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Old Nov 18, 2006, 08:39 PM   #1
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Show us your TV and music setup

Here's mine:

Samsung 40", HTPC, crap JVC receiver, JVC DVD recorder, Wharfedale frontspeakers and center, Yamaha Subwoofer and some Audio Pro sattelites (not in the picture.) The Crappy JVC receiver will be replaced next week by a nice Pioneer VSX-916 7.1 receiver.
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Old Nov 18, 2006, 08:45 PM   #2
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mine is more PC based and I watch most upstairs.

Dell 2010 -2 gig of ram, windows media center, X1800 DVI out to dell 37 inch HDTV / dual monitor also dell 2405 on screen for other pc stuff. audigy 2 NX out to creative gigaworkds THX 7:1 speakers. xbox 360 to tv/ sony vaio (home server) and dell laptop (dell laptop not on screen).

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Impressive setups. Zardon's wins because of the sheer amount of monitors though
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Old Nov 18, 2006, 08:58 PM   #4
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Sold the 52inc .... stuck with the 3007fpw dell monitor.... and don't have a camera anymore...

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Excuse my crappy pic but here is my setup I love it!



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Old Nov 18, 2006, 09:09 PM   #6
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I'll show you in 3 weeks when my Dell 3007 arrives :P
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Old Nov 18, 2006, 09:11 PM   #7
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nice toys guys!

i'd agree w/WhO_KnOwS.....anybody else think they can match upto him?
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Old Nov 18, 2006, 09:22 PM   #8
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Well for e-penis sake, 2 dell 3007's and 3 Acer AL1951's hooked to one machine is what i maxed out at. Combined with a HDMI connected 52" LCD Samsung HDTV.

i didn't have enough room.. but it was kinda amusing and absalutely counter productive for the afternoon when i had nothing much to do put toy around.
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Old Nov 18, 2006, 09:32 PM   #9
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Well for e-penis sake, 2 dell 3007's and 3 Acer AL1951's hooked to one machine is what i maxed out at. Combined with a HDMI connected 52" LCD Samsung HDTV.

i didn't have enough room.. but it was kinda amusing and absalutely counter productive for the afternoon when i had nothing much to do put toy around.
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Everyone else, please just share your systems with images, thanks.
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Old Nov 18, 2006, 09:39 PM   #10
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ill get mine up later tonight. just try not to laugh too hard.
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Old Nov 19, 2006, 05:21 AM   #11
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mine's embaressingly poor to say the least
(still can't make card reader work, piccy's will come later)

I have an old 4 channel sony amp powering my computer and minidisc deck, a kickass 5.1 aiwa (< seriously, even though I had to have the laser replaced 3 times, it rules ), and a cheap shitty 5.1 system for my gaming tv, and the tv is a 28" (i think) LG flatron. you know, one of those big old CRT's with the flat screen. does the job for the GC and PS2 anyways
every time I build a media center one of the kids comps stops and they end up with it, and I'm too poor to buy more stuff atm lol
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Old Nov 19, 2006, 06:30 AM   #12
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like i said, dont laugh. im not much of a tv person.





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Old Nov 19, 2006, 06:58 AM   #13
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dark_lord wins...he has an old school box of tinker toys....and thus,...is my new hero.



As for mine...it isn't worth picturing.

It's a Gateway FPD2185 HD Monitor running off a Belkin Pure|AV Gold DVI cable. I HAD an ATi HDTV Wonder running cable when I lived in the apartment, but here at home, we have Dish network, and thus, no extra outlets, but I'm switching to camcast, so I'll have it again soon.

