We actually drove a 42 inch plasma with our setup which required a new computer with a digital output, but if you're using standard VGA, you can use an old computer.
--- On Mon, 3/30/09, Dave Crozier <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Dave Crozier <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [NF] Dual display control options > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 11:04 AM > Joe, > Think this is fraught wit problems if you try and use dual > screen support as > you can't ensure that the main screen will not mofe say > "confidential" > information onto the secondary screen. > > My suggestion would be to buy a cheap and nasty old pc and > set that up with > the display and then use the receptionist mmachine to > remote onto it with > either RDP or VNC when required. > > Dave Crozier > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf > Of Joe Yoder > Sent: 30 March 2009 14:58 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NF] Dual display control options > > I have a client who wants to use a 24 inch LCD screen as a > public > announcement/display board. The displayed information > will probably be from > an unattended slide show or Power Point presentation. > The screen will be > located on the outside of the receptionist's office wall > and could be driven > from and controlled by the receptionist's > computer. It is possible to use > the dual screen support built in to XP to have the large > screen display one > thing while the receptionist uses the smaller screen for > normal office work. > The problems with this approach include the likelihood of > the contents of > the two screens getting intertwined and the lack of a > simple way for the > receptionist to see what is displaying on the large screen > without leaving > her office to actually view it. Another approach > would be to setup a second > PC just to drive the large screen and use some kind of > remote control > software to monitor and control it. > > Any advice or leads in dealing this situation would be > welcome. TIA - Joe > Yoder > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > > [excessive quoting removed by server] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/2a968eaa23824b5195f55b3ff2873...@develop > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
