Every year after DSE, we give out our annual Digital Signage CHAMPS awards. Here’s all the products and solutions we thought were the best of the best for 2012. Congratulations to all the winners!
Most Innovative New DS Hardware Product (tie):
NEC’s v651-T – A 65″ with optical multi-touch
Planar Mosaic Architectural Displays
Most Creative Display Technology (tie):
NanoLumens 112-inch flexible, light LED Display
MRI ThruVu Transparent Digital Cooler Display Door
Best DS Software Add-On App:
Hughes BreakRoom TV allows companies to display company content along with normal programming in a staff lounge
Best DS Sound Product:
Parametric Sound, a new way of producing and regenerating sound
Most Innovative New DS Software Product:
Cloud Push by Advanced Communication Technology & Solutions Corp.
Most Innovative New DS Hardware Product:
BrightSign Synchronized Displays
Best PC-Based Hardware Solution:
TTUFF Technologies Intros OPS Drive System
Best New Indoor DS Display:
MRI ThruVu
Best New Outdoor DS Display (tie):
Delphi Display System’s Digital Sidewalk Signboard (old school chalkboard meets new school DS)
MRI First Interactive Touch Screen Outdoor Display
Best 3D-Based DS Product:
Exceptional 3D Glasses-Free Display (Demonstrated in Ingram Micro’s booth)
Best Entry-Level DS Package:
Direct TV
Best Personal Messaging Product:
Xpodigital RFID technology and personalized DS messages
Best DS Kiosk (tie):
Peerless Interactive Large Format Kiosks for Ultra Thin Displays
AOpen’s HTML5-based control and interaction kiosk interfaces
Best Booth:
MRI’s Totally Applications-Focused Booth
Best DS SaaS (Software as a Solution) Network:
VISIX
Best Interactive DS Product:
Omnivex’s Wayfinding Software
Best Software Tool You Probably Didn’t See:
NEC is now offering creative content development as a service!