Show us your setup!


 

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Want to know what powers the JG entertainment area? Curious how I have my triple boxing action set up? Well.... Here it is! The jg0001 batcave (of sorts). Frankly, this is as much for curiousity as for my insurance in case all these gadgets in one place burn the place down. Each of the 6 screens can display cable TV, each PC has two primary display connections, and almost any HDMI source can be played on any of the HDMI capable screens without physical cable switching.

01 Full Room from Corner
http://i53.tinypic.com/2e1dvd3.jpg

02 Full Room from Back looking right
http://i52.tinypic.com/97uyjs.jpg

03 Couch View
http://i52.tinypic.com/2qnp8bl.jpg

04 PC Area from Edge
http://i55.tinypic.com/14ikbde.jpg

05 PC Area with Chair Turned
http://i55.tinypic.com/9vkz86.jpg

06 Full PC Area without Chair, key glow
http://i56.tinypic.com/j9x6qa.jpg

07 Full PC Area without Chair, no glow
http://i51.tinypic.com/2cyr62t.jpg

08 Center PC and Lilliput
http://i52.tinypic.com/293fznq.jpg

09 Keyboard Closeup
http://i56.tinypic.com/4mb6c.jpg

10 Lilliput Closeup
http://i51.tinypic.com/2b2o1f.jpg

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Item list:

Displays:
--Main--
(1) Sony 70" XBR2 -- 70" SXRD television (1920x1080); connected to left PC and all video sources in the room
(2) Samsung XL2370 -- 23" LED LCD on coffee table (1920x1080); connected both to center PC and all other HDMI sources

--PC Area--
(3) Dell 3008 WFP -- 30" 2560x1600 res display -- left PC
(4) Samsung LN-T4065 -- 40" 1920x1080 res TV -- center PC
(5) Dell 2405 WFP -- 24" 1920x1200 res display -- right PC
(6) Lilliput 668GL-70NP -- 7" 800x480 res display -- this is my "PIP" of a sort
(HDMI & component inputs, takes a 1920x1080 input for compatibility when connected off of a splitter feeding higher res displays)

Video Misc:
2 tuner HD DVR cable box
HD cable card (in Sony 70")
Standalone DVDRecorder/VHS (almost never used)
2x Slingbox Pro-HD (used for Netbook/cell phone) (one hidden behind right side of TV, other in 2nd living room)

(the below monoprice items help me put almost any HDMI source on any of the 6 screens)
Monoprice HDMI 4x2 Matrix Switcher (on top of cable box)
Monoprice HDMI pro 1:4 splitter (next to the switcher)
Monoprice HDMI pro 1:2 splitter (hidden behind cable box)

Audio:
Main AV Receiver -- Sony STR-DG1000 Receiver
Main 7.1 Speaker Setup -- 6x Definitive Technology Mythos One's, 1x DefTech Mythos Eight Center, 1x DefTech SuperCube Subwoofer (arrayed around the couch)

Main PC Speakers -- Logitech Z5500 5.1 Setup (arrayed around the PC chair)
Alternate PC Audio -- Dell 3008 and Dell 2405 both have soundbars; Samsung 40" display has speakers (it is a TV)

Personal Audio -- (1) Sennheiser PC 350 Gaming Headset, (2) Creative Fatal1ty Professional Series Gaming Headset MKII


PCs:
Left -- Q6600 @ 3 GHz (Quad Core), Nvidia 8800 GTX, 4GB DDR2, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Center -- Q9450 @ 3.2 GHz (Quad Core), Nvidia GTX480, 8GB DDR2, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Right -- Q6600 @ 3GHz (Quad Core), Nvidia 8800GT, 4GB DDR2, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Rosewill RSV-S8 SATA 3G Tower -- currently contains 6 2TB drives (space for 2 more); entire DVD and 1/2 HD collection decrypted and stored as ISOs (500+ movies)
4th PC in guest room (Core2Duo 6400); controllable from living room
10.1" Netbook (not shown)
3G/WiFi 64GB iPad (not shown)
DNS-323 NAS (not shown) -- 2 drive NAS; useful for having an always on drive to access from anywhere
[currently homeless -- Nvidia GTX280; 2ndary PC's lack power supplies capable of running it properly]

Input Devices:
(yes, I have more keyboards & mice than computers; you can plug in more than one at a time;
when multi-boxing, I keep two Saitek Eclipses in my lap and use the G15 on the desk)

Logitech G19 Keyboard
Logitech G15 v1 Keyboard (on table in front of central PC)
Logitech diNovo Keyboard (wireless keyboard on coffee table)
Saitek Eclipse w/ Red Backlighting (shown with one of the n52te's velcro'd to it)
Saitek Eclipse w/ Blue Backlighting
Microsoft Sidewinder X6 (on floor, left of chair -- used for precision coding timed key macros)
Deck 84 Keyboard 'Toxic' Green Backlighting
Optimus Keyboard, Mini Three (not lit up; sitting at the bottom of the Samsung 40" display)

2x XBOX 360 Wireless Receivers (used with Left & Center PCs)
2x XBOX 360 Wireless Controllers (dedicated to the PCs; separate from the 3 others for the 360 itself)
2x Belkin Nostromo n52te programmable controllers
2x Belkin Nostromo n52 programmable controllers (not often used; connected but out of sight)

