EFCO Announces Media Player with Advanced Security for Casino Gaming

By Tiera Oliver

Associate Editor

Embedded Computing Design

July 14, 2020

News

VideoStar100 is a 4K media player for the digital signage market. VideoStar100 supports up to 4 independent displays with an integrated AMD Radeon Vega Series Graphic Processor.

EFCO announced VideoStar100, the first media player integrated with SecuBoot to provide advanced security for digital displays. Equipped with an AMD industrial-grade Ryzen Embedded V1000/R1000 APU, VideoStar100 provides the performance to support three (R1000), or four independent 4k displays, and can be used for applications ranging from slot machines to digital display walls.

The VideoStar100 and the integrated SecuBoot prevents "unauthorized" programs or viruses from USB devices or from Internet hackers to change the operating system during the system start-up process. EFCO SecureBoot provides a complete algorithm to cover BIOS Lock, Device Verification, Storage Checksum, and Whisper Talk, which meets country and/ or regional regulations. By including this extra level of security, SecuBoot also aids in the ability to meet the requirements of GLI or BMM.

VideoStar100 is a 4K media player for the digital signage market. VideoStar100 supports up to 4 independent displays with an integrated AMD Radeon Vega Series Graphic Processor. Other features include optional SmartBay, which supports SATA storage and USB2.0/3.0; up to 4 DP ports; 2 RS232 ports, 2 RJ45 ports, and supports VESA Mount.  Lifetime support until 2028 is also included.

VideoStar100 is available now.

For more information, visit: https://www.efcotec.com/

Tiera Oliver, Associate Editor for Embedded Computing Design, is responsible for web content edits, product news, and constructing stories. She also assists with newsletter updates as well as contributing and editing content for ECD podcasts and the ECD YouTube channel. Before working at ECD, Tiera graduated from Northern Arizona University where she received her B.S. in journalism and political science and worked as a news reporter for the university’s student led newspaper, The Lumberjack.

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