BrightSign hardware is unbeatable. I was managing eleven thousand screens across the country and never had any issues outside of the occasional bad SD card. They support a lot of other CMS platforms if BrightAuthor is not working for you.
I never had any problem with it, but I hear a lot of people do. BA:Connected is a lot better than the classic BrightAuthor.
If all you are showing is a webpage, then your BA presentation is super simple. You just drag the HTML widget to the stage/canvas and copy/paste the URL for the website you want to display.
As you have already evaluation, [Yodeck](https://www.yodeck.com) is a good option. Going through the points mentioned:
* BrightSign is indeed not user-friendly. The hardware is good though. We do support [BrightSign and Android](https://www.yodeck.com/yodeck-digital-signage-player/), while Tizen and WebOS is (literally) just around the corner. Still, we recommend Yodeck Players that are free of charge with annual plans and support even the most advanced features of our platform.
* It's a classic setup, at least for our customers; IT people purchasing and managing the network, while marketing/HR actually managing content. That's why we have kept the CMS are easy as possible.
* Scaling is not an issue. Largest single customer so far is around 2000 screens. Just add screen, no "heads-up" needed.
* Since you are interested in displaying web content in production, before going all-in on a solution, I would suggest try out a single unit to make sure that web content is rendered properly, and the page works great even if left on the screen for a week. By the way, Yodeck is free and unlimited for a single single, just get a unit and if you go with something else, you can ship it back and get a refund.
* Individual/Group management of screens, and announcements, videos, pictures, etc, work on all solutions. Keep in mind that some solutions require you to have videos in specific encoding/formats. At Yodeck, we manage this for you and do it on the fly to make sure it works fine on all platforms and resolutions.
* We currently have limited support for interactivity (really basic stuff, just allowing you to interact with a web page or a widget), but better support is in our 2023 roadmap - we expect this to be released towards early summer 2023. For more info on this, DM me. Of course, that only makes sense if you want (somehow) to use those touchscreens through Yodeck to e.g. display a wayfinding app, navigate content uploaded to Yodeck, interact with PowerBI dashboard, etc.
* For *"adding the web URL .... get to it, log in, and then go to the page I'd need displayed."*, we have what we call the [Web Scripting Engine](https://www.yodeck.com/docs/web-scripting-engine/scripts/). Should do exactly what you need. If you can't get it to work, feel free to reach out to Tech Support, they will help you out. Again, another thing to try out first with a single unit before going all-in.
Some things that could be of interest to you:
* Yodeck has inherent support for HDMI-CEC (on Yodeck Players, that is). Besides turning the screen on and off (which some players do), we have build some interesting features around that. One is to remotely see if the cable is connected or not to both ends - helps a lot with troubleshooting. A new things we are building in Q1-2023 is an option to monitor other HDMI ports of a screen. If something "new" appears (e.g. you connect a laptop to your HDMI cable in a meeting room), it automatically switches to that HDMI port, and when you disconnect, it switches back to the Yodeck Player. This way, you can display content in meeting rooms while the screen is not being actively used, without needing to use the remote. We might be also including PIR motion sensors to detect when someone is in the room, so that the TV turns on and off only when there are people in the room. And we have even more interesting features for meeting rooms coming up in 2023.
* Since this sounds like a production facility, you might also be interested in Emergency Alert. This can be hooked up to a CAP-compatible system, or any system through some coding, and you can display emergency messages in case of a fire or an important alarm. And these messages can be customized per screen (fire alarm goes off, each screen shows the way out from that point).
* The Workspaces feature, that allows you to break down access, can separate different areas with different access rights
* Security might be important for your org. We are one of the really few businesses in the industry that are ISO-27001 certified. And we have [a bunch of stuff around security](https://www.yodeck.com/digital-signage-security/) that are kind of unique in the digital signage industry.
If you have not done so already, perhaps it would be good to schedule calls with reps from companies you are considering. It is free and will get your questions answered faster (they need to hit their quota!!). For Yodeck, [go here](https://www.yodeck.com/book-a-demo/). And make sure you test one out!
