Charlotte, North Carolina – 11Giraffes®, smart business media and digital signage software solutions, introduces its latest product offering, the Android MX1 Media Player. Available for well under $100, and with a footprint of only 3.8” x 1.6” x 0.4”, this version of 11Giraffes signature media player is perfect for many applications where single zone digital signage is required and client content is predominantly in the form of video and images.
The MX1 was designed as a low cost option for supporting multiple locations in the digital signage market and is an ideal choice to display branded video and images, real-time weather, news, financial market details and sports scores. The plug-and-play platform is an optimal solution for presenting end cap retail displays at an affordable price. The MX1 supports high-definition playback of client uploaded video and imagery, media created using select 11Giraffes templates, licensed video images provided within the 11Giraffes solution, and RSS news, weather, financial, sports and related data available on 11Giraffes platform.
Extensive scheduling features include allowing content to be scheduled by time, date, day-of-week, weather condition, immediate weather or civil alert, by location or among a group of locations, and even by metadata tag. No complex installation process is necessary.
The Android media player software is also available for other media players, tablets, phones, set-top-boxes or enabled-TVs running Android version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or higher.
Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Operations, Jim Marascio, says, “11Giraffes new Android media player software provides a simple-to-install and cost effective solution to reduce the capital costs associated with scaling digital networks. Because of the Android MX1 media player’s compact size and competitive pricing, network operators can inexpensively rollout and manage entire portfolios from a single location on the 11Giraffes digital media platform.”
The Android media player software will be available from the Google Play Android App store on March 1, 2013. Users can easily download the app to Android devices. Further information regarding downloading the Android App and ordering the Android MX1 media player hardware is available by contacting 11Giraffes Vice President of Business Development, Jim Laughridge, at jlaughridge@11giraffes.com.
About 11Giraffes
Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, 11Giraffes provides affordable, innovative and easy-to-use digital signage and in-store audio solutions to companies across the United States and Canada. The company’s software and hardware products are distributed through a large network of North American dealers who are placing its products in a wide range of industries including retail, hospitality, QSR/restaurant, assisted living, automotive, financial institutions, medical and dental offices, country clubs, and c-stores. 11Giraffes is committed to creating products that extend brands, deliver messages, and speak to customers in the moment that matters. (www.11giraffes.com)