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Glad someone brought this topic up!

We're going to be investing in a new digital sign in our Visitors  
Center, and I'm wondering if anyone here has experience with the new  
Medeawiz DV78?

We currently have one MacMini running HD video on a large plasma  
monitor that we manage by connecting to it via the network; this new  
digital display will be devoted to displaying a slideshow of content  
about upcoming events, welcoming visitors, showing images, and I don't  
think it needs to be a full-on computer to do that--but the mini has  
worked reasonably well for the videos and I'm wondering if we should  
invest in another one and run something similar to Stephen Uzzo's  
keynote-based slideshows...The price difference is ~$200 ($425 for the  
Medea, $650 for a mac mini w/2GB RAM), but if I understand correctly,  
I could just export the same keynote slideshows as movies and have the  
Medeawiz play them...

Anyone with experience using both of these systems?


charles.


On Jul 16, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Eric Yuan wrote:

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> Hello,
>
> An easy solution is a digital video player, such as MedeaWiz.
>
> http://www.medeawiz.com/
>
> For ~$200, you can pop in a CF card with Jpeg images and it will  
> output a
> slide show to an external monitor or TV.  Slightly more expensive  
> units can
> update over the network and output HD (perhaps follow a set schedule  
> too?).
>
>
> Or for scheduling, just have cheap $10 CF cards of each presentation  
> and pop
> them in as needed.  They start playing automatically when they are  
> plugged
> in.
>
> When you no longer need the digital signage, use the video player  
> for a
> pushbutton kiosk or sound repeater.  Much more robust than worrying  
> about
> computers, or dealing with consumer DVD players.  Fits in a space  
> the size
> of a textbook.
>
> -Eric
>
>
>
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