For my listening pleasure, I've the same amazing speaker set as big Z [Cambridge Gigaworks s750 700 watt 7.1 THX Surround] running off an Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro

I'm next year to get a HTPC to replace this behemoth and run Blu Ray/HDTV over HDCP enabled DVI to this awesome monitor with it.
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Old Nov 19, 2006, 07:00 AM   #14
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Mine is very similar to yours asmoday...at least sound wise. I have a 27" flat jvc iart now, but will be moving to a large lcd like yours soon. And, I have a yamaha receiver - it sounds great for being cheap.
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Old Nov 19, 2006, 08:27 PM   #15
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Here's mine. A 22" hp p1230 monitor and a 17" ViewSonic E70f. I don't use the ViewSonic monitor much anymore because it feels too small when beside the other monitor.

A basic tv from Sharp. I also have an old "portable" tv. This thing is heavy, the picture and sound quality are bad and I never use it. I picked it up in the trash of a neighbor.

I use an headphone ampliffier I built myself. It's the black box under the tv. I also use a basic 2.1 sound system from Altec Lansing.

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Old Nov 19, 2006, 09:53 PM   #16
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can't find my camera usb cable..think it got lost when i moved to my new apartment... will try to find and post a pic...atm i have a Samsung 32" HDTV havent got my surround sound yet, will get it this xmas and its hooked up to my xbox360.
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I'll post mine later in the week when I find my camera and clean the joint up
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Old Nov 20, 2006, 05:37 AM   #18
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three parts to mine, first is my computer

p4 system
behringer FCA202 soundcard out to a soundcraft compact 4 mixer, out to my Alesis M1 Active 620 monitors.
Also got a Korg microKORG synth on the desk there

across the room and we have my turntables

2 x stanton t.80 tuntables with shure m44g carts
tascam xs-3 mixer
sony mdr-v6 headphones
and my newly purchased tascam CD-DJ1 CD player with a TT-M1 attachment (that silver thing on the right TT, lets me use the TT to control the CD player)
my dj gear is hooked up to my soundcraft mixer by a 6m cable

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42" LG PDP screen
Jensen 5.1 sound system
Onkyo 603 receiver/amp
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that turntable to cd controller is cool as hell dj
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that turntable to cd controller is cool as hell dj
that it is, i might record some random scratching later
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Very nice gear DJ! And Zardon, that setup of yours leaves me speechless...

Well, its pretty old but all working well, and my youngest kids use it all too - except the turntable...



From the bottom left up and around...
Sony EV-A80 8mm VCR
Pioneer CLD-V2400 Combo Laserdisc/CD player
Sony TC-FX1010 Cassette Deck
Yamaha RV-1103 A/V Receiver
JVC LE-33 Linear Tracking Turntable
w/Shure VST-IIIP Cartridge (love those Shure cartridges)
Toshiba M653 4Head Hi-Fi VHS VCR
Sony SL-HF400 SuperBeta Hi-Fi VCR
Pioneer DV-525 DVD Player
Teac A-2300SD Dolby (!) Reel-to-Reel tape deck
Nintendo Gamecube
Nintendo64 Console
Panasonic CT-27D10 TV - showing the Cars DVD
Polk SDA SRS 2.3 Loudspeakers
w/Polk Monitor 4Jr speakers - surround - not shown
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Thanks for making me feel poor guys.

Except Swimtech lol.
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Can't afford a new t.v but just upgraded the sound system. Small room with great small bookshelf speakers and a big subwoofer (Cambridge Soundworks) mated to a Harmon Kardon 7.1 receiver makes for some pretty awesome movie viewing. I ususally don't remove the speaker grills but they are butt ugly with them on
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that HK reciever is top notch....I remember them from when i worked at CC.


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Only thing we had that beat it was an Onkyo that you had to pawn off your kidney to afford
Got it from Amazon. They were practically giving it away that day. It also has inputs for my SACD player. I do hope the neighbors forgive me
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Thanks for making me feel poor guys.

Except Swimtech lol.
Admittedly, I haven't bought anything nice for the A/V system since the Yamaha reciever back in 1999 or so - the TV is the latest addition bought in 2000 I think - most of my "discretionary" money goes into computer related stuff now - but the technology and how it's used is converging. I bought the speakers back in 1990 or so - they'll likely last me the rest of my life.
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