subject: Outdoor Digital Signage on the Beach [print this page] Outdoor Digital Signage on the Beach Outdoor Digital Signage on the Beach
Digital signage has now evolved from indoor a hotel to outside by the swimming pool, even located on the beach, but protection is necessary from the sand.
Well you know when you have had a day at the beach, reading your favourite novel and you get back to your hotel room and come across sand every where. Well think about the sand getting into the devices, what damage would it do?
With more and more AV engineers favouring commercial grade solutions, to separate themselves from the budget entry, inexperienced engineer, this hardware is usually three times the price of the indoor devices, so when these are rolled out outside, they have to be protected to defend the investment used.
What would Happen?
If the equipment is not safeguarded, the screen will of course have to be waterproof, these are very pricey and on long delivery times, this is to protect them from the sea and any hurricanes that hit the beach.
Sand This is a major issue, when sand gets into any solution, it causes short circuits due to the very little particles of glass acting as conductors, this is a significant dilemma when sand penetrates the back of the display and ads player.
Salt Well this sounds crazy, just because we cannot see it, but if you left a radio on a beach exposed it would fail in a matter of weeks, as the salt eats away at the casing this is why when an Outdoor digital signage enclosure is used to fortify the hardware it has to be produced from 316 stainless steel. This grade of steel is known through the world to have rust busting properties.
Now when using a digital signage enclosure you must be certain that the cool air that enters the cabinet is clean, meaning that sand particles are not part of the clean, clear air cooling the casing, otherwise the internal solution will end up failing due to a build up of sand over a period of months and years, so the better solutions provide a special filter than will filter out the sand and only let cool, clean air into the protective housing.
A stainless steel LCD enclosure can be mounted on poles using the rear VESA mount, making installation a breeze, so next time you are on a lounger on a beach reading your bestseller, remember why those housings are there.
