In early 2010, HN went bonkers over Panic's 46" LCD TV dashboard: http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/03/the-panic-status-board/ http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/03/t

In early 2010, HN went bonkers over Panic's 46" LCD TV dashboard: http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/03/the-panic-status-board/ http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/03/the-panic-status-board/ It's rather nice, but they picked an expensive (>$2000) TV with an embedded x86 PC designed for digital signage applications. Since the bottom has fallen out of the consumer LCD TV market, you can now get a brand-name 46-inch LCD TV for about $600. A low profile wall mount will set you back less than $40. One of the various MK802 incarnations will set you back less than $80, and if you pick the right stick incarnation and TV, the TV can power the stick through the HDMI port, meaning that you just give the TV power, plug the stick into the TV, and you're done. One caveat with the MK802-alike Android sticks is that there are a lot of variants out there, and not all of them use a chipset that's properly (GPL'd drivers w/ source code available) supported by Linux proper. Also, the feature set varies widely. But if you do your homework before buying, I have no doubts that a giant status dashboard thing that's functionally equivalent to Panic's could be created for under $700.