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Repeat Signage™
V4 Media Wall Edition at Velo Restaurant Ltd.,Tooley Street, London Bridge, London
Many organisations still have notice boards with paper notices,
which means printing out pieces of paper, and can look rather
messy.
Digital signage is about using small and large computer monitors
(display screens) to display still and moving images, like having a
digital notice board.
Different information and messages can be scheduled to be
displayed at various times of the day or week and can be updated
from a computer in the building or over the Internet. This makes
for a nicer looking ‘notice board’ area, or an information point in the
reception area to engage with your audience.
The aim of this guide is to give you an overview of digital signage
including display screens, touch screens, digital signage media
players and digital signage software, including solution ideas.
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What is digital signage?
Digital signage
There are dozens of notice
boards on walls throughout
schools, hospitals,
businesses and public areas.
Many of these are used for
displaying information for
students, staff and visitors,
Health & Safety notices,
information and events, etc.
In shops and public areas, such as
libraries, museums, restaurants,
hospitals and airports, you will see
notice boards and posters all giving
information or advertising services.
A traditional poster is either a printed
A4 or A3 piece of paper which has
been produced from programmes
such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft
Publisher or any of the other word
processing or desktop publishing
packages. When the information on
the printed poster needs changing,
you then need to change the
information in the software package,
reprint and physically swap the posters
on the notice board.
More and more large display screens
are appearing in restaurants, airports,
shopping malls, universities and other
places displaying information such as
“We launched our
restaurant in
London. It features
self-service touch-
screen technology
and a digital menu
board using Repeat
Signage™
digital
signage software.”
Nghi Nguyen,
founder of Velo
Restaurant Ltd.
Repeat Signage™ digital
signage software at Velo
Restaurant Ltd.,Tooley Street,
London Bridge, London
Nexcom
digital signage
media players
Repeat Signage trial download
www.repeatsoftware.com
Digital signage

a newsfeed, weather, date and time,
pictures and videos, etc., this is called
digital signage.
Digital signage is about using small
and large computer monitors (display
screens) to display still and moving
digital posters which have different
information scheduled at varying times
and can be updated from a computer
in the building or over the Internet.
A typical set up is a 42” LCD / LED
screen connected to a computer
(which could be a mini PC on the back
of a screen cabled to a PC base unit
somewhere else, or a slot-in PC that
slots into the back of a screen), plus
some digital signage software.
A classic example would be a screen
in a school reception area or screens
in a college library. These can be
used to display information on school
events such as sports day, drama
productions, after school clubs, parent
evenings, etc. on part of the screen,
and possibly examples of student
artwork on another part of the screen.
Scheduling on the screen could be
used to display different information
at various times of the day. An
example would be events information
to parents in the morning bringing
children to school. This could change
to information to pupils mid morning,
menus to pupils and teachers at
lunchtime, artwork displays or sporting
activities in the afternoon and more
information to parents collecting
children at school leaving time.
Updating information can be done
from another computer on the school’s
computer network with presentations
being sent to the computers attached
to the screens around the building.
In a business reception area, products
and services can be advertised,
and when visitors arrive, they can
be greeted by a welcome message
scrolling along the bottom of the LCD
display screen or interactive display
screen. Where the digital signage
software package has a .PDF page
turning feature then you could include
your company’s brochures, especially
useful when you have an interactive
(touch screen) display screen.
An example would be in a retail store
where desktop touch screens running
signage software displaying the
company logo, date, time and RSS
newsfeed of current offers, and a .PDF
page turning brochure for customers
to browse through the catalogue.
NEC LCD public display
screens displaying
information in a library,
using digital signage
software
Digital signage
displayed at
St. George’s
veterinary hospital,
Wolverhampton

Why not just use PowerPoint instead?
Many schools and businesses
use Microsoft PowerPoint®
on their PC’s for creating
presentations to promote their
activities on display screens
Microsoft PowerPoint®
does an excellent job of
allowing you to design
and display presentations.
PowerPoint is presentation
graphics software and is
one of the best presentation
graphics packages
available.
Digital signage software is different to
presentation graphics software.
Understanding the difference will allow
you to decide whether PowerPoint,
or another presentation graphics
package, is a better option for you
than using digital signage software.
Velo Restaurants Ltd., have successfully
used Repeat Signage™
for 5 years
before upgrading to V4 on Windows 10
Repeat Signage digital
signage software at
Westholme School
Repeat Signage
at Caxton Publishers,
Johannesburg, S.A.
Digital signage

