Ad Players Are A Simple Digital Signage Solution with FREE Templates

What Are Ad Players and are They Worth Your Money?

This is a growing term, used to refer to various hardware components related to electronic posters or digital signage, and yes, they are absolutely worth your money, so long as you can find the right product at the right price! You have come to the right place to do just that! Ad players are quickly becoming one of the most popular forms of in store or on-site advertising. Incorporating this multimedia component into an existing marketing or advertising plan enhances customer experience and can help your bottom line! Ad players for displaying digital advertising signs come in many different shapes, sizes and applications. The selection available here varies slightly, but is generally designed for small business use in a very direct-to-consumer format. Multimedia LCD devices, ad players are perfect for so many industries it is hard to make an argument against them! From restaurants or hotels to transportation hubs, schools, private enterprises, entertainment venues, retail stores, hospitals and more, digital signage is making its presence known!

Ad players, also known as digital display devices, are often sold in the form of a small box that one would attach to their television, LCD screen or monitor, usually with an HDMI or component cable. Many of these devices are likened to an external hard drive, having their own operating system and even memory! These styles of ad players are usually connected, either with an internet cable, or wirelessly, to some sort of network. This type of "networked solution" is an advanced form of digital signage advertising, allowing customers to remotely update content from any networked computer. These multimedia ad players are often bundled with some sort of software or web-based management interface. They require virtual storage space, and as such, usually incur some sort of subscription fee, generally debited from a bank account either monthly or yearly. The digital ad players shown here, however, are not this expensive, advanced solution. These are designed for the LCD sign novice, offering a fully functional and effective electronic poster that anyone can use!

How Are These Ad Players Different From More Advanced Solutions?

• On most models, hardware is built right into the LCD display, reducing the cost and headache associated with shopping for two separate components.
• These are "plug & play" ad players. No software or subscription is necessary. A USB stick (and your custom-designed full screen content) is all you will need to display eye-catching e posters or advertising!
• Full screen content – most of these ad players do not offer framed content.
• No remote management. Users must be in physical proximity to their LCD signs to alter the displayed message.

What are the EzSign Ad Players Seen Above?

• EzSign by LG® ad media player solutions are a slightly more advanced solution than the basic &qout;plug & play" options.
• These products, from the trusted LG® brand, include downloadable software to create customized framed templates.
• Currently, over 30 templates are included. Most of these include a portion of the LCD screen that is filled with live TV playback.
• Users can add their own images into designated areas (up to 2 images in any given area; the template will make a slideshow of the images within the area), as well as altering any text areas to their own specifications (including color, size, alignment and font).
• Export the completed template file to a USB and, like with any other player, plug the USB into the rear of the LCD. Use the remote to navigate through the on-screen menu to get your advertising up and running!

I Am Interested In E Posters, But I Am Not Confident In My Ability To Make A Sign. Can You Help?

You are in luck! Displays2Go just recently launched a totally new and truly innovative solution for the novice digital sign customer. Templates2Go is a web-based electronic sign maker. We understand that not every customer has the money to pay a graphic designer, nor do they have the skills or the tools necessary to create their own signs. In conjunction with the necessary hardware Templates2Go is designed to offer the everyday customer (pizza shop owners, librarians, school administrators, small business owners) a simple solution for digital signage. And best of all, our graphic designers have created more than 100 Totally Free Templates for you to customize! Use our ad player template as a guide, drop in your own images (if necessary), edit the text, and you have a beautiful display that will help you communicate more effectively with your customer base!

Advertising is the key to any successful business strategy. Whether running a retail store, a restaurant or a movie theater, advertising is how your company’s name gets into the minds of your potential clients. While traditional ads may still be necessary, such as on television, in newspapers or magazines or on billboards, point-of-purchase advertising is becoming increasingly important. It is proven as a great way to increase sales and enhance customer experience. Electronic signs are bright, colorful, vivid and completely customizable. Users can even switch out the message throughout the day to better target specific audiences. For example, a dining establishment that showcases their offerings on digital menu boards can switch their signs from showing breakfast offerings to a lunch and then dinner menu as the day goes on! A movie theater can play an image slideshow where one slide is movie times for that day, another slide is upcoming events at the theater, and another slide may be display what type of food items are available at the theater lobby concession stand.

These e posters are not just for business to consumer use, either. Many companies use LCD sign display screens for internal communication. Businesses mount large LCD monitors throughout warehouses to inform workers of various things, like break times, standards of procedure, safety guidelines, upcoming events and more! Administrators can hang LCD TVs in different areas and display different messages to each department. Warehouse workers will view different information than call center or office workers. Digital message boards are also great for improving corporate morale, leading to reduced turnover. The signs can be used to highlight achievements, celebrating milestones, or announcing promotions. They are also useful in posting information like job openings, displaying photo slideshows, or even playing games or raffles! This is also a great way to keep the lines of communication open about all sorts of things from a change in the communication policy to an upcoming seminar. This can help keep employees happy by making sure they feel "in the know" and are not left out of anything.

Digitally displayed messages offer so many benefits to a company. Let us look at one example: the quick service restaurant industry. We are talking about the places where you walk up to a counter to order your food and then either sit in the restaurant to eat or leave to eat it elsewhere (in your car, in the office, at home, etc.). One of the big issues quick service restaurants have is the waiting time of patrons in line. After all, it is supposed to be "quick", right? Making patrons wait 5 minutes in line kind of defeats the whole purpose. This wait gets even longer during the busy times, lunch and dinner, especially. Giving patrons something dynamic to look at while waiting, like a slideshow or video, rather than just a static menu board has been proven to reduce the "perceived wait time". Patrons are kept entertained by watching the on-screen content, and before they know it, it is their turn in line. This philosophy works great in other arenas, like a movie theater, doctor’s office or transportation hub (bus or train station, airport, etc.).

This selection of LCD media displays is available in many sizes and styles. While investing in this form of advertising may seem a bit daunting, it is completely worth the time spent researching and the money spent. This is truly the advertising of the future, that is already seen in countless places from a movie theater to a local restaurant. It is important to find the product that suits your needs, however. A few things to look for are: an intuitive user interface, bundled options (to save the hassle of purchasing each individual component), and multimedia support (photo, music, video). There are many devices on the market and it is crucial that your selection will include or come with all the features you need. This can be hard if you do not know exactly what you are looking for, so be sure to do the necessary research.

Displays2Go is a leading supplier of thousands of point-of-purchase solutions. Traditional poster frames are one of the largest product lines available here, making the leap into offering digital poster frames that much easier. Businesses are looking for ways to vary their advertisements to keep the attention of an increasingly discriminating customer base. Customers have learned to "tune out" advertising that is not relevant to them, and this is where digital signage is the perfect solution, especially when displayed on a well-known, brand-name TV, like the LG® EzSign. Ads can be created with a specific customer in mind, and can even be played at certain times of the day to target that specific customer! We are a real business, not just an virtual internet warehouse, so feel free to contact a friendly and knowledgeable customer service representative to answer any questions about any of the "plug & play" solutions above! There are many different products that ship quickly.