Hestia

Setups

Pick a screen. Hestia does the rest.

Five setups families use, from a small screen under the kitchen cabinet to the TV you already own. Each one shows what to get and how it goes up.

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Kitchen

Under the cabinet

A flip-down screen lives under the cabinet and folds away when you want the space back. The day's plans and the weather sit at eye level while you make breakfast.

  • Landscape
  • Folds away
  • Browser and Chromecast built in

What you need

  • SYLVOX 15.6" Under Cabinet Smart TVFlips down 90° from under a cabinet. Runs Android TV with Google Play and Chromecast built in.
    View on Amazon

Set it up

  1. Mount it under a cabinet near an outlet and join your Wi-Fi.
  2. In its web browser, open hestiacalendar.com/tv. It shows a code.
  3. Type the code on your phone. The screen becomes your wall. (Or cast it from Chrome on a laptop.)

Step-by-step guide

Living room

The TV, flat on the wall

A low-profile mount keeps the TV nearly flush, like a picture. Hestia switches to its night colours at sunset, so it never glares across the room.

  • Landscape
  • Night colours after dark
  • Works with a TV you have

What you need

  • TCL 43" S4 4K Google TVGoogle TV with Chromecast built in, so you can cast your wall to it.
    View on Amazon
  • Mounting Dream fixed low-profile TV mountFor 26–60" TVs. Check your TV's VESA pattern and weight against the listing.
    View on Amazon

Set it up

  1. Mount the TV and connect it to your Wi-Fi.
  2. Open your wall in Chrome on a laptop and cast the tab: Chrome menu → Cast.
  3. Pick the TV. Hestia keeps itself up to date from there. (Hestia's own cast button, which needs no laptop, is on its way.)

Step-by-step guide

Desk or shelf

A spare monitor and a streamer

Any monitor with an HDMI port becomes a wall with a small streaming box plugged in. No computer stays switched on.

  • Landscape
  • No computer needed
  • One cable to hide

What you need

  • Dell S2725H 27" monitorFull HD with two HDMI ports and built-in speakers. Any monitor with HDMI works.
    View on Amazon
  • Google TV Streamer (4K)Plugs into HDMI and has Chromecast built in. Needs a power outlet.
    View on Amazon

Set it up

  1. Plug the streamer into the monitor and set it up with the Google Home app.
  2. Open your wall in Chrome on a laptop and cast the tab: Chrome menu → Cast.
  3. Pick the streamer.

Step-by-step guide

Hallway

A tall screen by the door

Turned on its side, a monitor shows the whole month with a big photo on top, where everyone passes on the way out. This is how the first Hestia wall was built.

  • Portrait
  • The most room for the month
  • Runs all day, sleeps at night

What you need

  • Dell 27 Plus S2725HSM monitorIts stand pivots to portrait. Any monitor you can turn on its side, or mount on the wall, works.
    View on Amazon
  • CanaKit Raspberry Pi 5 Essentials KitA small, quiet computer to run the browser. An old laptop or mini PC does the same job.
    View on Amazon

Set it up

  1. Turn the monitor to portrait and set the computer's display rotation to match.
  2. Open your wall's display link in the browser and press fullscreen.
  3. Set the browser to open it on start-up, so the wall comes back after a power cut.

Step-by-step guide

By the fridge

A tablet on the wall

The cheapest touch screen in the house. Anyone walking past can tap a day and add a plan, and it stays charged in its mount.

  • Touch: tap a day to add
  • Portrait or landscape
  • Smallest and cheapest

What you need

  • Amazon Fire HD 10 tabletA 10.1" Full HD screen. Any tablet with a modern browser works, including an old iPad.
    View on Amazon
  • Wall mount for Fire HD 10 (2023)Holds the tablet flat against the wall with room for the charging cable. Check it matches your tablet's generation.
    View on Amazon

Set it up

  1. Mount it near an outlet and keep it plugged in.
  2. Open hestiacalendar.com/tv on the tablet, add it to the home screen, and pair it with the code.
  3. Set the screen to stay on while charging (on an iPad, Auto-Lock: Never).

Step-by-step guide

Already have a screen? It probably works.

Anything with a modern web browser can show your wall. Open the demo on it to see, or follow the setup guides.

Create your wall Try the demo