What better place to show off digital displays than Vegas?

Some lucky VIA employees with be attending the Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas this week, showcasing a new system that would stand out on any Vegas sidewalk.

"VIA Technologies is highlighting DS-8, the new 8-channel digital signage media player that is ideal for digital menu board deployments. The player, combined with Popstar's Digital Media Manager (DMM), has the capability to operate and manage 8 discreet digital signage displays in a mixed-aspect ratio. The VIA DS-8 supports up to 8 HDMI or DVI outputs and HD graphics on multiple displays while still delivering true pixel by pixel resolution."

This is one of those systems that can play something across all screens and then switch back to displaying individual items on each screen.

You can see it at booth #1248 (VIA); and Booth #1062 (Ingram Micro) at the Digital Signage Expo 2013 in Las Vegas.

Easy fit for the ARMTiGO

The VIA ARMTiGO was announced as a PC for "hotel automation, digital signage and, surveillance as well as for medical and healthcare applications". It's easy to see why when you look at it fit to the back of a monitor like this.

This sort of placement of an embedded computer keeps fairly secure from physical tampering and means that no extra space above and beyond the monitor has to be found for the computing muscle. The monitor itself becomes the focus of the device in question.

VIA ARMTiGO may be appealing to home enthusiasts but the market is in automation

The VIA ARMTiGO A800 is the world's smallest ARM based computer and although it has obvious appeal for HTPCs and having a small PC in the kitchen or kid's room, the real market is in embedded applications, argues Softpedia.

"Small really does mean small when it comes to health care technology, digital signage, surveillance and other embedded applications.

Client organizations can hide the system anywhere they wish, even behind a monitor, or just leave it on the wall for everyone to see, provided they have a VESA mount (7.5 cm x 7.5 cm / 2.95 x 2.95 inches)."