Pagusas
Elden Member
My mistake, what are the 2 speakers above your tv?
Show us your gaming setup: 2013 Edition
- Thread starter Tabris
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My mistake, what are the 2 speakers above your tv?
p_xavier
Authorized Fister
Ah ok, Front High speakers in a 9.2 setup.
Did not know such a thing even existed :O
p_xavier
Authorized Fister
22.2 is the next gen standard.
Pagusas
Elden Member
Seriously I have a hard enough time finding good placement for a 7.1 setup, where am I going to put 21 speakers!
p_xavier
Authorized Fister
Well I'm at the maximum for my space, even people tell me that I have too many speakers already...
Here is my receiver : http://store.sony.com/p/STR-DA5800ES/en/p/STRDA5800ES
Holy shit wow. I had no idea this was a thing. Sounds like it would be more practical in a dedicated theater or in a set of headphones than a living area though.
Not hating on your setup, I think it's slick as hell.
p_xavier
Authorized Fister
What do you want to see? The monitors are for playing in loop the music video of my favorite song all of time. They turn off and on at preset times. Plus the MV matches the decor.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=EGgBVruWD3I&desktop_uri=/watch?v=EGgBVruWD3I
Here is my current gaming setup.
Main 51 inch HDTV. Which also contains most of my consoles. On top of the stand and to the right is my Wii U w/ 2 TB HDD somewhat behind it. On the stand to the left is device I use to record my HD systems
Main setup of consoles ready to be played.
Top row: PS3, PS2 Slim
Middle row: SNES, Xbox 360
Bottom row: GC, NEX (NES like system), Dreamcast
You can't see it, but in the right drawer contains my Sega Master system.
Main case of current generation of games.
Same bookshelf from 2 different angles. On the very top is a small box with NES games and 2 brand new copies of "The Last Story". (from the $8 Amazon thing, had another and sold it for $65 last week). Top shelf contains my 3DO system with Sega Master, Genesis, 32X, and CD games. Next row has Saturn, Dreamcast, and PSX games. And the row below has a PSX and my original launch Wii.
Few more bookshelves for my other games. Yes yes, I really suck at putting together bookshelves (I put the back peace on backwards and other things. lol).
On top is a Xenoblade art piece, The Last Story container, and PAL Pandora's Tower Limited Edition set. Pier Solar Sega Genesis game and Famicom system.
Top shelf on left are my SNES games (includes Earthbound). Right side are my GC, Xbox and PS2 games.
Middle shelf is for my N64 games
Bottom left are my Atari 2600 games.
My older HDTV for some of my other systems. You will see another Wii on the right with an Atari 2600 next to it. Container on the left holds all the system's controllers for this area.
In that drawer I have the following systems: Halo Xbox, N64, Sega Saturn, Sega Genesis, 32X and CD.
Phat Michael
Banned
Umm..bits and pieces maybe? ill post some tonight when i get home - its pretty messy but ill see what i can do. Im having a big tidy this weekend so maybe its best to wait until its all tidy.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I like how much stuff is crammed into this setup without looking at all cramped. Thumbs up.
Anyway, my setup's kinda in a transitional period where I moving shit out of my apartment since I'm finishing my JD in May. Maybe I'll snap a picture of the TV/sound stuff at least, but no collection pics of the imports and other fun stuff until next year.
My now condensed "retro" setup. The Wii handles all of the 8/16-bit stuff.
I keep laughing with everyone asking about this "TV," I've always heard and referred to them simply as monitors. They used to be the standard in television production, used mostly in field production but you can still find them rack-mounted in TV studios and mobile trucks.
Do you work in television, Johnny?
I'm fairly certain it does not.
The entire Wii UI system wouldn't even function properly at 320x240 (or lower). The fact that you can bring up the GUI suggests that it runs at 480i/480p (depending on monitor/cables being used) rather than 240p. In this case, it would be 480i.
I love the layout of your stuff.
They are Atlantic Oskar's, got all 3 from target they are like ~$90 each, however the one middle unit was only recently purchased where the two outside shelves ive had for 4-5 years (when they were a target brand item instead of atlantic). So its slightly darker in color and the shelves arent as deep. But no one would ever really notice it.
Thanks, It is actually a good sized room. But my layout is limited by the windows and half wall over my stair well. I have more stuff on the other side but its in a transitional period while i re-do my office.
Thanks it was a bit ugly awhile ago until i added a 3rd shelf. I had many piles of games and movies. I kept forgetting I even bought some of them lol.
sankt-Antonio
Banned
thx man, and that coming from someone with an awesome flat as yours!
I want one of these big fat lamps that goes from behind the sofa right over it... and some paintings on the wall would be nice... oh well...
I love it too, it's also electric so you can extend it quite a bit - it's from a german company called "Musterring".
whoooo~!!! I have a day off from work today and decided to be productive!!
I tried to get my games n stuff off the floor, I had some empty boxes, took some scissiors, cut the flaps off, and voila!!!
the good news is, my games are all organized and ez to access now!!! the bad news is;
now I needa figure out how to handle this stack >_<
also finally hooked my setup up after 3 months since moving in here:
finally ready to play some games in 2013!!
I tried to get my games n stuff off the floor, I had some empty boxes, took some scissiors, cut the flaps off, and voila!!!
the good news is, my games are all organized and ez to access now!!! the bad news is;
now I needa figure out how to handle this stack >_<
also finally hooked my setup up after 3 months since moving in here:
finally ready to play some games in 2013!!
