Have 1 PC running 20 monitors above our ticketing counter. We looked at Roku boxes,and other signage solutions, and other devices. We actually run our signage from a website we created. The signage website is ran and update-able from our Content Management System.
Simple solution, but runs like a champ. Since it is a website, we can run video, slideshows and dynamic content. Just a chromeless web browser full screen mode. And all that needs to happen is a simple F5 if we need any major updates to the UI.
We make various AJAX calls to a service with Javascript (again being a simple website this works great), to pull ticket availability for next entrance time for exhibitions.
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Carlos Mosqueda
UI/UX Designer and Developer
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Denver CO
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-28-2015 10:36 AM
From: Edward Malouf
Subject: Digital Signage
NIcole,
Thank you for starting this thread, it has elicited an eye-opening series of posts. For everyone else I want to share the bottom tier solution. The Bright Sign program is based on the former Roku playback system. It may be low-end but extremely functional system. The hardware is less than 2K and the authoring software is free. It is easy to find a dealer in your area.
The Isabella Steward Gardner museum is a very nice example. I spoke to the IT person there and they described is as a system they set up themselves, an intranet running from a didactic server using web-based software. That may not be a completely accurate description but apparently they did not use a third party program.
Regards,
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Edward Malouf
Principal
Content Design Collaborative LLC
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