MurrayInAHurry
New Member
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but maybe someone can help. First of all, I have very limited computer knowledge, so, if you can help, please assume I know nothing.
I run a small restaurant and would like to set up two or more monitors or TVs to run menus, daily specials, simple animations, pictures and birthday greetings for customers, videos, etc.
what is the absolute cheapest, no-hassle, user-friendly media playback device to do this? I guess I am imagining something like a little mp3 player or similar but without even a screen. Hopefully it would be solid state (no fans or overheating) and run trouble free for days or even weeks if we didn't have time to get to it and/or change any of the content.
The content would be Powerpoint slide shows, jpgs, audio, photographs, videos, animated clips from clip art sites, etc. If we desired, would the player be powerful(?) enough to play high quality television images?
Someone suggested I could use a flash drive to hold the content and transfer it to the player. Would that be the best way to go?
I have Googled "digital signage" and "media player" and related searches but everything seems expensive and complicated and web-based.
Is there anything cheap and easy that will do what I need? Thanks in advance for any help.
I run a small restaurant and would like to set up two or more monitors or TVs to run menus, daily specials, simple animations, pictures and birthday greetings for customers, videos, etc.
what is the absolute cheapest, no-hassle, user-friendly media playback device to do this? I guess I am imagining something like a little mp3 player or similar but without even a screen. Hopefully it would be solid state (no fans or overheating) and run trouble free for days or even weeks if we didn't have time to get to it and/or change any of the content.
The content would be Powerpoint slide shows, jpgs, audio, photographs, videos, animated clips from clip art sites, etc. If we desired, would the player be powerful(?) enough to play high quality television images?
Someone suggested I could use a flash drive to hold the content and transfer it to the player. Would that be the best way to go?
I have Googled "digital signage" and "media player" and related searches but everything seems expensive and complicated and web-based.
Is there anything cheap and easy that will do what I need? Thanks in advance for any help.