The advantages of
PowerPoint are:
- Very easy to use and many people
are already familiar with this software
package.
- Large number of effects and transitions
between slides, which are generally not
seen in all digital signage packages.
- Is already in use every day in education
establishments and many businesses.
- Licences may already have been
bought and in use in your organisation.
PowerPoint Online is available with
Microsoft Office 365 subscription,
enabling you to view and edit documents
on your mobile devices or you can work
directly with presentations on the website
where presentations are stored.
- Supports a huge variety of audio/video
formats, PDF documents, Microsoft Office
documents, etc, some of which are not
supported in all digital signage software.
The advantages of digital
signage software are:
- Scheduling on an hourly, daily or
weekly basis what is displayed on
screen.
- Depending on the digital signage
software package, allows effects and
transitions, the display of documents
such as Microsoft Word and Excel,
OpenOffice, page turning .PDF files,
PowerPoint scheduling, built-in
spreadsheets and ability to display
content from databases.
- Normally, a choice of where to update
your presentations - over the local
network, via .FTP or over the Internet
form a website or cloud server.
Software licenses may be one-off fee or
subscription SaaS Software as a Service
- Some allow multi-monitor support
for video walls to display a single
presentation that spans all screens or
different presentations on individual
screens. Some packages offer touch
screen support for interactive signage.
- Generally, support for RSS news
feeds, for example, to display news
from the BBC website or your website,
and live video source such as webcams
Panasonic outdoor large format signage display screens
Peerless Xtreme display screens

Promoting your products and services
or creating revenue with digital signage
In many UK Post Offices, you
will now see digital signage
screens displaying adverts
for both local and national
businesses. These are installed
and maintained by advertising
companies who charge these
businesses for displaying
their adverts to Post Office
customers.
A local business could, for example,
have its own commercial LCD display
screen, and using digital signage
software, advertise its own products
and services. There may also be
potential to generate revenue by
advertising other local businesses as
well, perhaps with non-competing
products and services to the same
customers. An example of this
would be an estate agent advertising
the services of interior designers,
decorators, furniture store, house
removal firms, etc.
In the education sector, schools and
colleges could advertise paid for
courses or even generate revenue
from local businesses advertising
beneficial services to students and
parents., such as local piano teachers
advertising lessons or local fitness
instructors promoting aerobic and
dance classes.
Digital signage software allows you to
display your logo, images, text, videos,
date and time, RSS newsfeeds and
other media such as webcams.
Pictures show screenshots of
example presentations using
Repeat Signage V4 digital
signage software. For a trial
download please visit:
Images above
courtesy of
NEC Displays
Digital signage

To compose and display your
posters digitally, you need three
basic components:
-Software to compose and
display your digital posters.
This could be graphics
presentation software such
as Microsoft PowerPoint or
OpenOffice.org Impress; video
editing software such as Windows
Movie Maker; or a professional
digital signage software package
such as Repeat Signage. Signage
software packages are available as
stand alone versions, for updating
content locally, for use with a
computer, media player (mini PC),
OPS Slot-in PC, or for updating
via the Internet. Cloud web-based
signage is where you design and
play our presentations onto a
display via a web browser and
normally offered as a monthly or
annual subscription. Some digital
signage software packages have
touch screen support. Repeat
Signage software allows updating
of content via the Internet without
any subscriptions, you only pay
a one-off license fee for each PC
displaying your presentations.
-Dedicated computer or laptop
or a media player or OPS Slot-
in PC to play your message.
The reason you would use a
dedicated computer is that trying
to work on the same computer
as the one that is playing out your
digital signage presentation would
be difficult, especially when using
High Definition (HD) or Ultra High
Definition (UHD) images or videos,
as this would use up a lot of your
computer’s memory.
A media player is basically a small
computer designed to display
digital signage presentations,
although there are several
models available depending upon
whether you want to display your
presentation over a single LCD
display screen, dual screens,
four screens, etc. Or you can
use an OPS Slot-in PC that fits
display screens with an OPS slot.
Windows and Android models are
available.
What do I need for my
digital signage presentations?
-Display screen on which your
message can be viewed.
For example, a commercial LCD
desktop or large format display
(LFD), commercial LED monitor
(an LCD monitor with LED back-
light), a high-end projector and
projector screen or window film.
High brightness display screens
are available for shop windows,
Ingress Protection (IP rated)
screens and kiosks for outdoor
signage and display screens
for 16/7 and 24/7 operation are
all available on the market from
leading brand manufacturers.
-Or a solution that combines
two or more of these
components.
For example:
1. Digital signage software, a
media player and display screen.
2. Digital signage software and
a display screen with Open
Pluggable Specification (OPS) slot
that allows a Slot-in PC.
3. Display screen with integrated
player and embedded software.
Samsung displays offer MagicInfo
with server, USB or embedded
template options. Sharp signage
display screens for 24/7 retail and
office images has an integrated
4K USB media player, which plugs
into the display screens USB slot.
Sharp large format display screens for landscape or portrait with 24/7, video walls and high brightness models
Nexcom digital signage player

