Best Buy 8" Insignia Infocast

[jsteller at spottydog.us]

Well I guess I know what I'll be doing at lunch time today!
 
---JST
 
 
 

On February 15, 2011 at 2:37 AM Terry Fox <tfox at knology.net> wrote:

> I just purchased an Insignia Infocast from Best Buy, they are on sale
> for $79.99.
>
> This is an "Internet Media Display" that (funny thing) displays
> pictures, streaming video, audio, etc from the Internet or from
> plugged-in memory cards.
>
> The neat thing is that it has an 8" 800x600 color touch-screen display,
> an 800MHz processor, 2GB of storage RAM, digital media card readers,
> Wifi, and two USB connections.  It apparently runs "Chumby", a version
> of Linux 2.6.  Alas, unhacked it runs on AC power only, and the
> electronics is in a large hump on the back, so it's no tablet.
>
> There is info on the web to add a web browser (with external USB kybd),
> and get a ssh.  I imagine more hacks are out there as well.
>
> I originally got it for the TFT LCD display with touchscreen and power
> supply, but it may be too cool/useful to rip apart.  At $80, a decent
> buy, maybe even a "Best Buy".
> Terry, WB4JFI
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