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Unread postby icycalm » 16 May 2010 01:19

http://insomnia.ac/commentary/hardware_porn_prologue/

This is the thread for posting pictures of your setups (or linking to those on other sites) and discussing them. The thread for the discussion of the prologue, if anyone has anything to say about that, should be started in the theory forum [Edit: Here it is].
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Unread postby icycalm » 16 May 2010 22:01

http://insomnia.ac/hardware/porn/volume_1/

In terms of layout, this page is just a start. I will probably be adding clickable images later, as well as comments on the side perhaps -- at least on those pictures on which I have something to comment. Another thing I would like to do is add attributions: links to where I found the pictures, or to the blogs of the people to whom they belong etc. The problem is that many of them are from forum threads, and it would be a tedious business to get in touch with every person through PMs, etc. On the other hand, the pictures are usually hosted on temporary hosting services, so it is already impossible to track down the owners of many of the ones I've saved on my hard drive over the years. So at least some of them will necessarily have to go uncredited.

At any rate, if anyone sees a picture of their setup and would like to receive credit, you'll have to send me ANOTHER picture of it (so I can be sure it's you), and I'll add your name on the margin, or your screename, and/or a link to your site/blog if you have one.
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Unread postby austere » 22 May 2010 22:33

Here is my current setup:

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The large case alongside the PS3 is a HTPC I constructed that I use for emulation as well as video conferencing. I plan to get an Asian Xbox 360 soon and whether to get one in black or white is a tough decision. An Ikaruga disc is loaded into the Dreamcast, by the way. :)

There are couches around this thing, but I couldn't capture them in the photograph without losing the detail and perspective I wanted. The couches spoil the experience significantly -- the need for comfort is always on my mind and I rarely end up immersing myself in the experience. Instead, I end up constantly adjusting my sitting position, gradually ending up on the floor.

Another flaw is the room itself, it's an open design and so has poor acoustics. Annoyingly, there is a large unused room next to this thing that may be a more appropriate location for it.
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Unread postby icycalm » 23 May 2010 20:22

Cool setup and cool picture. Aesthetically, I mean -- the picture quality is terrible. As for the rest of the room, including couches etc., you could always take several pictures. In any case, I will include this in the next update. If in the meantime you manage to get hold of a better camera and take another shot at it, that'd be even better.

Functionally, what you really need apart from a 360 (can't believe you don't already have one), is a decent CRT for the Saturn, the Dreamcast and the Wii.

Also, that Logitech speaker set is cool, I have one of those too. But you are missing the point of a 5.1 setup, lol.

I also like that piece of furniture. Really stylish.
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Unread postby austere » 24 May 2010 19:58

Thanks! I really like this kind of style.

Sorry about the horrible noise in that photograph, it looks like it's a bit out of focus too. I'll post another photo when I find myself a decent camera.

Those speakers are a running joke with my friends now, lol. I'd always say that I'd mount them later, but that never eventuates. Also, a CRT on the side would be perfect, since scaling Dreamcast/Saturn games onto a 1080p screen is a crime. Actually, perhaps two CRTs, one permanently in tate.

P.S. I blame this thread for the decision to buy a Xbox 360. I already bought most of the Cave games and an arcade stick for it. Definitely playing those on my CRT though.
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Unread postby elvis » 08 Jul 2010 01:48

My recent games room cleanup, and finally some home made shelves for the consoles. Still lots of tidying to go yet. Too many ugly cables and tools lying around. Click for bigger.

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Unread postby Marble » 02 Nov 2010 02:04

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Gah, awful picture quality. Anyway, in the cupboards there are more consoles (NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Mega Drive 2, Dreamcast and another PS2). I definitely need a (Japanese) Xbox 360 and a Saturn (I regret selling my old one). I would also like more arcade sticks for pretty much everything, PS2 probably the most urgently as Mayflash sticks suck, I find fighters downright unplayable on them.

I don't really care for any of the furniture, but I do love arcade flyers, and would like to put many more on the walls in the future.

And damn, that is an awesome set up, elvis!
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Unread postby DJ Orwell » 13 Jan 2011 06:45

I hate to be pedantic but there's a rather embarrassing typo in the topic title.
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Unread postby icycalm » 13 Jan 2011 14:59

Oh, so you think typos are something to feel embarrased about? Image is everything, right? Even, and for hipsters especially, if it's regarding something utterly insignificant. No wonder you post on Select Button.

Banned.
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Unread postby icycalm » 10 Oct 2012 03:09

My current setup:

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Unread postby zinger » 13 Oct 2012 21:49

And here's what I've been working on for the last few days.
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Unread postby icycalm » 08 Nov 2018 15:58

When I hear of people playing modern games on 20-something-inch monitors, I think of the Game Boy Color. That's what those screen sizes sound to me like in 2018. I played on a 32-inch widescreen CRT that weighed as much as a small motorcycle in 2001, so the idea that people are playing on SMALLER screen sizes two decades later is laughable to me. Do y'all like videogames or what?

This is what y'all should be playing at in 2018:

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/show-us- ... -253552562

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The screen sizes y'all are using were considered small already in the late-'90s.

Imagine spending your whole lives watching movies on a TV, without ever having been to the cinema. That's what y'all guys are doing. You have no idea what you are missing out on.

And this is what David Lynch thinks of you and your tiny monitors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0

Just sayin'.

Look out for my unreal gaming room to be unveiled soon on Patreon, in a special series of articles called "Hardware Porn: icycalm Edition". I'll show you what modern gaming looks like in there. Even the dude pictured above has nothing on my setup.
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Unread postby icycalm » 06 Aug 2019 06:43

This guy has two very cool ideas in his setup, apart from the Halo helmet that makes the room: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/show-us- ... -253911365

That Damn Kid wrote:I recently moved to an apartment and added to my desk area are a couple IKEA pegboards. Yesterday I added a LED light strip on top of the pegboards and it turned out better than expected!


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1. Peg boards. Fantastic for holding up all your various control-related gear without taking any space on your desk or in drawers, while contributing to the ambiance of the room in much the same way a weapons display would.

2. Discord monitor in portrait mode. I find myself alt-tabbing to Discord all the time especially when playing MP games with lots of people, so having it on in its own monitor would make sense. Hook that monitor up to an old laptop or one of those tiny cheap NUC PCs, and your main PC doesn't have to run Discord at all. One drawback would be that the Discord PC wouldn't pick up your games, but you can add them manually, no big deal.

His main monitor however is tiny, so he needs to work on that. This is what a PC monitor should look like:

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It's 55 4K inches, and it's called a "TV". This is CULT|ysignal's, and CULT|Diamond Dawg has a similar model. This is the kind of display gamers play games on in the 21st century, not on Game Boy Color size displays, sorry.
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