[Cialug] DLNA

[Jeffrey Ollie]

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 8:52 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> Like to push a display image to a big screen HDMI, .. it seems like "DLNA"
> is the simplest solution, but there seems to be a dearth of docs for this
> type of application.
>
> Will a simple DLNA HDMI receiver work as a remote screen? Do not see a
> package with that type of description, though there are number of other
> DLNA ones.
>

I'd avoid DLNA (unless you enjoy headaches).  While it's a "standard" it's
one of those standards that is very loosely specified so interoperability
between products is very difficult.

I'd suggest getting a Chromecast.  For $35 it's hard to beat.

-- 
Jeff Ollie