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So should I cut holes in the wall for cabling, get a cable hiding system, or paint a PVC pipe and mount it to the wall? Tv is in a corner, both being outside walls.
Show us your gaming setup: 2013 Edition
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basic_element
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I disagree. Girls like having interesting and unique things to look at, especially with a great story behind it; makes for great conversation. (and no I don't mean nerdy action figures or anime posters). Cozy and warm makes them more comfortable. A place can look classy and clean without having to be cold and sterile.
Bobby Roberts
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My basement is a combination home theater/game room. Not the fanciest/schmanciest thing, most of the equipment is entry-level quality a/v stuff, but when calibrated well, it looks alright.
Entrance to the basement
Couch view of the screen (96" diagonal)
Couch and consoles (games are just out of view)
View from the back of the room. Yes, those are laserdiscs. On the walls, too.
bodyboarder
Member
Less is more. Don't change a thing tabris.
Sorry for the crappy pics, but heres my big mansion.
I guessed you were from Scandinavia solely by looking at your pictures, the wood gave it away.
Ally1987
Member
Thats right. Im a viking aka norwegian.
audiogremlin
Neo Member
Not much has changed with my setup. Everything is still in a tiny room in the basement.
All console gaming and music listening happens here.
Samsung 42 inch LCD TV. Old but still fine for gaming.
XBox 360
PS3
Hauppauge HDPVR Gaming Edition for the times I want to record my matches.
Street Fighter 4 Round 2 TE. Got 4 of them...2 for XBox, 2 for PS3.
The rest of the stuff is my audio gear.
This is the newest addition which isn't pictured above.
Hori LCD Monitor 3 HDMI version for the PS3. I have no idea why I bought this but it's cool to have.
Immediately to the right of the console setup is my gaming PC. I used to have it as a racing setup but have converted it to a fighting game setup. The pedals are still on the floor if I want to hookup the wheel and stick.
Here's a pic of the fighting game setup on the PC.
Sony Duo 11 Windows 8 ultrabook/tablet, MacBook Air 13 inch for surfacing the web and headphone listening, MacBook Air 11 inch for downloads.
Not pictured are the handhelds which are behind the Air. There's a Sony PSVita and a Nintendo 3DS XL.
Headphone setup.
Sennheiser HD800 headphones
Headroom Amp/DAC
Headroom powersupply
Finally, to the left of the console system are the hard drives. In the picture are 26 drives. There are 2 others below the MacBook Air. Currently have 54.5 TB of space. I really need to do something to make this a cleaner setup. The drives are getting out of control.
All console gaming and music listening happens here.
Samsung 42 inch LCD TV. Old but still fine for gaming.
XBox 360
PS3
Hauppauge HDPVR Gaming Edition for the times I want to record my matches.
Street Fighter 4 Round 2 TE. Got 4 of them...2 for XBox, 2 for PS3.
The rest of the stuff is my audio gear.
This is the newest addition which isn't pictured above.
Hori LCD Monitor 3 HDMI version for the PS3. I have no idea why I bought this but it's cool to have.
Immediately to the right of the console setup is my gaming PC. I used to have it as a racing setup but have converted it to a fighting game setup. The pedals are still on the floor if I want to hookup the wheel and stick.
Here's a pic of the fighting game setup on the PC.
Sony Duo 11 Windows 8 ultrabook/tablet, MacBook Air 13 inch for surfacing the web and headphone listening, MacBook Air 11 inch for downloads.
Not pictured are the handhelds which are behind the Air. There's a Sony PSVita and a Nintendo 3DS XL.
Headphone setup.
Sennheiser HD800 headphones
Headroom Amp/DAC
Headroom powersupply
Finally, to the left of the console system are the hard drives. In the picture are 26 drives. There are 2 others below the MacBook Air. Currently have 54.5 TB of space. I really need to do something to make this a cleaner setup. The drives are getting out of control.
audiogremlin
Neo Member
The Hori LCD Monitor 3 is actually quite nice. Screen quality is good and the speakers are quite loud...actually that is an understatement. The speakers can go LOUD. It makes it really easy for me to put the ps3 somewhere I don't have a TV to do some casual gaming. Aside from that, I do all my gaming on the xbox. I play Street Fighter 4 almost exclusively so that's why I use the xbox (there's a 1 frame delay on the ps3 which I still haven't adapted to).
audiogremlin
Neo Member
Those drives have anything and everything on them. I don't delete anything. I could possibly be on that show Hoarders if it didn't look so clean.
