Amiga in living room?

Thrasymakhos · