Cheap tablets for touch screen home assistant dashboards?
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notdoreen · 2023-12-06 04:20

I'm planning to add a couple of touch screen dashboards around my
house:

I'm using these to monitor security cameras, play music, and control
lights + other devices around the home.

I want to put one in the livingroom, one in the master bedroom, and
one in the garage.

I don't want to buy ipods or other expensive tablets just to use them
as touch screens. Could someone recommend some cheap options that work
well? preferably with bluetooth to connect to a bluetooth sound
system.

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ElevenNotes · 2023-12-06 04:35

You're better off with a normal touchscreen and an RPi.

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ThePixlPirate · 2023-12-06 04:49

If you check out r/homeassistant , most people recommend cheap fire
tablets

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notdoreen · 2023-12-06 04:53

Thank you

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Brent_the_constraint · 2023-12-06 11:59

I second that... 7" and 10" Fire Tablet are a blessing when they are
reduced...

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samaritan1331_ · 2023-12-06 16:01

Get them on sale. You can get the latest model 7 or 10inch for 50-80
when on sale. Don't forget to turn off fire updates either via
firetoolbox or via dns blocker.

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AllTheModzAreCancer · 2023-12-06 22:55

I wish that someone would create a custom apple firmware that allowed
older model ipads to be used for things like this. I have like 5 1st
and 2nd gen paperweights in a drawer somewhere.