Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Re: Digital Media Signage

FireCast was the other one that looked promising.

http://www.simpledigitalsignage.com/


Jonathan
................................
Jonathan Mergy <jmergy@lwhs.org>
Director Of Technology
Lick-Wilmerding High School
755 Ocean Ave, SF CA 94112
P:415.585.1725 x365
http://www.lwhs.org


> From: Jonathan Mergy <jmergy@lwhs.org>
> Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:00:12 -0700
> To: ISED-L <ISED-L@listserv.syr.edu>
> Conversation: Digital Media Signage
> Subject: Re: Digital Media Signage
>
> Scott,
>
> I did a lot of research a year or so ago on this as well and didn't like
> anything I found anywhere. But, was happy to find MediaTile. Their devices
> were geared towards advertising, but reworking it a bit has worked out well
> for us. There was one other vendor I though was decent and I will find and
> forward. We bought Mediatile.
>
> A little write-up I did in May
> http://mer.gy/digsign
>
> Mediatile
> http://mediatile.com/
>
> Big deals for me:
> 1. Central point of content to push down to all
> 2. Wireless (no vga over cat5/cat6)
> 3. Minimal cabling
> 4. Internet apps (taking the RSS news feed off our site, etc)
>
> and some others. They are basically LCDs with a small PC in the chassis.
> Wireless networking and cell signals available. We have been running one since
> March 09 and have been happy with more to come as we can afford.
>
>
> Jonathan
> ................................
> Jonathan Mergy <jmergy@lwhs.org>
> Director Of Technology
> Lick-Wilmerding High School
> 755 Ocean Ave, SF CA 94112
> P:415.585.1725 x365
> http://www.lwhs.org
>
>
>> From: sschaffer <sschaffer@ajhds.com>
>> Reply-To: ISED-L <ISED-L@listserv.syr.edu>
>> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:32:38 -0700
>> To: ISED-L <ISED-L@listserv.syr.edu>
>> Subject: Digital Media Signage
>>
>> I am in the process of researching digital media signage for my
>> school...to post announcements, video clips, etc. via dedicated monitors
>> mounted in our classrooms and common areas. For anyone who uses this
>> technology, what type of hardware do you use and what has been your
>> general experience with it, from the standpoint of cost, ease of use,
>> reliability, etc.?
>>
>> Scott Schaffer
>> IT Manager
>> Heschel Day School
>> 818-368-5781 x508
>> sschaffer@ajhds.com
>>
>> [ For info on ISED-L see https://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=128874 ]
>> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution,
>> non-commercial, share-alike license.
>> RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=ISED-L

[ For info on ISED-L see https://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=128874 ]
Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=ISED-L