I really like the idea of the bar system. It could make for a very
clean installation. Less that some solutions but more that a 2.1 system.
Michael Bendorf wrote:
I had indeed thought of a 2.1 system already - we have one at church
that works nicely, but it is limited. I suppose that should not
preclude me from looking at other systems than the one we use there.
Has anyone on this list used a sound bar before? Either at home or at
work? I'm curious about both implementations...
--Michael T. Bendorf--
Technology Administrator
A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262
217.476.3312 ext. 2019
Cellular: 217.306.6824
"I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do
during your lectures so that I do not need you any more."
A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way
for others.
"The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the
enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated
buyers using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas."
- Alan Kay
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:08 AM, JimHays <hay...@sages.us
<mailto:hay...@sages.us>> wrote:
Our HS principal has been buying an amplifier and a pair of
indoor/outdoor speakers like you suggest and they are working well
for us but I have been looking for a better solution. I think the
Vizio sound bar looks like a good possibility. And $100 sure
beats $300. Of course, little ole cheap me tries to get the cost
closer to $25 per room so I am looking at something more like this:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Inland-2.1-Mini-Type-Home-Theater-series-Speaker-System/10363684
I have a similar system - a bit smaller than this - in a 5th grade
classroom and it is working well. The key is the sub to get the
added volume. The $10-15 sets don't give the volume needed. But
a $25 set with a sub is loud enough for the classroom.
Michael T. Bendorf wrote:
very interesting - I was about to purchase a simple stereo
reviver and a pair of indoor/outdoor speakers for a use where
the sound-bar idea might be both cleaner and cheaper.
I have not had experience with these sound bars: they will
indeed fill a good sized classroom with decent sound during a
dialog heavy film?
--Michael T. Bendorf--
Technology Administrator
A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262
217.476.3312 ext. 2019
DID #: 217.476.6019
Cellular: 217.306.6824
"I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you
do during your lectures so that I do not need you any more."
A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light
the way for others.
"The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled
by the enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for
unsophisticated buyers using poor adaptations of incomplete
ideas."
- Alan Kay
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:34 AM, JimHays <hay...@sages.us
<mailto:hay...@sages.us> <mailto:hay...@sages.us
<mailto:hay...@sages.us>>> wrote:
Get a Vizio sound bar from Walmart for $98 and some RCA cables
from Monoprice.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Vizio-High-Definition-Sound-Bar/11046520
Alicia M.M.Kessler wrote:
We added a couple of mounted smart boards with short-throw
projectors at the beginning of the school year. I
didn't order
the $300 audio system......now I'm questioning that
decision.
I have nice speakers I can run the computer audio out
of......but for the dvd/vcr hook up in the external
box.......no dice? There is an audio input jack - but it
doesn't appear to route the sound. The display of the
dvd is
fine. Anyone circumvented a $300 setup? Am I missing
something
super obvious (I usually am).
Thanks,
Alicia M. M. Kessler
It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
~Garrison Keillor
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