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Answer» I own a small restaurant/bar. We have POOL leagues along with weekly tournaments. What equipment/setup would I need to display our tournament brackets? We would also like to stream live events from the internet that are not carried on regular tv channels (ex. UStream). When the TVs are not in use, it would be nice to display a slideshow of our CALENDAR and other information. We currently have 2 LED TVs that are available for this and would like to be able to have both TVs show the same information.
What equipment would I need to purchase and what is the best way to set it all up?
Thank you.Easiest thing I'd suggest would be to just get a basic PC/laptop and hook it up to the screens with HDMI CABLES. If you are sure that you only ever want to show the same information on both screens, a simple HDMI splitter would be sufficient to hook them both up to the same machine. You can then show anything you would normally show on a PC on the screens such as UStream, you could then simply use something such as PowerPoint or LibreOffice Impress to show slideshows on the screens.
Not sure what "tournament brackets" are but from a quick look online this looks like something you could build fairly easily in PowerPoint/LibreOffice Impress.Thanks for the advice! I was looking at the Chromebox since its small, but I don't think I can load Microsoft Office on it if I want to PUT together a slideshow. It might be easier to just go with an inexpensive small computer and find somewhere to mount it.Yeah, I'd go with a regular Windows PC - You can get things like the Intel NUC or Gigabyte Brix which are small and easy to mount hidden AWAY. Of course it doesn't need to be mounted anywhere fancy - Hide it away and run long cables to the TVs. Also bear in mind that HDMI cables tend to only go up to 15m in length so you'd ideally want the PC to be located within 15m of each TV. Alternatively you can get systems that let you run HDMI over CAT6 cables (standard Ethernet cables) which are available in longer lengths, these systems work up to and beyond 60m.
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