RPi Projects/Digital Signage

Digital Signage platforms

 * Raspberry Digital Signage - A digital signage solution with both web view (HTML/HTML5 pages display) and multimedia view (images slideshow and video player).
 * Screenly - A digital solution designed for the Raspberry Pi. Both commercial and open source version available.
 * http://xibo.org.uk/ - open source
 * http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=10077
 * http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/01/19/xibo-digital-signage-in-raspberry-pi-emulator-step-1/
 * http://www.edugeek.net/forums/raspi-general-chat/86887-raspberry-pi-ideas-4.html
 * http://www.concerto-signage.org/ - open source
 * [RasPi discussion https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/concerto-digital-signage/VbEZDhGWKZc]
 * http://www.targetr.net/- doesn't really seem ready yet.
 * http://www.targetr.net/player/raspberry-pi
 * FirstView PiCube - A digital solution designed for the Raspberry Pi capable of displaying Images, HD Videos, RSS feeds and text presentations
 * FirstView Digital Signage
 * Raspberry Picture Frame Slideshow - Designed for digital signage or digital photo frames DIY purposes: it shows a full-screen locked slideshow of local and/or remote images.

Raspberry Pi projects

 * http://openelec.tv/component/k2/item/235-openelec-on-raspberry-pi-our-first-arm-device-supported
 * http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=924
 * http://jstx.sourceforge.net (control TV with RPI)

Talk about Raspberry Pi as a digital signage driver

 * http://www.raspberrypioneer.com/2012/06/07/raspberry-pi-project-2-raspberry-pi-driven-digital-signage-and-environmental-monitoring/

Screen blanking

 * http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=11115&p=122635
 * http://next.kolumbus.no/2012/06/22/raspberry-pi/

Rotate Screen

 * General Linux reference - http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/howto/rotate_the_pc_screen
 * Nvidia specific - http://ubuntunation.blogspot.com/2009/11/howto-rotate-screen-in-linux-using.html
 * RasPi specific - http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=9450&p=109398&hilit=rotate+display#p109398
 * http://elinux.org/RPi_Kernel_Compilation#Debian

In general it seems this issue has not been resolved. Maybe http://www.bootc.net/projects/raspberry-pi-kernel/ will help?