[kman42]

I would like to have slide shows running on with music on ten flat screen displays simultaneously. With music. Any ideas?

Would this work? A few iPod photos with signal boosters (do these exist?) split to three screens each.

kman

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The same slideshow or different pictures for each screen? Assuming you already know how to connect ten screens to your mac, for the first option, use iPhoto with mirrored screens. Or if you want different pictures use the (much nicer) screensaver slideshow (iPhoto albums appear there automaticly).

[kman42]

Originally posted by - - e r i k - -:
The same slideshow or different pictures for each screen? Assuming you already know how to connect ten screens to your mac, for the first option, use iPhoto with mirrored screens. Or if you want different pictures use the (much nicer) screensaver slideshow (iPhoto albums appear there automaticly).

So, I would need a PM G5 with lots of video cards? Does Screensaver let you put different screensavers on each screen or how would that second option you mentioned work?

kman

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Originally posted by kman42:
So, I would need a PM G5 with lots of video cards? Does Screensaver let you put different screensavers on each screen or how would that second option you mentioned work?

That's exactly what it does. It picks images randomly from the album you've selected and displays different images on each screen with the "Ken Burns"-effect. Note that this might ruin some of your images that's too tightly cropped, especially portrait ones. Other than that it

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Oh yes, and multiple monitor cards are pretty expensive... pretty.

[DeathToWindows]

Originally posted by - - e r i k - -:
Oh yes, and multiple monitor cards are pretty expensive... pretty.

mmm... radeon 9000/9200 anyone (around $100)

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Originally posted by DeathToWindows:
mmm... radeon 9000/9200 anyone (around $100)

We're talking cards that support more than two monitors here. He needs ten monitors. Three PCI slots and one AGP slots with dual cards gives eight.

[Fiend]

dvi or svideo out to a video breakout box connected to TVs works out just fine assuming you want the same picture on all screens. patch the audio to a stereo or powered speakers. all set.

equipment:

laptop with source material > video breakout box > multiple sets.

powered speakers or patch to a stereo system.

[kman42]

Originally posted by Fiend:
dvi or svideo out to a video breakout box connected to TVs works out just fine assuming you want the same picture on all screens. patch the audio to a stereo or powered speakers. all set.

equipment:

laptop with source material > video breakout box > multiple sets.

powered speakers or patch to a stereo system.

What's a video breakout box? Is it a video signal amplifier? Would that let me use the iPod photo instead of a computer for the source? That would really simplify moving/installation.

8-10 monitors is fine. I envision having three/four groups of monitors with each group running a different slideshow.

kman

[kman42]

How about sticking one of these on the output of an iPod photo and connecting it to 4 or 8 cheap flatscreen TVs?

kman

[Fiend]

kman42:

Here is what i was thinking (as i have the 4 way one)

http://www.smarthome.com/8141.html

If you can output from your source with either svideo or rca, then that will work just fine. if you want 8 screens, you can buy 2 4's or if you need 10 screens, buy 1 4 and 1 7 and simply use a Y cable off the end of your output source so it splits to the 2 break out boxes. they are amplified to help with the signal.

on that page, is also component breakout boxes, but you don't need that.