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[Legendaryk4]

Good evening,

 

I am planning on setting up something in my bedroom so I can play all my consoles. I did a rough design of what I am thinking about and want opinions. I made the image in google sketchup, please do not shit on the image as I'm not trained in this. I was winging it. The image is to scale. The rack systems are a place holder for a power switcher, HDMI and RCA switch boxes. The basket next to the chair is for controllers? Not sure what else I could do. And yes that is a CRT TV. How do you expect me to play duck hunt without a CRT.... you can't. I couldnt remove the base of the top monitor so just pretend its mounted to the wall on an arm. The cube storage was for reference, I cannot use that as it is filled with my wife's shit. I also want to avoid using the flat screen so I can play my HDMI consoles without bothering the women. (Avoiding future arguments about taking over the TV). I was probably going to find a switcher for the 2nd monitor to to that. Ideas for cable management would also be welcomed.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Legendaryk4]

Also that weird thing between the genesis and Wii U is a dreamcast. They didnt have a good model on sketch up that was to scale.

[njmyers3]

Looks pretty cool, but the TV looks really small. I don't know if you can get a bigger desk, but that would be helpful.

Also a tip: You can remove the stand on the top monitor by right clicking it and selecting "edit component." You may need to do it a few times because the creator may have nested components or groups.

[SlipperyPete]

12 minutes ago, Legendaryk4 said:

Good evening,

 

I am planning on setting up something in my bedroom so I can play all my consoles. I did a rough design of what I am thinking about and want opinions. I made the image in google sketchup, please do not shit on the image as I'm not trained in this. I was winging it. The image is to scale. The rack systems are a place holder for a power switcher, HDMI and RCA switch boxes. The basket next to the chair is for controllers? Not sure what else I could do. And yes that is a CRT TV. How do you expect me to play duck hunt without a CRT.... you can't. I couldnt remove the base of the top monitor so just pretend its mounted to the wall on an arm. The cube storage was for reference, I cannot use that as it is filled with my wife's shit. I also want to avoid using the flat screen so I can play my HDMI consoles without bothering the women. (Avoiding future arguments about taking over the TV). I was probably going to find a switcher for the 2nd monitor to to that. Ideas for cable management would also be welcomed.

 

Thanks in advance!

for the cables i would run them along the back of the shelves (pictured in red) and put them in a cable sleeve, leading down to a cable box with 2 power strips in it.

[Legendaryk4]

1 hour ago, njmyers3 said:

Looks pretty cool, but the TV looks really small. I don't know if you can get a bigger desk, but that would be helpful.

Also a tip: You can remove the stand on the top monitor by right clicking it and selecting "edit component." You may need to do it a few times because the creator may have nested components or groups.

Its a 19". I unfortunately don't have the space for a bigger desk, but thank you for the tip.

[Legendaryk4]

1 hour ago, SlipperyPete said:

for the cables i would run them along the back of the shelves (pictured in red) and put them in a cable sleeve, leading down to a cable box with 2 power strips in it.

 

I will keep the cable sleeves in mind. Definitely a good solution, thanks. I wanted to avoid the use of power strips. I was going to get something like this. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029L7KRY/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_11?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3310RC73OCEB2

[SlipperyPete]

7 minutes ago, Legendaryk4 said:

I will keep the cable sleeves in mind. Definitely a good solution, thanks. I wanted to avoid the use of power strips. I was going to get something like this. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029L7KRY/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_11?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3310RC73OCEB2

that is a much better solution. that will be installed in the wall?

[Legendaryk4]

31 minutes ago, SlipperyPete said:

that is a much better solution. that will be installed in the wall?

Naw, probably just going to set it on the shelf with these, or something like these, on top.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M4LOU12/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_12?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AUTFQ43Q7FMBM

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NA68VG6/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_13?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1F8NSKJA5BK

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KXVBB7C/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_25?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1TXJ8YQ6MM9JH

[Legendaryk4]

Im also rethinking the basket idea for the controllers as that would be a cluster fuck. I could just make a bunch of riser shelfs like this. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FU3ZLZG/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER and keep the controllers under each system.