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Re: [LUG] OT: Play Station 3

 

Hi Neil

Thanks for the reply.

On 19/03/2008, Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > possibly video system. What I would like to do is to have a computer
>  > that can be accessed by a touch screen
>
> Kiosk support - webconverger
Brilliant - I have been following Kai's project.
>
>  > and allow the young people to
>  > select the music or video they want. On top of that the young people
>  > also want a ps3.
>
> There is work to run Debian on a PS3 (or do you still want to play the
>  games on it afterwards?)
>
>  Why not have two machines - one PS3 and one dedicated file server for
>  the streaming content running Debian.
Much better idea.
>
>  > Is it possible to run a ps3 on an ordinary computer
>  > monitor or does it have to be a hdtv please? I know that the ps3 can
>  > be networked and am also wondering whether you can put music and video
>  > on it and use it for streaming these things whilst playing a game?
>
> Depends on the game. :-)
>
>  >  If
>  > not I suppose myth tv is the way to go. If we went myth tv can we run
>  > it through a touch screen?
>
> Would you really want to be *that close* to a TV image?
>
>  It needs to be a better resolution to withstand close scrutiny without
>  headaches.
Sorry I should have said - touch screen to select and then send the
image to a large screen tv, video projector or large monitor.

Thanks.
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Kind regards
Rich
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