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Ragnar Danneskjold posted:This one is a lot cheaper The Logitech one works by pretending to be an official Sony PS3 bluetooth remote. That explains why it's pricey. But for the money, it gets some features that the Nyko lacks: -Can turn the PS3 on & off -Doesn't have to be removed when you're gaming. 'Course, whether that's $40 worth of extra convenience is up for debate.
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I don't have to remove my Nyko when gaming.
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KingKapalone posted:I don't have to remove my Nyko when gaming. Hm. Just parroting what I've heard, which is that the USB fobs take over controller port #1. Perhaps this is not something that applies to the Nyko?
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Ragnar Danneskjold posted:This one is a lot cheaper wait, it works with the harmony's? rad.
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fahrvergnugen posted:Hm. Just parroting what I've heard, which is that the USB fobs take over controller port #1. Perhaps this is not something that applies to the Nyko? It absolutely does take over port 1 and there are a select few games that refuse to work unless your controller is port 1. The Nyko only supports a fraction of the commands that the Logitech does too. The only advantage it has is that it is cheaper.
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 Brand new Sony KDL40S5100 40" 1080p LCD (looks a lot bigger in person) Really old Yamaha NS-A600 140w 3-way speakers with new 12" woofers. Really old Aiwa 5.1 Surround Receiver Original Xbox HD DVR Free TV stand I use my HDMI-out on my PC for almost everything besides TV and Xbox. Someday I will get a nice receiver, but I don't see much point having one in an apartment. Next on my list is a TV stand.
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Aug 17, 2009 15:02
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chuck2020 posted:Specs: Move the TV down to a normal height. Your neck will thank you and your guests will thank you. While it looks nice, it's not practical.
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chuck2020 posted:
Use lacing bars. edit - Oh an AV company did that for you. I'm sorry. Legdiian fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Aug 18, 2009 |
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Aug 18, 2009 12:09
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fahrvergnugen posted:Very nice! I'm thinking of doing something similar next year. How is the heat / airflow in the closet where the components exhaust? It's actually pretty good. The rack provides plenty of space behind the components, so it stays at a pretty good temperature. Mako posted:Looks quite nice. I may be the only one with this feeling but the equipment rack on a main wall in the living room is a bit unseemly considering the fit and finish of the rest of the room. Thankfully, i think this could be easily remedied with a simple frosted glass door over it. The original plan when the contractor came over was to place a door over the rack. What we failed to consider, however, was the volume knob on the receiver. It was going to make the door stick our 3" from the wall. I decided leaving it as-is was a compromise I could live with (along with $200 knocked off our bill). And we do rock the Harmony 1000 remote; it makes operating it great. The receiver has TWO remotes by itself, so the Harmony is a must-have. Uziel posted:Have you done much TV watching there yet? How high is your mantle? I'm contemplating something very similar but aren't entirely sure about the whole TV above the fireplace thing. We watch a ton of TV. It's a little over 5' from the floor to the bottom of the screen. I know a few of you have said it's too high and we'll have neck pain, but it's seriously not a problem. Our living room is long, and it's 15" from the TV to the couch, so we're far enough back that we're not staring up at the screen. Thanks for all the input and suggestions!
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chuck2020 posted:It's actually pretty good. The rack provides plenty of space behind the components, so it stays at a pretty good temperature. 15' away? supersize that bitch to 65" 
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fahrvergnugen posted:The Logitech one works by pretending to be an official Sony PS3 bluetooth remote. That explains why it's pricey. But for the money, it gets some features that the Nyko lacks: I am a cheapskate, for $40 dollars I can handle turning my PS3 off manually. I will admit that there is a little lag, but again it's a nice and cheap solution, and it allows you to use a single remote, which is the main reason I like it. It also works from the 2nd USB port, I have never tried it in ports 3 or 4 though. I also never remove it when I am playing games, it doesn't seem to make any difference if you leave it plugged in.
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 Click here for the full 1068x1600 image. LG 50PQ30 50" 720p plasma Pioneer VSX-918V Receiver HTPC, NMEDIA 5000-B case 360 XBMC with the Aeon skin I guess plasma doesn't like getting its photo taken. Looks much better in person.
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Swapped out my display this weekend. Mostly just loving around trying to figure out how to use the manual mode on my camera. Top pic is rope lighting, bottom is lamps. Room was very dark hence the grainy pics. Yes the granite coffee table is shiny and I put a cover on it when I do any "serious" movie watching. Runco CW-61  Click here for the full 1379x1050 image.  Click here for the full 1277x1050 image.
