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Yeeep.

I send my minions around and do the sorry work. Then they make sure everything in https://snipeitapp.com/ is accurate.

So student workers plus snipeit.

Note. I'm also doing IT management.

Admittedly, these are on the cheaper side of things, but I've been impressed with them: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GX66YJG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

At that price, you could probably get away with shipping them to your destination and giving them away or disposing of them after.

Refurbished EliteBooks are great - take a look at what Amazon has, but you can get a decent machine for $200. They're ugly corporate laptops, but workhorses. https://www.amazon.com/HP-EliteBook-9470M-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B01KU32UBS/ This one actually has VGA as well. Winner!

EDIT: Honestly if you're running a show, get two of them for redundancy. $400ish dollars out the door is pretty good for that setup.

I assume those are speaker level outputs with just TS connectors. You’ll need some sort of converter and you’ll need to either make custom TS plugs or just buy a mono 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable and cut it in half and use its wires to directly connect to a converter.

Speaker RCA Line Level Converter Adaptor High Low Hi Lo with Gain Control Add https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007VTMSEO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_rbqYCbSQ2KXCQ

I have 6 guitar cabinet stands I had made for this 6 years or so ago.

Bought 6 of these. https://www.amazon.com/Stage-RS7000-Stage-Monitor-Guitar/dp/B0002GY7MO

Cut the top part off, welded it to the triangle on the bottom. And now I have Confidence Monitor stands.

I use some 55" LG's and some 42" LG's on them. Here's a picture of a board meeting setup for example. https://imgur.com/Eh9rkUm

Here are my 2 cents... phone is a decent way to get a reading below 90dB. What exactly are you doing that you're concerned about? The easiest thing to do is just to get flat response ear plugs - it's just going to turn down the volume on everything, but you'll still hear like normal. I wear these to all of the shows I go to that are hitting in the 90s and above: https://www.amazon.com/Etymotic-High-Fidelity-Earplugs-Standard-Packaging/dp/B00RM6Q9XW/

Use your phone to get a general baseline, but I get erring on the side of caution. Figure out about what sounds like it's not good for you, pop in your ear plugs, don't stress it.

These are all really great suggestions! We do have a PA and an OK (not great) speaker system setup, so we're good on that end. I think we are def going to go with the Sony PXW-Z150.

I do have a question about the streaming equipment however. I did use this in the past, but with a multicamera setup I'm wondering if this will work. We are also looking into this Roland piece for the switcher which will remove the need for an audio mixer. All of this will be connected to a Macbook Pro and run on OBS to livestream. I might be way off base though lol.

I would get a Chromebox for that purpose (https://www.amazon.com/CHROMEBOX-3-N017U-Intel-Celeron-Graphics/dp/B07CLQZHF9/) and put it in the lectern with a small preview monitor, keyboard, mouse, and USB extender that users can plug into. It will let you open most file types and get to web pages, but since it's on the Chrome image, it'll be far less susceptible to viruses and need less upkeep.

You know, I didn't see any summing boxes with phantom power but I did see one or two that say "allow phantom power from source".

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If the my source provides enough to power one mic, do you think a summing box would work?

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Like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Galaxy-Audio-JIBC-XLR-Combiner/dp/B00079OUNM

Yep. Need a bnc video cable like this: https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Viper-HD-SDI-RG6-Cable/dp/B01LYOSYOA/

then a bnc to rca adapter like this: https://www.amazon.com/Electop-Adapter-Straight-Connector-Security/dp/B01420D28K/

Of course, you need a display that takes composite video...

BM Micro HDMI to HDSDI

BM MICRO HDSDI to HDMI

One of each will be needed for any single HDMI feed.

Is this the Behringer one you're talking about? Is $250 what I can expect to pay for something like that or does it go any lower?

I guess what I'm looking for then is just a "digital mixer" with enough XLR inputs to accept however many mics I need.

Yeah, wireless definitely not required for the panel but it's much more convenient that way.

Decimator MDHX. You can fully select all scaling options, including aspect ratio. $299. Rock Solid.

The only thing is no analog support.

https://www.amazon.com/Micca-Full-HD-Portable-Digital-Player/dp/B008NO9RRM

We've got four of these. They work great. One word of caution the output is exactly 60 fps NOT 59.94. Your monitor won't care but if you try to feed something that needs 59.94 you are out of luck.

VGA as a standard Needs 5 of the pins to transmit video. Most of the pins are unused while some are use for sleep functions and other thing like that. You could use this cable without the BNC connectors. To hook it up to you monitor.

StarTech.com 6-Feet Coax HD15 VGA to 5 BNC Monitor Cable - M/M (VGABNC5)