SoC digital signage

The screen is the player

Inside today's commercial displays, the system on a chip (SoC) runs what used to need a media player behind every screen. We've benchmarked it on physical hardware for years, and the newest webOS tier we tested passed all 60 Test Scenarios.

"When a capable player is already built into the display,
every additional hardware box has to justify its existence."

"When a capable player is already built into the display, every additional hardware box has to justify its existence."

Florian Rotberg

Founder & Owner, invidis

Florian Rotberg

Founder & Owner, invidis

Seven things that can fail.

Seven things that can fail.
Or one.

Every part behind the screen is one more thing to specify, install, support, and lose.

Today

A box behind every screen

A box behind every screen
A box behind every screen: display, video cable, media player, extra power, extra network, cross cable, and spare player. Seven parts in one screen's signal path.

With SoC

The player is built into the screen

The player is built into the screen
The player is built into the screen: one part, the SoC display.

The best part is no part. If the chip driving the panel fails, the screen is dark either way — a player would not have saved it.

Measured, not claimed

The chip caught up.
We tested every step.

The chip caught up. We tested every step.

Same method, physical LG webOS displays, a test suite that grew from 37 to 60 Test Scenarios. The tier you buy still matters. Our benchmark reports show what each one handles, and where the boundaries sit.

Same method, physical LG webOS displays, a test suite that grew from 37 to 60 Test Scenarios. The tier you buy still matters. Our benchmark reports show what each one handles, and where the boundaries sit.

webOS 4.02019
83%
webOS 6.02021
88%
webOS 9.0 UH5Q2026
90%
webOS 9.0 UP5Q2026
100%
webOS 4.02019
83%
webOS 6.02021
88%
webOS 9.0 UH5Q2026
90%
webOS 9.0 UP5Q2026
100%
webOS 4.02019
83%
webOS 6.02021
88%
webOS 9.0 UH5Q2026
90%
webOS 9.0 UP5Q2026
100%

Scores from different test suite versions.

Scores from different test suite versions.

What people still ask

The evidence for SoC, in one place

Every part behind the screen is one more thing to specify, install and support

Video & sync

All 60 Test Scenarios passed: webOS 9.0 UP5Q

Platform software

Your CMS, your choice: Bought or built, running on SoC

Security

Verify what each SoC screen shows, with Content Guard
15platforms to keep updated, tested, and secure
15platforms to keep updated, tested, and secure

You don't need one player brand to run them one way.

signageOS runs every platform through one API.

Fleet complexity

How many platforms are you really running?

How many platforms are you really running?

SoC removes the box. It doesn't remove the mix of brands and generations every network grows into.

SoC removes the box. It doesn't remove the mix of brands and generations every network grows into.

The hardware tax is paid one store at a time

What comes out of a typical multi-zone store when the extra box goes away: about 40 components per location.

7-10 media players

7-10 media players

7-10 extra power cables

7-10 extra power cables

17 HDMI cables

17 HDMI cables

10 RS-232 or Ethernet runs

10 RS-232 or Ethernet runs

~$5,000

saved per location, per refresh cycle, on SoC alone — a deliberately conservative estimate.

Multiply it by your footprint. For small to mid-size networks, it runs to millions; for the largest, tens of millions.

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Tell us what’s behind your screens

We’ll show you what one location looks like without a box behind every screen, and how it scales across your network.

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