Hi guys,
First post here. I have a problem that I'm trying to find the solution for. If this is something that I can find in the search function please let me know what to look for because I couldn't find anything.
Dilema. I work for a cosmetic surgical office and currently we have for operating rooms with 15 inch LCD Tv's hooked up to our local cable service and a DVD player for each wired up in a back room. The patients can watch TV or DVD at their leisure provided one of the technicians loads the DVD for them.
The problem with the DVD issue is that we only have one copy of each movie (about 300) so if two patients want to watch the same movie then one is out of luck.
Goals:
1.) Replace 15 inch LCD TV's (with built in tv tuners) with larger units (at least 24 inches but not quite as big as 32) that can double as computer monitors. Good resolution is needed for both TV/Movie watching and computer use (browsing the web, email etc.).
Our current screens are attached to swing arms that extend roughly 20 to 25 inches from the wall. I'd like to have this ability so if you know of a good wall extention arm for a larger screen that would be great.
2.) Consolidate all our movies into a large capacity server that will feed out our backup copies to one or multiple screens simultaneously.
3.) I know I'll need a small PC to run each monitor and feed cable TV with built in tuners unless the screen has a tuner built in like our current setup but I'll still need a box to allow the patient to have internet access.
Has anyone done something like this? I'm sure it's been done but I guess my biggest issue is the one of the DVD backups on hard drive. Can the same movie file be served out to a maximum of four screens?
Thank you for any and all input and advice.
Joe
First post here. I have a problem that I'm trying to find the solution for. If this is something that I can find in the search function please let me know what to look for because I couldn't find anything.
Dilema. I work for a cosmetic surgical office and currently we have for operating rooms with 15 inch LCD Tv's hooked up to our local cable service and a DVD player for each wired up in a back room. The patients can watch TV or DVD at their leisure provided one of the technicians loads the DVD for them.
The problem with the DVD issue is that we only have one copy of each movie (about 300) so if two patients want to watch the same movie then one is out of luck.
Goals:
1.) Replace 15 inch LCD TV's (with built in tv tuners) with larger units (at least 24 inches but not quite as big as 32) that can double as computer monitors. Good resolution is needed for both TV/Movie watching and computer use (browsing the web, email etc.).
Our current screens are attached to swing arms that extend roughly 20 to 25 inches from the wall. I'd like to have this ability so if you know of a good wall extention arm for a larger screen that would be great.
2.) Consolidate all our movies into a large capacity server that will feed out our backup copies to one or multiple screens simultaneously.
3.) I know I'll need a small PC to run each monitor and feed cable TV with built in tuners unless the screen has a tuner built in like our current setup but I'll still need a box to allow the patient to have internet access.
Has anyone done something like this? I'm sure it's been done but I guess my biggest issue is the one of the DVD backups on hard drive. Can the same movie file be served out to a maximum of four screens?
Thank you for any and all input and advice.
Joe