Wireless VGA?

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jerb

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Hello there, I'm having a little trouble finding a niche product

I need to send data to an LCD screen, 1280x1024, about 20ft away mounted on a wall.

this is a temp setup in a lobby so I cant just stick a SFF there and there's no way to run a monitor cable, thus I need a wireless VGA.

I've seen them on projectors so I know its not unreasonable, but my quick searched brought products costing upwards of $800 which is simply too much. I think $250 is my upper limit here

also, does anyone have any experience with this sort of product? does it use 900mhz, 2.4ghz, 5.8ghz, 6.0ghz to transmit?

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The wireless route is simply too expensive for such a minor project.

instead I'm going to use a SFF sys mounted behind the monitor on the wall and access it via WiFi in case anyone else needed to do something similar. an EEE box from asus was suggested as well as ITX based systems, I suspect an old laptop with a broken screen may be stripped down in my case

thank you all
 
Can you please explain why you don't want to stick a SFF pc to it? A wireless receiver is going to take up some room as well.

If you can tolerate some lag, could go with something like a (regular/nano/pico) itx board & a pre-N wifi card and forward the image using VNC, RDP, X, etc and VLC for video.

Cheers!
 
Lag's not an issue, its basically a glorified sign for a lobby.

Cables are not an option for me, I cant run them through the building

I had not considered the ITX idea, I had spec'd a m-atx which was too big but your idea has a lot of merit

just for my reference, can anyone recommend a wireless VGA under $500?
 
the eee box looks like it'll work. the preinstalled linux saves me tons of hassle
- I'm assuming this ships with xandros like its brother, can anyone confirm this?
- are they shipping yet? Quick google brings up some press releases but no stores
-anyone know what they draw (energy wise?) in watts?

this one has potential, it'll make a nice little toy afterward too

I may see if I can re-purpose one of the thinkpads we have laying around with broken screens... I dont know if we have any thin clients (god knows I've never seen one) but if we're going this route I may as well see what we have lying around as scrap before spending anything.

I appreciate all the help so far gentleman, please keep the suggestions rolling!
 
I think your answer is a wireless monitor. But they are very expensive.
 
alrighty, well in that case I think I have all the information I need to do this. The wireless monitor is out of the question so a SFF will be installed behind the monitor and wifi will be used.

I appreciate all your help gentleman
 
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