We have been very happy with a 2.1 setup from cyber acoustics. They provide lots of sound and fairly reasonably priced. The only downside is the teacher needs to switch between the computer and the DVD player which nobody seems to mind to much about.
Thanks, Jared Lynn PORTA CUSD #202 Technology Coordinator jl...@porta202.org 217-501-4920 On Oct 1, 2010, at 11:08 AM, JimHays <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>> 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 >> // >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
