Home Theatre System Using Laptops

Ben Falkon writes "This article takes a look at the possibility of turning a set of laptops into a home theater system. Considering Nelson Chang and the team at HP have had success with running projector party, I don't see why this is not possible. The only problem that I can see is that laptop speakers tend to be weak — then again, modern laptops are gradually being fitted with powerful speakers in these days, so that does not bother me much. A comprehensive discussion follows at the end of the article."

Comments

$200 - $400 amps have better sound and that is for

[Joe The Dragon]

$200 - $400 amps have better sound and that is for a full 5.1 or 7.1 system some even come with speakers.

Powerful Laptop Speakers?

[cleatsupkeep]

I feel like powerful laptop speakers are not measured on the same scale as powerful normal speakers, meaning powerful laptop speakers would be mediocre to poor home theater speakers, especially with the noise generated.

Re:Powerful Laptop Speakers?

[thetartanavenger]

Speakers have three main desirables:

• Loud Volume
• Good Quality / Range
• Small Size

Pick two.

i for one dont happent to have 12 laptops

[wjh31]

just laying around, old laptops are FOOBAR or donated to 'needy' relatives, and it seems to me latptop speakers will by tinny regardless of how many you stack on top of each other, if something isnt capable of producing base, it doesnt become capable of it just because youve got lots of them.

laptops are fine for watching media on your own, but they are not a home theater, however they could be a nice low power consumption media center once you plug in a decent screen and speakers

Re:$200 - $400 amps have better sound and that is

[mrbcs]

I bought a used old 5.1 amp for $80 and two Technics speakers for $90. The system is hooked up to an AMD 3000 with a Gforce 5200 and media portal. I used a haupage remote. This mess is hooked up to a $500 projector (with which I received a free mount and screen). I have it set to 80" diagonal and it works perfectly. I've had it for over a year now and only used it 470 hours(Apparently, I thought it was a lot more). It's got a Wii and dvd also connected to it. All I'll ever need.