Category Archives: nema

IP and NEMA Ratings for Digital Signage

Digital signage is a common sight around shopping malls and retail units, but these warm and dry indoor locations are not the only areas where digital signage displays are installed. More and more digital signage displays are being utilised outdoors and in other hazardous locations, not just for advertising but also for information and communication. […]

Digital Signage in Manufacturing – Protection

Manufacturing is an important aspect to the economy. While manufacturing has declined over the last decades, especially in the UK and United States, governments have pinned hopes on manufacturing to help boost economies and return their nation’s balance books back into the black. Modern manufacturers face huge challenges, though. With stiff competition from the Far […]

IP Ratings and What they Mean for Outdoor screen Enclosures

The international protection rating system, often referred to as ingress protection ratings (IP ratings), is a system that governs the protection offered by electrical enclosures. It provides more accurate information than vague terms, such as dustproof and waterproof. IP ratings are commonly used throughout Europe, and they’re defined by international standard IEC 60529 (International Electrical […]

Media Players and Thin Client PCs – Simple and Cost Effective Digital Signage Solutions

For screen installers, intent on sourcing and operating their own digital signage or information display, very often while they spend a lot of time and research looking into screens, and yet few spend enough time thinking about the media player hardware. And media players are a confusing buy with so many different models on the […]

Using Plasma and LCD Screens in Wash Down Environments

Modern flat screen TVs are far more useful that their CRT predecessors. There thin nature means they can be used in all sorts of locations, for all sorts of purposes, not just for TV viewing, from digital signage and advertising screens, to providing information and acting as computer monitors. Screens are ideal for businesses too, […]

Looking for an Outdoor TV Reasons to Consider an LCD Enclosure

The outdoor TVs market is a burgeoning one. What was once a singularly exclusive and highly expensive products manufactured by only a couple of companies. However, with the growth of outdoor digital signage and the increase in outdoor TV viewing (partly brought about by nationwide smoking bans) more and more outdoor LCD TVs are emerging […]

Outdoor Digital Signage to Boost Trade in Retail

Sale, sale, sale! It seems no matter what time of year you walk down the high street, there are hundreds of stores with signs outside proclaiming sales and special offers. And yet, how often do you ever find yourself compelled to go into a shop just because they have a sale sign outside? The truth […]

Do not Let the Cold Weather Disable Your Digital Signage

Arctic conditions have dominated the news headlines in the northern hemisphere this year with some countries, including the UK, suffering their coldest winter in three decades. There is a serious risk that many digital signage campaigns erected in outdoor locations or in areas without adequate heating could fail because of the unusually low temperatures. Problems […]

Can I use Digital Signage in Industrial Areas?

Digital signage is more than just out of home advertising. There are an almost unlimited number of applications for using flat screen TVs such as LCD and plasmas. And even in industrial applications LCD TV’s can provide a useful and adaptable method of displaying information. LCD TV’s are used in industry for all manner of […]

Creating the Perfect Environment for Computers

Computer enclosures are now common methods of protecting PCs in industrial our hostile environments. There are many manufacturers producing fabricated enclosures that claim to enable standard computers and devices to be used in these types of areas. However, there is more to protecting computer equipment in hostile areas than just placing them in a metal […]