do I need any additional components to hook this speaker to laptop?
56531
You won't if your PC has a Bluetooth receiver built into it. If it doesn't, then you will need a small "USB Bluetooth Adapter", that slides in one of your PCs USB ports before it will sync up the speaker. These can be found at any elec store for around $8-$12.
1550881
speakers come with 2 different plugs cord rather I see no reason why they wouldn't fit into your computer also almost every laptop has a plug ins for additional speakers
173062
You will need an audio cable also for audio or plug your speakers right into the laptop or computer.
308694
You would need to run a cable from the laptop headphone jack to the speaker dock. The cable is included.
1939277
Just video. I teach at a university and if sound is required a jack is attached to the VGA input adapter that can then be plugged into your laptop's speaker port.
1744240
We purchased this with a regular projector that hooks up to our laptop. We used regular computer speakers and it worked out great!
543248
Can I hook this up directly to computer speakers (e.g. the kind that have a 3.5mm plug and a built-in amplifier)?
1625119
plug in the usb to laptop or desktop and other small USB plugs to speaker box
1940258
The unit does not have audio outputs.. You will have to connect an additional audio source from the device being used for the projector. If a laptop is being used, you need to hook up a pair of speakers to that using the 3.5 mm audio output from the laptop. (a decent quality computer speaker system should work fine) .. If a DVD player is being used, you will need an additional audio amplifier with speakers to be connected from the DVD player itself, (usually RCA type connections).
526653
No, comes with all you need for the speakers to be installed on a PC or laptop (provided you have a speaker jack on your computer or whatever device).
76024
Only if you have a 5.1 output. You should have 3 jacks: Front, Center, Rear. Otherwise if you only have the 1 jack (green color I think) you can use 1 pair of speakers and the sub. You would hook the green plug to the output jack of your laptop, and then hook the pair of speakers to the "FRONT" connection on he subwoofer.
1543709
you can get a Y splitter cable to connect your mp3 player. Then you can connect pretty much any audio source to the system laptop/mp3 player...
2001946
Depends on what kind of sound card. Laptop int. sound card I would say yes you need a card. External, or pci-e would be good.
1193788
As Michael said then you cannot hook the speaker up directly from your "Laptop To Speaker" But all you have to do is have a receiver or an amplifier as well. It would work like this "Laptop To Receiver To Speaker" ... in this case, you just get a cable like this (http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Audio-Cable-12-foot/dp/B000067RBT/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_y) which connects your Laptop to Receiver. and then you use normal speaker wire from Receiver To Speaker It is the came setup as mentioned above if you use an amplifier use a receiver if you want to also be able to listen to FM/AM radio, and plan to hookup more things like a DVD Player, TV etc. it gives you more options to hookup more things, but it usually gives out less Watts. You still would be able to get a good sound out of the speaker this way. Use an amplifier if you just plan to hookup only your laptop. An amplifier gives less options of hookup many things, but it usually gives out a lot more Watts, so you would get more power/base/sound of your speaker. (one like this would make it kick ass, but less can do it as well (http://www.amazon.com/Pyle-PPA450-Channel-Mount-Amplifier/dp/B0010KAJKU/ref=pd_sim_e_30) Hope it helps :-)
675933
You will need a preamp. The computer does not have enough power to meet minimum specs. I run my laptop through my Denon receiver. Buy an old receiver on CL with at least 100 watts(55 if its a Harmon Kardon). I think these speakers are a great value for money. They sound really good when I run YouTube videos through my laptop. Hope this helps. (see comment from C. Thomas below).Cheers.
84971
You can plug it into your laptop's headphone jack (assuming it has one). However - my laptop has a crappy built-in sound card, so the audio quality was bad. I ended up getting a USB sound card (about $50) and plugged the speakers into that - much better. I'd say try it straight in first and see if you are OK with the sound.
1699804
No, you will need to purchase the power supply in addition to the speakers. There is an alternative model that comes with both.