Professional digital signage
software lets you create your
presentation using a variety
of media. Depending on the
software package, for example,
you can insert pictures,
animated gifs, text, Rich Text
Format (allowing you to use
bold, italics, etc), documents
such as Microsoft Word,
Excel, OpenOffice, Adobe
PDF documents, real-time
date and clocks, Flash clocks,
PowerPoint scheduler, video,
webcam, web browser and
RSS feeds.
Turn your display screens into digital notice
boards, menu boards or advert displays
Stand-alone digital signage software is
where you install the software (often a
download link which you can evaluate
first and then purchase the software
licence) onto your computer or laptop.
You design your signage presentation
and then ‘play’ it from your computer
onto a desktop monitor, a large format
display screen or through a projector
onto a projector screen or window film.
Using your normal computer to play
a signage presentation and work on
your computer at the same time is
not practical. Dedicated computers,
called digital signage players or media
players are normally used to play out
presentations onto screens.
Some digital signage software allows
you to create presentations for
interactive touch screens.
Digital signage players (also called
media players or mini PC’s) are
available with dual, quad or multiple
outputs that allow you to play your
presentations onto a video wall, also
called a media wall.
Some large format display screens
(LFD) have an OPS slot to allow a
Slot-in PC, which keeps the Slot-in-PC
securely and neatly tucked away at the
back of the screen, thus deterring theft
and tampering with software.
When using display screens without a
Slot-in-PC option, mounting solution
manufacturers have provided mounts
Large format display (LFD) with Nexcom OPS module
player (Slot-in PC), playing digital signage software
Professional digital
signage software
Professional digital signage software

to incorporate a media player to be
sited within the bracket and screen
installation.
Stand alone digital signage software,
depending on the software, may be
available in Standalone, Standard
or Media Wall editions. All-in-one
usually denotes that all elements are
included in the software, for example,
a designer to create your presentation;
a scheduler to specify the date and
time you want your presentations
to be displayed and for how long,
and a player that ‘plays out’ your
presentation onto your display screen.
These all-in-one stand-alone software
packages are cost effective as you
normally pay one licence fee for the
whole software solution. This license
fee may be renewable after a given
period of time or be a lifetime one-off
license fee, with upgrade options.
Another important feature to consider
is the support in the form of a help
system, free or paid for training videos
and free or chargeable email support.
Depending on the digital signage
software, licences may cover the
software being displayed on a single
display screen, dual screens, four
screens etc. Where you want to
display different presentations on each
of four screens, for example, some
software packages need one license
for installation onto one computer
attached to four screens. Others may
require a separate software licence
for each computer and screen. For
education and large corporations, site
licenses may be available.
All this sounds very complicated, but
as there are so many options on the
market, it is worth the time and effort
to trial a few and check the licensing
requirements before purchasing.
Digital signage software that is cloud
based (Internet/web-based portal)
means that the software is hosted on
the software developer’s website and
you use your web browser on your
computer, smartphone or tablet, to
create your account and log-in. From
there you can design, schedule and
distribute your signage presentations
to your display screens. Cloud signage
is normally Software as a Service
(SaaS), on subscription, where you pay
for different levels of service.
Not everyone wants to host their
presentations on third party websites,
however some software offer a choice
of updating content.
Repeat Signage™ V4 digital signage
software helps you get your message
across and promote your products
or service. It is easy to use and you
can create a presentation and have
it playing in minutes. You just need a
Windows based PC, a large display
screen and Repeat Signage. Features
include touch screen support,
remote updating and scheduling
of presentations, and it supports
Windows 10, 8/8.1, 7, Vista and XP.
Why Repeat Signage? The Repeat
Software team will give you an
outstanding level of support with free
training videos, sample presentations
and we have satisfied customers in
over 29 countries across the globe.
Developed in the UK, Repeat Software
Ltd can customise Repeat Signage
V4 for industry specific and regional
versions.
Download trial edition
Repeat Signage V4 Standalone
This edition is designed to be used in
reception areas, on exhibition stands
and in individual shops. You can
design a presentation and then just
play it on screen, or when Windows
starts. Changing the presentation
content is done manually. The only
control that allows remote updating
is the Flash RSS feed control. From
within the software you can access
our cloud server where you can
create RSS news feeds to display and
update in the Standalone edition.
Repeat Signage V4 Standalone edition
is in use on some RAF (UK Royal Air
Force) bases in the UK for displaying
information. Because of internal
security policies, the digital signage
computers were not allowed to be
networked, so a quickly updatable
standalone system, with minimal
training, was required. Internet-based
digital signage systems simply cannot
be used in this type of situation.

