hooking up to the bar tv's

[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.