KelliJann @ Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:43 am wrote: I am looking for a good quality, affordable karaoke machine for my mother. Is there any machine out there that will tell you whether or not you are on key when you sing? She likes the idea of the video game, but wants a karaoke machine that will do bascially the same thing (minus the competition part). I know nothing about karaoke machines. Can anyone help? Thanks!
KELLI, since your question really hasn't been answered, please allow me. First off, you are not going to get a karaoke machine that can grade your pitch AND it be "affordable" like you asked, so forget about that.
I assume that when you say affordable, you mean something around or less than $100, and there are tons of options but they are all going to be very basic machines. Go to your local Best Buy or Wal-Mart and check out the DVD players. You'll find that about 1/2 of them are CDG/karaoke compatable, meaning that they will play karaoke CDs through your TV or home theater stereo. Find one of those that has microphone inputs and you'll have a decent player with basic features for your mom for under $100.
Also keep in mind that these players are higher quality than most of the players out there that come with built-in speakers and are billed as "karaoke systems." HOWEVER, having the external speakers may be a feature your mom needs. Those systems seem to run from about $150-500. Honestly, they all are not really great quality, so you may want to just lean towards the least expensive ones if you go this route.
Also remember that you need to buy karaoke CDs (CDGs) to go along with your new player. They will cost you from $6-25 each at retail stores for about 6-16 songs on each disk, but for your mother's needs you could get a nice base set off of somewhere like karaoke.com with 500-1200 songs for less than $100. If you need help picking one out, just let me know, but for her use the Sweet Georgia Brown or SuperCore sets should work fine and have have a decent mix of music from the 50s-early 2000s in all genres.
Finally, did you know that there are about 3-4 sequals to the video game? If that was what your mother was using in the first place, maybe you would be best served to just go check out the other versions of the video game with new songs and updated features.
Oh, and before I get rheemed by the pro KJs out there, remember that not everyone out there wants or needs professional equipment with all the bells and whistles and the complete SoundChoice catalogue, as some of you seem to think they do. Sometimes a DVD/CDG player and the SGB kit is EXACTLY what will make someone happy within their budget!!
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