Creating digital signage presentations
To create your signage presentations you can start with a
blank page or template or have a graphic designer create you
a professionally designed custom template for your business
Professional digital signage
software, such as Repeat
Signage, lets you create your
presentation using a variety of
media. You can insert pictures,
animated gifs, text, Rich Text
Format (allowing you to use
bold, italics, etc), documents
such as Microsoft Word, Excel,
OpenOffice, Adobe PDFs,
real-time date and clocks, Flash
clocks, PowerPoint scheduler,
video, webcam, web browser
and RSS feeds.
Sample professionally designed medical template from Joe Mule Creatives
Using one of the simple included
templates, you double click the
pictures and replace these for your
own pictures. Double click the text
and again, replace with your own
text. You could add one of your
videos instead of a picture and an
RSS newsfeed, Flash clock or other
media.
You can use the advert templates
to generate an income by
displaying these ar set times of the
day or week.

Professionally designed restaurant template from Joe Mule Creatives
This simple presentation was
created by inserting media into a
blank template in Repeat Signage
digital signage software.
With a blue background, we
inserted a logo (picture), date
and time, a play list of pictures, a
spreadsheet displaying surgery,
patient names and duty doctors,
an RSS feed, and along the
bottom of the presentation, text
and images. A receptionist can
easily edit the spreadsheet which
updates on the display screen
showing the presentation.
Digital signage presentation examples
This example is a
spreadsheet displaying
a menu with text, prices
and pictures.
You cculd create a
presentation with your
logo, date, time, RSS
feed and spreadsheet.
You can schedule
different presentations to
play at various times of
the day or week.

Digital signage presentations
Repeat SignageV4 Standard - Remote and network updatable system for schools, retail outlets and
businesses. Includes a built-in spreadsheet for sales graphs, menus, class lists, etc. Touch screen support.
Download Repeat Signage software
onto a Windows PC. Open the software
and click Presentations. Select Create
a Presentation. Either select a template
and change our images and text for
your images and text, or select a blank
template and insert a variety of media to
create a presentation.
In our hotel example, we inserted
pictures, text, Flash clock, Flash banner
(text over pictures) and an RSS news
feed. Once inserted, you drag and
drop into position. Double clicking each
control opens up options so you can
change fonts, size, colours, time zones,
transparency and how long you want
each picture to display before changing
to the next picture.
The sample presentation for the
Ambassador Hotel in Cork was simply
designed using one of their corporate
colours for the background.
Along the top, the hotel logo, name,
date and time were inserted and moved
into position and fonts and colours
selected. The bottom bar shows the
hotel’s contact details.
Using the Flash banner control (text over
pictures) a playlist of hotel pictures was
created with a choice of 50 transitions to
change from one picture to the next after
a pre-selected time, e.g. 10 seconds.
Text label colours and background can
be customised to corporate colours.
The green bar is a rectangle shape with
pictures and RSS feed inserted on top.
Screenshots right show how the play list
of pictures changes. Ideal for reception
to showcase hotel facilities to guests.
Repeat Signage V4 Standard Edition is ideal to showcase products and services in a
variety of businesses. Examples show how pictures change to showcase hotel facilities
How to create a Repeat Signage digital signage presentation