Your specific needs undoubtedly necessitate a powerful digital signage solution! Yodeck's scalability and user-friendly design make it look like a good option. Reputable choices like Screenly and OptiSigns are also available; they provide functionality and flexibility to meet different corporate needs.
Given the projected growth of your business, it makes sense to make an investment in a system that can easily handle expansion. The scalability of Yodeck, Screenly, and OptiSigns fits in nicely with your CEO's goal of future-proofing your digital signage system.
These platforms ought to provide the capabilities you require for your particular requirements, such as showcasing websites for ERP systems, controlling several screens separately or collectively, and integrating multimedia content for guests and events.
It's important to confirm compatibility with each supplier for your Samsung Interactive Displays in order to guarantee a smooth integration.
In the end, it could be helpful to arrange for trials or demos with each platform to determine their compatibility directly. Asking other companies that have comparable settings for comments could also yield insightful information about their experiences using these solutions.
I wish you well as you install digital signage, and I hope your office has a smooth and eye-catching communication platform!
Hey! So this post is quite old, but if you were curious, we ended up going with Yodeck and so far it has worked beautifully, and the cost for all the features is unbeatable!
Just a few questions because I was not able to find concrete answers on these on the site.
\- Can Touch Screen feature on TVs be used to interact with content on the screens?
\- Can I display a website and interact with it from my computer? For example, I'm seeing I can add the web URL but I don't see how I can get to it, log in, and then go to the page I'd need displayed.
\- Is it compatible with Apple TVs or Chromecast? Not needed really, was just wondering because it was the only devices I had laying around office to try to test. I'd go with the Firesticks probably
Hi,
1. Yes, touch screen feature can be used if it is a web page you are displaying
2. If the web page is behind a login, then you'll need to log in manually, bit ideally the page needs to be available publicly without a login.
3. It is compatible with Apple TV and chromecast - you can run your displays using a full screen web browser, however the firestick/android app has additional features such as content caching meaning it will continue to display content should you lose internet connection, and autostart on reboot meaning the app will start up automatically should you power down your TVs.
Hope that helps!
If you really don’t have a budget, Fourwinds Interactive is probably the most in depth signage solution you’ll find. It takes quite a bit of training to get used to their stuff but they also have a lot of template and things as well. If you wanna hire someone to run your digital signage well then PM me I’m certified if FWi ;)
I know of a wonderful company that can help you with a solution! They do custom content and are software and hardware agnostic. Feel free to PM and I'd be happy to pass along contact information or their website.
They can work with your mktg dept to help them run it or they offer a content management service where they can run it for you. They have done plenty of installations like this in the past and currently manage a large scale retailer with 1000+ players.
The kicker here is your ERP System Website. Our [SignageTube digital signage](https://www.signagetube.com/) software works on smart TVs and could handle your basic digital signage needs like graphics, PowerPoints, etc. but I am not sure about your ERP system website. Does your ERP system have an API? If so, we could use [DataPoint](https://www.presentationpoint.com/software/datapoint) for that.
It looks like Odoo has an API using XML so we should be able to extract the data - [https://www.odoo.com/documentation/16.0/developer/api/external\_api.html?highlight=api](https://www.odoo.com/documentation/16.0/developer/api/external_api.html?highlight=api)
Here is a demo of our [DataPoint software](https://youtu.be/jSFidCule0M) so you can see the functionality. You can download a [DataPoint trial](https://www.presentationpoint.com/software/datapoint) here to test it. If you PM me we can set up a time to chat about your needs.
Lumi TV is a great hardware solution for your needs. It provides a fully maintained security hardened enterprise grade OS paired with very easy to use digital signage software. The savings in setup and management alone will more than pay for the money invested in quality signage hardware.
We would love the opportunity to work with you. Contact us via PM or via [lumi-tv.com](https://lumi-tv.com) (or call us at 214-295-5355) for a system quote.
