From Indoor Digital Signage to Outdoor Digital Signage In Less Than Two Years

From digital posters and digital menu boards we have all been familiar with electronic menu's presenting tempting food for lunch and dinner, now with the improvement of the signage hardware more and more installations are branching out into what was previously un- chartered waters.

Now if you where to put a regular indoor kiosk outdoors it would not last long at all, as soon as there was any falls of rain or a frustrated youth. This is why there is a demand to protect outdoor digital signage, should any of the hardware get harmed the advertising campaigns are terminated.

So what are the options?
There are specifically produced outdoor kiosks these offer protection from the weather with water proof and weather proof seals stoping any water or sand ingress. Imagine the problems if any sand got into the hardware. However these come at a cost.

There is another option and that is to use a standard commercial grade LCD screen along with a media player and fit them into a protective case, this case can be produced to look like other kiosks with cable access in the base and even to include interactive capabilities, this options is much more affordable however it does offer the same protection as a dedicated outdoor kiosk.

Now you can even do this even cheaper with an LCD advertising display, these have a built in media player so updates are through a USB connection in the screen. Mount it into a protective LCD enclosure and you have the same outside protection for less than $1500 not bad value for a 42" outside dynamic sign.

This is one sure way of producing a digital signage network to a very small budget and then as the revenue streams grows with the demand for customers to put their ads on your network you can replace these with branded kiosks adding more credibility to your organisation.

Outdoor electronic signage will certainly follow the trends associated with indoor advertising and will certainly be sprouting up in even more obscure locations. No matter what the size of your budget or campaign, there is an advertising solution for you and your budget.

About the Author:
Graham owns the leading manufacturer of LCD enclosures, this range of LCD enclosure are used throughout the world through a network of integrators.