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Legdiian posted:Swapped out my display this weekend. Mostly just loving around trying to figure out how to use the manual mode on my camera. Top pic is rope lighting, bottom is lamps. Room was very dark hence the grainy pics. This is a nice setup and I don't mean this as mockery, but when I look at those photos it feels like I'm looking at Patrick Bateman's house. It's got a very high-end 80s thing going on.
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Legdiian posted:
I really like this setup, it's very clean. Do you remember where you got the coffee table?
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fahrvergnugen posted:when I look at those photos it feels like I'm looking at Patrick Bateman's house. It's got a very high-end 80s thing going on. Compliment accepted. I got the table at "Bob's Furniture" They are a discount furniture place. I think they only have a few stores up here in New England. They sell a lot of junk but if you look around you can find a few nice items. http://www.mybobs.com/Montibello.aspx
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chuck2020 posted:The misses and I finally bought our first house last month, and our builder let us contract a local company to do the A/V set up and roll it into the mortgage. Check it out: I eventually want something like this. My girlfriend and I just got a house, and it's a lot more than we've got right now (4 bedrooms compared to 1). How much did it run you?
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Kengi posted:I eventually want something like this. My girlfriend and I just got a house, and it's a lot more than we've got right now (4 bedrooms compared to 1). How much did it run you? It was $6,000 all together. It may sound like a lot, but it was a great deal. We paid $2000 out of pocket (which was ok because our initial plan was to buy a flat screen as a housewarming gift to ourselves), and rolled the other $4000 into the mortgage. That total includes: TV Receiver 3 speakers (center channel and 2 surrounds) 100' of HDMI cable all of the speaker wire throughout the ceiling the component shelf installation of all of it If you are in Lexington, KY, I would highly recommend this guy. He did fantastic work for us!
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chuck2020 posted:It was $6,000 all together. It may sound like a lot, but it was a great deal. We paid $2000 out of pocket (which was ok because our initial plan was to buy a flat screen as a housewarming gift to ourselves), and rolled the other $4000 into the mortgage. That total includes: You paid $4000 for speaker wire, drywall and wall studs.
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samoth posted:You paid $4000 for speaker wire, drywall and wall studs. He also paid for around 50-70 hours of professional work which would be difficult for him to do.
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proudfoot posted:He also paid for around 50-70 hours of professional work which would be difficult for him to do. exactly, I was about to say... assuming professional installation is valued at $0/hr.
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proudfoot posted:He also paid for around 50-70 hours of professional work which would be difficult for him to do. not to mention that installation probably included hooking all that poo poo up, programming anything like remotes and such, EQing and calibrating the tv. That's a pretty decent price, when I used to do home theater installs I would charge around 5 grand for something like that and that was only because I needed to undercut pros and places like best buy to get any business.
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My thought was that I wouldn't want $4000 added into my mortgage for gear that is going to be worth less than half of its current value in about 12 months. Now I'm paying interest every month on $4K extra on my mortgage for however long I'm in the house. Say you're in the house the entire 30 year term of the mortgage; (unlikely I know...) you'd be paying 10x that $4K in interest, probably more. It's a bad deal long term, in my opinion. It would have been a better value proposition to just charge it to a low interest credit card if you really insist on not paying cash, instead of having it hang over your head forever.
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GOOCHY posted:My thought was that I wouldn't want $4000 added into my mortgage for gear that is going to be worth less than half of its current value in about 12 months. Now I'm paying interest every month on $4K extra on my mortgage for however long I'm in the house. Say you're in the house the entire 30 year term of the mortgage; (unlikely I know...) you'd be paying 10x that $4K in interest, probably more. It's a bad deal long term, in my opinion. It would have been a better value proposition to just charge it to a low interest credit card if you really insist on not paying cash, instead of having it hang over your head forever. So instead of paying back the 4K on a credit card, he makes extra principal payments, say $400 a month for 10 months. Wouldn't that be almost the same as putting it on a card?
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Legdiian posted:So instead of paying back the 4K on a credit card, he makes extra principal payments, say $400 a month for 10 months. Wouldn't that be almost the same as putting it on a card? Not if he doesn't make the extra principle payments. A better idea is to not spend above your means, but I'm certainly not judging the guy, I'm just saying I would have done the relatively easy framing and drywalling work myself.
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Suniikaa posted:I love your speaker stands but god drat sweep your floor. This is why I haven't posted my AV setup. I'm not worried about the floor but the chaos of components and the sea of disorganised cables is embarrassing.
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Devian666 posted:This is why I haven't posted my AV setup. I'm not worried about the floor but the chaos of components and the sea of disorganised cables is embarrassing. According to someone in the "Post your desktop" thread over in SH/SC you are living like poo poo.
