Your Home Entertainment Setups

[dirtyblueshirt]

This past quarter saw the replacement of the two HR22 boxes with spankin' new HR24-200s. Also added a new sound system, and a 2nd Gen AppleTV.

Waiting for an HR-34…

I'll get better pictures soon.

Backend:
Internet:
• Cox Communications Ultimate 55 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 w/ Bonded Channels

Satellite:
• DirecTV SlimLine SL5 SWM LNB
• Choice Ultimate Package, DVR, MRV, MLB EI
• DECA Multiroom and Broadband Connection

Living Room:
A/V:
• LG 55LH90 55" LED Backlit LCD
• DirecTV HR24-200 HD DVR
• DirecTV Power Inserter (one for DECA, one for SWM)
• AppleTV 2nd Gen (HDMI to Rcvr)
• Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-Ray (HDMI to Rcvr)
• Xbox 360 S w/ Kinect, 250GB HD, 802.11n WiFi (HDMI to Rcvr)
• Nintendo Wii, WiFi (Component to Rcvr)
• Denon DHT-591BA 5.1 Receiver w/ Boston MCS95 5.1 Speakers (HDMI to TV)

Tech:
• Motorola SurfBoard SB6120 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable modem, Owned
• Apple AirPort Extreme Dual-Band 802.11n Gigabit w/DECA Broadband Adapter and 1TB Hard Drive
• 570GB NAS Server (DLNA and iTunes Compliant)


Master Bedroom:
• Nexus NX2403 24" LCD TV
• DirecTV HR22-100 HD DVR (Matte) w/DECA Adapter
• Samsung HW-C450 Sound Bar (connected to the TV's Analog Out)
• Apple MacBook Pro 13" 2.16GHz Core2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 500GB HD, 802.11n, Mac OS X 10.6

Guest Room/Office:
• Nexus NX2403 24" LCD TV
• DirecTV HR24-200 HD DVR
• LG DVB418 Region-Free DVD Player
• Apple AirPort Express 802.11n
• HP Pavilion dv7 17.3" hooked to a Dell 19" LCD, Windows 7 Home Premium
• Epson WorkForce 633

Living Room:

Living Room by dirtyblueshirt, on Flickr

Master Bedroom:

TV Setup 2Q 2011 by dirtyblueshirt, on Flickr

Guest Room:

Guest Room by dirtyblueshirt, on Flickr

Cox Ultimate 55mbps Cable Internet



T-Mobile G2 w/4G Speed:

 

[Admin65]

My setup is nothing to brag home about.

Main room near the Kitchen

Sony KDL-55V5100
Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD
Roku XDS DVP
Sony PS3 which is our only BD player

Family room

Samsung LN-R408D
Samsung SMT-H3270 HD-DVR
Old Panasonic DVD player which we really don't use anymore
Old VCR
Onkyo Amp from a while back and 6.1 Polk System - Probably should upgrade it
Sanyo 12" 33/45 RPM Direct Drive Turntable

My Room
Panasonic 13" TV/VCR combo unit
Cisco 4640HDC HD STB
Zenith Sound System that I almost never use

Office

Samsung LN-T1953 TV
Samsung SMT-H3260 HD-STB

Internet

TWC RoadRunner 10/1
Moto SB4100 Modem
Netgear WNDR3700 w/DD-WRT

Package:

TWC Mega Charged (9/09 Bundle)
2 HD-DVR, 2 HD-STB
HD VIP pack
All Major Premiums (HBO, Cinemax, Showtime Unltd, Starz)
Variety Pack, Sports Pack, Digital Movie Pass, Choice Pack

I also have an old PS2 and Gamecube as well. I think I've covered everything but the computer.

My Phone is a Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Verizon).

My new record via Speedtest.net with 3 bar LTE and San Diego server.

 

[Rick Shaw]

Paltry, but well used. Living room:

Sony Bravia KDL-46S3000 TV
Scientific Atlanta 8240HDC DVR
Mitsubishi HS-HD2000U HD/SVHS VCR
Mitsubishi HS-U795 SVHS VCR
Panasonic DMP-BD35 BD Player

8' solid aluminum C/Ku satellite dish w/ feedhorn, positioner, etc.
STS SR100 satellite receiver w/ VCII decoder module
Uniden ST-7000 satellite receiver.

