Written by David Little
Tuesday, 08 July 2008
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The HD-Video POD offers an affordable, yet powerful alternative for digital signage users who currently drive individual signs with low-function DVD players.
LENEXA, Kan. (July 8) --Keywest Technology today unveiled the HD-Video POD , a high-definition digital signage content player offering a cost-effective professional alternative to the DVD players frequently used in single-sign systems.
Keywest Technology specifically designed the HD-Video POD as an affordable, yet powerful replacement for the DVD players in use today driving tens of thousands of digital signs.
“As high definition television displays begin to dominate the digital signage market, those responsible for the signs face an interesting question,” said Keywest Technology president Nick Nichols. “Specifically, do they invest in the next generation of high-definition DVD player, which can cost several hundred dollars and is not purpose-built for digital signage content playback, or do they look for a more professional alternative?
“We believe the HD-Video POD offers the HD display support they need with the digital signage schedule building and management support they can’t find in a DVD player at a remarkably affordable price,” he said.
The HD-Video POD player is a complete hardware and software solution to drive an individual digital signage. With WiFi and Ethernet support, multiple units can be controlled and updated from a central Keywest Technology InfoZone network.
Packaged in a fanless “mini” chassis, the Linux-based unit comes with DVI, HD component, S-video and VGA output. The HD-Video POD player is available with USB memory support as well as with an optional 40GB hard drive for applications requiring greater media storage.
Additionally, the HD-Video POD comes with easy-to-use control software that runs on any Windows platform. The software is timeline based, allowing users to drag and drop video and graphics onto a timeline to sequence playback of media and build schedules. Existing playlists can be modified as they run.
The HD-Video POD with USB memory support-only has a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $795. The HD-Video POD with optional 40GB hard drive has a list price of $895. Units are available for immediate shipment.
About Keywest Technology
Lenexa, KS, -based Keywest Technology develops and markets a wide variety of digital signage products, including hardware, software and content development services designed to produce exceptional results. The company is also a pioneer in interactive digital signage, which couples the appeal of digital signs with the interactivity associated with interactive kiosks.
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Written by David Little
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
The extensive project for the Garland Independent School District includes an array of the company’s media servers, players, displays and customized digital content.
LENEXA, Kan. (June 25)—Keywest Technology, a full-service leader offering digital signage media servers, players, software and services, has completed an extensive, turnkey digital signage installation at the Garland (Texas) Special Events Center.
The $31.5 million multi-purpose complex, which is owned by the Garland Independent School District, is home to a 7,500-seat arena used for concerts and sporting events, as well as a multi-tiered lecture hall, conference center and ballroom.
Keywest Technology provided an extensive array of digital signage equipment and services, including MediaXtreme Signage media servers, Media POD players, LCD flat panel displays and custom digital signage content from the company’s DSX Media division.
“The Garland Special Events Center is an outstanding example of the scope of Keywest Technology’s digital signage core competencies,” said company president Nick Nichols. “In Garland, we delivered a truly turnkey digital signage system that required our systems engineers, software team, talented installers and digital signage content designers to collaborate to deliver the exact system that meets the needs of the Garland Independent School District.”
Completing the project required Keywest Technology to provide a full range of services, including initial and final design, full installation, training, digital signage
content development and continuing post-install service and support. The project also called for Keywest Technology to integrate the system with several third-party products, including a 96-square-foot LED arena display and Ungerboeck event business management software, to deliver a unified solution for the school district.
The lineup of Keywest Technology hardware, software and services included seven MediaXtreme MXS-MZ event players; a dozen Media POD players; 16 17-inch LG Electronics LCD flat panel displays; six four-inch LG Electronics LCD displays; 16 32-inch displays; three large static backlit signs, designed and printed by the Keywest DSX Media division; 26,000 feet of Cat-5 cable; and a Keywest Technology custom-built color skew adjustment box.
