I made a picture frame and put an unused HP Stream 7 tablet running Win10 in it (see pics) to show a couple of cameras via bp2008's remote live view page. I love that it's touch screen (tap to full screen a cam) and love the small size. The tablet only has wireless Internets, so as expected, bp2008's viewer loses the feed quite often. Also, anytime BI is restarted, the viewer goes dark and I have to reload the page. I expected these problems but it was fun to set up.
So, where I'm at now: fun project with stuff lying around the house that I didn't expect to work perfectly now has me wanting it to work. Love the size, the look, touchscreen, and in general being able to glance over at cameras in the living room.
I thought about just finding a $100 7" display and doing HDMI over ethernet to show the Blue Iris server feed.. That would be super solid, but I'd lose touchscreen, and I had trouble finding anything 7" or so under $100 besides Raspberry pi displays (not sure if those would even work).
I'm also considering purchasing this to make the tablet wired: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OVDE0GC
But making the tablet wired wouldn't solve the problem of the web viewer not reconnecting after BI restarts.
Any ideas or advice would be most appreciated!

So, where I'm at now: fun project with stuff lying around the house that I didn't expect to work perfectly now has me wanting it to work. Love the size, the look, touchscreen, and in general being able to glance over at cameras in the living room.
I thought about just finding a $100 7" display and doing HDMI over ethernet to show the Blue Iris server feed.. That would be super solid, but I'd lose touchscreen, and I had trouble finding anything 7" or so under $100 besides Raspberry pi displays (not sure if those would even work).
I'm also considering purchasing this to make the tablet wired: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OVDE0GC
But making the tablet wired wouldn't solve the problem of the web viewer not reconnecting after BI restarts.
Any ideas or advice would be most appreciated!


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