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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.

Sorry for the crappy pics, but heres my big mansion.

Originally Posted by Tabris

I just mean that bringing girls over to an apartment with a bunch of posters on the wall or a themed-carpet, doesn't help your case. Plus I also just really like the modern look.

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.

Going to have to post my setup of my current room at college when I move back up. Its a pretty big room for a single and its big enough for the kinect.

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.

Less is more. Don't change a thing tabris.

Nothing special, just my humble PC gaming setup.



TV mounted above, for whenever I want to switch and lie back for 'comfy couch' gaming.

Originally Posted by Ally1987

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.

Originally Posted by Wazzim

I guessed you were from Scandinavia solely by looking at your pictures, the wood gave it away.

Thats right. Im a viking aka norwegian.

I never understand why folks apologize for their photos. Own your shit! That is your gaming space!

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.

Wholly crap, I don't even have a single external harddrive.

How is the new version of the Hori screen with HDMI....was thinking if getting it?

What are you storing on all those external drives?! Not sure how you'd go about cleaning something like that up. That's about $2500-4000 worth of storage space right there depending on the drives.

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).

^^ god damn lol

time to get yourself something like a drobo and some 3-4TB drives gremlin

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...

Originally Posted by Solideliquid

Mini thread derail... What case is this? Looks like a nice combo

Originally Posted by audiogremlin

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.

Originally Posted by Shadow780

That's a lot of porn dude.

Dude is prepared for anything.

Seriously though, solid man cave.

Originally Posted by elementalsin

Mini thread derail... What case is this? Looks like a nice combo

It appears to be a Smart Case.

Pc & lounge setup

Originally Posted by Quick

It appears to be a Smart Case.

...well thats just embarrassing. When did they start offering a full case vs cover? /shame

Originally Posted by iNvid02

^^ god damn lol

time to get yourself something like a drobo and some 3-4TB drives gremlin

That's a brilliant idea.

Originally Posted by StriKeVillain

I just posted mine yesterday in the 2012 thread. Here's it again:

I've been meaning to post in here since I moved into my new apartment. Here's where I do most of my 360/PS3 gaming (holiday edition!).

I love a lot of the setups in this thread. Great source of inspiration.

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!

Originally Posted by Kaji

Pc & lounge setup
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What are those horny speakers? Klipsch?

Originally Posted by Kaji

Pc & lounge setup

4 standers and 2 subs? Impressive!

Originally Posted by lexi

I like this idea. I'd do it myself but it'd require completely rearranging my game room.

Originally Posted by elfinke

What are those horny speakers? Klipsch?

Sony Muteki 7.2 Home Theatre System HT-M7

Originally Posted by PjotrStroganov

4 standers and 2 subs? Impressive!

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).

Originally Posted by audiogremlin

Not much has changed with my setup. Everything is still in a tiny room in the basement.

Step up your game, son.

you have a gaming stronghold - shiiit

Projector Room (PC gaming and Movies) on an Optoma short throw 720p GT750
Denon receiver and Yamaha satellites
Custom sub with seperate Sony amp and cross over

Speakers and sub need a massive upgrade. Next year.

176"

My four year old in the first pic to get an idea of size.

Originally Posted by kinggroin

Projector Room (PC gaming and Movies) on an Optoma short throw 720p GT750
Denon receiver and Yamaha satellites
Custom sub with seperate Sony amp and cross over

Speakers and sub need a massive upgrade. Next year.

176"

My four year old in the first pic to get an idea of size.

How far away do you sit from the image? Playing there has to be intense.

Originally Posted by Deraldin

What are you storing on all those external drives?! Not sure how you'd go about cleaning something like that up. That's about $2500-4000 worth of storage space right there depending on the drives.

If you do tons of video work or take a lot of photos, it's really easy.

I have the same projector (Optoma GT750) and don't get those deep blacks. Where are you projecting on may i ask?

Originally Posted by kinggroin

Projector Room (PC gaming and Movies) on an Optoma short throw 720p GT750
Denon receiver and Yamaha satellites
Custom sub with seperate Sony amp and cross over

Speakers and sub need a massive upgrade. Next year.

176"

My four year old in the first pic to get an idea of size.

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.

HD 800s? Daaaaaaamn. I'm just not a big enough audiophile to drop 1.4k on headphones.

Originally Posted by elfinke

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!

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):

Originally Posted by audiogremlin

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.

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

Originally Posted by audiogremlin

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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.

Originally Posted by SuperÑ

I have the same projector (Optoma GT750) and don't get those deep blacks. Where are you projecting on may i ask?

The black levels you're seeing are probably more a function of the camera's exposure settings than the projector.

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:

Originally Posted by apesh1t

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.

Nice. Do you not know how to split cable?

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.

Originally Posted by FOOTE

Nice. Do you not know how to split cable?

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,

Here's my setup:





If you want to see individual systems

Originally Posted by hollams

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.

Haha your basement is bigger than our entire new flat

PC setup along with a TV for retro games.

Movie and game rack.

Bedroom setup with PS3 and yeah I know it's dusty.

Originally Posted by krae_man

Here's my setup:

Nice system collection. It looks like you own almost every console ever made?