Digital signage for corporate applications
Repeat Signage V4 allows the
insertion, with drag and drop and easy
resize, of a variety of media including
pictures, animated gif (or svg), text,
Flash banner (pictures with text), Flash
clocks, Flash RSS reader, Flash (swf),
Flash video (flv), audio, document, RTF
document, PowerPoint, spreadsheet
(has an in-built spreadsheet), page-
turning PDF, webcam and web
browser.
Displaying spreadsheets allows
you to display information such as
sales graphs, hospital patient lists or
classroom attendance lists.
The Repeat Pictures feature (in all
editions) has 4,000+ icons for use in
your presentations. You can select an
advert template and create adverts for
complementary products or services
to generate an income.
Repeat Signage allows you to
update your content from a local
network, from a website, via FTP or
you can update remotely over the
Internet. From the main menu select
RepeatServer.com to create your RSS
feeds, access over 3,000 images for
use in Repeat Signage, and update
your presentations anywhere in the
world (with an Internet connection).
For businesses that use a database
for querying product information,
then the ability to display content
from a database into a digital
signage presentation opens up many
possibilities. Both the Repeat Signage
V4 Corporate and Media Wall editions
include database support.
Repeat Signage at Caxton Publishers, Johannesburg, S.A., and below, Repeat
Signage on outdoor displays at Harrisburg International Airport (HIA),
Pennsylvania, United States.
Repeat SignageV4 Corporate - Remote and updatable system with professional features plus the ability
to display information from databases.Touch screen support.
Repeat Signage trial edition Repeat Signage success stories

Digital signage presentations
The Repeat Software
development team are able to
customise the Repeat Signage
Standard edition software for
niche markets, such as Repeat
Signage for UK Estate Agents
This edition is the customised
Standard edition plus the ability to
display RightMove and ExpertAgent
property files. The software also
includes templates for you to easily
create your signage presentations.
Repeat Software are happy to work
with IT and AV resellers and resellers
in niche markets to customise for
particular markets, such as adult care
and residential care homes.
Brand manufacturers, such as Sharp,
NEC, LG and Panasonic, have high
brightness large format displays in
their range, which are ideal for placing
in estate agents’ windows or retail
stores.
Picture right is a Sharp digital signage
display screen; picture below an LG
window-facing display screen.
Repeat SignageV4 for UK Estate Agents - Customised Standard edition plus the ability to display
RightMove and ExpertAgent property files. Touch screen support.
Sharp PN-Y series
of displays for
digital signage
applications
Repeat Signage template, change our images and text for your own

Repeat Signage Media Wall edition
digital signage software is designed
for use with 4-screen video walls. You
can display a presentation across all 4
screens or have different presentations
playing on individual screens.
Presentations can be designed in any
resolution, such as Full HD 1920x1080p
or Ultra HD 4K at 3840x2160 pixels, in
landscape or portrait.
Although Repeat Signage Media Wall
has 4-monitor support, it has been
running successfully for several years
as a donor wall in a US hospital. All 6
display screens of various sizes and
orientation, display a single image, and
using playlists and scheduling, changes
to pictures of the hospital donors,
spreadsheet of donations and pictures
of purchased medical equipment.
Repeat Signage trial edition
Repeat Signage atYowi Dell in Kuala Lumpur
Repeat Signage Media Wall in use at a US hospital as a ‘donor wall’
Repeat SignageV4 MediaWall - Fully featured professional signage for creating 4-monitor media and
video walls. Database support. Touch screen support.
Digital signage for video walls

Digital signage players
Digital signage players
Sharp digital signage display screen
with embedded USB media player
Media players, or digital
signage players, which they are
also known as, are available
for both Windows and Android
operating systems, with various
specifications from displaying
signage presentations onto a
single display screen or multi-
screen video walls.
Media players are available with or
without digital signage software.
Once you have created your signage
presentations, you connect the media
player to a display screen or video wall
panels.
In 2007, the first Slot-in PC’s appeared
on the market, in which you slotted a
Slot-in computer into the side or rear
of a display screen, thus deterring theft
and tampering. These were followed
in 2009 by OPS (Open Pluggable
Standard), which are the same in
that they accommodate Slot-in PC’s,
but with a much smaller slot for the
OPS Slot-in PC. Both Windows and
Android operating system Slot-in PC’s
are now available on the market.
In 2013, Samsung brought out System
on Chip (SoC), initially introduced
on TV’s, and together with their
digital signage software, MagicInfo,
provided customers with an all-in-one
solution. Their MagicInfo Lite software
is shipped with their display screens
with options to upgrade to MagicInfo
Premium software depending on
whether you want light signage with
basic features or a fully featured
software solution.
In 2014, Sharp introduced an
embedded USB media player into
their PN-Y series of displays, for
LANless and light signage USB based
applications. You can load .jpg and/
or .vmw contents onto any USB
memory stick, which you insert into
the USB port of the display screen.
The embedded USB media player in
the display screen then looks into the
USB’s folder and automatically plays a
maximum 30 contents cued onto it.
Where you need the power of a
computer operating system to display
your digital signage presentations,
especially if you are using HD graphics
and videos, then you would need
to consider a media player that is a
dedicated computer, rather than a
USB media player.
The NEXCOM NDiS series, with
fanless design for almost silent
operation, addresses the requirements
for a broad spectrum of digital
signage applications. This series of
cost-effective digital signage players
support single, dual and multiple
display screens, whilst their OPS Slot-
in PC’s slot into the back of display
screens with an OPS Slot, for both
Windows and Android. NEXCOM
also specialise in industrial fanless
computers and PC factory automation.
Edis Audio Visual have both Windows
and Android Quad Core players in their
portfolio, plus an ultra mini Windows
Quad Core fanless player with
embedded Windows 8.1 software,
that plays your digital signage
presentations through the USB port of
a display screen.

