Outdoor Digital Signage at the Drive Thru
Drive thrus are now commonplace. What was once just an American phenomenon is now seen in many of the world’s cities and towns. Their convenience is the main factor of their success. Read More
The Reason for Steel in Outdoor Digital Signage Enclosures
Outdoor digital signage had gone from a few large screens erected on the sides of buildings or along highways to a ubiquitous medium seen around high streets, towns and cities up and down the country. With the ability to reach huge audiences, and the growing fragmentation in traditional media such as television, newspapers and magazines due to the internet and other modern technologies, advertisers have turned to outdoor digital signage as a mainstream advertising medium. Read More
The Future of Outdoor Digital Signage for 2010
Outdoor media is not new. Billboards on tops of buildings and poster campaigns have been used for decades and outdoor advertising has been seen as an inexpensive method of getting a message across. Outdoor advertising is far more effective than an indoor campaign, especially in areas of high footfall as the potential audience is almost limitless compared with indoor advertising. Read More
Outdoor Digital Signage in Extreme Weather
Whilst the sector is still not as large as the indoor market, outdoor digital signage is becoming increasingly popular with digital screens and billboards becoming more and more commonplace. Read More
Protecting display devices – LCD enclosures
Plasma and LCDs have dramatically changed not just home entertainment but also have revolutionised the signage industry. Before these new types of flat screen televisions, digital signage would have been impossible with the old bulky cathode ray tubes (CRT).
Outdoor Digital Signage Screens and the Perils of Severe Weather
The winter season often brings with it severe weather. In many locations, winter is one of the most challenging times of year for outdoor digital signage screens with various weather elements and hazards capable of disabling displays. Often, screens installed in milder climes are not always equipped to deal with the severity some locations experience during e winter months. Read More
Digital Signage Growth – Screen Size Expansion
One of the biggest changes in the move from the bulky cathode ray tube (CRT) to the flat screen televisions that are ubiquitous in our homes is the rapid increase in size that TVs have grown to. These larger screens have obvious uses in the digital signage market. Read More
Indoor and Outdoor Digital Signage – The essential differences
Whilst the principles and applications behind indoor and outdoor digital signage remain similar the two types of out of home advertising are completely different in many regards but the technology and hardware required is completely different. Read More
Outdoor Digital Signage – Getting Physical
Since the rise of digital signage over the last few years, more and more signage displays are being taken outdoors to take advantage of the larger audience numbers and lack of digital competition. Read More
LCD Enclosures – Monkey Business
The number of locations and uses of an LCD enclosure is almost endless and is growing all the time, from outdoor digital signage protection and outdoor TVs to using screens in factories or inside dusty warehouses. As LCD enclosures provide all-round protection against weather, temperature and impact they can be pretty much used anywhere.
The protection offered by an LCD enclosure is so rugged that one US zoo has installed the enclosure in a monkey and ape house.
Primates, like their more advanced human cousins, need to be entertained, and many zoos install TVs to give the chimps, orang-utans and some species of monkey entertainment. Many species of ape enjoy television but unfortunately this poses a problem.
There has even been some research into their viewing habits too.
Gorillas, orangutans and chimps are incredibly strong animals that can get easily frustrated. When the TVs are turned off, or if they dislike the programme that is on display, apes and monkeys can get very aggressive and can often take it out on the device – hence the need for an LCD enclosure.
An Armagard LCD Enlcosure beng installed in an ape house
As LCD enclosures are made of steel and have a shatterproof screen front, they are the most rugged and durable solution for protecting an LCD device. Designed to protect from impacts and vandalism they are ideal for use in ape and monkey houses as they can withstand the impacts that these majestic animals can muster.
And as gorillas can weight as much as 600Ib in captivity it provides a good endorsement for the strength of an LCD enclosure. If an LCD enclosure can withstand this sort of punishment from such a powerful animal, then it should have no trouble dealing with vandalism and impacts caused by (much weaker) humans.