How To: Build a Cheap Alternative to Digital Signage. Mount an LCD TV in Portrait Mode.

This video displays a brief overview of our current digital signage set-up. I was looking to find an alternative to expensive “all in one” digital signs. The products used to achieve this alternative are listed below…

– Samsung LN40B500P3F 40″ LCD TV
– AVF LCD554PB LCD Mount
– Mediasonic HM5 media player

Many 40″ LCD TVs have a 400mm x 400mm square VESA pattern. Thus the pattern supports mounting in portrait mode. I have used a universal articulating mount and simply flipped the TV.

The video that we display is simply a video file constructed on its side. It is being played by a Mediasonic HM5 media player. This media player plays many popular video formats. It is a low power alternative to running a computer alongside our LCD. It simply loops the video file 24 hours a day.

I will have a video review of the Mediasonic HM5 in the near future.
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How To Mount Digital Outdoor Signage

Outside electronic signage owing to its distinctiveness is sometimes positioned in some high visible part, but mounting the LCD advertising screen at the accurate height can be an dilemma.

When digital outside advertising is deliberate it will be in a high traffic spot, but one thing to deliberate is how to mount the equipment, in particular when you take the total weight of the equipment and the LCD monitor enclosure into account, as this can be a monstrous 165lb!

If you are in the sector you will be aware of some of the following, so please excuse it as we don’t wish to try and tell you how to suck eggs.

The technique the outside digital advertising systems is mounted is the weakest point of the deployment; some organizations have a policy to fasten the protective LCD housing that protect the solution from the climate and physical assault directly to the wall, other firms based on the location the solution is being employed in need to angle the hardware so customers are not struggling to see the commercials.

There are numerous solutions for mounting a range of defensive LCD monitor cases; let us first look at the LCD casing and how it can be mounted.

Each cabinet can be mounted straight to the wall through the rear wall of the casing, audio visual integrators as a rule use anchor bolts for maximum strength, however if the unit has to be at an angle down this is accomplished using the rear mounting pattern on the enclosure that is 600 x 400 and is well-matched with all VESA 600 x 400 universal brackets, making the device as cost effective as doable, as there is no need to purchase dear mounting frames specific to mount the enclosure.

Do you know what VESA is?VESA is an acronym for Video Electronics Standards Association and is an Intercontinental standard that is used to mount flat panel screens, nonetheless there are the odd manufacturer of digital signage TVs for digital signage that are not compatible with VESA, so you have to obtain over priced mounting frames from the TV manufacturers.

This standard refers to the mounting holes, for instance a 600 x 400 VESA mount has mounting openings on the rear of the TV display at 600 mm wide x 400 mm high on the center line of the screen and varies according to the screen deployed.

Graham is the leading manufacturer a range of LCD enclosures, this range of product is supplied to digital signage integrators throughout the world, now they also offer an indoor solution a digital poster, but it does not have the protection of an LCD enclosure.