[KLUG Members] NADs Anyone? (Network Attached Displays)

[Greg Mason]

>> Does anyone know of such a thing as a NAD (Network Attached Display)?
>> Sort of like the RFB (VNC for those layman) video cameras that connect
>> via ethernet, but in reverse - a display device that attaches to a
>> network and gets its display from somewhere.   I'm looking at 
>> mounting a
>> display up on a wall,  but really don't want to have to stash some
>> stupid PC somewhere to 'make it go' (the somewhere would have to be
>> above the ceiling in a filthy space with no circulation that gets 
>> easily
>> upwards of 100F in the summer); there already is an ethernet drop to
>> this spot.
>
> I don't suppose a flat panel display with a builtin computer would 
> work?
> (like an iMac, or PC equivalent)

depending on how involved this was to be, one could get a flatpanel 
screen, and put a box on the back of it. In that box you could put all 
the parts of a cheap fanless mini-ITX system. hell, that fanless system 
would probably be ok in that 100F space with some larger heatsinks and 
fans.

are you looking for a flatpanel type display to mount on the wall? or 
just some CRT type contraption? if a CRT is ok, and old iMac G3 might 
fit the bill. if a larger flat panel is more desirable, some early iMac 
G4s might be pretty cheap...

-Greg