Advantech unveils new embedded network digital signage player

Advantech has released Australia’s first embedded network digital signage player, designed to facilitate the dynamic presentation of rich multimedia content in retail and other out-of-home environments. With a compact, rugged aluminium chassis and fanless design, the DSA-2100 provides a robust solution for digital signage projects of any configuration or scale.
 
With the falling prices of large LCD and plasma displays, the digital signage market is rapidly gaining ground as a cost-effective and high-exposure method of communicating with a large audience, whether it be consumers in a supermarket, students at a university campus or passengers at an airport terminal. The worldwide digital outdoor advertising market is expected to surpass $2 billion in just the next three years.*
 
The DSA-2100 supports the simultaneous presentation of video (MPEG 1/2/4), images (JPEG, BMP) and scrolling text that are stored locally on the in-built 40GB HDD. The compact chassis is designed to be connected to the rear of many large format displays, and true high-definition output (up to 1920 x 1080) is achieved via a digital DVI-D connection. For standard definition and development purposes the DSA-2100 also features an s-video and composite video connection, and an RS-232 port allows for further project specific integration. The DSA-2100 features an automatic play-after-reboot function as well as a hardware watchdog timer that ensures continual playback of content.
 
Content can be managed by Advantech’s intuitive Composer software, designed to allow administration and secure media distribution from a central location over an IP network. Users can specify 24-hour content schedules to provide further focus to the content playing at any specific time of day.