“The Garland project is a classic example of Keywest Technology’s ability to deliver a turnkey digital signage network that meets the unique needs of an individual customer and to do so on time and on budget,” said Nichols.
About Keywest Technology
Lenexa, KS, -based Keywest Technology develops and markets a wide variety of digital signage products, including hardware, software and content development services, designed to produce results that professionals can count on. The company is also a pioneer in interactive digital signage, which couples the appeal of digital signs with the interactivity associated with interactive kiosks.
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Written by David Little
Friday, 16 May 2008
James George Collins, a
long-time friend and business associate of Keywest Technology, died this week
in Wichita, KS
Lenexa, KS (Mar.
16, 2008) Long-time friend and business associate with Keywest Technology James
George Collins II (Jim), age 55, died May 19, the victim of a botched armed
robbery in Wichita, KS.
Collins is survived by his wife Jane, son
James and daughter Taylor. Collins was a principal partner in DSX Media in Wichita, a division of
Keywest Technology focused on the production of content for digital signage
display.
Among Collins’ many business successes is
advancing from a middle management position to CEO of an independent oil and
gas exploration company. In that capacity, he built the 75- year-old business
from a small independent to a medium-large independent and sold the company.
Other successful entrepreneurial endeavors include starting, building and
ultimately selling an adventure travel business and an aircraft interior
manufacturing company.
“Jim was a true friend and will be missed
deeply,” said Keywest Technology president Nick Nichols. “On a personal level,
his gift of gab, sense of humor and deep generosity made him a gem in his
community of Wichita.
As a business partner in DSX Media, Jim tenaciously pursued solving the digital
signage content needs of customers.”
Collins took great interest in his daughter’s
and son’s activities as they were growing up. He took up horseback riding to
accompany his daughter on rides as she pursued her equestrian interests. He
also became a dedicated fan of the Wichita
Collegiate High
School football team where his son played
football.
Hundreds of friends and associates visited
the memorial service held for Collins May 15. Memorial contributions may be made to Wichita Montessori School Future
Fund, 8311 E. Douglas, Wichita,
KS 67207,
or to Wichita Collegiate School Football Program, 9115 E. 13th Street, Wichita,
KS 67206.
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Written by David Little
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Renew your TotalCARE service today, even if your MediaXtreme is
out of warranty.
Keywest Technology offers four convenient ways to
extend TotalCARE coverage beyond the initial year of coverage.
Being a MediaXtreme customer means having access to the best
in factory support. Adding a year of TotalCARE support from Keywest Technology
ensures that you:
- get the latest software,
- get quick access to our support team via telephone,
- have your hardware covered under warranty,
- have access to our remote diagnostic system for the quickest
possible troubleshooting.
With TotalCARE, you'll never feel alone. Whether you're
experiencing a hardware issue, software concern or some sort question about how
to use our digital signage software, help is at hand.
Through TotalCARE, Keywest Technology delivers on its pledge to
make your digital signage or community television experience easy, productive
and satisfying. But don't just take our word for it. Look at what our customers
are saying:
"I just wanted to let you know how wonderful your
[TotalCARE] technician has been to me...providing invaluable technical assistance
when I have run into difficulties. I just want to let you know that he provides
great service to customers." --- Joel High, Alegent Health Lakeside
Hospital
and
"I wanted to thank you for the excellent [TotalCARE] support
we received... Based on this experience, I have decided to standardize any
installation I have on your MediaXtreme product - for someone starting a new
venture like me, support makes all the difference." --- Wilber Williams, Ad
Optics Marketing
You may extend your TotalCARE coverage
now for only $1,095 for an entire year! Simply call Lisa at 800-331-2019 or
As always, if we can be of any help with any of your digital
signage needs, just ask!
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Written by David Little
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
PRESS RELEASE
Keywest Technology retires Big VooDoo line of television products
The company will focus its efforts on serving the manifold needs of the evolving digital signage market.
