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Gefen Ships Digital Signage Creator

    Added August 16, 2010

Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen announces its Digital Signage Creator (DSC) is currently shipping.

The DSC works with any Windows-based browser and gives users full control over digital signage content creation. The layout program offers the ability to create templates, insert music, layer video images, write scripts to control content and pull RSS feeds off the Internet and build totally customized content.

Each DSC comes with Digital Signage Director (DSD) software, offering advanced features. It offers built-in scheduling and calendar functions so users can pre-arrange content to play at any time. Content can be pushed to the DSC for immediate updates or pulled automatically from another server using iCalendar.

A sample library of digital signage templates created by Gefen come pre-loaded on each DSC, so users have a starting point to learn the capabilities of the DSC. They can also customize or build their own templates as they desire. The 2Gb hard drive can be supplemented with server pages and a hi-speed USB 2.0 drive for larger projects.

When connected to an Ethernet system, any licensed user can access the DSC to edit content, update information and schedule content. High definition video resolutions are supported up to 720p at 60 frames and 1080p at 24 frames in both landscape and portrait alignments. An RS-232 port allows for remote control of content through the display(s).

This combination hardware/software solution is based on the award winning

Hyper Media Player that took home a Best of InfoComm award. Gefen has taken this winning product and added features that include comprehensive content development training, ready-to-use templates and technical support for users.

“With the Digital Signage Creator, Gefen has done what we do best: taken a solid concept and enhanced it to meet the needs of a wide range of customers,” says Hagai Gefen, president and CEO, Gefen. “By offering unparalleled field support, custom content development and ongoing training, we hope to empower anyone seeking an easy and reliable method of content creation for digital signage.”

The DSC is a compact solid-state unit that weighs less than seven ounces and typically uses only two watts of power.