I just took this photo. Is my setup next level? I RGB modded the Sony if it helps.I had that TV back in the day. It was an amazing TV for it’s time.
That a RetroPie setup at the bottom left?
I think it’s a MiSTer.
Isn’t the MiSTer like, way bigger than that?
No. Can confirm, I have one.
Have you softmodded the PS1 to accept backups? There’s a disc you can burn that if you do the swap trick with it it will configure a memory card to be used to load backups
What’s the CRT on the bottom left?
Also yes.
Sweet man, that setup right there is next level!
thanks!
Haha I have this setup to this day.
I use it for my regular Nintendo and Sega Genesis.
What do you use for you irregular Nintendo?
I’ll see myself out 🤣
I’ll take it off your hands. Got to strong boys here with me. It took three of us to get this into house. So true it’s freaking heavy. It also swivels which I do find neat. Besides the old game console look better on the equipment they were built for.
I’m old enough to remember when this was peak entertainment technology.
See, now that’s just the TV stand for the newer TV on top!
But seriously, why the fake drawers in these? The drawer handles even rotated, but you’d just be pulling against the wood.
Peak would’ve been a grey Zapper.
Oh my god !!! That’s the TV we had when I was a kid !!!
Looks like model used in cs_militia in Counter Strike Source. Or at least reminds me of it
Wow, old memory unlocked, we had that exact tv (or maybe another model that looked very similar). It was the good TV for a long time but never made it to be the less good TV in the basement because, well look at it, it’s a tube TV built into a fucking cabinet, just throw it out.
I remember my parents had a Magnavox wood finish tv console. That fucker weight more then a collapsed star I swear it took 3 people to move it from one corner to another.
great picture. I’ll bet that TV didn’t even have one of the old style remotes to change channels
That’s eerily similar to what I grew up with. Like: “are you my sibling, and is that actually my old house”-level similar.
Edit:nm - we had wood floors, and the fan on the right was white.
It still is next level. Modern setups aren’t nearly as cool. TVs mounted to the wall, game consoles on the floor, and who even has a dedicated stereo system anymore?
I definitely would if I had the space and time to build it. Too many projects too little time (and space)
Not that compact stereo system. My old sharp boom box sounded better than those.
I have that exact Aiwa music player.
Last Sunday when I went back to my parents house, I noticed that the clock was blinking because there was a blackout, so I turned on and I saw that the 5 CD changer not only gets stuck but the laser doesn’t see the discs anymore 😢
I’m sad
To play games from that era this is a next level setup.
Fuck. I remember when that setup was science fiction.
Yes, I played Nintendo games in emulator on mine, it was so great.
I would never in a million years would consider this as “next level” unless there’s a MegaDrive behind those doors under the TV.
EDIT: those seem like DVD cases by the stereo, so I’ll have to revise my previous comment and demand either a Sega Saturn, a Playstation or a Nitendo64.
I think that’s a ps3 to the left of the TV
I disagree, that looks like a record player. You can see the plastic cover and what looks like part of the plate on top. There’s also a VCR and I doubt there were many instances of PS3s and VCRs being plugged into the same CRT. I don’t doubt it happened, but this is giving more late 90s/early 2000s than mid/late 2000s
I have a N64 plugged into the back side of my TV. It has a flush mount, as in I plugged the N64 in before I hung it on the wall.
Kind of still is.
I’m just here to point out that I look down upon everybody, as I have some arbitrary consideration in my mind that makes me and the things I think, more next-levelier than all of you and what you like
What fascinates me is going back and watching TV shows designed for these size / type of capability TV’s, and how much less there is going on, in any frame. The characters are central, there’s no background action or skits, no huge flashing lights or whole moving cities, and it reminds me of the problems behind coco melon. I wonder if it does the same thing to adult brains it does to baby brains.
I have two AF Toshibas. One 27 inches and the other 14. I would have more if I had a house. They are still awesome!
Thrift stores couldn’t sell those cabinets 10 years ago and now they won’t take them at all.
I’ve got one at my son’s place we need to get rid of. I probably should just get the sawzall and have him dispose over time
They’re hilariously worthless for anything but the original purpose. And that’s from a guy who repurposes crap off the side of the road every week.
Even if they’re real wood, the dimensions are useless. Maybe it could be chopped into a couple of tiny plant stands? LOL, now you got me thinking what I could do! Still, haven’t found a use for them after all these years.
Worked fine in my basement to hold homebrewing supplies. Mine was higher end and had closing doors for top and bottom.
Otherwise, I’ve thought of converting to wardrobe
Fishtank, terrarium, uhhhh yeah
Thank for saying this, and also nice to meet you, fellow roadside and bin scrapper!
Today’s next level iPhone , zyns/vape, gem butt plug.
