Marina Village Project featured in Signs & Digital Graphics Magazine
March 2010

Excerpt from article, "Digital Signage Primer - Relevance is King" by Eddie Wieber

DIGITAL SIGN COMPANIES
Opportunities to provide digital signage as a compliment to more conventional signs are plentiful. Let’s look at a few.

One example is a Vista Systems media pylon that Fort Myers, Fla.-based Images Graphic Specialties utilized in a sign system it installed at the Resort at Marina Village in Cape Coral, Fla. The system includes vehicular and pedestrian wayfinding signs, monuments and custom designed six-foot lit logos. The eSign Pylon, supplied by Memo Media, features a 21.5" display screen that the hotel uses to advertise real estate opportunities, special events and amenities.

“After viewing the functional demo in our office, the client realized the potential for not only communicating information to guests, but the portability that allowed it to be utilized wherever needed,” says John Hose, Images President and CEO. The customer then asked that it be included in the signage package.

Hose says the addition of audio capability via surface mounted speakers atop the media pylon was added to the unit at the request of the customer, and was easily added due to the plug and play nature of the ePlayer CF solid state media player.

“It’s an entry-level digital sign and fairly simple,” says Images designer Matt Cavalier. With no network connectivity, a data card similar to one used in a digital camera is inserted into a solid-state card reader and feeds an information loop into the digital display. Cavalier says he foresees the company providing more integrated system units. “It’s definitely a selling point that fits with the rest of our turnkey systems and enables us to offer a variety of product.”

For the full article visit http://digital.sdgmag.com/sdgmag/201003#pg37