Category Archives: Enclosures

Digital Signage Protection & IT Equipment Safeguarding – Why You Should Pay More For Quality…

Armagard customers are willing to invest more money into digital signage protection & IT equipment safeguarding, usually spending more than the value of the equipment they’re protecting. But why? We reveal all…

Information Screens and the Speed of Delivery

Delivering information is an essential aspect for many businesses and institutions. Keeping customers, workers and visitors informed requires dynamic communication systems that can relay information as soon as it comes in. Providing out-of-date information is often worse than providing no information at all, which is one of the reasons why information screens are becoming popular […]

Railway Information Screens – Importance of Protection

Timetabling and the concept of trains running on time is perhaps a British obsession. When the railways rose to prominence during the nineteenth century, train scheduling and timetables became an essential part of life. So much so, the first national timescale was developed, known as Railway Time, which eventually became Greenwich Meantime. Keeping railway customers […]

How Long Does an Outdoor Screen Last?

A PYE television, one of the first commercial televisions ever produced, is still operating after 65 years. TV collector Steve Farley, is still using the television, which has, in its lifetime, shown events such as Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, the moon landings and the assassination of JFK. Cathode Ray Tube televisions (CRTs) like this, while bulky […]

Digital Signage in the Middle East

One region with a growing demand for digital signage is the Middle East. Countries like Dubai and Bahrain have burgeoning middle-classes, and as digital signage is a growing advertising medium, employed by many big name retailers, its growth is expected is understandable in such locations. The Middle East is not an easy place to deploy […]

Information Screens for Outdoors

For the service sector, providing information is an essential part of customer service. For the transport industry schedules, timetables and news of delays is important information that customers need to know. Other industries in the service sector need a method of providing information, restaurants have a need to explain what’s on and what’s off the […]

When a Screen breaks – so do your plans for ROI

When investing in digital signage, one of the main concerns people have is getting a return on the investment. Digital signage costs money. With the price of screens, media players, content creation and installation far from cheap, working out when this investment starts to pay off is not only difficult, but is made more complicated […]

Outdoor Digital Signage – Not Just for Big Players

There are some huge outdoor digital signage screens out there. Anybody commuting into London will have seen the M4 Torch that provides digital content to tens of thousands of motorists a day, while the London “i” on London’s Cromwell Road, receives viewing figures almost as high. Many other cities too are following suit with large-scale […]

Digital Signage and the Perils of Dust

Protection for digital signage is an essential aspect. When it comes to outdoor digital signage, protection enables the screen can operate in wet weather and in variable temperature ranges. There is more to protecting screens than just weather, however, especially when screens are placed in industrial locations. As perilous to screens as liquid, dust can […]

The Three Major Environments for UK Outdoor Digital Signage

While still trailing behind indoor screens, outdoor digital signage is becoming increasingly more prevalent. Three major locations, however, dominate outdoor digital signage: roadside, transport and retail. Transport The leading outdoor digital signage environment with 50% of all spent revenue is transport. Including signs placed on subways in train stations and airports, the transport industry also […]