Is there such a thing as a consumer PC / TV device

[Angus]

Hello

We have computers in our home plus a large screen TV. It would be
great to be able to have a little keyboard and browse the internet on
our large TV screen. How can this be achieved?

If there was a low power, fanless PC I suppose I could simply connect
to the TV screen and connect to the network? But I am hoping there
are standard offerings. Eg some low power linux based system? But
not really bothered about operating system.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Angus

 

[Jamie]

Angus wrote:

Hello

We have computers in our home plus a large screen TV. It would be
great to be able to have a little keyboard and browse the internet on
our large TV screen. How can this be achieved?

If there was a low power, fanless PC I suppose I could simply connect
to the TV screen and connect to the network? But I am hoping there
are standard offerings. Eg some low power linux based system? But
not really bothered about operating system.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Angus
Sure, my RCA 61 DLP has a ethernet jack (RJ45) with a browser in it.

I have the keyboard that lets me browse in a separate window if I
wish while watching TV in another..
It's kind of cool actually It uses IE or a look alike..

I used it to register my TV

http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5"

 

[Nobody]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:26:28 -0800, Angus wrote:

We have computers in our home plus a large screen TV. It would be
great to be able to have a little keyboard and browse the internet on
our large TV screen. How can this be achieved?

If there was a low power, fanless PC I suppose I could simply connect
to the TV screen and connect to the network? But I am hoping there
are standard offerings. Eg some low power linux based system? But
not really bothered about operating system.

Unless it's HDTV, you aren't going to be able to run a standard OS and
applications; the resolution is too low.

However, you could run something like WebTV (now MSN TV):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_TV

 

[Eeyore]

Angus wrote:

Hello

We have computers in our home plus a large screen TV. It would be
great to be able to have a little keyboard and browse the internet on
our large TV screen.

No it wouldn't !

The resolution of TVs is hopelessly inadequate for PC use.

Graham

 

On Feb 15, 11:07 am, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Angus wrote:
Hello

We have computers in our home plus a large screen TV.  It would
be
great to be able to have a little keyboard and browse the
internet on
our large TV screen.

No it wouldn't !

The resolution of TVs is hopelessly inadequate for PC use.

Graham

Agreed with standard def TVs but works very well with HDTV as I've
been doing this for 4 years but I am using a dedicated PC for the 50"
DLP set. Its IS a little odd seeing a Windows desktop 42" wide the
first time but pick a nice picture for it. Playing MPEG files across
the network is also fine and does not require gigabit LAN though it is
nice for moving large (3-15 GB) files more quickly than on a 10/100
link. You might want to check out the folks at

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.tech.hdtv/topics?gvc=2

They are much more into this area.
Check out this gadget

http://store.sagetv.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SOS&Product_Code=STPHD200&Category_Code=HD

G˛

 

[David L. Jones]

On Feb 16, 2:26 am, Angus <anguscom...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello

We have computers in our home plus a large screen TV. It would be
great to be able to have a little keyboard and browse the internet on
our large TV screen. How can this be achieved?

Yes, but it depends on factors you have not told us.
What type of "large screen TV" do you have?
It might be large, but that means nothing. What's the resolution?,
what inputs does it have? (e.g. VGA, HDMI, component, S-VIDEO,
Composite?)

If you have a Wii you can use that, it can run an Opera based web
browser. Not spectacular, but it works.

If there was a low power, fanless PC I suppose I could simply connect
to the TV screen and connect to the network?

Yep, plenty of options there. Tell us more first.

Dave.

 

[David L. Jones]

On Feb 16, 6:07 am, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Angus wrote:
Hello

We have computers in our home plus a large screen TV. It would be
great to be able to have a little keyboard and browse the internet on
our large TV screen.

No it wouldn't !

The resolution of TVs is hopelessly inadequate for PC use.

Not these days.
My 1366x768 pixel LCD TV works pretty well as a 2nd PC monitor. Not
ideal of course, but it works fine.
Try buying a large TV today that's not at least 1024x768, and without
a suitable PC compatible input connection, it ain't easy.

For the OP, it depends not only upon the resolution but the input
methods available too.

Dave.

 

[Fring]

On Feb 15, 11:26 pm, Angus <anguscom...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello

We have computers in our home plus a large screen TV.  It would be
great to be able to have a little keyboard and browse the internet on
our large TV screen.  How can this be achieved?

If there was a low power, fanless PC I suppose I could simply connect
to the TV screen and connect to the network?  But I am hoping there
are standard offerings.  Eg some low power linux based system?  But
not really bothered about operating system.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Angus

The problem with regular TV's are the fonts. It's barely readable and
like what the previous posters been saying unless you have an HDTV
then its hopeless. If I were you I'll get myself a 22" LCD monitor
which is cheap nowadays at $200 or so.

 

[Jasen Betts]

On 2009-02-15, Angus <anguscomber@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello

We have computers in our home plus a large screen TV. It would be
great to be able to have a little keyboard and browse the internet on
our large TV screen. How can this be achieved?

If there was a low power, fanless PC I suppose I could simply connect
to the TV screen and connect to the network? But I am hoping there
are standard offerings. Eg some low power linux based system? But
not really bothered about operating system.

Anyone got any suggestions?

for linux, a playstation2