Multiple Monitor questions on hardware and software

[Ken Springer]

A friend of mine want to set up a multiple monitor system in a new
visitor center and asked for my help. This is not something I've ever
had a reason to experiment with.

Basically, she want's visitors to enter a "movie area" and have a video
w/ sound or PowerPoint or XXXX automatically start to play on a monitor
to the left. Then progress to the center monitor, the to the right and
last monitor. After that, I'm not sure what she wishes to do. She's
still fleshing out her thoughts and ideas.

So, I'm elected to do some research. LOL

She needs to keep costs to a minimum. It's not certain what OS she will
be using. XP, Vista, and Win7 are all possibilities, depending on what
is available internally to her, compared to what may have to be purchased.

The multiple monitor idea may be reduced to a wall projector, again due
to cost and internal availability.

Hardware and software wise, what do I Google for as far as the subject
and search terms?

If anyone has any suggestions and/or recommendations for hardware,
software, or anything else, please toss them out.

Feel free to ask questions too.


--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 16.0.1
Thunderbird 16.0.1
LibreOffice 3.5.6.2

 

[Parko]

A friend of mine want to set up a multiple monitor system in a new
visitor center and asked for my help. This is not something I've ever
had a reason to experiment with.

Basically, she want's visitors to enter a "movie area" and have a video
w/ sound or PowerPoint or XXXX automatically start to play on a monitor
to the left. Then progress to the center monitor, the to the right and
last monitor. After that, I'm not sure what she wishes to do. She's
still fleshing out her thoughts and ideas.

So, I'm elected to do some research. LOL

She needs to keep costs to a minimum. It's not certain what OS she will
be using. XP, Vista, and Win7 are all possibilities, depending on what
is available internally to her, compared to what may have to be
purchased.

The multiple monitor idea may be reduced to a wall projector, again due
to cost and internal availability.

Hardware and software wise, what do I Google for as far as the subject
and search terms?

If anyone has any suggestions and/or recommendations for hardware,
software, or anything else, please toss them out.

Feel free to ask questions too.

Something like this might work.
http://xibo.org.uk/

 

[Gene Wirchenko]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:02:12 +0000 (UTC), Parko

[snip]

A man using Apple Maps walks in to a bar, or maybe a hotel, or maybe a
church...

Do you have a leash for that sig?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

 

[Yousuf Khan]

A friend of mine want to set up a multiple monitor system in a new
visitor center and asked for my help. This is not something I've ever
had a reason to experiment with.

Basically, she want's visitors to enter a "movie area" and have a video
w/ sound or PowerPoint or XXXX automatically start to play on a monitor
to the left. Then progress to the center monitor, the to the right and
last monitor. After that, I'm not sure what she wishes to do. She's
still fleshing out her thoughts and ideas.

So, I'm elected to do some research. LOL

She needs to keep costs to a minimum. It's not certain what OS she will
be using. XP, Vista, and Win7 are all possibilities, depending on what
is available internally to her, compared to what may have to be purchased.

The multiple monitor idea may be reduced to a wall projector, again due
to cost and internal availability.

Hardware and software wise, what do I Google for as far as the subject
and search terms?

If anyone has any suggestions and/or recommendations for hardware,
software, or anything else, please toss them out.

Feel free to ask questions too.

Look up AMD Eyefinity for the hardware, and you'll definitely need at
least Vista or W7 for this to work, as XP is only supported as an
afterthought these days.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Ken Springer]

Look up AMD Eyefinity for the hardware, and you'll definitely need at
least Vista or W7 for this to work, as XP is only supported as an
afterthought these days.

Yousuf Khan

You're the second person to recommend Eyefinity, so it's on the list of
"possibles".


--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 17.0
Thunderbird 17.0
LibreOffice 3.6.3.2