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InfoComm: SpinetiX takes Best of InfoComm for signage player

SpinetiX's new HMP100, a solid-state media player with open-standards technology and software included, was named the NEC Best of InfoComm award winner by a panel of independent judges.

June 14, 2010 by Christopher Hall

"Everything you need for signage is in this box," SpinetiX CEO Yann Guyonvarc'h said about the company's Hyper Media Player last week at InfoComm 2010, the day before the new signage player was awarded the NEC Best of InfoComm award.

With the trophy, SpinetiX was awarded $25,000, which was donated to both the InfoComm Educational Foundation and the National Systems Contractors Association's Educational Foundation. The award winner was chosen by a panel of independent judges during the show and announced Friday morning.

The solid-state Hyper Media Player (the HMP100) uses the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) family of open-standard specifications that allows XML-based file formats to describe static, dynamic and animated information, according to SpinetiX.

And the company is so confident in the robustness and reliability of its product that it's offering a lifetime warranty on it – which might help quiet some of the online grumbling about the device's price tag.

Before the InfoComm show, SpinetiX and Scala announced the integration of the HMP100 with Scala's Content Manager 5 software platform, but with its open standards and open technology, the device also will work with other software platforms.

"Our Hyper Media Player technology turns any digital display into an autonomous and networked device," SpinetiX marketing manager Serge Konter said in a release. "The very small footprint and the minimal energy consumption of our HMP100 have very low installation and operational costs. Until now, many Scala users were obliged to use PC-based players to display dynamic content and were not able to deploy the HMP100 in their systems. We are delighted that our new integration with Scala technology is now being made available."

At the show last week, Konter also pointed out how the solid-state appliance uses only about two watts of power, or about 50 times less power than the average PC used in digital signage applications.

"You can replace a PC behind your screen with this little box," he said, holding out the approximately 4-inch by 3-inch piece of hardware. "It's even better than a PC, because everything's already in there."

Guyonvarc'h says the Swiss-based SpinetiX also has licensed the product to AMX, and the results of the new HMP series are already being seen in the company's bottom line. The company's first quarter results this year were equal to all of last year's results, he said.

Konter demonstrates the HMP100's capabilities on the InfoComm show floor. He's holding one of them in his left hand.

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