Edis AV Ultra Mini PC
NEC OPS Slot-in options, for
both Windows and Android
NEXCOM NDiS series embedded
computer media players for
Full HD video playback (picture
above) and 4K2K video playback
(picture below)
NEXCOM OPS Slot-in PC
AOPEN digital signage player

Large format displays
for your digital signage
presentations
Although you can use desktop
monitors for signage applications,
especially desktop touch screens
for reception desks, or high-end
projectors for displaying signage
presentations onto projector screens,
generally, digital signage presentations
are played onto large format display
screens. These commercially built
large format displays, (not comsumer
TV’s), are single display panels in
either landscape or portrait, or video
walls, ideal for displaying your content,
whether images, videos, PowerPoint
or digital signage presentations.
Projectors have the advantage of
allowing large images to be displayed
at a low cost. However, don’t forget to
take into consideration the lamp life
of projectors, unless you are using a
Professional (commercial) screens
are better constructed, have better
manufacturer warranties and some
are designed for 12/7, 16/7 or 24/7
operation. These displays are of
better build than consumer models,
have better warranties and more
connectivity. Should you use domestic
(consumer) screens for commercial
applications, depending on
manufacturer, you are likely to negate
the warranty.
Some digital signage software
packages are designed for use with
touch screens, for example, Repeat
Signage. Most higher education,
shopping centres and airports now
have kiosks with built in touch screens
that allow you to find information or
wayfinding directions.
Touch screen technology has moved
on, therefore it is important to buy
the right technology, for example,
infrared (IR,) Optical Sensing,
Projected Capacitive (P-CAP), for your
application .
Display screens
Display screens
zero maintenance projector with laser
light source, which have up to 20,000
hours life and no replacement bulbs.
Where you are displaying digital
signage with projectors in school
hours, then the displays could be on
for over 40 hours per week. However,
in retail or public areas it could be
operational for up to 24 hours a day,
and there are projectors on the market
designed for 24/7 operation.
Many of the new LCD and LED TV’s
that you see in high street stores are
now inexpensive. However, you need
to be aware that these are designed
for consumers watching television
around 4 hours per day and are not
designed for digital signage.
Sharp displays
Sharp large format displays, with LED
backlights, include high brightness
models for displays in shop windows and
24/7 digital signage displays. Their 90”
model, at 2m length in portrait mode can
display life-size images of people.

NEC Displays
NEC have a wide range of large format displays including
models for 12/7 and 24/7 operation, landscape and portrait
models, high brightness, and ultra-slim bezels for video
walls.
NEC large format displays above 32-inch and the PA, PX
series of high-end projectors have OPS Slots in readiness
for NEC OPS Slot-in-PCs, which allow you to display your
digital signage presentations.
ViewSonic
ViewSonic large format displays are ideal for a variety
of commercial applications. ViewSonic have their own
Signage Manager Express which allows you to publish
PowerPoint slides directly to the player (static only),
for looping or weekly schedule. ViewSonic also have
e-posters for retail and ViewBoard for education and
the TD range of touch screen monitors.

Display screens and interactive displays
Sony BRAVIA
Sony BRAVIA Professional
displays are slim and energy
efficient making them ideal for
digital signage applications in
a variety of hospitality, retail,
public areas and corporate
applications.
Sony BRAVIA Pro displays
from 40-inch diagonal to
100-inch, are available in Full
HD resolution and 4K, all with
LED backlighting for energy
efficiency.
BenQ
BenQ’s interactive displays,
both for the education and
corporate markets, are
designed to encourage
collaborative learning and
team building in education and
business.
BenQ’s super narrow P-series
of large format displays have
high brightness, up to 50,000
hours life, optimised for portrait
as well as landscape mode,
with 24.7 operation. Ideal for
single panel displays or video
walls up to 10x10 panels, in
bars, restaurants, hotels and
other public areas.

