WHAT TO THINK ABOUT

WHEN LOOKING AT DIGITAL SIGNAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME

Use the below list to help make your decisions on hardware, software and content.

WHAT HARDWARE
YES DO YOU NEED? NO
ARE YOU LOOKING
As you want to use your screens, If you’re buying all new hardware,
you’ll need a standalone player TO USE SCREENS YOU you could look at System on Chip
(unless it’s already supported). ALREADY OWN? screens or a stand alone player.

WHAT KIND OF CONTENT

DO YOU WANT TO RUN?

SIMPLE STANDARD ADVANCED

Full screen images or videos with Multiple zones of content Everything in simple
some basic scheduling. displaying: or standard plus more advanced
• Images applications such as:
• Video • Data driven applications
• Web content • Enterprise level users control
• RSS feeds with multiple tiers, approvals and
• Streams content management
Scheduled content for different • Triggered interrupts
times of the day.

WHO IS MANAGING YOUR

CONTENT?

I DON’T KNOW ME A 3RD PARTY

I have not yet made that decision You are planning to create your Someone else will be creating the
and need to think about what is own content in-house, either by content for you and sending it to
best for me. yourself or an internal team. you.

YOUR CHECKLIST OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER

Hardware Either System on Chip How many players are you looking to
or standalone device manage?
Standalone player only
How many users need to access and manage
your content and what is their role within
Content Simple the company?
Do you want to display live TV through?
Standard

Advanced Are you looking to synchronise multiple

screens to make one big video wall of
content?
Who is creating the content? I don’t know

Me
Now that you’ve completed your checklist, you are
one step closer to know what you need from your
A 3rd Party digital signage. This information above should help
you focus on your digital signage requirements.

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