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jawadde

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Aug 1, 2011
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we want to setup an extra room as living room for the kids, to free our own living room for the parents (kids grow up...)

basically, I want to :

1. let the kids listen to music via the iPad
2. let them watch movies on a beamer via the iPad

I would like to use airplay speakers for option 1 and the usual AV cable to attach the ipad to the beamer, but :

a) I do NOT want to have a double-speaker setup (one set of speakers for music, one for movies)
b) I would like the airplay speakers to be ipad-dockable (but this is not a must)

I don't mind having to connect the airplay speakers via cable when watching a movie, since I think it's impossible on the ipad 1 to play a movie via AV cable while sending the audio via airplay

any suggestion ? Should I buy an appleTV and attach that to the speakers/beamer ? But which speakers should I use ? I visited an apple store, but they had so many speakers and the salespeople had little knowledge of this kind of setup...
 
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