At Digital Signage Expo, VIA brought its S3 Graphics Chrome 5400E x2, a dual GPU add-in-board aimed at advanced, multi-display digital signage applications..

Able to accelerate the latest HD video codecs, it uses PanoChrome technology to provide up to four independent HD video streams at resolutions of 1080p on up to 8 displays, employing various display modes and configurations.

VIA also demonstrated its growing range of board and system-level digital signage products, like VIA VB8003, the first Mini-ITX board to feature a dedicated graphics processor and support for dual HDMI, DVI and VGA ports.

And the durable VIA VIPRO panel series, a comprehensive range of features in an industrial-grade LCD panel.

Or the VIA vmpc…a fanless, ultra-thin system featuring an industry-first: a thru-chassis VESA mounting design that can turn any standard display into a digital signage device in moments.

VIA Technologies says their single chip VIA VX900 media system processor "…represents the most complete solution for HD digital content consumption on the market today." In other words, you put the VIA VX900 in your systems to bring a smoother 1080p HD video without those annoying shakes.

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Cayin Technology recently showed their fanless media players, SMP-WEB4 and SMP-PRO4.

A fanless web-based digital signage player, SMP-WEB4 can present multimedia content created by web languages, such as HTML, JavaScript and Flash. It can extend to integrate with databases, web servers (RSS, weather, etc) and HID compliance touch panels. During the exhibition, SMP-WEB4 was demo’d with iPhone.

A fanless zone-type digital signage player, SMP-PRO4 can present up to six zones in a multimedia mix consisting of video, music, image slide show, ticker and clock both in landscape and portrait display. It also comes packed with templates and stylish clocks for instant deployment.

SMP-WEB4 and SMP-PRO4 are both equipped with scheduling and powerful managerial functions via network. With the Cayin Skin Editor, users can now create templates for both SMP-WEB and SMP-PRO series within an instant. These two players also support AV-in and clone mode, showing identical content on two screens via VGA and DVI connectors.

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That would be ViewSonic, the hardware company that has just signed a platform partnership with Scala.

This partnership seeks to significantly reduce the user's overall DS system cost.

Scala now certifies ViewSonic 's preconfigured pc-based Scala-ready player, as well as a line of solid state Scala-enabled media appliances compatible with Scala Release 5.

We are pleased to have ViewSonic as a strategic hardware platform partner at Scala,” says Jeff Porter, Scala’s executive VP. “This offers customers a true one-stop shop, covering the widest range of pre-configured Scala-certified playback devices of anyone in the world."

Including its commercial displays, ViewSonic now offers digital signage resellers the broadest range of Scala-compatible devices on the market. This includes support for audio-only players, wireless photo frames, standard definition (480p) players, HD (1080p) players, as well as two full-PC compatible media players (the NMP-700 features a Core 2 Duo processor with Intel GM45 graphics, while the VOT132 features a dual core Atom™ processor with NVIDIA ION graphics).

“ViewSonic is committed to serving as a one-stop solution provider for resellers’ display and media player needs,” says Michael Holstein, VP business development for ViewSonic. “... ViewSonic brings resellers and distributors the convenience of buying from one distributor when putting their system together.”

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NEC Display Solutions presents its Media Player, a “well-priced combination of hardware and software” for digital signage applications.

The user-friendly software enables users of all levels to easily create content for public displays (and this is especially suitable for small to medium-sized companies without their own AV professionals, such as shops, travel agencies, restaurants or doctors' surgeries.)

The hardware--available either as an external or an internal device--generates video data with a resolution of up to 1,920 x 1,080 (full HD). As an external player, it supports all public displays, projectors and desktop displays that have a DVI input. The internal device avoids additional cable connections and is compatible with selected NEC monitors featuring an Option Slot. A DVI output enables it to provide content for a second monitor simultaneously. Both the internal and the external player operate without fans or other moving parts.

The user can feed the created content to the media player via a USB interface, or--when operated in a network--up to 20 Media Players can be combined and controlled from a single PC.

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