Allforce
Member
My Home Theater Gaming Setup. SteamBox HTPC, Wii U, PS3, 360, Optoma HD20, 120" Screen.
DUDE.
This will sound weird but your pics were literally the inspiration for me to go full bore on a projector/screen setup in 2011. I saw your gallery from start to finish on blu-ray.com forums shortly after I signed up there and thought "ok, this is slick and completely possible, I'm gonna jump in" and proceeded to plan out everything and research and eventually actually do it.
I still have your pics saved on my PC in a folder called "Home Theater Inspirations and Ideas"
Such a clean and efficient setup while still looking like a fun room to hang out in. Thanks man!
Nice setup you have there, also the back of that receiver is pure sex. Love it!
SillyEskimo
Member
What movies/music/games take advantage of 9.2 sound? A casual glance turned up basically nothing. Is this something that is in the pipeline that I am unaware of? I know 4k is on the way, but I haven't heard anything about 9.2 audio becoming a standard.
SkyTurnsRed
Banned
This whole thread is crazy inspiration for me. By the year's end, I will be the owner of a house, and this is giving me a lot of ideas.
DUDE.
This will sound weird but your pics were literally the inspiration for me to go full bore on a projector/screen setup in 2011. I saw your gallery from start to finish on blu-ray.com forums shortly after I signed up there and thought "ok, this is slick and completely possible, I'm gonna jump in" and proceeded to plan out everything and research and eventually actually do it.
I still have your pics saved on my PC in a folder called "Home Theater Inspirations and Ideas"
Thanks man!
Thanks a lot man, I appreciate it. This was all done on a tight budget as well so I am glad you decided to go all in. These were really my first updated cleaned up photos since those that were on blu-ray.com with a few new additions. I still have a shit load of posters I need to frame and get up. But I prefer to buy games instead lol. Now my dilemma is that I want to upgrade to a 1080P 3D Projector.
also finally hooked my setup up after 3 months since moving in here:
finally ready to play some games in 2013!!
That´s a Commodore RGB monitor right? I hear those are awesome for retro gaming, but haven´t come across any.
PopfulMail
Member
The Commodore monitors are amazing for sure... I've been using one since the NES days and it's still going strong. I'm in the process of acquiring a second one.
yyyyup, the 1702.
finding one is the easy part,
trying to figure out how to hook things up to it is the challenge >_<
Chittagong
Gold Member
holy shit the ES series has seen a quite the price hike over the generations. My 5300es was less than a grand at launch I believe.
Nice seeing the Mother's bag in there! I miss living in orange county. Used to shop at the Costa Mesa store in the nineties, then the Irvine store a decade ago, most recently the Laguna Woods location...they just kept moving it closer to Laguna and Aliso.
p_xavier
Authorized Fister
None, basically it's all simulated at this time. I like the feeling though.
Not live/news television, but I did a lot of post-production work back in the day, commercials, corporate videos, stuff like that.
The Wii is definitely displaying a 240p signal in-game, though it switches to 480i whenever the system menu is brought up. There's a noticeable changeover with the feed, with NES and SNES games at least.
thx for the link thats a cool blog!
eso76
Member
i have the exact same monitor in front of me right now.
and yep, i work in television.
Soo, just a quick question even if this isn't the most appropriate thread:
I just thought i might swap my pc monitor with a 40" full hd lcd-led tv i can hang on the wall.
Downsides ?
Celcius
°Temp. member
Thanks. I got it from my grandma when I was a kid and I've had it almost 20 years now.
Indeed, when displayed on a 15 khz set the Wii VC does output 240p for NES, SNES, NeoGeo and Genesis games, and on select Virtual Arcade (Altered Beast and Space Harrier come to mind) and some PCE titles like Dracula X, haven´t tried other games on the service. As you say it is even more evident when you pull out the menu, it switches to 480i on the fly. Hell those titles won´t display at all on my LCD which hates being fed 240p through component, I get the same result when trying to play PS1 games on PS2 through component out.
Shame Wii´s component out picture quality isn´t the best, but it definitely is 240p for most VC titles. Here´s a pic I took of Virtual Console Fatal Fury 2 running on my SDTV, those are clearly 240p scanlines:
Mattlikewhoa
Member
Sorry I missed this!
I subbed out the framing and subfloor. I did the electrical and lighting. I had a master electrician check my work to make sure that I don't burn my house down. I subbed the plumbing. I also had the tiles installed in the powder room.
I ran all of the speaker/sub wires, and HDMI cables.
I hung the drywall with my father in law and a few friends. There's no way I was doing the mudding and taping, so I subbed that out. We painted and I installed the toilet and vanity again with the help of my father in law.
And finally the trim and carpet were subbed out as well.
I'ts been some months since I moved house and now have a special room for my collection
you can find all pictures on http://www.dr-retro.com/pictures-2/
some previews:
you can find all pictures on http://www.dr-retro.com/pictures-2/
some previews:
Phat Michael
Banned
your room makes me tingle with stiffyness.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Are you really a doctor?
well sometimes I buy in bulk. But collecting for me, is not about throwing big piles of money at it. It's all in connections, searching, patience and knowledge to find the best items for great prices
in about a year, yeah
NathanMcMahon
Banned
Is that the Euro Stadium Events or the legit one?
PureSolidness
Neo Member
Man everyone's got their quirks, and with a place like that you're still doing ALOT of things right and can't be THAT fucked up mentally
In all serious though, I've seen how inner demons can fuck up anyone no matter if their poor or live the wealthiest lives and I hope everything works out well for you man.