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Jealous Cow posted:According to someone in the "Post your desktop" thread over in SH/SC you are living like poo poo. Now that I'm not working seven days a week I'll see what I can do about providing before and after pictures. This should provide some entertainment at my expense.
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Legdiian posted:Swapped out my display this weekend. Mostly just loving around trying to figure out how to use the manual mode on my camera. Top pic is rope lighting, bottom is lamps. Room was very dark hence the grainy pics. Very nice. I wish my Runco-equipped system was as clean looking. Soon enough, though. I'm moving to a bigger place.
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Excuse the mess, I'll clean it up... I swear   Click for full 1,904 x 2,114 pixels  Click for full 1,936 x 1,296 pixels Specs TV Sony Bravia KDL-40D3550 (40" LCD) Receiver Yamaha RX-V590RDS (will be replaced early 2010) Front speakers Proson Stratego Top 10 SAH Rear speakers Infinity Reference 61i Computer Intel Core i7 940, 12GB DDR3 ram, 6.8TB storage HD-PVR Xbox 360 Elite Playstation 3 I do not know much about speakers, are mine any good? I've read reviews where people praise both of them but I've also heard claims that both brands were budget brands. To the far left in the first picture there are 2 cables hanging from the roof, this is Cat6 ethernet cable going from the basement (im 2 floors up) and coax, they will both be rearranged to not be so ungodly distractive. Trapdoor fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Sep 9, 2009 |
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 Click here for the full 1280x960 image. TV: Panasonic TC-P50G15 Stand: BDI Icon 9429 (Awesome TV stand, but a dust magnet) Fronts: Axiom M60 v2 Center: Axiom VP150 v2 Surrounds: Axiom QS8 v2 + FMS QS stands Receiver: Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K Xbox 360 Elite, PS3 Slim and a Wii.  Click here for the full 1280x960 image. Since I'm in an apartment I opted not to get a subwoofer, but with those towers it's not that much of an issue. I'm going to remove those paintings; not only does the TV partially obscure them, but I'm not a fan. Hooray for gaudy things I never asked for! I also need to buy some curtains, because even with the blinds too much light pours in during the day and reflects off the TV. Nude tower picture   Click here for the full 960x1280 image.
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^^ Pardon my ignorance, but are the tall white things behind your speakers lamps or another audio component?
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 Click here for the full 1024x768 image. Samsung 32" LCD Denon 3210CI Boston Acoustics classic series 5 speakers and sub Technics SL1200mk2 Comcast whatever new hd cable box Sub isolator platform There's been some complaints about the BA classic series but they sound wonderful to me and are perfect for this apartment. Edit: Should I put the TT on top of the receiver? got dat wmd fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Sep 12, 2009 |
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Synapsis posted:^^ Ahah those are lamps, yes. They are really nice, but power hogs (five standard lightbulbs  ), so I mostly use them as a decoration. They do give off a nice, warm glow though which is perfect for watching TV late at night.
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got dat wmd posted:
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Trapdoor posted:Excuse the mess, I'll clean it up... I swear Is that your closet? Seriously, it looks like you had to shoehorn that couch in there.
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bEatmstrJ posted:Is that your closet? Seriously, it looks like you had to shoehorn that couch in there. My money is that it's a divided bonus room. Either way, really cramped. Probably loud and fun as hell, but definitely looks cramped.
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chuck2020 posted:
I love the setup, and was thinking of doing something similar when I get a house. But then I thought, what's the point of cutting a custom shelving unit into the wall to have it all on display? For one thing, when PS4/XBox720/WiiHD or whatever comes out, you're gonna be screwed for space. Secondly, it looks like you have access to it via a walk in closet. Why not just set up all your components on a shelf in the closet and control them via a Harmony RF controller? Sure, you'd have to go in there any time you wanted to put in a new game or Blu-Ray, but A) the industry seems to be moving more towards downloadable games or at least being able to install your games, and B) you have to walk over to that general area anyway, I don't think opening the closet door to pop in your disc is that much more effort. Hell, if you have the space for it, you could convert the whole closet to your DVD/BluRay/Video Game library with some nice shelving units and lighting.
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bEatmstrJ posted:Is that your closet? Seriously, it looks like you had to shoehorn that couch in there. It's a divided bonus room, gimme 5 minutes and i'll mspaint the design of the room. edit:  Excuse my poor mspaint skills. edit2: And you're right, I had to first put the speakers in, then slide the couch in and there's contact on both sides of the couch, It won't even budge side to side. Trapdoor fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Sep 13, 2009 |
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got dat wmd posted:Edit: Should I put the TT on top of the receiver? I'm going to be making ghetto speaker stands of veneered.. cinderblocks. Really nice veneer too. I'll see if it turns into a travesty or something cool and report back.
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