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Outdoor Advertising and Information Screens on a Budget
Posted by: Richard Williams | Posted on: January 6th, 2011 | 0 Comments
There are many locations where you will find a TV screen mounted outdoors and for a myriad of reasons too: from providing information – such as news and weather – to commuters on platforms; to advertising to shoppers along the high street using outdoor digital signage. Read More
Outdoor Digital Signage – Keeping it Dry
Posted by: Richard Williams | Posted on: January 2nd, 2011 | 0 Comments
One of the biggest challenges for outdoor digital signage is ensuring that it is kept dry. Obviously water and electronics, like LCD screens, are not great bed-fellows, and moisture, no matter how little, can easily disable a screen, and quite often for good.
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Outdoor Digital Signage – Accidents Happen
Posted by: Richard Williams | Posted on: December 20th, 2010 | 0 Comments
The growth of outdoor digital signage has been phenomenal over the last few years. Over ten percent of all outdoor adverts in the UK are now digital, and screens are not just being used for commercials either. Information is commonly displayed in busy areas using outdoor screens, such as bus timetables and maps, while even restaurant menu boards are going digital. Read More
Secrets of Successful Outdoor Digital Signage
Posted by: Richard Williams | Posted on: December 15th, 2010 | 1 Comments
With outdoor digital signage and advertising now becoming a mainstream media, more and more organisations are looking to it as a means of advertising, promotion or branding. Many of these organisations may or may not already have experience using indoor screens like digital posters but an all too common mistake is that people assume that the same rules and methods for indoor will work just as well out. Read More
Which Screen for Inside an LCD Enclosure – Part One
Posted by: Richard Williams | Posted on: December 13th, 2010 | 0 Comments
An LCD enclosure is a protective cabinet that allows the use of screens in hazardous and hostile areas – such as outdoors – are used for all sorts of reasons from outdoor digital signage to information screens in transport hubs. Read More
Outdoor Digital Signage – Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance
Posted by: Richard Williams | Posted on: December 9th, 2010 | 0 Comments
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 indoor screens and requires proper thought and planning if you wish for your campaign to be a success. Read More
Welcome to David Robinson – the latest member of the Armagard Family
Posted by: Richard Williams | Posted on: December 6th, 2010 | 0 Comments
As the LCD enclosure and outdoor digital signage industry expands, Armagard are expanding too and have appointed a new director of sales for North America: David Robinson.
David, former sales manager at AV mounting specialist Premier Mounts, has joined the company to cope with the growing demand for LCD enclosures and outdoor digital signage protection in North America and the USA.
With over 20 years experience in the consumer electronics and AV industry, Dave will be working out of a new sales office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A graduate of West Virginia, and resident of Pittsburgh, Dave hopes to use his experience and business relationships to help expand the company’s already burgeoning sales in America.
All of us at Armagard welcome David to the company and wish him many years of success.
Snowy Weather – is your Outdoor Digital Signage Protected?
Posted by: Richard Williams | Posted on: December 6th, 2010 | 0 Comments
With most of the UK suffering from wintry weather, snow bringing havoc to many parts of the country, there is a potential for many of the outdoor digital signs that adorn our high streets to fail as the temperatures drop below the safe operating level of the LCD or plasma screen.
The severe cold can have severe effects on an ill-protected digital signage. When temperatures drop, internal components inside an LCD can freeze, with any humidity or condensation expanding causing severe damage.
Most outdoor screens should be designed to withstand quite a range of temperatures but when it gets too low, even the most expensive outdoor TV can run into problems.
To provide real comprehensive cold weather protection, insulation, heaters and other systems need to be deployed. LCD enclosures are one of the simplest solutions for this type of protection. The enclosure, that also offers waterproof and all-weather protection, has the space for all these temperature components.
Insulation can be used to maintain the internal temperature, as the screen itself will generate quite a bit of heat. But when temperatures really drop, heaters have to be used.
Commonly these are thermostatically controlled (otherwise the LCD will overheat when the temperatures rise) and switch on when the temperature gets below a certain level; switching off again when it rises.
LCD enclosures are used in all sorts of severe weather environments such as ski resorts, as they are a sure-fire method of ensuring the LCD screen will still function at sub-zero temperatures.
Another benefit of them is that they also have space for a media player of compact PC, used for uploading content, which will also benefit from the same level of protection as the screen.