Will It Play 4K?

One of the most common questions I’m asked by customers about choosing the correct digital signage media player for their application is: “Which media player supports playing 4k content?”.  This invariably leads to a host of questions.  Almost all of our digital media players support 4k content, however your playback application has the biggest impact on whether or not a player will work in your installation. Using the product selector in tandem with some of the questions below will help you evaluate a 4k media players. Continue reading “Will It Play 4K?”

Intro to Windows IoT Core

Digital Signage Ecosystem

Digital signage is becoming a seamless and ubiquitous part of our physical world in the 21st century.  We often consume the information on these displays without realizing exactly what has occurred in public and private spaces.  Displays giving us direction, advertisements, ambiance have become a critical way of communicating dynamic information. Continue reading “Intro to Windows IoT Core”

Deploying Media Players without fear of Configuration Error

Deploying hundreds if not thousands of systems on a national or international digital signage roll out is a daunting task for any organization.  As a system integrator with a focus on device management we have helped companies prepare devices for field deployment by third party implementation companies for years.

A Typical Deployment
The deployment process usually plays out as a multi-stage process involving a different partner at each step.  First, an operating system image is designed in collaboration with our engineers, the Digital Signage/CMS provider and the end-user, and optionally an operations/monitoring partner.  Continue reading “Deploying Media Players without fear of Configuration Error”

Powerful New SRC Solution Added to Now Micro Digital Signage Media Players

Now Micro Intelligent Systems with SRC BenefitsFirst-of-its-kind System Recovery Console (SRC) lets users quickly roll back to a previous day’s backup—saving customers time and resources.

Now Micro unveiled new functionality for its Intelligent Systems called the System Recovery Console (SRC). Unlike any other software on the market, Now Micro Intelligent Systems with SRC allow customers to backup and restore the system while the operating system is running. The new functionality saves customers the considerable time and resources associated with traditional backup and recovery.

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