Category Archives: information screens

Outdoor Digital Signage Makes Waiting in Line Less Frustrating

Waiting in line can be a frustrating process. Whether it’s waiting for the movie theatre to open, the bus to arrive or for a turn on a theme park ride, waiting in line can lead to impatience, frustration and make people decide not to return. Nobody likes waiting, but by utilizing outdoor digital signagesystems, it is possible to alleviate this frustration in these sorts of environments.

Outdoor Digital Signage Audience Potential

Outdoor Digital Signage is not yet as popular or as widespread as screens used in indoor environments such as subways, metros, airports and shopping malls. The additional cost of outdoor digital signage combined with the challenges of protecting outdoor screens from the weather, mean outdoor digital signage has some way to go to catch up.

Outdoor Digital Signage for Businesses

Outdoor Digital Signage is essential for all businesses. Whether a service provider, retailer, manufacturer or office building, signage is require for all sorts of applications, from showing people where the toilets are, to preventing smoking, and relaying important information.

Digital Signage for Hotels and Inns

Effective communication is a necessity for hotels and inns as large numbers of people visit, many of whom may not have been before. It is also important for hotels and inns to set the right impression, which is why digital signage is becoming an essential tool for the hotel industry.

Digital Signage–Making the most of Retail Space

Digital signage provides retailers with an effective form of promotion, branding and a method of manipulating customers to change their buying habits. A well-placed screen at a point of sale location or above popular items can inform customers of offers and other products that the retailer is trying to popularise. Furthermore, digital signage screens are a great method of reinforcing branding information, helping to instil company and manufacturer names and logos into people’s memory.

Growing Use of Digital Signage around Religious Buildings

There has been a growing use of digital signage displays both indoors and out around churches, mosques, synagogues and temples, as many religious buildings and institutions look for effective communication to their congregations and local communities.

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 […]

Touch Screen Popularity Signals the End of the Keyboard

Since the rise of the tablet PC, touch screens have become increasingly common. A recent report suggests that by 2015, half of all computers purchased for children will implement touch screen rather than keyboard. Touch screens with, therefore, be as familiar to the next generation of computer users, as keyboards are for today’s computer users. […]

Protecting Outdoor Information Screens – Ensuring Readability

In such a fast-paced world, people want to be kept informed. In the service industry, when people are forced to wait it leads to complaints and disgruntled customers. Transport companies have long known this and have always tried to keep customers up-to-date of the latest developments. Knowing about train delays, timetable changes and cancellations is […]