Comments on: Zen and the Art of Home Entertainment Center Customization

By: Fraze

Fraze — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:31:22 +0000

Oh, on the topic of digital media, I recently purchased an Asus O!Play Air for our upstairs TV room. Getting a cable to here was priving difficult and I needed a wireless video solution … ummmm wow, what an incredible device!! Half the size of a kleenex box, plays EVERYTHING, solid state, Wifi, and $119 bucks! If anyone is in the market for something like this, I highly recommend the O!Play. We were watching our BRrip of Star Trek 2009 and thought to myself; What a glorious time to be alive…here I am watching a ~6gb 1080p 5.1DD video file wirelessly in flawless form … and I didnt even have to get off the couch to load the disc :)

By: Fraze

Fraze — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:22:36 +0000

That new TV is a beauty! and like the others have said, rip those movies to digital :) I spent the better part of last year doing that with my DVD collection to make room on the shelfs for my BluRay movies. I then took my entire DVD collection (save about 8 that I couldnt part with) to a pawn shop and sold them all…I toiled over that decision for some time, but in the end I thought scew it, I’ll never use them again…Mind you I’ve said that about alot of things I wish I still had. On second thought, keep them ;)

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:20:13 +0000

What I find funniest about all of this is the fact that any sane man would be apologizing profusely when waking up his better half following the loud crashing sound of a pile of wood that use to resemble an entertainment center, followed by said man backing away slowly… but not Rob. He grabs a camera and immortalizes the look for the world to see.

And I agree with Jarrod and Hiero, you need to go digital. One of my friends has a Windows 7 box on a shelf next to his fireplace where his TV is mounted above it (also something you should do… screw a shelf, mount the TV on the wall) and the PC contains all his movies and TV shows aquired through rips and torrents. He can also get online and do web conferences. Add in one of these:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/keyboards-mice/e0e7/

And you have the perfect set up for an entertainment living room. Set it up right with Windows 7 Pro or Ultimate and you can use the PC as a DVR too.

By: ubikuberalles

ubikuberalles — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:35:47 +0000

Let’s try that again:

http://craziestgadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pacman-bookcase-500×368.jpg

By: ubikuberalles

ubikuberalles — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:35:29 +0000

You need to make a bookcase (OK, a DVD case) for your homeless CD case. I recommend:

By: Hieronymus Flibble

Hieronymus Flibble — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:16:23 +0000

I agree. Rip the DVD’s, stick the video files on your file server, and watch them with your PS3 (or Wii, or XBox) hooked up to the TV. Easy peasy, right? Ripping DVD’s doesn’t take long, right? A few minutes?

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:33:29 +0000

I’m surprised you haven’t ditched the DVDs and gone digital since you already have a nice server with plenty of space setup.