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My wife and I have been a two TV gaming couple for many a year now. We previously just had both TV's side by side in the living room. However, in an attempt to avoid having to explain this to everyone who visits, my wife came up with a solution that her father implemented with aplomb! Now we can pack away, or set up her personal gaming station in but a couple of minutes!

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This looks really cool! What an ingenious solution you've found.

I think I'd be paranoid about the cabinet tripping over something and destroying its content, but that's probably just me.
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KSubzero1000 wrote: September 26th, 2017, 7:24 am This looks really cool! What an ingenious solution you've found.

I think I'd be paranoid about the cabinet tripping over something and destroying its content, but that's probably just me.
The base is made from a seriously heavy chunk of wood. It's pretty damn stable, other than someone falling onto the shelf it should be fine :)
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Good to know! It just looks a bit wobbly at first glance. There is only so much that pictures can convey, after all.

Personally, I've opted for a repurposed giant shoe cabinet with custom shelves to store all my games and controllers. Nowhere near as fancy, but I'm yet to find a storage option with a higher game-per-cubic-cm ratio. Whereas my ancient TV unit still bravely manages to balance all 6 consoles on top of itself, a feat I am very grateful for.
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That's awesome! Nice living room too! :D
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Nice one, it looks great. How did you attach the consoles to the shelf? I'd love one of those stations setup in my house. We are in a situation where would like a TV in the bedroom but with limited wall and floor space, having a TV positioned permanently would crowd the room. Something like your wifes solution would be amazing.

I know you probably know this, but just in case... Moving the consoles from a vertical to horizontal position whilst the hard drive is spinning is not going to end well.
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Alex79uk wrote: September 26th, 2017, 10:20 am That's awesome! Nice living room too! :D
Cheers, the living room took most of February and a chunk of March to sort out! :D
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Beck wrote: September 26th, 2017, 12:20 pm Nice one, it looks great. How did you attach the consoles to the shelf? I'd love one of those stations setup in my house. We are in a situation where would like a TV in the bedroom but with limited wall and floor space, having a TV positioned permanently would crowd the room. Something like your wifes solution would be amazing.

I know you probably know this, but just in case... Moving the consoles from a vertical to horizontal position whilst the hard drive is spinning is not going to end well.
When vertical the consoles are half supported by the wood behind them, then I have some Velcro under each to prevent them tipping into the screen. Seems to hold up fine, and as they are not something we will remove and re-attach very often at all I'm hopeful the Velco will hold up.

Also, not shown in the pics, but the wood behind the screen has two large cutouts for better ventilation, but also to make the pull-up draw lighter. Ended up weighing quite a bit!

And yup, always a little risky moving spinning disks. Another reason to love SSDs! (Not that I have SSDs in the consoles... yet)
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KSubzero1000 wrote: September 26th, 2017, 8:20 am Good to know! It just looks a bit wobbly at first glance. There is only so much that pictures can convey, after all.

Personally, I've opted for a repurposed giant shoe cabinet with custom shelves to store all my games and controllers. Nowhere near as fancy, but I'm yet to find a storage option with a higher game-per-cubic-cm ratio. Whereas my ancient TV unit still bravely manages to balance all 6 consoles on top of itself, a feat I am very grateful for.
Clever! We made the choice to go 100% digital for the One and the PS4 so our storage requirements have been minimised on that front. Plus it effectively halves our spend on games since we can share the digital copy. Great for co-op games ;)
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countstex wrote: September 26th, 2017, 10:13 pmWe made the choice to go 100% digital for the One and the PS4 so our storage requirements have been minimised on that front. Plus it effectively halves our spend on games since we can share the digital copy. Great for co-op games ;)
Sir, let me just say: greatly admire your work! It's really quite an elegant design too.
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Thank you. Vetting your parents in law for skills is a good idea for an easy life ;)
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I’d be really interested to know how your set up still fairs one year on. I think this could potentially solve a whole load of arguments in my house! We don’t have a natural spot for the television in our living room so having something along those lines could be a godsend.
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