hooking up to the bar tv's

[Lonman]

I run the S-Video out of my video card to an RF converter, then the cable out to a splitter to 4 tv's in the bar. The S-Video is my 'extended desktop' so the lyrics will display to all tv's I have connected to it.

[JNS02]

I run s-video from my laptop to a audio/video amplifier from Radio Shack ($50). This way I have no drop in video quality running singer monitor and 3 additional TV's. Just another way, use whatever works best for you.


Jack

[capnvic]

Originally Posted by JNS02

I run s-video from my laptop to a audio/video amplifier from Radio Shack ($50). This way I have no drop in video quality running singer monitor and 3 additional TV's. Just another way, use whatever works best for you.


Jack

I use the same splitter to hook up additional TV's. Then I run RG52 cables from the Splitter to the TV's or use the RCA connectors to run a connection to the S-video connection to the TV. The only problem, there is a bit of degradation with the S-Video over certain lengths. And I still connect to my 17in Flat screen LCD via VGA.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by JNS02

I run s-video from my laptop to a audio/video amplifier from Radio Shack ($50). This way I have no drop in video quality running singer monitor and 3 additional TV's. Just another way, use whatever works best for you.


Jack

I used those amplifiers once when i had several tv's hooked up and a projector, there was a little waviness in the big screen far away, when I added the amplifier I guess it "amplified" it and the waviness got worse?

Any comments? Would like to know?

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by bryant

I used those amplifiers once when i had several tv's hooked up and a projector, there was a little waviness in the big screen far away, when I added the amplifier I guess it "amplified" it and the waviness got worse?

Any comments? Would like to know?

You hit the nail on the head. The waviness was introduced prior to the amplifier. Change cords/check connections prior to the amplifier. Was there a neon on the same circuit? A florescent bulb? Cable draped over the amp or a magnet? Crossing a speaker cord? The problem is probably there, but not noticeable on a smaller screen. Also CRT tubes are more forgiving than a projector or LCD/Plasma.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by marklwood

You hit the nail on the head. The waviness was introduced prior to the amplifier. Change cords/check connections prior to the amplifier. Was there a neon on the same circuit? A florescent bulb? Cable draped over the amp or a magnet? Crossing a speaker cord? The problem is probably there, but not noticeable on a smaller screen. Also CRT tubes are more forgiving than a projector or LCD/Plasma.

It seems like a lot of it disappeared after I removed the projector from the a/b/c/d switch. What is it about projectors that can feed back interference into the other video outlets.

[ddouglass]

Could be a poor ground on the projector or an antenna that is connected to it.

[capnvic]

Originally Posted by bryant

It seems like a lot of it disappeared after I removed the projector from the a/b/c/d switch. What is it about projectors that can feed back interference into the other video outlets.

It could be shielding on the cables to the switch box. or the switch box may not have the proper shielding. I've seen that on old breakout boxes and computer video splitters, and on some RCA cables.

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by Lonman

I run the S-Video out of my video card to an RF converter, then the cable out to a splitter to 4 tv's in the bar. The S-Video is my 'extended desktop' so the lyrics will display to all tv's I have connected to it.

Works for me too! S-Video out of laptop to RF converter then coax cable out to splitter then coax cable to each individual TV. New TVs still have the cable hookup.

Radio Shack sells the wireless (a little expensive) but great when the TVs are very far away, so you don't have to run a long cable. A friend uses that, but there are occasional audio & video dropouts from wireless interference.

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by Skybird74

Works for me too! S-Video out of laptop to RF converter then coax cable out to splitter then coax cable to each individual TV. New TVs still have the cable hookup.

Radio Shack sells the wireless (a little expensive) but great when the TVs are very far away, so you don't have to run a long cable. A friend uses that, but there are occasional audio & video dropouts from wireless interference.

I never send audio to the tv's anyway, but have used the wireless video systems before in place of coax. Only problem I had is you have to have the transmitter & receiver higher than the crowd & without obstruction.
I worked for one company that ran several shows a week & we used nothing but wireless video, but had the receivers set up stationary in each club (you can buy additional receivers) with a video a/b switch on the tv's so we just went in & set up our transmitter at our section & flipped the tv's over. Worked very well.

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by Lonman

I never send audio to the tv's anyway, but have used the wireless video systems before in place of coax. Only problem I had is you have to have the transmitter & receiver higher than the crowd & without obstruction.
I worked for one company that ran several shows a week & we used nothing but wireless video, but had the receivers set up stationary in each club (you can buy additional receivers) with a video a/b switch on the tv's so we just went in & set up our transmitter at our section & flipped the tv's over. Worked very well.

My mistake - I didn't mean to say audio. Just occasional video interference.
Putting the transmitter & receiver higher than the crowd is a good suggestion. Don't think he thought of that How would you do that when I would think the transmitter would sit right next to your setup?

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by Skybird74

Putting the transmitter & receiver higher than the crowd is a good suggestion. Don't think he thought of that How would you do that when I would think the transmitter would sit right next to your setup?

It wasn't easy all the time. The receivers generally weren't a problem as they would sit on the tv or sometime could be devised to mount it by the tv using it.
The transmitter, we used to sit it on the table by us, but people walking around it would ultimately end up giving interference. Sometimes there was a shelf or something that was by us that we could use, but many times not. We had to devise a stand of some sort to get it higher that the crowd - about 6-7 feet on average. We ended up just getting a round base mic stand & modified the reach with a second piece from an old stand that we had to connect together & added a little tray at the top for the transmitter.

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by Lonman

It wasn't easy all the time. The receivers generally weren't a problem as they would sit on the tv or sometime could be devised to mount it by the tv using it.
The transmitter, we used to sit it on the table by us, but people walking around it would ultimately end up giving interference. Sometimes there was a shelf or something that was by us that we could use, but many times not. We had to devise a stand of some sort to get it higher that the crowd - about 6-7 feet on average. We ended up just getting a round base mic stand & modified the reach with a second piece from an old stand that we had to connect together & added a little tray at the top for the transmitter.

Thanks for the good suggestions.