Follow-Up Thread: Well, my custom Tv and stereo is finally up and running!

[JDBarrow]

Just in time for football season. You can read my earlier threads to find out what I had planned all along and the listings of equipment used. The J.D. Barrow Television Computer is slated to be upgraded to a robust gamer in the future when money gets better.

I made the back panels out of cardboard and spray painted them flat black and used wooden popsicle sticks as clips to hold them in place. The attached sidecar the Klipsch subwoofer sits upon was made of birch plywood and stained black with polyurethane top coat.

The bothersome green LED behind the grille on the sub was covered with a piece of black electrical tape.

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[Michaels HiFi]

Just in time for football season. You can read my earlier threads to find out what I had planned all along and the listings of equipment used. The J.D. Barrow Television Computer is slated to be upgraded to a robust gamer in the future when money gets better.

I made the back panels out of cardboard and spray painted them flat black and used wooden popsicle sticks as clips to hold them in place. The attached sidecar the Klipsch subwoofer sits upon was made of birch plywood and stained black with polyurethane top coat.

The bothersome green LED behind the grille on the sub was covered with a piece of black electrical tape. The receiver has a temperature readout. It gets to 59 C (138 F) when the tempered glass doors are closed but only 44 C (111 F) when they are open.

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Nice job!

Always a sense of satisfaction when you build something that works out well.

 

[JDBarrow]

Nice job!

Always a sense of satisfaction when you build something that works out well.

I build my own PC's as well. Today, I spent two hours or more adjusting those double glass doors on that entertainment cart so there is virtually no gap now in the middle. I love neat workmanship with pride. A lot of fiddling with a carpenter's level and those hinge screws.

I don't really need that external telescoping antenna for the receiver anymore as I have just discovered a way to stream all my local radio stations. There is my Windows PC hooked up to the Samsung Smart TV and then to the Marantz receiver via optical cable so I can stream local radio music with high-fidelity sound. The FM reception sucks in my home along with the local digital TV reception. You can see the GE TV antenna on the wall about 7' high next to the big window. Pulling the TV cart about 2 to 3 feet away from the wall where the boosted digital TV antenna is improves TV reception considerably. The electronics in the television set might even interfere with reception.

I'm not even sure if the computer audio output can be connected directly to the audio receiver. I have to have the TV on to monitor the PC anyway. I use the Windows bubbles screensaver to protect the TV screen from image burn-in though it is LED. The Panasonic BD player and the computer both hook up to the TV via HDMI cables. TV audio out to Marantz receiver via optical cable. The audio receiver is Wi-Fi capable, but I don't know if local radio can be streamed directly to it. I have Verizon Wireless 5G Internet.

I hate the Samsung Smart Hub. A Microsoft Windows PC with wireless mouse and keyboard is much more robust for Wi-Fi-based multimedia connectivity. The Panasonic BD player has built-in Wi-Fi too and that's fine for firmware updates.