Hi,
I have a dedicated PC running MediaPortal and the video output is to a DLP projector (via VGA @ 1280x720 – 16:9 widescreen mode - I use Boilermaker's BlueTwo widescreen skin).
It all works wonderfully....
But, when I just want to play some music, then it seems overkill to fire up the DLP projector just so that I can navigate the MediaPortal menus to select the appropriate music. At present, I use VNC from another PC to navigate the MediaPortal menus, and that is OK, but a bit clumsy as the second PC is in a separate part of the house.
What I would really like is a small display, connected directly to the MCPC, that I can use just for menu navigation (via the MCE Remote). It seems that my choices are:-
1. Connect an LCD monitor as a secondary cloned display. This would have to be a 1280x720 widescreen (16:9) display, which probably means large (>17†diagonal) and expensive (>$500)?
2. Find a small (~7†diagonal) widescreen display that can work in cloned mode? Does anyone know if these exist? And will it work with MediaPortal?
3. Use a VFD multi-line alpha display – has anybody done this and can you use it to successfully navigate within MediaPortal?
Any other suggestions?
Cheers,
Taipan
I have a dedicated PC running MediaPortal and the video output is to a DLP projector (via VGA @ 1280x720 – 16:9 widescreen mode - I use Boilermaker's BlueTwo widescreen skin).
It all works wonderfully....
But, when I just want to play some music, then it seems overkill to fire up the DLP projector just so that I can navigate the MediaPortal menus to select the appropriate music. At present, I use VNC from another PC to navigate the MediaPortal menus, and that is OK, but a bit clumsy as the second PC is in a separate part of the house.
What I would really like is a small display, connected directly to the MCPC, that I can use just for menu navigation (via the MCE Remote). It seems that my choices are:-
1. Connect an LCD monitor as a secondary cloned display. This would have to be a 1280x720 widescreen (16:9) display, which probably means large (>17†diagonal) and expensive (>$500)?
2. Find a small (~7†diagonal) widescreen display that can work in cloned mode? Does anyone know if these exist? And will it work with MediaPortal?
3. Use a VFD multi-line alpha display – has anybody done this and can you use it to successfully navigate within MediaPortal?
Any other suggestions?
Cheers,
Taipan