I’d like to set up some displays around the house that basically show specific HA dashboards (some wall-mount, and some sitting on a shelf, maybe), and I’m looking for something with relatively simple hardware and very simple administration.
My dream would be that I could connect the display to the network (wifi or wired), adopt it in home assistant, and tell it which dashboard to display. (Perhaps if I’m being really fancy I could also use some automations to turn it on or off… and maybe to change which dashboard is being displayed?) That’s it. I don’t want some old Android tablet that is full of bloatware that I need to manually update every 3 days because of some new security patch, and I don’t want to have to manage 5 more devices each with user accounts and unique passwords, etc. And while I love Raspberry PIs, I don’t know what software to install to let them behave as described above (not to mention that it can be a bit tough to manage too many PIs…)
I’d like something relatively physically appealing (not a circuit board duct taped to a bare LCD screen held to the wall with plumbers tape). I’m willing to spend a bit if that’s what it takes, but I don’t want something messy (visually or administratively). For example, I love the form factor of the Unifi Connect screens but to the best of my knowledge they don’t play nicely with Home Assistant…
Any advice? Thanks!!