SwiftOnSecurityDamn my launch PS3, which includes hardware to natively play PS1 and PS2 games, has a dead disc drive. :(
Everybody talks RROD for 360 but the PS3 was also horrendous. A terrible initial generation of hardware for both.
My home theater rack from ~2017
The final parts of the home theater are arriving this week including wiremold cable management and a second subwoofer. Eager to show the completed project. Been collecting parts for literally 13 years. If you want something just start now.
I feel something hidden in social media clout-chasing is how long-term hobbies actually manifest. Most hobbyists do not buy everything in one shot and assemble them for a YouTube video. It is a deliberate collection towards an eventual goal lasting many years. The journey is the destination.
You do not appreciate what you have until you've taken that incremental path. I am fucking blessed and I know the difference because I've lived it.
My side speakers are my old front spears. My rear speakers are my very old front speakers. You cycle your parts to their appropriate role.
This was my HT in 2014, after a buildout from when I got it in 2009. It's so easy to see where people are today and look at the cost and think it's impossible. That's because they assembled what they needed across many years.
Do not try to compete with a decade of investment. It's obviously stupid but never communicated.
Stephen Hoffman@SwiftOnSecurity Briefly thought that one lower-middle box was some HP Integrity rx-class Itanium server.
Then thought, nahhhhh.
Not enough cooling fans in that rack.
Then zoomed in for a better look. Nope. Not an Itanium.