ELO Touch Solutions
Elo Touch Solutions provide touch
screens for a variety of applications
across education, healthcare, retail,
corporate, etc. With Point of Sales
(POS), check out and large touch
screen monitors, Elo Touch allows you
to fully engage your customers in the
retail sector.
Their range of interactive digital
signage (IDS) solutions allow you to
show product availability, let customers
purchase and ship gifts on their own,
offer timely promotions and tie your
dot com site to your store.
Elo Touch Solutions include a variety
of touch technology for use with finger
touch, gloved hands, etc., and UK
demonstrations are available.
iiyama
iiiyama have a wide range of desktop, large format displays and
multi-touch LED display screens for a variety of applications
including large format displays, from 32 to 70-inch diagonal, for
digital signage.
Digital signage software that enables touch screen support, such
as Repeat Signage, is ideal for interacting with your customers,
and iiyama have a wide range of touch screen options from 15 to
32-inch. More and more doctors surgeries now have touch screen
check-in, and when coupled with interactive digital signage, can
enable patients to see what other services and clinics are available.
Elo Touch Solutions

LG
LG range of commercial LED
displays include models for signage
solutions, bezel Direct video
wall panels and super narrow
premium video wall panels, ideal
for retail, shopping malls, airports
and other public areas. LG also
specialise in commercial hotel
and hospitality TV’s. The outdoor
range of displays include open
frame models, high brightness and
window facing displays. Window
facing displays are ideal for both
retail stores and estate agents
windows for showcasing properties
via digital signage presentations.
LG’s 10-inch signage displays
(picture lower left) fit neatly on retail
shelves to engage customers.
Hitachi
Hitachi’s 65-inch interactive multi-touch
displays with the option of integrated PC
are ideal for digital signage presentations.
Download your compatible digital signage
software onto the PC and design your
presentation before displaying. With a bright
LED anti-glare screen, two powerful 15W
speakers and the latest wireless capability – all
you need to do is walk in, turn it on and inspire.
Models in the range also include 84-inch.
InFocus
InFocus have a range of touch
screen solutions including JTouch
Displays in sizes 40-inch to 80-inch,
JTouch Whiteboard in sizes 40-inch
to 65-inch JTouch Whiteboard with
LightCast which gives wireless
collaboration, ideal for education
and business. Also in the range is
BigTouch 57-inch to 80-inch and
Mondopad collaboration solution
in sizes 57-inch to 80-inch which
is designed for corporate video
conferencing.

Toshiba
Toshiba family of commercial
displays include hospitality
TVs to create a more engaging
experience for guests
with a stream of impactful
entertainment and information;
professional signage displays
including Ultra HD models,
designed for many hours of
usage; easy signage TV’s for
use at health spa’s, gyms and
hotel fitness suites; and video
wall panels so you create large
images to ensure everyone
sees your message clearly.
Panasonic
Panasonic range of professional displays include
high definition LCD indoor and outdoor screens,
large and standard sized formats, multi-touch
displays, video walls and large format 4K displays.
Their indoor System on Chip (SoC) displays are
ideal for digital signage featuring an Android™
based App platform.
Panasonic video wall displays
Toshiba video wall displays

Samsung video wall panels
Samsung
Samsung have a wide range
of Smart Signage LCD / LED
display screens for a range of
applications in retail, hospitality,
corporate, airports, shopping
malls, etc. Samsung also
specialise in display panels for
video walls, business monitors,
commercial TV’s, Interactive
eboard, Smart Signage TV and
Smart LED signage.
Samsung’s MagicInfo™ Lite
and system-on-chip (SoC)
technology, provides built-in
digital signage software for
an all-in-one display solution.
There are options to upgrade
from MagicInfo™ Lite,
therefore, whether you have
single display screens with
Samsung’s built-in PC signage
or are running multi-monitor
networks, Samsung MagicInfo-i
Premium allows display control
from a web-based portal.
Philips Signage Solutions U-Line display
Philips
Philip’s Signature digital signage
solution range includes the
commercial displays include
the basic signage slim Full HD
Q-Line available with Ambilight for
43”, 48” and 55” models, ideal
for car showrooms; the V-Line
high brightness range for 24/7
operation in airports and public
areas; the E-Line professional
24/7 displays with OPS Slot for
Quick Service Restaurants (QSR);
Ultra HD signage 4K resolution
U-Line, designed for 24/7, portrait
mode operability and the ultra
narrow bezel X-Line for video
walls in shopping mails and large
retail stores. For interactive
signage Full HD the T-Line are
multi-touch displays for a variety
of applications.

