#14 - Rob and Bryan's Maximized Media, Minimal Mess

Name: Rob & Bryan
Location: Lawrence, Kansas
A/V or Home Office: A/V

Favorite Source: TUAW and Gizmodo both offer many helpful tips for media center set-ups.

What inspired you?

We wanted a room where people could socialize comfortably w/out the television feeling like an intrusion. The square layout offers plenty of places to sit, and it doesn't feel like everyone is focused AROUND the TV. Connecting the laptop to the TV is a snap and works great because all our media is easily accessible through a hard drive on our network using Airport Extreme.

...We used books and DVD albums below the stand to hide ugly wires from view. Since we rent, we decided not to mount the LCD, but the shelf above makes everything feel more built in.

Great Tip: Take advantage of your laptop's video out. When connected to a large LCD screen, you have a great jukebox interface (i recommend apple's front row), and screen savers with old photos are very entertaining background for when friends are over.

Comments (7)

that beatles print is pretty ace.

posted by rich cardiff on April 26th 2007 at 11:24am
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Beatles rock! Beetles suck.

posted by Francesca on April 26th 2007 at 1:14pm
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Geez people, is that one part of the room all you can comment on? I like the unit that everything is contained in, smooth lines rock my world.
I think I'm going to have to pick up one of those speaker sets, as my computer speakers were recently decommissioned by one of my cats...

posted by aghman on April 26th 2007 at 1:20pm
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asian bark beetles rule!

posted by kimberlykc23 on April 26th 2007 at 2:06pm
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Love the place. Beatles still rock. Beetles still suck except for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinella_septempunctata

posted by Francesca on April 27th 2007 at 3:32pm
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how do you prevent your macbook from going to sleep when you close the lid?

posted by hubiquitous on April 29th 2007 at 6:51pm
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once its plugged into an external monitor it doesn't sleep.

posted by rhenry on April 29th 2007 at 8:17pm
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