Sony STR-DA1000ES A/V receiver w/ Dolby 5.1/7.1, DTS ES Digital, DTS Neo:6 surround decoding.
Sony SCD-2000ES SACD/CD player
Infinity speakers x4
Sennheiser headphones
Various turntable, tone arm, cartridge combinations.

Den/office:

Sony Bravia KDL-26S3000 TV

 

[Admin65]

Server Spec's:

Linode 512 MB plan w/backup

Intel Xeon L5420 CPU
512 MB of Virtual Memory
20 GB of Virtual HDD space
Ubuntu 12.04 i386 OS
Apache v2.2.22 server w/mod_rewrite
PHP v5.3.10 w/ZendOptimizer
MySQLi v5.5.22
Perl v5.12
PhpMyAdmin
Linode Backup Support
MyBB v1.6.7 with Custom plugin's such as Forum Runner
MediaWiki w/MyBB SSO integration
DiscusWare v4.00.10 aka the archives
Gmail account for site email
and a couple of undisclosed features.
A large Bay area backbone connection.
The site's spec's for those who want to know about it.

Updated the server to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)!

 

[Admin65]

I've just purchased a Hitachi 750 GB 2.5" HDD for my PS3 slim.

 

[Hawaiian717]

I'm probably going to win for worst setup for someone who is a member of a HDTV forum.

AT&T U-Verse Max Internet
2-Wire 3801HGV Gateway

AT&T U-Verse U200 TV package with HD
Hannspree XV 32" 720p LCD HDTV (HDTV in glorious 720p!)
AT&T U-Verse/Motorola VIP1225 DVR
Magnavox NB500MG9 BD player (the Funai manufactured $298 WalMart BD player that Best Buy sold under the Insigna brand and other places as Sylvania)
Panasonic PV-V4623S VHS VCR ($40 at Circuit City)
Apple Mac mini 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo (this was to be my iPhone dev machine but has mostly ended up doing duty as a Hulu streaming box)

I also own but don't have connected to anything are a 19" Samsung CRT TV (mono speaker FTW!), a Philips upconverting DVD player, and a 10+ year old GE DVD player.

 

[Admin65]

It doesn't matter, as the OEM of Hanspree TV's end up making more pricey brands . HD is HD. I only have 1 1080p HDTV so you're fine.

 

[SatViewer]

Just spent the better part of a year upgrading-

Living Room:

Denon 4311
Samsung UN46D800 (My newest toy....Space constrained with a built in, takes up every lateral inch available. Replaced a Samsung HLM437W)
Polk In Ceiling Speakers x 7
Polk 10" Sub
DirecTV HR24 (SWM/5LNB)
Panasonic DMP-BD80
X-Box 360 Elite (Mostly for media center functionality - I had delousions of grandure on this at one point)
Logitech Harmony 1100
D-Link 4 5-Port switch

Master:

DirecTV HR24
Samsung HM437W (Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. On it's fourth bulb and second colorwheel which was replaced when it was 3 years old. DLPs were bulky, but they were bad ass in terms of reliability)
Samsung HT-C6600 (Made a nice addition. Has HDMI inputs so the HR24 goes to it then a HDMI-DVI cable connects to the HLM437W. Worked out nice)
X-Box 360 Elite (Mostly for media center functionality - I had delousions of grandure on this at one point)
D-Link 5 port switch and wireless access point

Guest:

DirecTV HR24
Samsung UN32D6000
Samsung BD-C5900
D-Link 5 Port Switch

Kids Rooms:

Nothing, nada. No soup for you!

Office:

Homebuilt computer. D975XBX2 + Intel Quad Core. Termaltake Case and Power. Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit. (If Apple introduces a Mac with BD this is toast. I've recently found that the DirecTV boxes are able to read iTunes files, at least they do on my machine. I deleted all the Windows Media versions in my Music Folder. Then again it could be because I'm on a Windows 7 machine. Reportedly, it's not supposed to work as well as it does.)
Hub: Various patch pannel and phone modules from Open House systems. D-Link DSL Modem/Router. AT&T DSL Elite.

Still hoping that one day Microsft will offer a blu-ray side car.... Or maybe but a BD drive in a future version of the X-Box...

