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Almost done with setup..screen needs to go on the wall

I’m not sure I understand what your asking. Are you looking for suggestions on how to mount the screen?

I am using my projector for movies..from DVD player or my HTPC dvd changer. What i use that screen is for playing music from the HTPC to select the songs, playlists or albums.

I am trying to see what others do. I do not want to power on the projector to play music.

--Avi

Presently, my primary display is a 56 inch DLP. It’s used for everything from movies to games and is the primary monitor for 3 of my computers. One computer (the one I use for downloading and burning) is also running a dual monitor hooked up to a 21 inch LCD in the adjacent office where all my equipment is located. On the DLP I hop between computers with a KVM switch triggered from the keyboard. For regular TV watching while using the DLP as a monitor I just have a cheap 27 inch CRT sitting next to it. If I have to check something on the internet while gaming (cheat) I just switch between inputs on the DLP.

When I finally get a projector and screen my plan is to have the DLP under the screen to the right of the center speaker and continue using it as my primary computer monitor so I don’t have to put hours on the projector for surfing the internet or selecting music etc… the CRT will be replaced by a plasma for regular TV watching and go under the screen on the left side of the center speaker. That way I will only have to power up the projector for movies, games and the occasional TV show worth watching on the big screen.

I’ve also considered using a smaller LCD display mounted on and articulated arm next to my primary seat for my primary computer monitor but I prefer using the DLP because I can put it far enough away that I can see it w/o using glasses (farsighted).

So essentially I’m working along the same lines as you are in looking to not have to use a projector for mundane tasks and only dedicated viewing.

I’m also considering using a laptop to control everything via a wireless network. There are several ways to control multiple computers over a network with Linux. Maybe with Winblows too but it never seem to make it easy or elegant.

Ever heard of RDC? ;-)

My information is likely out of date but the last I checked RDC didn’t work, w/o some hacking, with Windows XP Home Edition which one of my computers is running. Unless they made it available to home edition I believed I would have to run something like pcAnywhere…

Oh yeah, that. I usually use pro versions. pcAnywhere is a horrible piece of crap. For our actual remote control needs at work, we use Landesk, but I don't think home users are going to be shelling out 10K for a license of that.

Win 7 Pro comes with RDC both ways, btw.

Yeah I was afraid home edition still might not support it but wasn’t sure since I never downloaded SP3. I ended up with Home Edition on that PC because I bought a really cheap emachines after moving back to Phoenix and was living on savings looking for a job. It’s still my primary computer running 24/7 and my experience with Windows has been if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

Thanks for the heads up about Win 7 hearing lots of good things about it.

I’m having trouble finding the answers about RDC I was looking for last night so can I pick your brain?

1. Does RDC open in it’s own window? See #2.

2. I can have three different sessions open to three separate servers simultaneously and move between them by ALT+TAB (ing) through the windows on the client?

3. When remote logging in as say user “Pinbeck” is said user logged off locally? At times I would want to have the local display showing the same desktop on the server while using it on the client?

4. Does it allow information exchange between the servers by cut-&-paste/drag-&-drop between the sessions running on the client? I found a Linux app that does this though it’s unsupported now.

Sorry for all the questions and the thread hijack but I’m not finding any good info about using RDC to run multiple servers from one client simultaneously, or allowing simultaneous remote and local login to the same desktop.

Cheers,
Dean

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes, although there may be some hack around this. This does not apply if you're RDCing to a Windows Server OS.
4. To some degree. Text, yes, not so much larger files.

I used RealVNC for this kind of thing a while back but I'm not sure if it works with Home Edition. My recollection is that was fairly flexible for different remote desktop uses.

-Dave

VNC (RealVNC or otherwise) will work with Home Edition.