[Cialug] [OT] Re-using monitors, end of an era

[Daniel A. Ramaley]

On Friday January 23 2009 15:27, Aaron Porter wrote:
>On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com> 
wrote:
>> You could get something like this:
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815260022
>>
>> I thought Viewsonic had a device like this a few years ago, but I
>> can't seem to find out anything about it.  Not sure how good
>> "KWorld" is, but it might be worth looking into.

I actually found that "KWorld" device when doing a bit of searching on 
my own. Looks like a neat idea, but the bad reviews scared me off.

>Not as cheap, but I've been happy with my Mvix. I don't use a hard
>drive in it, so I disabled the fan... been running for a year with no
>problems.
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882994008

That looks like it only plays media files over the network. Does it play 
TV as well? I didn't see anything about TV reception, nor a spot to 
plug in the cable. Doesn't look like it has a drive for DVDs either.

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