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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403
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      If you're thinking for a digital display setup I'd look at screenly.

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403
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        All that you'd need is a Raspberry Pi and a display.

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403
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          The nice thing about screenly is you just add the sources as a web address, and specify for how long they are on screen till they rotate to the next one.

          You can even have expiration dates for content.

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          • hobbit666H
            hobbit666
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            @DustinB3403 said in OS for display TV:

            Raspberry Pi

            So if I went the Pi route I would need:-

            Raspberry Pi
            AC Adaptor
            Case
            SD Card
            HDMI Cable.

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403 @hobbit666
              last edited by DustinB3403

              @hobbit666 said in OS for display TV:

              @DustinB3403 said in OS for display TV:

              Raspberry Pi

              So if I went the Pi route I would need:-

              Raspberry Pi
              AC Adaptor
              Case
              SD Card
              HDMI Cable.

              Yes, a full Pi kit cost $60 on amazon excluding the HDMI cable and the SD card of course. All in all its something like $78 bucks.

              A small savings over the Compute Sticks.

              A major plus is you can easily manage the content for any set of displays from anywhere on your network. Just go to the internal webserver that Screenly creates and update the content.

              No reason to have to access the display or Compute Stick with a keyboard and mouse.

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403
                last edited by

                If you wanted to operate several displays at once, you could get a HDMI splitter like this.

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                • wirestyle22W
                  wirestyle22 @hobbit666
                  last edited by

                  @hobbit666 said in OS for display TV:

                  @DustinB3403 said in OS for display TV:

                  Raspberry Pi

                  So if I went the Pi route I would need:-

                  Raspberry Pi
                  AC Adaptor
                  Case
                  SD Card
                  HDMI Cable.

                  I've used a Raspberry Pi very frequently for digital displays and they are great.

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                  • hobbit666H
                    hobbit666 @DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    @DustinB3403 said in OS for display TV:

                    If you wanted to operate several displays at once, you could get a HDMI splitter like this.

                    I did think that at first but thought I might have each display showing different things in time 😄

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @hobbit666
                      last edited by

                      @hobbit666 said in OS for display TV:

                      @DustinB3403 said in OS for display TV:

                      If you wanted to operate several displays at once, you could get a HDMI splitter like this.

                      I did think that at first but thought I might have each display showing different things in time 😄

                      Still no biggy Rasp Pi's are cheap.

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                      • hobbit666H
                        hobbit666
                        last edited by

                        Ordered a Pi kit to play with. Will try screenly first.

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                        • hobbit666H
                          hobbit666
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                          OK screenly might not be the best fit for us.

                          What OS's are good for RasPi with a GUI??

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @hobbit666
                            last edited by

                            @hobbit666 said in OS for display TV:

                            OK screenly might not be the best fit for us.

                            I've not used it. What part(s) did you not like?

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                            • hobbit666H
                              hobbit666 @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said in OS for display TV:

                              I've not used it. What part(s) did you not like?

                              Not that I don't like it 😄 but seems to only show static stuff. I want it to display pages that need to be Logged into fiorst and there doesn't seem to be a way of doing it.

                              So just thought to save time (as I will come back to screenly) install something like CentOS with a GUI and use Firefox and Tab Rotation.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                Oh I see. I didn't realize that it had a limitation like that.

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403 @hobbit666
                                  last edited by

                                  @hobbit666 said in OS for display TV:

                                  OK screenly might not be the best fit for us.

                                  What OS's are good for RasPi with a GUI??

                                  Raspbian would be the next logical choice

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                                  • hobbit666H
                                    hobbit666 @DustinB3403
                                    last edited by

                                    @DustinB3403 I'm not logical - giving Ubuntu Mate a try 🙂

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403 @hobbit666
                                      last edited by

                                      @hobbit666 said in OS for display TV:

                                      @DustinB3403 I'm not logical - giving Ubuntu Mate a try 🙂

                                      I didn't think Ubuntu was operable on the Pi. But hey no harm no foul I suppose.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                                        last edited by

                                        @DustinB3403 said in OS for display TV:

                                        @hobbit666 said in OS for display TV:

                                        @DustinB3403 I'm not logical - giving Ubuntu Mate a try 🙂

                                        I didn't think Ubuntu was operable on the Pi. But hey no harm no foul I suppose.

                                        Most of the big distros are in the Pi

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                                        • wirestyle22W
                                          wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller some forms of them anyway 😄

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                                          • stacksofplatesS
                                            stacksofplates @hobbit666
                                            last edited by

                                            @hobbit666 said in OS for display TV:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in OS for display TV:

                                            I've not used it. What part(s) did you not like?

                                            Not that I don't like it 😄 but seems to only show static stuff. I want it to display pages that need to be Logged into fiorst and there doesn't seem to be a way of doing it.

                                            So just thought to save time (as I will come back to screenly) install something like CentOS with a GUI and use Firefox and Tab Rotation.

                                            We do Chromium in kiosk mode.

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