A lot of those drives are 2 or 3 TB drives. Going to start getting 4 TB drives once the price is right. I was looking at the Drobo but given the cost already incurred with those drives, it would seem like such a waste. One thing I was contemplating though is a PC just for storage. I'm just not sure where I would put that damn PC...
A lot of those drives are 2 or 3 TB drives. Going to start getting 4 TB drives once the price is right. I was looking at the Drobo but given the cost already incurred with those drives, it would seem like such a waste. One thing I was contemplating though is a PC just for storage. I'm just not sure where I would put that damn PC...
In about a month I'll finally move out of my current city and my parents' house, since my University was only 5 minute walk away from their home it never made sense to move out, so I'll be posting my new setup once I move out and settle down. I'll be living alone, so I can't wait to set the place up entirely to my liking!
elementalsin
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Mini thread derail... What case is this? Looks like a nice combo
Finally, to the left of the console system are the hard drives. In the picture are 26 drives. There are 2 others below the MacBook Air. Currently have 54.5 TB of space. I really need to do something to make this a cleaner setup. The drives are getting out of control.
That's a lot of porn dude.
BadAss2961
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elementalsin
Member
...well thats just embarrassing. When did they start offering a full case vs cover? /shame
That's a brilliant idea.
Beautiful - B&W 685's right? I've just painted the living room in preparation of a projector installation, how I'd love to grab a set of these as well!
What are those horny speakers? Klipsch?
PjotrStroganov
Member
Pc & lounge setup
4 standers and 2 subs? Impressive!
I like this idea. I'd do it myself but it'd require completely rearranging my game room.
Sony Muteki 7.2 Home Theatre System HT-M7
I should of got a better picture of the whole room to capture the rear speakers as well. The dual subs really come alive when sitting down for a blu-ray. To demonstrate the setup I plug in Quantum of Solace for the first four minutes (car chase).
I'm away for Christmas/New Year so only got my 3DS's...
Games:-
UK 3DS XL (Silver/Black) - eShop/Settings/Kid Icarus Uprising/Paper Mario/Professor Layton/Super Mario 3D Land/Excitebike 3D/Kid Icarus 3D/Kirby 3D/TwinBee 3D/Urban Champion 3D/Xevious 3D/Folder 1 (3DSWare/DSiWare)/Folder 2 (Apps/Demos)/Folder 3 (Virtual Console inc. ambassadors)
Jap 3DS LL (White) - eShop/Settings/Kokuga/Animal Crossing/Denpa/Dragon Quest X card game/Escape Zombie Panic/NSMB2/Puyo Puyo/Rhythm Hunter: Harmo Knight/Riki Densetsu/Space Harrier 3D/ Folder F (Famicom)/Folder A (Apps/Demos)/Folder G (Game Boy)
Games:-
UK 3DS XL (Silver/Black) - eShop/Settings/Kid Icarus Uprising/Paper Mario/Professor Layton/Super Mario 3D Land/Excitebike 3D/Kid Icarus 3D/Kirby 3D/TwinBee 3D/Urban Champion 3D/Xevious 3D/Folder 1 (3DSWare/DSiWare)/Folder 2 (Apps/Demos)/Folder 3 (Virtual Console inc. ambassadors)
Jap 3DS LL (White) - eShop/Settings/Kokuga/Animal Crossing/Denpa/Dragon Quest X card game/Escape Zombie Panic/NSMB2/Puyo Puyo/Rhythm Hunter: Harmo Knight/Riki Densetsu/Space Harrier 3D/ Folder F (Famicom)/Folder A (Apps/Demos)/Folder G (Game Boy)
How far away do you sit from the image? Playing there has to be intense.
entremet
Member
If you do tons of video work or take a lot of photos, it's really easy.
audiogremlin
Neo Member
OMG! I'd like to know how far away your seat is too. I have a 100 inches projector setup for my daughter and the sitting position is 12 feet away. Even at 12 feet which is optimal distance for 100 inches seems huge to me.
Illithid Dude
Member
HD 800s? Daaaaaaamn. I'm just not a big enough audiophile to drop 1.4k on headphones.
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StriKeVillain
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Thanks and correct. I have the 685s and an HTM62 all in the front - love them. I have 2 Polks in the rear with a DefTech Supercube sub. I added more pics below.
