On 09/11/11 09:15, Mark Rogers wrote:
My instinct is to look for one of the small Linux boxes that have VESA mounting for the back of the monitor, or maybe even just a thin client, although the latter would require more work at the server end.
Acer revo's start at about £200 inc, include the Vesa mount (or at least mine did) and do HDMI (including HDMI audio) out of the box. It's about 10 times more hardware than you need by the sounds of it but they are at least cool, quiet and reasonably energy efficient.
Foxconn do something similar,nT435. available in barebones for about £100...Just add some ram...and something to boot from..could be a flash card or even netboot it....No HDMI though which is utter madness..but with the right 42" display and VGA you could live with it I guess.
Some thin clients also include a local web browser (well at least the HP ones we used to deploy in schools did) but it may not be a modern one and flash etc will be out of the picture..Depends on the requirements of your web app I guess. Also check the output capability as a lot of the thin clients I have seen are stuck on 4:3 aspect ratios.