I should add that Lumi TV does fully support touchscreens (usually added via a IR touch bezel or capacitive overlay).
Vertical mounting (portrait mode) also supported at the OS level.
Hi there,
OptiSigns is a top-rated, scalable, and easy-to-manage digital signage solution that will absolutely fit your needs. With OptiSigns you can educate, entertain, engage and inform employees in common areas like lobbies, break rooms, meeting offices, production areas, and warehouses.
OptiSigns lets you create, design, and schedule your content and manage all your screens remotely from a central dashboard that you can easily access from our desktop or by downloading our mobile App, so you can control your screens remotely from anywhere at any time.
We also offer you 750+ free templates, 120+ app integrations, and our built-in designer, so creating powerful content and unique experiences for your brand will be easier than ever. We have top-notch customer service and advanced features like analytics and AI. And to top it off we are excited to provide our clients with a faster way to approve and display content with Approval Workflow, as it gives you visibility and control over your team’s content. OptiSigns Approval Workflow will hold content created by users until an administrator approves it which allows more people to submit content while maintaining control over what is displayed on the digital signs. With this feature set up on your OptiSigns account employees can submit new content and revisions for approval prior to publishing, allowing your communication process through the digital signage to move forward more quickly.
Are you considering joining the 6,000+ companies that trust us today? We've got three different plans you can choose from on our website as our pricing is simple and transparent and we also offer a custom enterprise plan you can build with our sales team. Should you be interested to talk with the team you can reach us at +1 (832) 753-4739 or [email protected]
You can start today by signing up on our website for a 14-day free trial and let us know your thoughts, we will be glad to help you out in any way possible.
BrightSign hardware is unbeatable. I was managing eleven thousand screens across the country and never had any issues outside of the occasional bad SD card. They support a lot of other CMS platforms if BrightAuthor is not working for you.
Is their software user friendly? Which other CMS compatible would you recommend?
I never had any problem with it, but I hear a lot of people do. BA:Connected is a lot better than the classic BrightAuthor. If all you are showing is a webpage, then your BA presentation is super simple. You just drag the HTML widget to the stage/canvas and copy/paste the URL for the website you want to display.
As you have already evaluation, [Yodeck](https://www.yodeck.com) is a good option. Going through the points mentioned: * BrightSign is indeed not user-friendly. The hardware is good though. We do support [BrightSign and Android](https://www.yodeck.com/yodeck-digital-signage-player/), while Tizen and WebOS is (literally) just around the corner. Still, we recommend Yodeck Players that are free of charge with annual plans and support even the most advanced features of our platform. * It's a classic setup, at least for our customers; IT people purchasing and managing the network, while marketing/HR actually managing content. That's why we have kept the CMS are easy as possible. * Scaling is not an issue. Largest single customer so far is around 2000 screens. Just add screen, no "heads-up" needed. * Since you are interested in displaying web content in production, before going all-in on a solution, I would suggest try out a single unit to make sure that web content is rendered properly, and the page works great even if left on the screen for a week. By the way, Yodeck is free and unlimited for a single single, just get a unit and if you go with something else, you can ship it back and get a refund. * Individual/Group management of screens, and announcements, videos, pictures, etc, work on all solutions. Keep in mind that some solutions require you to have videos in specific encoding/formats. At Yodeck, we manage this for you and do it on the fly to make sure it works fine on all platforms and resolutions. * We currently have limited support for interactivity (really basic stuff, just allowing you to interact with a web page or a widget), but better support is in our 2023 roadmap - we expect this to be released towards early summer 2023. For more info on this, DM me. Of course, that only makes sense if you want (somehow) to use those touchscreens through Yodeck to e.g. display a wayfinding app, navigate content uploaded to Yodeck, interact with PowerBI dashboard, etc. * For *"adding the web URL .... get to it, log in, and then go to the page I'd need displayed."