Second monitor question and pairing multiple bluetooth headphones.

NetGuySC

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In have two nieces and a nephew from Korea living with my family. In our living room we have our regular family tv and also have the family computer. My nieces/ nephews and wife use the computer to watch various Korean shows.

I have two questions..

1. If I buy a 32" LCD to mount on the wall above my regular computer monitor. If I plug this tv into the available DVI port on my video card ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121267 but has no HDMI), will it display as two monitors? The smaller original monitor is plugged into the more common video plug in back of the video card (can't remember the name, looks similar to a serial connection)

2. If I get a Bluetooth adapter for my computer, can I purchase 5 LG Tones http://www.lg.com/us/cell-phone-accessories/lg-HBS700-tone or something similar so that my wife nieces nephew and one of my kids could listen the Korean show being shown on the 32" tv/monitor, without having a "Battle of the volumes" with me while I watch my shows on the family tv.?

My goal is to allow the family to watch the 32" monitor from the section sofa in front of the computer
instead of being sitting very closely and very crowded directly in front of the computer as to not have the volume too loud to disturb me and yet loud enough for them to hear.

Wired headphones would be a problem while watching the 32" tv from the sofa.

I forgot to add, we currently use windows 7 and soon will use 8.1
 
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mfenn

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1. Yes, it will appear as two monitors. You can just drag the video window over to that screen.

2. Yes, you can pair multiple BT devices, but they wouldn't all be able to receive the audio output at the same time. I'm assuming that you have a decent budget here since 5 pairs of LG Tones is $350. What I'd do is get dedicated RF headphones with a transmitter like the Sennheiser RS120/HDR120 combo. Techically, you only need one RS120 and four HDR120's, but you might want to pick up a few extra RS120's because they are also charging bases.
 

NetGuySC

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Mfenn, Thanks for the very helpful post, you provided a quick answer and a solution. Thanks for your time on both..