What most people don’t know is that if a residential screen is installed in a commercial environment the warranty may become void. So check the warranty before installing residential screens. Another big difference between Commercial and Residential Screens is that most commercial grade screens do not have internal TV tuner cards – you’ll generally need to purchase this as an additional module or item. What I find most interesting is that most restaurants with screens just display live TV rather than promote their products or menu items. This could be a reason why these types of businesses would want to use retail screens or maybe they don’t realise what they can use this real estate for.

As I mentioned before retail screens are cheaper. Most businesses use price to make their final purchasing decision so when submitting your next proposal keep in mind that your competitor’s prices could be cheaper than yours. Commercial screens are designed to be left on for long periods of time and will last longer.

I also believe there is a myth that using retails screens means you can install the screen yourself and that for commercial screens you need a skilled and professional installer. Both are equally the same and if can install a retail screen then you will most likely be able to install a commercial screen but we highly recommend you have a skilled professional install the screens.

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advertise me has used, tested and rolled out quite a number of players and so far each of them has their own pros and cons. I personally don’t believe there is one player that is much better than the other as it all depends on the requirements we have. For example, patching a digital signage player should be something that the end user or the integrator should be able to easily perform but for one vendor this is not the case. The vendor will actually need to remotely login to the system and perform the changes themselves. Now if you have 100 different clients how can you manage this process? Other players we’ve tested allows you to easily install a firmware patch which the end user can perform,  this way it eliminates the need for the vendor or even the integrator to be involved.

As another example, why would companies still manufacturer players with S-Video or RCA connectors when you know that the quality is poor? Could it all come down to cost rather than quality?

Also, each player was uniquely designed to be different and these features makes the player stand out from the others. Whether it’s hardware or software, designing the perfect player would take forever. No company out there would have the R&D budget to do this.

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