Is the Media Player Quickly Becoming A Commodity?
By Gary Kayye, CTS
I have to admit, the first time I ever saw a digital signage media player I thought, hey, that’s just a small, repackaged PC. And, I was right. The manufacturer will remain nameless (as there are so many of them) but it was, in fact, just a repackaged Windows-based PC with less connectors and color-coded ports.
Worse yet, it was actually using the same version of Windows we all have experienced – blue screen of death and all…
But, much to my chagrin, I saw hundreds of them installed at a MAJOR airport we’ve ALL connected through – some actually displaying Microsoft errors. True story.
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