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[scissorfight]

made some changes to my basement setup from last year

70" sony SXRD - KDS-70XBR2, JBL northridge speakers

added a PS3 and a wii this year

upgraded from pioneer elite 82tsx to a denon 3808ci (it's amazing) 4 hdmi inputs - PS3, 360, HD DVR and HTPC. wii through component

new HTPC/media server - core2duo e7650, 2gb ram, x1950pro, 1TB storage

backlights only (screen is from HTPC media server)

got new reclining leather couches and sold the old ones. remote is a logitech harmony 680

i ran power under the couch and out to both end tables for this stuff:

logitech dinovo edge 2 and charger for HTPC, PS3/USB charger, laptop charger

wiimote charger, 360 battery pack charger, PS3/USB charger. the 2 extra 360 pads double as HTPC pads for emulators

this is where the real gaming takes place. last thing to finish the basement is the bar that will go to the left of these tables. i've been too lazy to finish.

office setup - pretty much the same as last year except for a new chair

i did this watercooled pc myself about 5 years ago. i don't really bother with that shit anymore.

 

[harSon]

Are you interested in adopting?

 

[xBerserker]

Damn, that's a hell of a set up! Where do you work?! :lol Loving the HDTV!

 

[Rapping Granny]

WOW, samsung must have a good holiday season, so many of them here. I just picked up a 22 inch monitor and 50 plasmaby Samsung on boxing day, should be arriving this afternoon, will take pics when.

 

[Blablurn]

dude....this is just wow! i mean, one table is great but two? wow =)

 

[_RT_]

70" sony SXRD - KDS-70XBR2, JBL northridge speakers

Holy mother of god.

 

[dark10x]

Oh ok. I was wondering how you got those speakers to fit on yours.

According to the box, my stand was made to support up to 60" RPTVs, so that's how I managed to fit a 50" plasma and two speakers on there. It's a perfect size, though, for what I need.

 

[Gary Whitta]

#201 amazing set-up, very impressed. I'm willing to bet that you're single.

 

[scissorfight]

dude....this is just wow! i mean, one table is great but two? wow =)

eh, second one is just a topper

#201 amazing set-up, very impressed. I'm willing to bet that you're single.

you'd lose that bet.

 

[Zaptruder]

That's a good setup.

But it's missing something....

me.

 

[OverHeat]

What color TEMP are you using scissorfight ?
Vivid,normal,Warm 1 or Warm 2?

 

[Gary Whitta]

you'd lose that bet.

Man that sucks. If I had that set-up I wouldn't want any skirt sapping my time spent with it.

 

[scissorfight]

What color TEMP are you using scissorfight ?
Vivid,normal,Warm 1 or Warm 2?

i set it to normal and adjusted using avia. some of my pics look off in color due to the lighting.

Man that sucks. If I had that set-up I wouldn't want any skirt sapping my time spent with it.

why do you think it's in the basement? :lol

 

[Rur0ni]

*cries a little inside*

I must have something similar one day.

 

[LiK]

made some changes to my basement setup from last year

70" sony SXRD - KDS-70XBR2, JBL northridge speakers

impressive, most impressive.

 

[atomsk]

I have the exact same stands (those are actually 3 seperate pieces). Got them at Target. They also come in a lighter shade of brown.

yep.

the tv is a 46''

there was supposed to be a different stand originally, but it got backordered for 2 months and we got sick of waiting.

 

[BeEatNU]

I can clean gutters, adopt me +1

 

[Felix Lighter]

70" sony SXRD - KDS-70XBR2

Do the XBR2s have the issue of the XBR1s? I have an XBR1 and had to have the Optical Block replaced twice. I just received an e-mail stating that Sony lost a class action lawsuit and my warranty has been extended until June or July of 2009. If I have any more issues I'm demanding that my television is replaced with another model. I like the picture quality of their SXRD Televisions but I don't want to deal with anymore issues.

 

[The Chef]

Here's my joint.

I posted my setup in the old thread but I have to post again cuz this room reminds me of my own setup.

I still need to put those backlights on dimmers though.

70" sony SXRD - KDS-70XBR2, JBL northridge speakers

OH MY GOD
My tv looks like a fisher price toy now

 

[scissorfight]

Do the XBR2s have the issue of the XBR1s? I have an XBR1 and had to have the Optical Block replaced twice. I just received an e-mail stating that Sony lost a class action lawsuit and my warranty has been extended until June or July of 2009. If I have any more issues I'm demanding that my television is replaced with another model. I like the picture quality of their SXRD Televisions but I don't want to deal with anymore issues.

it's been corrected with the XBR2. many people over at AVS that had that problem with the XBR1s did have the set replaced with an XBR2 set. i'd definitely recommend that.

 

[Felix Lighter]

it's been corrected with the XBR2. many people over at AVS that had that problem with the XBR1s did have the set replaced with an XBR2 set. i'd definitely recommend that.

Good. Too bad there is no way they'll replace it with the 70"! Thanks. Is it wrong to want your television to break?

 

[Tiduz]

HOLY RAPTOR CHRIST.
That 70" TV. i must have it. only itll take me 5 years to save up for it :lol

 

[cbox]

Is that special HTPC software? Is it specific to the zalman pc? ME WANT.

 

[impirius]

Our new TV stand is almost entirely cat-proof.

Please excuse the Rock Band equipment. It's not moving any time soon.

 

[scissorfight]

Is that special HTPC software? Is it specific to the zalman pc? ME WANT.

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[ghibli99]

scissorfight: Very nice setup... clean and well-executed all around. Can barely see any wires, too, which is a far cry from the tangle behind my setups. The only thing I think I can nitpick is the stack of games by the consoles. Do you have a storage system for media in your basement? Anyway, great work!

