All Articles By Mike Thomas

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Mike joined Armagard in 2010 and is the company’s marketing guru. Mike handles all of Armagard’s marketing requirements, dealing with exhibition organisation and producing essential marketing material that’s distributed to customers. Mike is also recognised as an article author, contributing extensively to Armagard’s article output in order to raise the profile of the business on a national and international scale.

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Armagard Enclosures and the 2012 Olympic Experience

This entry was published on August 29, 2012 by Mike Thomas

When the various bodies preparing for the Olympic Games needed protection for their various outdoor digital signage screens, they turned to Armagard, whose range of PDS enclosures ensured that outdoor screens designed to communicate, inform, entertain and advertise to the hundreds of thousands of people at the Olympics would function without problems.

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London’s Emirates Air Line uses Armagard Custom Enclosures

This entry was published on August 17, 2012 by Mike Thomas

The requirements for the video wall enclosures for the Emirates Air Line posed some significant challenges for Armagard. The operators wanted two ground wall video walls in each terminal, a larger expansive system and a smaller version. The larger screen was much bigger than typical digital signage screen systems, and as it needed protection, it required a steel enclosure that would protect the video wall from physical impact and provide environmental protection against the varying temperatures experienced at the terminals.

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How to choose the best cost effective screen protection for your project

This entry was published on August 10, 2012 by Mike Thomas

All digital advertising display needs some form of protection over the screen face. LCD and plasma display screens are vulnerable to damage, so even indoor screens require some protection from accidental impact or deliberate vandalism. However, for outdoor digital displays, this protection becomes even more important as outdoor screens, especially those in unsupervised locations are more vulnerable to vandalism.

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An Outdoor LCD Enclosure for Pubs, Restaurants and Homes

This entry was published on August 3, 2012 by Mike Thomas

Of course, a TV required to operate outdoors is going to need protection from the elements and ensure security. An outdoor LCD enclosure is perhaps the most cost effective method of providing outdoor television and offering the best return on investment for a hospitality business. The enclosures protect TVs from the weather, physical damage and the variable temperatures of an outdoor environment and are ideal for providing a simple TV solution to entertain customers outside pubs, bars and restaurants.

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Is winter freezing your adverts? Armagard test to -30°C with their LCD enclosures

This entry was published on July 18, 2012 by Mike Thomas

Creating temperature conditions from -40°C to 100°C, Armagard’s environmental chamber simulates extreme conditions to test LCD enclosures, helping to improve product and insulation efficiency for environments that would otherwise destroy or incapacitate electronic LCD equipment.

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Armagard to exhibit at Infocomm11

This entry was published on June 9, 2011 by Mike Thomas

Following on from exhibiting our products DSE 2011 in Las Vegas, and ScreenMedia in London, Armagard will be joining the biggest gathering of the Audiovisual industry at InfoComm 2011 in Florida.

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Armagard to attend Digital Signage Expo 2011

This entry was published on February 10, 2011 by Mike Thomas

Digital Signage Expo 2011 (DSE), the official show of the digital signage federation, will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from February 22 to 25 and Armagard will be there to demonstrate our range of LCD enclosures. The show is (in their own words) “The world’s largest international trade show and conference dedicated […]

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Waterproof Computer Enclosure

This entry was published on November 5, 2010 by Mike Thomas

This article explains the use of waterproof computer enclosures that allow the safe operation of standard desktop computers in wash down and wet room environments…

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