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Building a Video Wall out of Old Laptops?

Posted by Cliff on from the that's-one-use-for-'em dept.

alphakappa asks: "I am interested in building a video wall as a personal project using recycled old laptops so that I can make use of the display controllers that are already present. Is there free or cheap software that can extend the display on Windows and still be capable of showing different videos on different zones (like, say run a video in one zone while showing a powerpoint presentation in another one) What tools would you use?"

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  1. It will look like crap in any case by Gothmolly · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Each old recycled laptop will have a different color scheme, brightness and viewing angle. DSTN vs. TFT, relative strength or weakness of the backlight, etc.

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  2. Windows? by Simon80 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why would it be a requirement that the software has to run on Windows if you're using the laptops sole ly as displays? Even if you'd like to use the display with Windows, the laptops would be able to run whatever you like.