 

[gstaff]

scissorfight: Very nice setup... clean and well-executed all around. Can barely see any wires, too, which is a far cry from the tangle behind my setups. The only thing I think I can nitpick is the stack of games by the consoles. Do you have a storage system for media in your basement? Anyway, great work!

No kidding. I have the 50 inch SXRD and the same Denon receiver, but I love the way your TV dwarfs the speakers.

Consolation prize goes to Windu for showing Michigan beating Florida in his screenshot.

 

[SIP YEK NOD]

Our new TV stand is almost entirely cat-proof.

Please excuse the Rock Band equipment. It's not moving any time soon.

Please tell me that stand is vented at the back.

 

[Alfarif]

Yay at the people showing off their Firefly love. I'm getting on that bandwagon...

Got a Serenity visual companion around somewhere but couldn't find it.

<3<3<3<3

What is that thing on the right? I've never seen in that before.

 

[Ikuu]

Oh dear, feels like I'm bringing down the quality of this entire page!

My Room

Living Room

Missing PS3 (flatmate took his home for the break), Wii, and my 360 which has been sitting in a box for months.

 

[megashock5]

Not much new since last time, other than a bunch more Wii games.

Living room annex

 

[NekoFever]

<3<3<3<3

What is that thing on the right? I've never seen in that before.

It's the limited edition tin that was exclusive to one retailer. One retailer in Australia. How did this movie take so little money again?

Content-wise it's the same as the R2 version.

 

[giggas]

You guys never cease to blow me away with this shit. You make me have feelings of awesome and jealousy at the same time. Haha.

 

[impirius]

Please tell me that stand is vented at the back.

There are decent sized holes in the back for wires, and there's a fan in the corner of the room that gets air flowing behind the stand. Heat still gets to be an issue, though, so we prop the doors open a bit if we play 360/PS3 for more than an hour or so. Cable box, Wii, and receiver are fine.

 

[Gary Whitta]

That totally looks like the kind of room a Wii should be in, doesn't it?

 

[robot]

House isn't huge on space, but I'm not complaining. These pics were taken beginning of December, but nothing has changed really.

First is the office. Just a regular Dell PC and Dreamcast through VGA. I isolated the DC since I barely played it when it was hooked up downstairs with the other systems. I picked up a set of GOLI Beatmania posters and thought it would be cool to line the wall with 'em (there's a total of 10). For some reason it's one of my favorite design choices in the house, probably because it's something I would never see otherwise, and love his artwork.

Here's the basement. I hooked up the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and FC Twin down here - any other videogame system I own is in the closet off camera. Everything is running in hi-def (except for poor FC) and through an Onkyo 5.1 receiver. It's an amazing, inexpensive htib if anyone's in the market for one. There are a few things I still need to finish down here, like those ugly doors to the right.

Here's a Sega New Astro City on the opposite wall. I wound up going with this model because japanese cabinets look so much cooler than American cabs, it matches the palette down there, and it has one of the best monitors out there. I swapped out the sticks and buttons with Seimitsu and Sanwa parts. I also put temporary plugs on a few buttons for a true Neo layout, and wired a Neo gamepad in case someone can't handle the magic of the sticks.

 

[UncleGuito]

Scissorfight, where in Michigan do you live? You basement looks vaguely family to some of those in my subdivision.

 

[Jinko]

Heres my set up.

Panasonic PT-AE1000E projector with 84" screen, Pioneer VSX-D2011, Kef HTS2001, still needs a bit of work.

With lights off.

 

[SIP YEK NOD]

There are decent sized holes in the back for wires, and there's a fan in the corner of the room that gets air flowing behind the stand. Heat still gets to be an issue, though, so we prop the doors open a bit if we play 360/PS3 for more than an hour or so. Cable box, Wii, and receiver are fine.

:|

My crystal ball suggests you will come home one day to find your cat locked itself in the entertainment center and the 360 cooked it.

 

[Gary Whitta]

Heres my set up.

Panasonic PT-AE1000E projector, Pioneer VSX-D2011, Kef HTS2001, still needs a bit of work.

You built your home theater into your sauna? Dude that's awesome.

 

[Jinko]

You built your home theater into your sauna? Dude that's awesome.

Yea shitty camera phone.. >.>

 

[Stinkles]

Here's my new setup.

Gahigiddy Rising.

 

[Christine]

Ooh, the 1702.

 

[ConsumerSquare]

scissorfight, you have primo taste in music! You are obviously a true man, through and through, and it is clear that you drink your coffee black and your whiskey straight.

 

[L0st Id3ntity]

Old pics, bad quality, meh...

 

[fistfulofmetal]

Finally got around to doing this.
Enter the averageness

click for absurdly larger version

 

[xemumanic]

scissorfight, MP works great, doesn't it?

 

[scissorfight]

Scissorfight, where in Michigan do you live? You basement looks vaguely family to some of those in my subdivision.

sterling heights. shouldn't look too similar, becasue i designed and finished it myself. there are start to finish pics from last year at AVS here if anyone is interested

scissorfight, you have primo taste in music! You are obviously a true man, through and through, and it is clear that you drink your coffee black and your whiskey straight.

CLUTCH

scissorfight, MP works great, doesn't it?

takes a lot of tweaking, but it's worth it.

 

[cbox]

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xface 16:9 skin
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why thank you!

 

[mug]

20" Vizio, works great so far. Got a Philips 2.1 setup for xmas and it's doing quite well too. Had to throw my self portrait in the picture too - sorry about that.