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		<title>OfficeMax uses multi-screen PCs</title>
		<link>http://dsigntech.wordpress.com/2007/02/25/officemax-uses-multi-screen-pcs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADFLOW Networks and Matrox Graphics are installing 120 displays to 60 OfficeMax locations.
Each of the PCs used will drive two 40-inch LCD displays using the multi-screen graphics cards from Matrox.
Multi-screen PCs are a great way to reduce per-screen costs for digital signage.
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		<title>Re-formatable digital signage software</title>
		<link>http://dsigntech.wordpress.com/2007/02/25/re-formatable-digital-signage-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent progress in dedicated (non-PC) digital signage technology is the removal of operating system and media player software from the hard disk drive (HDD) and store in on-board flash memory only. The change drastically lowers total cost of ownership (TCO) for digital signage networks.
Traditional digital signage solutions require storing most of the software on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dsigntech.wordpress.com&blog=214347&post=16&subd=dsigntech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apparent Fragililty in PC-based Software Solutions</title>
		<link>http://dsigntech.wordpress.com/2006/07/04/apparent-fragililty-in-pc-based-software-solutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Digital signage company NUVA publishes an article noting their experience with instability found in PC-based software systems:
NUVA &#8217;s article named Software Stability
Content partially extracted from the article (emphasis in typeface taken from original article):

There is a false sense of security given to the end user when their display system seems to be working without a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dsigntech.wordpress.com&blog=214347&post=15&subd=dsigntech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Signage at the Infocomm</title>
		<link>http://dsigntech.wordpress.com/2006/06/15/digital-signage-at-infocomm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mature digital signage technology is on-display at the Infocomm 2006 show last week in Orlando, Florida. Despite a larger floor space and an increase in number of exhibitors, there seems to be a reduction of overall visitors compared to last year (not officially confirmed).
One area that seems to continue to attract more visitors each year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dsigntech.wordpress.com&blog=214347&post=14&subd=dsigntech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Content Formats &#8211; Part II</title>
		<link>http://dsigntech.wordpress.com/2006/05/21/content-formats-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 03:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsigntech</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Applications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[MPEG-4
MPEG-4 is an advancement over the MPEG-2. The new standard has the advantage that good quality video can be properly encoded at relatively low bit rate. MPEG-4 is the basis of the DivX codec, one of the most popular video format used on the Internet.
MPEG-4 is widely used on the Internet for its efficiency in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dsigntech.wordpress.com&blog=214347&post=13&subd=dsigntech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Content Formats, Part I</title>
		<link>http://dsigntech.wordpress.com/2006/05/16/content-formats-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 14:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsigntech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Digital signage contents are often created in the following formats:
MPEG-1/2
MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 are two of the most common video compression formats in use. They are often used to store and deliver video content on digital signage networks. MPEG-1 is the storage format for VCDs and is rarely used today. MPEG-2 performs better than MPEG-1 at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dsigntech.wordpress.com&blog=214347&post=12&subd=dsigntech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Categorization for Digital Signage Endpoint Devices &#8211; Part II</title>
		<link>http://dsigntech.wordpress.com/2006/05/12/categorization-for-digital-signage-endpoint-devices-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2006 04:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsigntech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Part II of the Categorization for Digital Signage Endpoint Devices article.
Non-PC / MPEG-2
Most non-PC products support MPEG-1/MPEG-2 decoding from a CompactFlash (CF) memory card. A 1 GB memory card stores approximately 30 minutes of MPEG-2 video. These are the simplest form of a digital signage media player available today.
Non-PC / MPEG-4
More advanced non-PC [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dsigntech.wordpress.com&blog=214347&post=11&subd=dsigntech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Categorization for Digital Signage Endpoint Devices &#8211; Part I</title>
		<link>http://dsigntech.wordpress.com/2006/05/10/categorization-for-digital-signage-endpoint-devices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 01:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsigntech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Endpoint devices are the media players at the end of the network connection driving display devices (TFT-LCDs, plasmas, LED walls, etc.). They are implemented in various technologies.
Wintel PC
Digital signage systems today are often implemented using ordinary desktop IBM-compatible PCs running Microsoft Windows. On top of this, a media player control software is run to play [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dsigntech.wordpress.com&blog=214347&post=10&subd=dsigntech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inscriber Infocaster</title>
		<link>http://dsigntech.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/inscriber-infocaster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2006 07:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inscriber Infocaster
PC-based software + box
http://www.infocaster.tv/
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		<title>Webpavement Sign Server</title>
		<link>http://dsigntech.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/webpavement-sign-server/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2006 06:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsigntech</dc:creator>
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Web-based digital signage platform server
http://www.webpavement.com/digital-signage-signserver.htm
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