May
Outdoor Touch Screen Weather Proof & Water Proof Solution
Outdoor touch screen solutions are now coming on, but they have to be weather proof and water proof to cope with the riggers of an outdoor location.
Touch screen technology is developing very fast, from the early days of the touch screen computers on factory floors, now we see similar touch technology in our local supermarkets such as in Tesco, Somerfield and Sainsbury’s for the self serve checkouts.
The digital signage industry has seen a steady growth in consumer interaction and uses these solutions to test what type of customer this marketing campaign attracts, and then when the demographics are proven the digital signage company can sell this “proven” solution to anyone who can afford it.
Now digital signage is migrating outdoors, so expect to see plenty of outdoor digital signage solutions in the next six months. This is when touch screen technology will meet with digital signage.
From touch screen kiosks to touch screen digital posters for outdoor digital signage applications, there is a solution, but this hardware has to be rugged enough to cope with the weather and rain, so the perfect solution is a weather proof and water proof touch screen, this can be achieved by using through glass touch technology, this fits to the inside of a stores window or door and all the technology is protected behind the plate glass window of the store, however if your budget is much smaller, there is another solution.
A touch screen digital signage solution, is an LCD enclosure that is fitted with 5 wire infra red touch panel specifically designed for outdoor use, so all you need to do is add you LCD screen and plug in the connectors, switching the screen on results in the content running from the small factor PC or media player in the LCD enclosure to the display and the user controls it all by touch, this solution is IP65 and NEMA 4X.
LCD Enclosure Global have developed a touch screen digital signage enclosure, this goes hand in hand with their indoor digital signage solutions including the smaller digital poster
LCD Enclosures Global – anything else is a compromise.