As some have said, many TVs will play video via a local USB mass storage device (e.g., flash drives, portable HDDs). However, not all support continuous loop, and those that do will often require you to manually set that up at each power-on. So be aware that not everything sold in the consumer space is suitable for commercial application.
Some TVs will also play video over a network, but support for this is even more limited. Some will only play video from select sources (e.g., YouTube, Netflix, and Vudu only). Others support DLNA, which allows you to stream your own video, but you have to run DLNA-capable software to do the streaming. Such is readily available for PCs (I think even some versions of Windows Media Player do it), but not as common for NAS boxes. DLNA is a collection of mostly standard protocols that mainly seems to achieve a reduction in capability of those protocols; I'm don't know why it's popular but it seems to be the way the industry is heading. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