Aqualite
Aqualite Outdoor TV specialise in
outdoor (IP66 rated) LCD and LED
TV/digital displays. Their robust
design and weatherproof/dustproof
IP66 rating allows them to be used
in extreme temperatures and high
humidity. Available in Standard
Brightness or High Brightness
‘Sunlight Readable’. The latter are
best suited to extreme high bright
conditions where there is little or no
shade. Aqualite screens are ideal
for theme parks, outdoor sporting
events, yachts, beer gardens,
wildlife parks, museums, etc. All
Aqualite Outdoor screens can be
supplied as Touch Screen displays,
this essentially turns them into a
very large Android tablet computer.
With multipoint touch and
weatherproof capability they’re ideal
for running Android apps outdoors.
Peerless Xtreme
Xtreme™ fully-sealed, seamless
professional flat panel displays from
Peerless-AV are outdoor screens,
without vents, filters, or exhaust
fans. The displays are IP68 rated
providing the highest possible level
of environmental protection, ensuring
nothing gets in and nothing gets out
regardless of the display placement
or environment. The streamlined
design is ideal for use in a wide
range of commercial applications
from theme parks and visitor
attractions to transport hubs and
shopping centres. The menu board
pedestal models (left) are ideal for
drive-thru quick service restaurants
and other outdoor ordering and
information points. Optical bonding
ensures that Xtreme displays deliver
exceptional readability even in direct
sunlight by eliminating reflections.
Peerless Xtreme™ outdoor
professional flat panel
displays and menu boards
Aqualite outdoor TV/digital displays and touch screens

Where the display has an OPS slot in
which to slot in a PC at the back of the
screen, then installation onto a wall or
ceiling mount is a simple procedure, as
the PC fits snugly in line with the back
of the screen.
Where you are using a separate media
player, then consideration needs to be
given as to where you can site this.
Unicol wall mounts with a small PC
housing are suitable for small form
factor PCs. These interface units,
either flat to wall or tilting, can reduce
installation time. Custom made and
security locking versions are also
available.
A flat/tilt wall mount with media device
storage for 27” to 60” flat panel displays
is Peerless-AV’s DS508 dual purpose
solution for commercial applications,
providing media controller housing and
access as well as security features. The
open wall plate design gives plenty of
wall access for installation of electrical
outlets and running of input cables and
you need a separate adapter plate to fit
your screen. Displays can be mounted
in both landscape and portrait.
Mounting your digital
signage display screens
Unicol
PCZW
PCZX
Media player
mounts
Media player
mounts
Unicol Adapta-Wall ‘push to
close - push to open’ mount
with secure latching.
Unicol Screentrac is a modular
track system for linear
mounting flat screens in any
number, ideal for digital
menus in fast food restaurants.
Wall
mounts
Peerless DS-MBZ642L
quick service restaurant
menu board mount
creates a mounting
surface through
connecting wall plates.
Constructing a Unicol freestanding video wall
stand ideal for foyers or exhibition stands
Peerless DS508
Display signage mounting solutions

TOP-TEC
Voyager
MediaMast Trolley
Peerless DST942-6 multi-display ceiling mount
Trolleys and carts
Ceiling mounts
ErgoMounts EMX200 extending
wall arm ideal hotel TV’s
Unicol CP1-1000 twin
LCD display ceiling mount
Peerless SR598
SmartMount® flat panel cart
for 55” to 98” displays
Unicol Rhobus
4-screen trolley
Loxit Hi-Lo Mono single
column floor mounted
electric screen lift
Wall arms
Peerless articulating wall arm mount

Repeat Signage
digital signage software
Repeat Signage™ V4
digital signage software
forWindows
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Repeat Signage digital signage software helps you get your message
across and promote your products or service. It is easy to use and you
can create a presentation and have it playing in minutes. Trial download
You need a Windows based PC, a display screen and Repeat Signage.
Features include touch screen support, remote updating and scheduling
of presentations, and it supports Windows 10, 8/8.1, 7, Vista and XP.
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Digital signage is about displaying still and moving images onto a display screen or video wall
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1. Download Repeat Signage software onto your Windows computer
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3. Connect your computer to a display screen to play your presentations and engage
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