3x Logitech wireless G7 mice
Razer Naga Mouse (with 12 numerical buttons)
Razer Copperhead Mouse (not shown; used with Netbook)
Logitech MX Air (on coffee table; can be used on a desk or in the air)
1x Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 (for my kids)
3d Connexion SpaceNavigator

XBOX 360 Racing Wheel (pedals can be seen under the PC desk)

Logitech 9000 Webcam (it's microphone is my primary for voice enabled games)


Game Machines:
Nintendo Wii - 4 Wiimotes, all with Wii+, 2 nunchuks)
XBOX 360 Elite + HDDVD drive (hidden behind right side of TV) - 3 controllers dedicated to the 360; wireless head set, chatpad, 2 wired headsets
PS3 - (next to PC corner) with 3 wireless controllers, bluetooth remote

Networking:
All Cat6 cable (it's just not that much more expensive than 5e, so why not?)
Netgear 8 port Gigabit Switch (this connects to a D-Link 4500 in the other living room which has the cable modem for the house)
D-Link 825, simultaneous dual band wireless N router (with one band dedicated to b/g and the other to wireless N only)


 

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You *******!


 

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My setup is similar. Exept I only have one monitor, one keyboard and one mouse. And I don't have a couch or a gaming chair.


 

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I feel like I saw these pictures already a couple years ago...


 

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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
I feel like I saw these pictures already a couple years ago...
The PC screens got bigger, there're two more screens then before, there's a different table, newer and more input devices, etc. I was overdue for a new photo shoot.


 

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Originally Posted by jg0001 View Post
The PC screens got bigger, there're two more screens then before, there's a different table, newer and more input devices, etc. I was overdue for a new photo shoot.


�Many things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.�

 

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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
I feel like I saw these pictures already a couple years ago...


Yea, but last time it was a still from 300


 

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Originally Posted by AncientGuardian View Post
Yea, but last time it was a still from 300
Good memory... you must mean this photo:
http://i7.tinypic.com/61l17w1.jpg

That was the OLDEST photo shoot (5.1 mains, 2.1 on PCs, weaker screen setup -- http://i10.tinypic.com/4vn801z.jpg). There was actually one after that. Back then, I only had 5.1 on the main AV setup... The wife was kind enough to finally get me the last 2 for 7.1... or I should say, she was kind enough to let me let her spend my money to buy me them as a gift.


 

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Why do I have the urge to touch your speaker towers in a particular order and open a portal to Tristram on your coffee table so I can go rescue Cain?


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$725 and $1350 parts lists --- My guide to computer components

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Originally Posted by Father Xmas View Post
Why do I have the urge to touch your speaker towers in a particular order and open a portal to Tristram on your coffee table so I can go rescue Cain?
"I sense a soul in search of surround sound."


 

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Originally Posted by jg0001 View Post
Good memory... you must mean this photo:
http://i7.tinypic.com/61l17w1.jpg

That was the OLDEST photo shoot (5.1 mains, 2.1 on PCs, weaker screen setup -- http://i10.tinypic.com/4vn801z.jpg). There was actually one after that. Back then, I only had 5.1 on the main AV setup... The wife was kind enough to finally get me the last 2 for 7.1... or I should say, she was kind enough to let me let her spend my money to buy me them as a gift.


Yea, thats the last one I remember, I had taken a 2 year hiatus, so, if it happend during that time, I missed it :/


 

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Yeah I kinda don't like you now!

J/K! But I am super jealous! I must now go make a toon named "Jealous of JG0001" and color him green. His story will be that he was torn from the primal forces of PowerStream's jealousy! He will be a ss/wp brute and run amok smashing things in search of cash flow to fill PowerStream's need to compete with the JG0001s!


 

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Originally Posted by Father Xmas View Post
Why do I have the urge to touch your speaker towers in a particular order and open a portal to Tristram on your coffee table so I can go rescue Cain?
Father Xmas, you ROCK! Diablo ftw!

Storm


Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm ...

 

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To my as yet unmarried men-folk comrades --> buy all the toys you want BEFORE you get married! It took me years of 'permission' requests to build up my living room to the nutjob status it now enjoys. What is not shown are the various shoes, boots, handbags, coats, etc., that my wife extracted from me as I expanded my cave wall.

What's truly funny is that my oldest boy (3yo) is very protective of our man cave. If my wife tries to sit down on the couch, he commands her to 'go back to your room, mommy'... once, she was bringing him his chocolate milk to drink and he wouldn't accept it from her until I told him I had asked her to bring it in... I laughed, but I got in trouble for that later. We also have an infant (boy) and he too will soon be indoctrinated into the cave...

So much heat is generated in that PC corner that I have to leave open a window in the winter time when I play and in the summer, that room is 7-10 degrees hotter than the rest of the house and I have to use that big fan and a turbine-style fan to keep the area cool.

[BTW, what looks like a speaker pointing across the table is actually a standing fan. (it's back is visible in the corner/edge shots)]


 

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It isn't fancy and the 12" screen makes it hard to see all the action, but the 486 DX66 upgraded CPU means I can group now!

http://members.shaw.ca/sdw/ps2.jpg


 

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Originally Posted by jg0001 View Post
[BTW, what looks like a speaker pointing across the table is actually a standing fan. (it's back is visible in the corner/edge shots)]
Yea, I figured that or an electrostatic air purifier.


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$725 and $1350 parts lists --- My guide to computer components

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