Rick's idea is a great way to do it, kudos. I've never worked with the Intel compute stick, but this small Win10 PC worked very well at one of my clients for $179
https://smile.amazon.com/MINIX-NEO-Z83-4-Dual-Band-Technology/dp/B01M24W77N/ Some double sided velcro tape mounted it to the back of the TV. Even has two video outputs. You can still do miracast or whatever for WiFi, but it's nice just to always have a PC and not futz around with hookup issues. Gantry 2017-06-23 8:38 GMT-05:00 Rick Berry <r...@elevative.com>: > I vote for a shotgun approach > > > > Pick a good TV with several HDMI inputs (three minimum, which is kind of > normal now) … and go grab it from the BJs/Costco/wherever. Make sure > there’s Ethernet at the mounting location if you can wrangle it. Since > you’re HVAC/Electrical, have them do a nice job of mounting it over a > recessed outlet box if you can for power and that Ethernet and any CATV > connections + if you need an HDMI hard cable to anywhere else in the room. > > > > I’d recommend putting in at least a Chromecast + an Intel Compute stick on > two of the HDMI ports, and then if you can swing the budget I’d look at a > lower-end Barco ClickShare. > > > > The chromecast gives you one way to wirelessly broadcast to that TV, and > there are amazon and apple ways to achieve same result. > > > > The intel compute stick gives you a windows 10 PC that is basically > plugged into the TV in the back, they’re strong enough to run browsers and > powerpoints … I have a few industrial customers that use that for safety > training/etc, which I’ll surmise is part of why you need it. You need a > wireless keyboard/mouse combo with a little USB dongle to get it to work … > but we’ve gone so far as to join those sticks to the domain so they can see > the drive mapping/sharepoint folder and run corporate apps. > > > > > > > > *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Tom Miller > *Sent:* Friday, June 23, 2017 9:15 AM > *To:* NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] AV setup question > > > > Hi All, > > > > We have a large break/meeting area, about 25 x 30 feet, in which we are > looking to add TVs or projectors. I have had some quotes from AV companies > and they seem pretty high for what we need: occasional display for > internal presentations, connecting to a standard laptop, connecting to our > cable TV for news, etc as needed. > > > > My company is HVAC/electrical so we have folks here who would handle > system mounting, electrical requirement and such. I was thinking maybe two > large TVs, sound bars, HDMI splitter, attached to some sort of signal > receiver. Laptop would connect via the signal system. This would be far > less than a pro company installing something that would be nice but for us > overkill, since we'd need it maybe once a month. > > > > Thoughts? > > Thank you, > > Tom >