Keywest Technology will continue to develop its comprehensive MediaXtreme Digital Signage and MediaXtreme Broadcast product lines as well as the LogoSTAR line of logo and text inserters.
Keywest Technology announced this week that it is discontinuing its Big VooDoo line of television products, which includes time base correctors/frame synchronizers, picture-in-picture devices, STAR-8 crawl and text inserter as well as the Keywest Technology 440 Quad Channel picture-in-picture inserter.
Retiring the product line tracks the evolution of the broadcast market as it transitions from analog to digital and will let Keywest Technology focus its resources on the growing, ever-changing requirements of the digital signage market.
"Now is the right time to retire the Big VooDoo product lineup," said company president Nick Nichols. "With the ongoing explosive growth in the digital signage market, discontinuing our legacy analog Big VooDoo products will permit us to devote our internal resources to meeting the demanding requirements of digital signage."
Keywest Technology will continue to sell Big VooDoo, STAR-8 and the 440 Quad Channel PiP until its inventory of the items is exhausted. The company also will continue to honor its warranty on Big VooDoo, STAR-8 and Keywest Technology 440.
"We built a tradition of superior performance, ease of use and customer satisfaction with our Big VooDoo, STAR-8 and 440," said Nichols. "We have carried those qualities over to our digital signage products, which our digital signage customers appreciate and have come to expect."
Keywest Technology will remove discontinued items from its Web site as inventories of those items are depleted.
As always, if we can be of any assistance with a video or digital signage need, simply email us or click on the Ask an Expert button to the right or call 800-331-2019. We'll be happy to help.
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Written by David Little
Friday, 11 April 2008
Keywest Technology Press Release
The new turnkey digital signage solution includes a
factory-configured hardware and software system that's ready for use out of the
box.
Lenexa,
KS (Apr. 11, 2008) Keywest Technology has announced the immediate availability
of MediaXtreme MediaZone , a new turnkey digital signage solution that provides
all of the hardware and software needed to produce and schedule playback of
professional digital signage channels.
MediaZone
eliminates the hassle of sourcing third-party hardware and loading digital
signage software tools by providing a tightly integrated hardware and software
solution that comes ready to use right of the box.
"MediaZone
is a direct response to that segment of the market needing a digital signage
system that can be plugged in, turned on and ready for immediate use," said
Keywest Technology president Nick Nichols. "This factory-integrated solution
delivers all of the software and computer hardware needed to create
professional digital signage results without the headache of loading your own
software."
Keywest
Technology makes MediaZone available with four hardware configurations, each
matching the specific requirements of different types of digital signage users.
Each is loaded with powerful, yet easy-to-use MediaZone software that makes
building, scheduling and managing professional digital signage pages fast and
easy.
MediaZone
software functions include:
- MediaZone editor,
which blends common PC media, graphics and audio files in real time in up
to four "media zones" plus a background zone.
- Template-based
media management.
- Broadcast-quality
24-bit graphics character generation with support for all standard PC
graphic extensions and TruType fonts.
- Built-in logo,
crawl and scroll functionality
An
optional RF tuner adds ATSC, NTSC, PAL and cable reception to MediaZone for
integration of picture-in-picture television channels into digital signage
pages.
About Keywest Technology
Lenexa, KS, -based Keywest
Technology develops and markets a wide variety of digital signage products,
including hardware, software and content development services, designed to
produce professional communications results. The company is also a pioneer in
interactive digital signage, which couples the appeal of digital signs with the
interactivity associated with interactive kiosks.
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Written by David Little
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Flexibility, choice drive Keywest
Technology's new MediaXtreme direction
The Lenexa, KS, -based company has split the
MediaXtreme media server into two separate product lines intended to give
digital signage network managers and broadcasters the flexibility they require
for their distinct endeavors.
LENEXA, KS (Feb. 19) --On the heels of Keywest Technology's historic
reorganization of its MediaXtreme products into two distinct lines -namely,
MediaXtreme Signage and MediaXtreme Broadcast- the company has announced the
reason for the move is to deliver unprecedented flexibility to two separate,
distinct types of users.
