On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 13:45 +0100, Simon Baxter wrote: > Does anyone know of a (cheap?) LCD panel with a built in mpeg (etc) decoder, > that can sit on a LAN and receive unicast or multicast video streams? I'm not aware of any. > The idea would be to stream video from a single location to multiple video > endpoints. Rather than use an expensive full blown PC, I'm looking for an > addressible LAN attached video display. For a DIY solution; what about a mini-itx (or nano?) motherboard with case and monitor, that boots up over the network? > I've looked at polycom and touch-panels, but they have too many features > (and the price to match). > > As VDR can demux all channels from the same transponder, I'd like to stream > each (encoded) channel to a different display unit. But don't want a > dedicated PC. DVBstream may be better than VDR as it supports multicast and is designed just to stream! Is doing it over IP important? If it's just over CAT5 http://www.svideo.com/videobalun1.html may be cheaper.