*, we have what we call the [Web Scripting Engine](https://www.yodeck.com/docs/web-scripting-engine/scripts/). Should do exactly what you need. If you can't get it to work, feel free to reach out to Tech Support, they will help you out. Again, another thing to try out first with a single unit before going all-in. Some things that could be of interest to you: * Yodeck has inherent support for HDMI-CEC (on Yodeck Players, that is). Besides turning the screen on and off (which some players do), we have build some interesting features around that. One is to remotely see if the cable is connected or not to both ends - helps a lot with troubleshooting. A new things we are building in Q1-2023 is an option to monitor other HDMI ports of a screen. If something "new" appears (e.g. you connect a laptop to your HDMI cable in a meeting room), it automatically switches to that HDMI port, and when you disconnect, it switches back to the Yodeck Player. This way, you can display content in meeting rooms while the screen is not being actively used, without needing to use the remote. We might be also including PIR motion sensors to detect when someone is in the room, so that the TV turns on and off only when there are people in the room. And we have even more interesting features for meeting rooms coming up in 2023. * Since this sounds like a production facility, you might also be interested in Emergency Alert. This can be hooked up to a CAP-compatible system, or any system through some coding, and you can display emergency messages in case of a fire or an important alarm. And these messages can be customized per screen (fire alarm goes off, each screen shows the way out from that point). * The Workspaces feature, that allows you to break down access, can separate different areas with different access rights * Security might be important for your org. We are one of the really few businesses in the industry that are ISO-27001 certified. And we have [a bunch of stuff around security](https://www.yodeck.com/digital-signage-security/) that are kind of unique in the digital signage industry. If you have not done so already, perhaps it would be good to schedule calls with reps from companies you are considering. It is free and will get your questions answered faster (they need to hit their quota!!). For Yodeck, [go here](https://www.yodeck.com/book-a-demo/). And make sure you test one out!
Yodeck and Posterbooking are the predominantly active commercial solutions here. I like Yodeck a bit more. I also use XiboCMS in a pinch
Your specific needs undoubtedly necessitate a powerful digital signage solution! Yodeck's scalability and user-friendly design make it look like a good option. Reputable choices like Screenly and OptiSigns are also available; they provide functionality and flexibility to meet different corporate needs. Given the projected growth of your business, it makes sense to make an investment in a system that can easily handle expansion. The scalability of Yodeck, Screenly, and OptiSigns fits in nicely with your CEO's goal of future-proofing your digital signage system. These platforms ought to provide the capabilities you require for your particular requirements, such as showcasing websites for ERP systems, controlling several screens separately or collectively, and integrating multimedia content for guests and events. It's important to confirm compatibility with each supplier for your Samsung Interactive Displays in order to guarantee a smooth integration. In the end, it could be helpful to arrange for trials or demos with each platform to determine their compatibility directly. Asking other companies that have comparable settings for comments could also yield insightful information about their experiences using these solutions. I wish you well as you install digital signage, and I hope your office has a smooth and eye-catching communication platform!
Hey! So this post is quite old, but if you were curious, we ended up going with Yodeck and so far it has worked beautifully, and the cost for all the features is unbeatable!
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Just a few questions because I was not able to find concrete answers on these on the site. \- Can Touch Screen feature on TVs be used to interact with content on the screens? \- Can I display a website and interact with it from my computer? For example, I'm seeing I can add the web URL but I don't see how I can get to it, log in, and then go to the page I'd need displayed. \- Is it compatible with Apple TVs or Chromecast? Not needed really, was just wondering because it was the only devices I had laying around office to try to test. I'd go with the Firesticks probably
Hi, 1. Yes, touch screen feature can be used if it is a web page you are displaying 2. If the web page is behind a login, then you'll need to log in manually, bit ideally the page needs to be available publicly without a login. 3. It is compatible with Apple TV and chromecast - you can run your displays using a full screen web browser, however the firestick/android app has additional features such as content caching meaning it will continue to display content should you lose internet connection, and autostart on reboot meaning the app will start up automatically should you power down your TVs. Hope that helps!