"Keywest
Technology's new MediaXtreme Signage lineup is all about flexibility," said
company president Nick Nichols. "It delivers a wide variety of products and
services geared toward giving customers the flexibility to select the
components, software and service options they need to meet their specific
needs."
Specifically,
that flexibility means MediaXtreme Signage customers have the ability to
choose:
--Software-only
digital signage solutions
--Software
enhancements specifically designed for digital signage application
--Turnkey digital
signage systems
--Server control
options
--Support variations
to meet a range of requirements
MediaXtreme
Signage gives customers a la carte selection of the hardware, software and
support options they need to meet their specific requirements.
MediaXtreme
Broadcast is the other newly announced MediaXtreme line. As a totally turnkey
automated playout server for the CATV, IPTV, and PEG markets, MediaXtreme
Broadcast offers all of the functionality and features needed to program,
playout and manage audio, video, graphics, text and logos in support of channel
playback. MediaXtreme Broadcast support options are tailored to the needs of
the broadcast market.
MediaXtreme
Broadcast offers flexibility in I/O configurations to meet specific user
requirements and works with a wide variety of add-ons to meet the need of local-origination
channel control.
About
Keywest Technology
Keywest Technology is a leading manufacturer of software, turnkey systems, and custom products that are
solutions for interactive digital signs, digital signage and related narrowcast
video markets. Based in Lenexa, Kan.,
the company is dedicated to delivering content technically as easy as a day at
the beach. www.keywesttechnology.com
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Written by David Little
Wednesday, 06 February 2008
The company charts a new direction with the
introduction of a professional, software-only digital signage solution while
maintaining its commitment to offering turnkey systems for customers requiring
a complete digital signage solution.
Lenexa,
KS (Feb. 6, 2008) Keywest Technology today has introduced MediaZone , a new,
digital signage software-only editor that delivers all of the content blending
and multimedia playlist development and management tools required for
professional applications.
MediaZone is a user-configurable
template-based digital signage editor that runs on low-cost Microsoft® Windows®
2000, XP/Pro or VistaTM -based personal computers. With MediaZone, users build
and schedule digital signage media in easy-to-use templates with built-in
"media zones" where elements, such as video, graphics, animation and text, are
blended. Media elements are accessed from a browser directory, dragged and
dropped into place in template zones.
"MediaZone is the result of more than two years of development to build a
rock-solid digital signage software solution that offers our customers the
chance to source their own PC hardware while maintaining all of the features
and functions they need to blend media and manage content playback on their
digital signage networks," said company president Nick Nichols.
"While
we recognize certain customers demand the best turnkey digital signage systems
and will continue to support them with our MediaXtreme media server, MediaZone
gives the vast number of customers who have told us they want a software-only
digital signage editor a powerful, affordable software application that
delivers professional results."
MediaZone
supports common PC and Apple multimedia files, which can be added to media
zones, where content ranging from graphics and text to HTML, XML and RSS feeds
are aggregated in real time from various sources and managed for play out on
the network. MediaZone is resolution-independent and can blend graphic and
video elements from standard video to HD.
The
new software-only digital signage solution also provides all of the tools to
easily schedule and manage content playback. Multiple sets of media can be
scheduled to playback from minutes to months in advance. MediaZone also makes
it easy for users to set up playback for various dayparts to deliver
appropriate content as digital signage network audiences change throughout the
day.
MediaZone
also comes bundled with Keywest Technology's MediaCreator professional
character generator to provide all of the tools needed to create graphic pages
advanced color box zone layouts, text crawls, logos and CG text.
Keywest
Technology's new MediaZone digital signage editor application runs on
cost-effective Windows® 2000, XP, or VistaTM PC platforms. Full preview of media
sets can be viewed on PCs equipped with ATI® Radeon or equivalent graphic cards
that have 256MB of video memory.
