I have wanted to buy myself a new TV and I’d been putting it off for quite a while, but I finally went through it. Picked it up just over a week ago, it’s a HISENSE 42″ LCD HDTV. It is a full HD tv, meaning 1080P. It supports 3 HDMI inputs, 3 component inputs, 100Mhz and looks pretty slick overall, and was a whopping 15% off.
I ran into a snag though, fitting it into my room.
You see I have a fairly small bedroom, and trying to squeeze it in amongst my CD’s, DVD’s and electronic drumkit and amp required a completely new redesign. So I threw around a few ideas, got a few suggestions and eventually agreed on something worth a try. It was going to require some new furniture and the disposal of a 15″ TV I have had since grade 3 of primary school. Kind of an emotional, yet necessary departure.
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So first thing was to got through all my current furniture, clothing, computer parts and other miscellaneous items and finally dispose of the unwanted goodness. You would not believe how many toys I had just hiding away gathering dust. This took in excess of 6 hours. Two hours of which was probably wasted staring at and having flashbacks about my awesome sega collection, Multiple Master Systems 1 and 2, multiple Sega Mega Drives and boxes, boxes of games. |
Next I headed out to look for some cheap furniture to store everything. I already knew my TV was going up on the wall, the only place it could fit. So my idea was to have a bookshelf underneath it to hold a stereo, dvd player, vinyl player and some toys, and on either side of this shelf two tall CD/DVD towers standing high enough for my speakers to sit on top of and beside the TV. $160 I spent on funiture and I was stoked. The CD/DVD Towers only cost me $40 each.
So I spent an entire 5 hours reorganising my room and putting the furniture together and I might say, I am quite happy with the results. Apart from the obviously wicked setup, another cool feature is the fact I have my TV, DVD and vinyl player ALL playing through my stereo.
Call me arrogant, but considering my budget, I’d say I did a bloody fantastic job throwing it all together.
