 EdrickI aspire to tell the story of a lifetimePremium
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Woburn, MA | Display different desktops to TV I've got a client who has a home office I'm trying to think of the easiest setup for this situation.
They have multiple Windows based computers that they would like to display to a flat screen TV. So this is basically for example boardroom style.
From any PC they'd like the ability to pop up their screen onto the TV. Is there any type of device that will allow this to work easily (basically like AirPlay).
Aside from running a video out from every computer into a video switcher is there some type of network based solution where I can mount a device behind the TV that receives / decodes from an application on their computers.
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 JahntassaWhat, I can have feathersPremium
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Conway, SC
kudos:4 | Some projectors offer a piece of software that will do a remote presenter software. Otherwise offhand a computer hooked up to that TV that can do remote access to the other computers through something like VNC.
There might be a more elegant solution, i'm just not aware of it. |
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EdrickI aspire to tell the story of a lifetimePremium
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Woburn, MA | reply to Edrick
Looking for elegant is a big thing, things that cannot change A) it's a windows environment b) they have an existing TV.
So something needs to work between A and B to make it seamless. |
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Laptops or desktops? The good ol' dsub connector, or HDMI or display port is your best bet.
I think there are IP-enabled projectors, but you're looking at in the 5 figures starting for this piece of kit.
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EdrickI aspire to tell the story of a lifetimePremium
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Woburn, MA | There's defiantly an application out there the question is what. OS X has this very easily done. I feel someone wether it's something like Creston or Extron or someone has a solution. |
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 izyPremium,MVM
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I'm having issues grasping what your client is trying to accomplish. Is the TV in the living room and the computers in other locations around the home? So junior in bedroom1 is at his computer and outputs his display to the living room TV then goes to the living room to watch? Oh wait, I need to pause...back to the bedroom! Now if they have a laptop or PC in the same room as the TV something like this will work. » www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···15306033--
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guppy_fishPremium
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Lakeland, FL
kudos:1 | reply to Edrick
I would have a dedicated PC for the flat screen and do all the pop-up via IP - RDP/VNC
For starters is highly unlikely the PC's and the TV are even at the same resolution, IP gets around that |
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EdrickI aspire to tell the story of a lifetimePremium
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Woburn, MA | reply to Edrick
They have a home office, with multiple windows based computers in that same room. Desktops and Laptops they would like the ability to display any of them (one at a time) to that TV. So basically if him, his wife and an assistant are working and they want to show a landscape plan they can pop it up on the TV.
The best scenario is something like AirPlay where they can just feed it to the TV that way they don't need say one computer with all the different apps.
Something like the newegg link would work except needs to be multiple computers.
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izyPremium,MVM
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kudos:2 | Depending on the amount of HDMI inputs on the TV each computer could have it's own adapter to the TV.
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 RobIn Deo speramus.Premium
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Kendall, FL
kudos:3 | reply to Edrick
I'm sure, as you mentioned, a business product exists for your needs. However, I can't think of it.
If it was me, I would probably split each VGA signal at each computer, and then throw in a KVM switch. Then they can just turn on the TV, switch to the VGA input, and select the computer on the KVM switch to display the video on the TV.
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EdrickI aspire to tell the story of a lifetimePremium
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Woburn, MA | The problem then becomes the cost of running DVI / VGA / HDMI cabling to each work station and the size of the conduit and getting a switcher. I had thought about just sending individual video signals or remote desktop type solution but both to me are either "old fashioned" or "too complicated" for the customer. I like to keep it simple, I suppose I could do VGA Baluns in the worse case. |
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said by Edrick:From any PC they'd like the ability to pop up their screen onto the TV. Is there any type of device that will allow this to work easily (basically like AirPlay).
Maybe something like this...
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EdrickI aspire to tell the story of a lifetimePremium
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Woburn, MA | Ding Ding Ding we have a winner. |
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hook up a computer to the TV then install synergy on it and across the client's computers. its free too.
»synergy-foss.org/ |
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EdrickI aspire to tell the story of a lifetimePremium
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Woburn, MA | If I understand synergy from the past alls it does is allow you to share the keyboard mouse of one computer to others. This still would require them to have a PC at the TV with all the software.
The product posted above will do just as I need hardware solution that you just install a piece of presenter software on |
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ah k yes i misread the question and was quick to suggest. was wonderin why no one said synergy. apologies. |
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 angussfPremium
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Tucson, AZ
kudos:4 | reply to Edrick
Connect the TV as a monitor to a computer.
Install VNC on the computers you wish to display.
Use the VNC viewer on the TV computer to display your chosen desktop's screen. |
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 exocet_cmI am the law - Judge DreddPremium
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New Orleans, LA
kudos:2 | reply to Edrick
We use this in the office. It works over the network. Wireless works but wired is much better.
Connects the TV to USB: »www.encore-usa.com/us/product/ENMUV-2
Connects the USB to Ethernet: »www.encore-usa.com/us/product/ENNUS1
They have this on Newegg for a decent price. The USB hub can support 5 devices simultaneously so if you had 5 TVs you wanted to have access to in the board room then you would have 5 DVI to USB adapters and those all plugged into 1 USB to Ethernet server.
The software is easy to install and straight forward but we have had issues of the TV adapter not showing for upwards of 10 seconds in the device list. However, once we connected there was very little lag on picture.
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