About
Keywest Technology
Keywest Technology is a leading manufacturer of turnkey and
custom products that are solutions for interactive digital signs, digital
signage and related narrowcast video markets.
Based in Lenexa, Kan., the company is dedicated to delivering
content technically as easy as a day at the beach. www.keywesttechnology.com
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Written by David Little
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
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LENEXA, KS, and RICHARDSON,
TX, (August 22, 2007)-- Keywest Technology today
announced that Richardson, TX, -based Preferred Technology Solutions
has been named a value-added reseller of its full-line of digital signage
hardware and software solutions.
As
a value-added reseller, Preferred Technology Solutions will play a consultative
role in helping clients identify their specific digital signage requirements
and recommending and designing systems to meet those needs based on Keywest
Technology's extensive digital signage product lineup.
"Preferred
Technology Solutions is perfectly oriented to take advantage of the direction
the digital signage market is headed," said Keywest Technology president Nick
Nichols. "With its strong IT orientation and market presence, Preferred
Technology Solutions is well positioned to help businesses extend their
repertoire of digital communications into the digital signage realm. We look
forward to assisting Preferred Technology Solutions in meeting the digital
signage requirements of its customers."
Founded
in January 1994, Preferred Technology Solutions is nationally recognized as a
leading technology solutions provider with solid reputation for partnering with
its clients to help them achieve their goals. The company has extensive
knowledge of computer networking, Microsoft Windows software and HP computer
solutions.
"Every
bank lobby, every school hall, every clinic and hospital lobby, there is an
opportunity for businesses to market their services within the confines of
their own four walls using digital signage technology," said Preferred
Technology Solutions president Neil Nedwed.
"We
were particularly drawn to Keywest Technology's digital signage solutions
because they can combine live composite video feeds with computer-based digital
files," he said. "The market is hungry for that combination."
Preferred
Technology Solutions' new value-added reseller status is effective immediately.
About
Preferred Technology Solutions
Since 1994, Preferred
Technology Solutions has served the diverse technology needs of businesses and
institutions throughout Texas
with technology and service ranging from basic computer needs to advanced
networking, converged technology (VoIP), Wireless, Storage, Security and Mobile
Computing.
About
Keywest Technology
Keywest Technology is a leading manufacturer of turnkey and
custom products that are solutions for interactive digital signs, digital
signage and related narrowcast video markets.
Based in Lenexa, Kan., the company is dedicated to delivering
content technically as easy as a day at the beach. www.keywesttechnology.com
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Written by David Little
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
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The
move means customers in virtually every time zone worldwide have a window
during their day to reach live technical support.
(LENEXA, KS)
July 26, 2007 - Keywest Technology today announced it has extended its
TotalCARE technical support hours so customers in nearly all time zones
worldwide can reach live technical support during their work day.
Live
TotalCARE support hours now run from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Central DST) Monday
through Friday. The extension means the company's U.S. customers now have a 15-hour
window for live technical support. Globally, extending the TotalCARE technical
support hours will let customers have a window during their work day to reach
live support.
"TotalCARE
represents our very real commitment to delivering the utmost in service and
technical support to our customers," said company president Nick Nichols. "By
extending our live technical support hours, we deepen that commitment."
TotalCARE
is Keywest Technology's revolutionary FREE no-worry warranty that covers parts,
labor and technical support for one full year after the purchase of the
company's MediaXtreme media server or Media POD point of decision player. Technical
support is available to customers via the company's toll-free telephone number,
interactive Web support and training, online messaging, live chat and email.
Keywest
Technology also offers packages to extend the TotalCARE warranty beyond its
initial year.
About
Keywest Technology
Keywest Technology is a leading manufacturer of turnkey and custom products that are solutions
for interactive digital signs, digital signage and related narrowcast video
markets. Based in Lenexa, Kan.,
the company is dedicated to delivering content technically as easy as a day at
the beach. www.keywesttechnology.com
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