 Inches Floor-Standing Digital Signage LCD Advertising Players Offered by China Digital Signage Manufacturer Digital-Signage-China

(PRWEB) April 19, 2014

Recently, Digital-Signage-China, a renowned China digital signage manufacturer, has announced its new selection of 42 inches Floor-Standing Digital Signage LCD Advertising Players. According to the company’s sales manager, these new players are specially made to expand its market share. What’s more, all clients can enjoy big savings when buying these items at the company’s website.

The company’s newly-released 42 inches Floor-Standing Digital Signage LCD Advertising Players are of high quality. Each of them is featured with innovative design. They can be widely applied in many bulletin board systems.

Some details about the fresh items are as follows:

Play Type: Movie, Music, Pictures.

Compatible format: MP4 (AVI: DIVX, XVID), DVD (VOB,MPG2), VCD (DAT, MPG1), MP3, JPG

Audio mode: left channel, right channel, stereo;

OSD language: Chinese, English and other languages

Compatible memory cards: CF, SD, USB

Video format: PAL, NTSC, automatic

“We are happy to release our new 42 inches Floor-Standing Digital Signage LCD Advertising Players. As is known to all, every customer wants to obtain high quality products at cost-effective rates. Our players are created to help worldwide clients to get what they actually need. The aim of Digital-Signage-China is to be an outstanding supplier of high end digital signage products. We are always ready to serve you,” the sales manager says.

In addition to the new 42 inches Floor-Standing Digital Signage LCD Advertising Players, Digital-Signage-China has over 200 different kinds of advertising players for sale.

About Digital-Signage-China

Digital-Signage-China is a well-known digital signage technology company with the eligibility of production, installation and maintenance of digital signage products. The company has much experience in the industry, and its customers are provided with the best resources and professional tips. For more information about the business and its digital players, visit http://www.digital-signage-china.com/?content/product/43/index.html.







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Benefits Of Digital Signage

Digital signage gives retailers the advantage and the ability to build brand loyalty and brand awareness. It also enables the retailers to provide better options to customers and improve profitability. It is widely believed that most of times the decision to buy a particular product is made at the point of purchase. That explains why marketing industry places so much of importance to in-house advertising.

Changes in digital signage methods have been revolutionary over the past few years. They are easily adaptable to any situation or store and they are positively alluring. They have the ability to influence the minds of the clientele when they are in their most responsive state. A store can customize the content of digital signage to suit their customer profile. The product is flexible and can lend itself to any surrounding with amazing ease.

The medium of digital media enables retailers and marketing managers to use vibrant and attractive messages to attract the right type of customers. The presence of color, motion, interactive touch screen and a multi-feed functionality makes it possible to project varying images. This can have a great influence on the viewers and customers. Digital signage is a powerful tool which can help retailers increase their revenues and also decrease their costs.

Retailers can highlight items which provide them better profitability through high margins. They can also display special offers on specific items and other discount schemes in real time. Digital signage helps retailers to promote and sell advertised products at point of purchase. A major advantage of this medium is that it allows you to change messages faster and easily as compared to printed signage. The cost of making such changes is also much less than that of printed signage.

Digital signage displays better aesthetics in a store as compared to any other mode of advertising. By using the latest technology in advertising field they are well placed to influence customer preferences as no other form of advertising can. They are available in convenient sizes to fit in any place a retailer wants to display them. They offer real time feeds for news, weather, sports and entertainment.

Finally, digital signage is invaluable in providing in-store sales and product information to the employees. They are kept updated constantly about the organization, and the various promotions and schemes that are in force. There is no doubt that in the future too, digital signage will change the way an organization communicates with its customers and advertises its products.

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Ice Cold Outdoor Digital Signage

Increasingly, there has a lot more installs and interest emanating from ski-resorts and mountain areas in Europe and the United States. The screens are being used for both advertising and information and their use in such areas it is a good example of the unique benefits that outdoor digital signage can offer.

Alpine resorts and other ski locations have begun turning to outdoor digital signage because of the effectiveness in providing information that other communication methods simply can’t match.

The great advantage of using outdoor displays in these sorts of areas is the immediacy that the information can be uploaded and distributed.  Often, in skiing areas emergency information such as dangerous snow and avalanches needs to be relayed as quickly and to effectively as possible and until the advent of outdoor digital signage the only real method of passing this information on was physically, with a steward going up and down the slopes.

Now, emergency information can be uploaded remotely to all slopes and areas and displayed on the outdoor screens, warning and informing everybody that is out. – no other medium can do this as effectively and what-is-more, when the screens are not being used for information, advertising can be run to generate revenue that can eventually pay for the installation of the outdoor displays.

The use of such technology in such locations is only made possible due to the advancement in the protection of LCD and other display types. There are many challenges to installing a screen in a cold and snowy environment. Not only do you have to prevent snow and moisture from damaging the screen but also you have to keep temperatures high enough to prevent the components from freezing.

The sun too, can cause sun-glare and make the screen unreadable on a bright day.

LCD enclosures are an effective method of using an outdoor display in such a location. They keep the screen protected from the elements whilst the internal heaters ensure the screen is kept within operating temperatures. Insulation, anti-reflective glass and other solutions are also fitted to outdoor LCD enclosures in these areas to ensure the screens can continue to operate 24 hours a day no matter what the conditions.

Richard N Williams is a technical author and a specialist in the digital signage industry helping to develop outdoor digital signage and protection for plasmas. Please visit us for more information about LCD Enclosures or other digital signage solutions.

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