Displaying Info on Plasma screen

Tech Overhaul · 22-07-2004 12:46pm #1

My friend owns a clothes shop and in the shop there's a plasma screen with MTV or some music channel running on it. Now he wants to put advertising on it for special offers and stuff.

I'm going to connect the plasma to a PC through the s-video port but I was wondering is powerpoint the only/best application to use for displaying information? What other options do I have?

Matt Simis · 22-07-2004 12:50pm

Originally posted by Wizard Archer
My friend owns a clothes shop and in the shop there's a plasma screen with MTV or some music channel running on it. Now he wants to put advertising on it for special offers and stuff.

I'm going to connect the plasma to a PC through the s-video port but I was wondering is powerpoint the only/best application to use for displaying information? What other options do I have?

This I never got, people with Plasma's connecting PCs via Svideo or Composite and not through the VGA port. 99% of plasmas have a VGA port, use it! Svideo is a decent connection, but on a screen that large it will not look good enough.

Unless you are doing complicated animation, Powerpoint is fine, easy to update the info for anyone with limited Computer knowledge too.

Matt

Tech Overhaul · 22-07-2004 1:01pm

Thanks Matt, I'll look into getting the vga cable. Whats the longest length you can get? I need to go 20ft with it.

Tech Overhaul · 22-07-2004 1:04pm

Nevermind, komplett have 20m cable for 40euro

BrianD · 22-07-2004 1:13pm

Try Scala I-play. This is a low end broadcasting application.

Tech Overhaul · 22-07-2004 1:55pm

One more question if there were more than one plasma screen, how would I connect them to one pc?

Not a bad application Brian, Thanks.

ChipZilla · 22-07-2004 2:00pm

Get a (or a couple of) dual-head graphics card like a Matrox G450 or G550.

Displaying Info on Plasma screen

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