The document discusses various input and output devices for computers including keyboards, mice, microphones, scanners, cameras, printers, monitors, and speakers. It provides price ranges for popular brands of each device type. It then summarizes some cost-effective options for acquiring I/O devices for different user types, such as purchasing a TV with HDMI for home use as a computer monitor, buying bundled keyboard and mouse sets, or an all-in-one printer/scanner/fax for office secretaries seeking to consolidate devices. Store managers are advised to search online for bargained bar code scanners.
The document discusses various input and output devices for computers including keyboards, mice, microphones, scanners, cameras, printers, monitors, and speakers. It provides price ranges for popular brands of each device type. It then summarizes some cost-effective options for acquiring I/O devices for different user types, such as purchasing a TV with HDMI for home use as a computer monitor, buying bundled keyboard and mouse sets, or an all-in-one printer/scanner/fax for office secretaries seeking to consolidate devices. Store managers are advised to search online for bargained bar code scanners.
The document discusses various input and output devices for computers including keyboards, mice, microphones, scanners, cameras, printers, monitors, and speakers. It provides price ranges for popular brands of each device type. It then summarizes some cost-effective options for acquiring I/O devices for different user types, such as purchasing a TV with HDMI for home use as a computer monitor, buying bundled keyboard and mouse sets, or an all-in-one printer/scanner/fax for office secretaries seeking to consolidate devices. Store managers are advised to search online for bargained bar code scanners.
The document discusses various input and output devices for computers including keyboards, mice, microphones, scanners, cameras, printers, monitors, and speakers. It provides price ranges for popular brands of each device type. It then summarizes some cost-effective options for acquiring I/O devices for different user types, such as purchasing a TV with HDMI for home use as a computer monitor, buying bundled keyboard and mouse sets, or an all-in-one printer/scanner/fax for office secretaries seeking to consolidate devices. Store managers are advised to search online for bargained bar code scanners.
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Hardware:
Input / Output Devices
HTM 304 Stew Rutledge Jess Culpeper Travis Carlston Kevin Torio Andy Diaz Input Devices Aninput device is any hardware component that allows you to enter data and instructions onto a computer. Six Widely used input devices are the keyboard, mouse, microphone, scanner, digital camera and PC video camera. Output Devices An output device is any hardware component that conveys information to one or more people. Three commonly used output devices are a printer, a monitor and speakers. BIOS Acronym for basic input/output system, the built-in software that determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. On PCs, the BIOS contains all the code required to control the keyboard, display screen, disk drives, serial communications, and a number of miscellaneous functions. Keyboards & Mice Logitech $18.99-$199.99 Microsoft $29.99-$142.99 Dynex $16.49-$53.99 Kensington $29.99-$69.99 Rocketfish $18.99-$99.99 Apple $29.99-$69.99 Targus $24.99-$43.99 Razer $56.99-$94.99 Spectra $7.99-$25.99 Dynamism $79.99-$179.99 Ideazon $39.99 Saitek $69.99 Thanko $44.99 Scanners Epson $104.99-$549.99 Hewlett $99.99-$199.99 -Packard Xerox $332.49-$995.99 Canon $159.99 Neat Receipts $199.99 Visioneer $75.99 Microphones Sony $49.99-$75.99 Cyber Acoustics $16.99 Logitech $31.99 Rocketfish $24.99 Shure $121.94 Monitors LG $209.99-$499.99 Samsung $249.99-$549.99 Hewlett $199.99-$599.99 -Packard Acer $199.99-$549.99 Envision $169.99-$279.99 Westinghouse $209.99-$549.99 Gateway $199.99-$679.99 eMachines $114.99-$209.99 Apple $599.99-$899.99 Compaq $114.99 Mag $249.99 Velocity Micro $369.99 Printers Hewlett $49.99-$699.99 -Packard Canon $49.99-$849.99 Brother $99.99-$399.99 Epson $89.99-$399.99 Panasonic $299.99 Lexmark $89.99-$249.99 Kodak $149.99-$299.99 Samsung $249.99 Speakers Logitech $52.99-$79.99 Cyber Acoustics $14.99 Insignia $22.99-$49.99 Altec Lansing $99.99 Rocketfish $49.99-$79.99 Bose $99.99-$399.99 Slide Projectors Optoma $699.99-$1799.99 Epson $599.99-$1349.99 InFocus $599.99-$949.99 Sharp $799.99-$899.99 Toshiba $899.99-$1299.00 Cost Effective Routes for I/O Devices Whether the use of a I/O device is for the office secretary, the store manager or the home entertainment buff and gamer. Input and Output devices no matter their purpose have a number a routes that these users can go to get the devices for better than average prices. Most of the data that I collected I obtain from browsing BestBuy’s website. -Home Users- Home Users can purchase a television with HDMI inputs so that the T.V. can double as a monitor as well.
Insigna 26” flat screen HD LG 24” widescreen flat-panel
television with 2 HDMI inputs LCD monitor $522.99 $499.99 Continued… Home users can also purchase in bundles instead of items individually. Such as a Mouse and Keyboard bundle where you get both together instead of buying them by themselves. -Office Use (Secretary)- Along with the home use the secretary as well could take advantage of the keyboard and mouse combo but along with that for document use in the office she could look for all-in-one printer, scanner and fax machine.
When compared to the
cheapest scanner, laser printer and fax whose prices follow: $75.99, $125.99 and $59.99. The all-in-one is a much better deal and price for office Brother All-In-One use. laser printer, scanner and fax machine. $199.99 Store Manager Store mangers if handy and price conscious would probably think to look for the best prices on equipment needed. If they were to look on the internet for a new Bar-Code Scanner then they would find there are quite a few bargains to be found.