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I'm a recently graduated EE trying to learn IT infrastructure stuff that wasn't even glancingly taught during undergrad, so apologies in advance if this question is silly. I'm concepting ideas for a project, part of which is displaying noninteractive content from a streaming server (text and video frames; think like a news channel) on largish screens that are far apart. I would like to accomplish this over ethernet since the infrastructure is already in place and it avoids having to rip things up to do video cable pulls. Is there such thing as a "network attached monitor" that is purpose built for this task, or would I have to attach thin clients a la Raspberry Pi to each display? Each monitor will be displaying the same thing simultaneously. Ultimately I would like to be able to point the screens to an IP address and display the webpage there.
I would greatly appreciate anything that points me in the right direction. Thanks!
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Posted 2013-11-07T04:17:57.473
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1Some smart TVs can already do what you wanted (over ethernet). If your content are on web pages, then most Smart TV often has a browser built in and may be able to do what you want. Having a PC / Raspberry Pi / Mac Mini to run those TV would be better as you can run custom code, or content that may report back to your central server and display things accordingly. This is what Digital Signage that you often see on the mall with the touch-screen interaction. You can re-use that same concept with non-interactive display of course. There will be lots of companies offering digital sign product. – Darius – 2013-11-07T04:44:16.637