 

[Admin65]

I'm going to start this, taking a queue from the DBS Talk forums... this, of course, is basically a way to brag, but post your setups here...

The two HR23-700s both died. both replaced with HR22-100s, one glossy, one matte.

Backend:
Internet:
• Cox Communications Ultimate 55 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 w/ Bonded Channels

Satellite:
• DirecTV SlimLine SL5 SWM LNB
• Choice Ultimate Package, DVR, MRV, MLB EI
• DECA Multiroom and Broadband Connection

Living Room:
A/V:
• LG 55LH90 55" LED Backlit LCD
• DirecTV HR22-100 HD DVR (Matte) (HDMI to TV) w/DECA Adapter
• DirecTV Power Inserter (one for DECA, one for SWM)
• Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-Ray (HDMI to TV)
• Xbox 360 S w/ Kinect, 250GB HD, 802.11n WiFi (HDMI to TV)
• Nintendo Wii, WiFi (Component to TV)
• Denon DHT-591BA 5.1 Receiver w/ Boston MCS95 5.1 Speakers

Tech:
• Motorola SurfBoard SB6120 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable modem, Owned
• Apple AirPort Extreme Dual-Band 802.11n Gigabit w/DECA Broadband Adapter and 1TB Hard Drive
• 570GB NAS Server (DLNA and iTunes Compliant)


Master Bedroom:
• Nexus NX2403 24" LCD TV
• DirecTV HR22-100 HD DVR (Matte) w/DECA Adapter
• Samsung HW-C450 Sound Bar
• Apple MacBook Pro 13" 2.16GHz Core2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 500GB HD, 802.11n, Mac OS X 10.6

Guest Room/Office:
• Nexus NX2403 24" LCD TV
• DirecTV HR22-100 HD DVR (Glossy) w/DECA Adapter
• LG DVB418 Region-Free DVD Player
• Apple AirPort Express 802.11n
• HP Pavilion dv7 17.3" hooked to a Dell 19" LCD, Windows 7 Home Premium
• Epson WorkForce 633

Living Room:

TV Setup 2Q 2011 by dirtyblueshirt, on Flickr

Master Bedroom:

TV Setup 2Q 2011 by dirtyblueshirt, on Flickr

Guest Room:

TV Setup 2Q 2011 by dirtyblueshirt, on Flickr

Cox Ultimate 55mbps Cable Internet



T-Mobile G2 w/4G Speed:

Heard ya got 2 HR24-200's.

 

[dirtyblueshirt]

Heard ya got 2 HR24-200's.

Yes, yes I did, and I am so much better for it. They're quite a bit faster than those HR22 P.O.S. (post updated, I'l have new photos soon, I just added an Apple TV last night, too.

I'm beginning to think you lurk at DBSTalk?


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[Admin65]

I think I have an account there, but I don't post often. I might post later on when my TWC bundle expires.

 

[Admin65]

Updated it to reflect my new DVR swap.

 

[Admin65]

I also bought new speakers for my computer. They aren't the most high end, but they're nice for what you get. I have Cyber Acoustics CA-3602 speakers.

 

[Admin65]

Stickied for good measure.

 

[Admin65]

I've upgraded my current Q6600 desktop to 64 bit Win7 SP1. I still need to get the linux drive to coexist, but Win7 is a nice OS. I did use IE8 do what it's designed for, to download Firefox .

 

[Admin65]

I'm running the Pro version of Win7, which is good enough for me.

 

[Rick Shaw]

I'm running the Pro version of Win7, which is good enough for me.

I have Win7 Pro 64-bit. Works for me.

 

[Admin65]

I got my 64 bit Ubuntu working as well. Now I have W7 and Ubuntu, though I still need to get another drive working. Possibly get XP, W7 x64, and Ubuntu 64 all in one machine.

 

[Admin65]

My Computer specs

Intel C2Q6600 at stock
Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard
4 GB DDR2 RAM
nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB
2TB WD Caviar black
1TB Samsung HDD
I also have an 80 GB drive as well
HP 940c Printer
CA-3602 Speakers
NEC 20WMGX2 monitor
Samsung DVD Burner
OS as of 1/2/2012: 64 bit Windows 7 Pro SP1, Ubuntu 12.04 amd64

 

[Admin65]

Updated my server specs .