best way to setup a monitor wall

[hypermint]

I have an idea on how I want to do this. I have three flat panel Tv's that I want to use as a simulation rig. I have all my footage on 3 different cameras. What do you think is the best way to get each one of the videos on a different screen?

I was thinking of hooking it up to a comp with 3 video cards. Anyone have any better ideas on how to get this done...possibly cheaper?

thanks for the ideas.

[burkhartmj]

I have an idea on how I want to do this. I have three flat panel Tv's that I want to use as a simulation rig. I have all my footage on 3 different cameras. What do you think is the best way to get each one of the videos on a different screen?

I was thinking of hooking it up to a comp with 3 video cards. Anyone have any better ideas on how to get this done...possibly cheaper?

thanks for the ideas.

well, if the video isn't HD or something [so it doesn't require a lot of GPU power to run it] just get 2 el cheapo graphics cards [since most have dual PC out now] and run it that way. Other than that, not 100% sure what you could do.

[hypermint]

I am thinking of going the video card route. The issue I am running into is that there are going to be 3 tvs on the wall and each one has to play a video on its own screen. I think 2 video cards with 2 out puts will do the trick. I will just have one output left open....Does anyone know about the converter boxes that output the same as a video card?

[burkhartmj]

I am thinking of going the video card route. The issue I am running into is that there are going to be 3 tvs on the wall and each one has to play a video on its own screen. I think 2 video cards with 2 out puts will do the trick. I will just have one output left open....Does anyone know about the converter boxes that output the same as a video card?

I assume you mean the ones from USB to monitor? One was reviewed on tekzilla [I forget which ep] so you should check out what patrick had to say about it. I can't quite remember his impressions off the top of my head but I believe they were along the lines of "meh."

[hypermint]

i think i am gonna go with a 2 video card setup for the project. I will need to find out what the tv displays at and find a card to support if from there.