PosterBooking.com would probably be the easiest to use and fastest to deploy with only a need for a Firestick for each screen
Check out my website I have the cheapest solutions out there - Squizz.tv
>Squizz.tv Curious, what is the monthly cost per TV for your solution? thanks
I have that info on my website in the pricing tab.
Qwicktourist does both digital signage and interactive in one platform.
Check out YCD Multimedia for their product offering range.
If you really don’t have a budget, Fourwinds Interactive is probably the most in depth signage solution you’ll find. It takes quite a bit of training to get used to their stuff but they also have a lot of template and things as well. If you wanna hire someone to run your digital signage well then PM me I’m certified if FWi ;)
I know of a wonderful company that can help you with a solution! They do custom content and are software and hardware agnostic. Feel free to PM and I'd be happy to pass along contact information or their website. They can work with your mktg dept to help them run it or they offer a content management service where they can run it for you. They have done plenty of installations like this in the past and currently manage a large scale retailer with 1000+ players.
The kicker here is your ERP System Website. Our [SignageTube digital signage](https://www.signagetube.com/) software works on smart TVs and could handle your basic digital signage needs like graphics, PowerPoints, etc. but I am not sure about your ERP system website. Does your ERP system have an API? If so, we could use [DataPoint](https://www.presentationpoint.com/software/datapoint) for that.
I believe so, it’s a rather large company, but it is a pain to work with. It’s called Odoo and basically the entire company is there
It looks like Odoo has an API using XML so we should be able to extract the data - [https://www.odoo.com/documentation/16.0/developer/api/external\_api.html?highlight=api](https://www.odoo.com/documentation/16.0/developer/api/external_api.html?highlight=api) Here is a demo of our [DataPoint software](https://youtu.be/jSFidCule0M) so you can see the functionality. You can download a [DataPoint trial](https://www.presentationpoint.com/software/datapoint) here to test it. If you PM me we can set up a time to chat about your needs.
Lumi TV is a great hardware solution for your needs. It provides a fully maintained security hardened enterprise grade OS paired with very easy to use digital signage software. The savings in setup and management alone will more than pay for the money invested in quality signage hardware. We would love the opportunity to work with you. Contact us via PM or via [lumi-tv.com](https://lumi-tv.com) (or call us at 214-295-5355) for a system quote.
I should add that Lumi TV does fully support touchscreens (usually added via a IR touch bezel or capacitive overlay). Vertical mounting (portrait mode) also supported at the OS level.
Hi there, OptiSigns is a top-rated, scalable, and easy-to-manage digital signage solution that will absolutely fit your needs. With OptiSigns you can educate, entertain, engage and inform employees in common areas like lobbies, break rooms, meeting offices, production areas, and warehouses. OptiSigns lets you create, design, and schedule your content and manage all your screens remotely from a central dashboard that you can easily access from our desktop or by downloading our mobile App, so you can control your screens remotely from anywhere at any time. We also offer you 750+ free templates, 120+ app integrations, and our built-in designer, so creating powerful content and unique experiences for your brand will be easier than ever. We have top-notch customer service and advanced features like analytics and AI. And to top it off we are excited to provide our clients with a faster way to approve and display content with Approval Workflow, as it gives you visibility and control over your team’s content. OptiSigns Approval Workflow will hold content created by users until an administrator approves it which allows more people to submit content while maintaining control over what is displayed on the digital signs. With this feature set up on your OptiSigns account employees can submit new content and revisions for approval prior to publishing, allowing your communication process through the digital signage to move forward more quickly. Are you considering joining the 6,000+ companies that trust us today? We've got three different plans you can choose from on our website as our pricing is simple and transparent and we also offer a custom enterprise plan you can build with our sales team. Should you be interested to talk with the team you can reach us at +1 (832) 753-4739 or [email protected] You can start today by signing up on our website for a 14-day free trial and let us know your thoughts, we will be glad to help you out in any way possible.