Better pic to show the front setup (this has my older plasma though):
Picture of my rear setup (sub is under the end table):
Let's see: The Optoma has a throw distance between 0.5 to 5m (~20 inches to ~197 inches) with a picture size between 80cm and ~8m (~31.5 inches to ~315 inches). He says 176" so he sits about... 3m (~118 inches) away?
Edit: Okay, that is probably where the projector is sitting, he might of course sit further away xD
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Seriously, man, build yourself a NAS. A thousand times easier to deal with, and you get proper data redundancy as well. You could even just rip the drives out of all those casings to use for it.
Bedroom, never use this TV, it's not even plugged in. I have no cable to it, since my wonderful apartment has only one outlet for cable and it's in the living room.
Never watch or use this TV, it's not even plugged in. If anyone in the Boston area wants it I'll be getting rid of it in 6 months (keeping it for decoration), when I move.
Living room:
Why are there cables every where? Well, as mentioned before there's only 1 cable outlet/internet also there 2 outlets that are directly behind this display are tied to the light switch and 1 flick of that and I lose all power. When did an apartment do this then put the switch on the opposite wall? I dunno. Everything feeds off of 2 multi circuit breakers, wired together. Fire hazard? You bet cha.
PC:
Way too weak to play games on, minus the small indie game, like Hotline Miami. I watch movies on it though.
Heres where I keep my games:
in a closet, in boxes
So I got curious and wondered how many I actually have now.
185 360 games
50 PS3 games
20 Wii games
Thats not including downloaded games, which I know I have over 50 on XBL, around 15 on Wii/PS3 each. I also have a pretty extensive GBA/PSP/DS collection but I didn't feel like counting them, gonna say around 40-50 on each handheld. When I moved to MA, I left all of my retro (PS2-NES) at my parents house, I know I had around 150 game son PS2/XB, but I only brought the games I thought I'd play the most.
Heres what they look like spill all over the floor:
Never watch or use this TV, it's not even plugged in. If anyone in the Boston area wants it I'll be getting rid of it in 6 months (keeping it for decoration), when I move.
Living room:
Why are there cables every where? Well, as mentioned before there's only 1 cable outlet/internet also there 2 outlets that are directly behind this display are tied to the light switch and 1 flick of that and I lose all power. When did an apartment do this then put the switch on the opposite wall? I dunno. Everything feeds off of 2 multi circuit breakers, wired together. Fire hazard? You bet cha.
PC:
Way too weak to play games on, minus the small indie game, like Hotline Miami. I watch movies on it though.
Heres where I keep my games:
in a closet, in boxes
So I got curious and wondered how many I actually have now.
185 360 games
50 PS3 games
20 Wii games
Thats not including downloaded games, which I know I have over 50 on XBL, around 15 on Wii/PS3 each. I also have a pretty extensive GBA/PSP/DS collection but I didn't feel like counting them, gonna say around 40-50 on each handheld. When I moved to MA, I left all of my retro (PS2-NES) at my parents house, I know I had around 150 game son PS2/XB, but I only brought the games I thought I'd play the most.
Heres what they look like spill all over the floor:
Nice. Do you not know how to split cable?
hollams
Gold Member
I have a couple of rooms that I game in.
Here is my main gaming room.
This is the view from over my chair. I have my PC hooked up to my TV and mostly use a 360 controller to navigate windows with the help of Xpadder. I do use a keyboard and mouse when needed.
I just got this setup. Here is my new arcade rig.
And lastly my Racing/Rockband room.
I have an 1100 sq. ft. basement that I will be moving all of this into once I get the funds to fix it up.
Here is my main gaming room.
This is the view from over my chair. I have my PC hooked up to my TV and mostly use a 360 controller to navigate windows with the help of Xpadder. I do use a keyboard and mouse when needed.
I just got this setup. Here is my new arcade rig.
And lastly my Racing/Rockband room.
I have an 1100 sq. ft. basement that I will be moving all of this into once I get the funds to fix it up.
Cable is split between internet and cable box, if I wanted to split it into my room, I'd have to run it all the way around a wall and down the other wall, plus buy another cable box,
Chittagong
Gold Member
Haha your basement is bigger than our entire new flat
mr stroke
Member
Here's my setup:
Nice system collection. It looks like you own almost every console ever made?