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Reading about the television calibration I came to the conclusion that it's a waste of time for me as I play the majority of games on a twenty year-old Goldtron 24" TV - now this TV is so old it has a beautiful wooden veneer all the way around.
I also have some 80 Watt JVC speakers with three driver units per speaker with some very similar wood style effect.
If only modern consoles were made with wooden veneer.
<sigh>
I agree completely. It just doesn't feel like console makers are putting forth the effort to make thier consoles very attractive anymore. On the surface, I mean. Its a very unimportant selling point, though I used to have a theory about off white and grey colored consoles selling better since the NES, but Dreamcast and PS2 kinda killed that theory. I have my Dreamcast with a green case now, and I wish it was as easy to change out the other systems cases. I always thought there should have been a special edition Xbox with wood trim. Would be hot I say.
Z-roe
It is easy to change out the other systems cases.
Unless operating a screwdriver is considered difficult.
I dunno, I tried to open a GameCube and that was a pain in the ass. PS2 isnt a barrel of fun either. I haven't givin the Xbox a go. Dreamcast was suprisingly easy. plus I haven't seen to many cases to change out for the other systems anyway... and certainly none with a nice mahogany finish.
Z-roe
Make one. :)
If you do, make me one too.
Some nicely polished Hazel would be nice.
I've always been partial to a nice cedar.
88mph, unfortunatly, I failed wood shop.
Z-roe
I hate this "design", even when I was a wee lad and that's what all electronics came in. I thought (and still think) it's just silly looking.
Are you people serious?
Didn't the 2600 have that nasty woodgrain look?
Nasty? Hell no. I'd rather have something like that sitting on my entertainment center than a purple Gamecube or a shapeless, art-house PlayStation 2.
I love woodgrain. I would have sex with woodgrain if it were possible. The shit gives me a boner.
Woodgrain owns.
I have this in my living room right now.
http://hardmvs.com/images/dedicated/2slotGold.jpg
I'll be impressed if anybody has more woodgrained equipment in there living room/den/game room than that.
I bet with that thing you can play the Greatest Games Ever Made!
Truly, you are part of the inner circle.
Aaaaand how. Wood grain is a bit silly. Thats what makes it great. Also, it can look great. If my consoles looked as spiffy as my little cedar humidor, I would display them rather than hide them away in the dark recesses of my entertainment center. I've also been a huge fan of brushed aluminium. I also just like saying Aluminium.
Z-roe
http://www.heydon.org/kevan/collecti...2600-small.jpg
It does kinda look silly.
In Connecticut we have a plce called Bernie's and they still sell "console" TV's. All they do is take a RCA 27-32 and construct a tight wood grain cabinet around it and then they mark it up about 500 bucks. But, the old people just eat them up...
You can't have an arcade machine in your living room, because your parents wouldn't let you :( :( :(Quote:
Originally posted by polywaggles
I bet with that thing you can play the Greatest Games Ever Made!
Truly, you are part of the inner circle.
Everyone: Don't mind "Pollywaggles", he's from London. So basically he's angry that we can all sit around and talk about our "amazing" and "wonderfull" videogames while hes out in the snow standing in the "bread line"...
While the Atari 2600 was one ugly mother - if you've ever seen some Hi-end hi fi systems you'll see how damn posh they look.
For example look at Redwood and Castle products - these are truly the dogs.
The aesthetics of consoles does stick them in a 'we're too technological for you grandad' niche. Why do you reckon they like their TVs with wooden veneer? Because it's 'warmer' and less dare I say it? 'elitest'.
I'm not sure if it was even that.
Back in the day, it was just the "cool thing" to have wood (simulated or otherwise) on stuff.
Cars
Electronic equipment
Furniture
Clothing (shoes)
Home treatments (freaking wood paneling is ugly as hell!)
This touches upon a post I was thinking about making... How many of you have customized systems? What colors do you think would best fit each system?
The only one I've customized is my DC, I put a clear casing on it... I love how the whole front gets all lit up when it's on. I'd like to customize it further... a clear-ish orange CD door would be nice, and if I had any skill with electronics, having more lights in the console would look AWESOME. :D
Personally, though, I'd like have all my systems unique from one another. Here's what I'd think would best suit each system:
NES: clear red casing on top portion, solid dark red/burgundy on bottom portion. Keep the black strip leading to the controller ports.
SNES: Silver brushed metal.
Genny: On topic here, I think wood-grain would look good with the Genesis 2... and the accompanying Sega-CD, too.
PSX: Black-and-White in a kinda postmodern pattern.
Saturn: Hmmmm... I dunno. A light blue would be cool.
N64: I've got the Pikachu one, that's about as unique as a system can come. Despite the hit to masculinity, I love it.
DC: See earlier in the post.
Xbox: That transparent black one that was released in Japan was sweet, or maybe the transparent green that's on the dev kit Xboxes.
Other systems I don't have:
PS2: I liked the yellow or white one.
Cube: A white one would be cool, to go with my GBA. But purple is good.
OT: I would LOVE if Nintendo made an "NES" style GC like those pics of the customized/photoshopped one that was floating around a while ago.
I need to find the Xbox redesign I sketched out a while back. Not that it's too hard to best the current design, but the one I did up looked super-schway.
The Atari 2600 had some class to it. Those pre-1985 systems were great, even if they didn't have woodgrain. They have a timeless look.
My favorite AV designs are definitely by McIntosh. They definitely have a retro AV feel, and the glass faceplate is just beautiful.
http://66.216.98.167/mcprod/product_...C206-front.jpg
This picture of the MC206 6-channel amp doesn't do it much justice, but it was small.
http://66.216.98.167/mcprod/product_...X134-front.jpg
The MX-134 processor couples with the amp perfectly, but I forgot what the little pushbuttons do.
If you like brushed aluminum, Krell has some awesome AV equipment that has this finish, but it's real expensive.
I never liked the wood trim, and the kind that lined the Atari looks to be about 1/8" thick. I doubt that it's even real wood.