Internal TV Presentation System
We are looking for a method to put TVs in the various areas around out facility (breakrooms, etc) and using them to run slideshows, announcements, etc. Ideally they could also be used for daily numbers, reports, and data from sales or production data. With a big HDTV, someone could then plug into it with their laptop and use it for presentations (instead of a projector).
Does anyone have any recommendations for a system like this? I'm not even sure what to Google for? It should be centrally managed, easy to update, capable of handling dynamic content, etc. What about hardware? Can we use any HDTV? What about the system to manage it all? Software? Is it run over ethernet, vga, etc.?
Any kind of starting point will be great. Thanks.
Bruno71
Does anyone have any recommendations for a system like this? I'm not even sure what to Google for? It should be centrally managed, easy to update, capable of handling dynamic content, etc. What about hardware? Can we use any HDTV? What about the system to manage it all? Software? Is it run over ethernet, vga, etc.?
Any kind of starting point will be great. Thanks.
Bruno71
If you want to show text and powerpoint slides, you definitely want HDTV and a high definition transport, such as VGA. For long distances up to 250 feet, a VGA extender over cat5 would be the way to go: http://www.svideo.com/vgacat5.html Combine with a laptop or destop as the source and you should be able to implement this.
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The distance will defintely be an issue. Right now, we're thinking about two locations with the farthest one being about 500' from our server room. What's the best way to run something that distance? Coax? We have ethernet that runs back there for anything that would run off of our internal network.
I like the idea of distributing cable tv (arthurjb), but I know if we gave them the option of watching television or the "announcements" channel...no one would ever pay attention to the announcements.
MediaSinage looks like a good solution (rafaperez3d), but I don't like paying a monthly fee for it. Although it's cheap, it would be nice to not have any recurring costs.
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I like the idea of distributing cable tv (arthurjb), but I know if we gave them the option of watching television or the "announcements" channel...no one would ever pay attention to the announcements.
MediaSinage looks like a good solution (rafaperez3d), but I don't like paying a monthly fee for it. Although it's cheap, it would be nice to not have any recurring costs.
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Great ideas. Gave me more areas to research.
This would allow the users to hook their pcs directly in.
Almost all laptops have VGA. Some laptops have DVI. If you can get both you are future proofed for a few years.
If your building is big then you do not want to broadcast round using VGA. There are a few systems out there to carry the pictures over cat 5/6 cables (not sure if they use ethernet or if they just use the 8 pins to send the video). I'll leave someone else to talk on these.