Post by Vassaggo on Jul 12, 2018 18:36:14 GMT
I am one for retro tech, I've shown you my game room. Well I am transitioning my Sony stereo system from being attached to my tv to being a stand alone unit in the library. I just found my old black stereo stand from college in storage. The stand is black 4 feet wide, 3 feet tall, and 2 feet deep. There are 4 cubbies in the stand. The Sony Stereo consists of separate components. Tuner unit , separate Amp, turntable, 12 band graphic equalizer, tape deck component, 5 cd disk changer, and receiver. This clears out the 2 wood and glass shelves that are bolted to the wall under the wall mounted tv. Now that I am making room. I got new 5.1 surround receiver and sub to go on the shelves. I am keeping the laptop and directv receiver on the shelves. I am adding a vcr/dvd combo, bluray player, and laserdisc player. I think everything but the Directv box is made by Sony. I haven't actually bought a new (to me) laserdisc player yet. I want to get a Sony one if I can find it. I tend to stay brand loyal.
I am moving the record collection to the library. I have a few laserdiscs that I found out in the storage, and some old vhs tapes. From 2003-2013ish I would just buy a handful of dvds every time I went grocery shopping at Walmart. Over the years their numbers dwindled. The major and ultimate killing blow was losing 2 huge boxes in a move in 2007. After that I kind of stopped caring. So I would loan movies/tv shows out and would forget. Months later I want to watch something and I remember I loaned it out to someone I barely know. And have no way to contact them. Shit like that. I have a handful of Blurays.
I guess my first question would be, do you guys still own physical copies of movies/tv shows? Are you content with just digital? From the fact I like collecting things (books, comics, video games, ancient movie tech) you know I lean toward physical copies. I guess just losing that massive amount just broke me. What's your home media library consist of? How many you own physically vs digitally? Do you tend to splurge and buy more digital movies than you would physical movie? I haven't shopped in Walmart's movie section in a long time. Is Blu-ray continuing to slowly strangle plain dvd? If I start back up collecting and trust me that's a big if. You think I should just stick to Blu-ray or shop for both. I always have 3 projects running and always collecting something to occupy myself. Also any old Laserdisc Aficionados out there? Are there any hidden gems I absolutely need to find? Either great examples of a not well known movie given the laserdisc treatment or a Laserdisc that had killer supplemental content. The Laserdisc don't have to be Criterion. If I do get back into this, I'll need storage for the blurays/dvd's, laserdics and albums. Can some one take this modest description and come up with detailed step by step plan and materials list? I can draw what I want and I can follow instructions, it's just figuring out those instructions is the problem for me. I was thinking of a elongated open topped cabinet that the 33's could go. You pull/flip current album forward toward you to reveal the next album's front cover. Like using a crate but just taller and solid. Figure it could be 4' tall, 15" wide, and 2' deep. The base of the cabinet can have a long pull out drawer that will hold 45's, extra needles, dusting kit for whole stereo, vinyl record cleaning kit, anti static cloth to dust the turntable, and small can of spray lubricant for turntables moving parts. I'll make an identical one for Laserdiscs. Album packaging and laserdisc packaging are both 12" square. I could keep some alcohol in bottom drawer for cleaning optics. I don't think I will have any dodads to put in that laserdisc drawer like I would the record cabinet.
Finally, I need a solution for the Dvd's. I have little over 4ft wide x little over 3ft tall area of wall space on either side of the tv but below the wall mounted speakers. Shelf should be made of .5" mdf and also mounted to the wall like tv, speakers, and electronic shelves.. Specs 4ft wide, 3ft tall, 6.5" deep. It will have 3 shelves. 4 shelves counting the bottom with each having 8" of clearance.
2 measurements of a dvd case is fixed. They are always 190mm tall, and 135mm wide. The Thickness depends on the amount of dvds in case, amount of booklets, and supplemental gear. On average, though a dvd is 15mm thick. In imperial that's 7.5" tall x 5.30" wide x .60" thick. That's approx 80 dvd titles per shelf. As there are 4 counting the bottom each unit could hold 320 titles. That's a start.
Some one draw that up, give me step by step instructions, and materials list.
Jesus this went from a normal question post to a huge brain storming session.
I am moving the record collection to the library. I have a few laserdiscs that I found out in the storage, and some old vhs tapes. From 2003-2013ish I would just buy a handful of dvds every time I went grocery shopping at Walmart. Over the years their numbers dwindled. The major and ultimate killing blow was losing 2 huge boxes in a move in 2007. After that I kind of stopped caring. So I would loan movies/tv shows out and would forget. Months later I want to watch something and I remember I loaned it out to someone I barely know. And have no way to contact them. Shit like that. I have a handful of Blurays.
I guess my first question would be, do you guys still own physical copies of movies/tv shows? Are you content with just digital? From the fact I like collecting things (books, comics, video games, ancient movie tech) you know I lean toward physical copies. I guess just losing that massive amount just broke me. What's your home media library consist of? How many you own physically vs digitally? Do you tend to splurge and buy more digital movies than you would physical movie? I haven't shopped in Walmart's movie section in a long time. Is Blu-ray continuing to slowly strangle plain dvd? If I start back up collecting and trust me that's a big if. You think I should just stick to Blu-ray or shop for both. I always have 3 projects running and always collecting something to occupy myself. Also any old Laserdisc Aficionados out there? Are there any hidden gems I absolutely need to find? Either great examples of a not well known movie given the laserdisc treatment or a Laserdisc that had killer supplemental content. The Laserdisc don't have to be Criterion. If I do get back into this, I'll need storage for the blurays/dvd's, laserdics and albums. Can some one take this modest description and come up with detailed step by step plan and materials list? I can draw what I want and I can follow instructions, it's just figuring out those instructions is the problem for me. I was thinking of a elongated open topped cabinet that the 33's could go. You pull/flip current album forward toward you to reveal the next album's front cover. Like using a crate but just taller and solid. Figure it could be 4' tall, 15" wide, and 2' deep. The base of the cabinet can have a long pull out drawer that will hold 45's, extra needles, dusting kit for whole stereo, vinyl record cleaning kit, anti static cloth to dust the turntable, and small can of spray lubricant for turntables moving parts. I'll make an identical one for Laserdiscs. Album packaging and laserdisc packaging are both 12" square. I could keep some alcohol in bottom drawer for cleaning optics. I don't think I will have any dodads to put in that laserdisc drawer like I would the record cabinet.
Finally, I need a solution for the Dvd's. I have little over 4ft wide x little over 3ft tall area of wall space on either side of the tv but below the wall mounted speakers. Shelf should be made of .5" mdf and also mounted to the wall like tv, speakers, and electronic shelves.. Specs 4ft wide, 3ft tall, 6.5" deep. It will have 3 shelves. 4 shelves counting the bottom with each having 8" of clearance.
2 measurements of a dvd case is fixed. They are always 190mm tall, and 135mm wide. The Thickness depends on the amount of dvds in case, amount of booklets, and supplemental gear. On average, though a dvd is 15mm thick. In imperial that's 7.5" tall x 5.30" wide x .60" thick. That's approx 80 dvd titles per shelf. As there are 4 counting the bottom each unit could hold 320 titles. That's a start.
Some one draw that up, give me step by step instructions, and materials list.
Jesus this went from a normal question post to a huge brain storming session.
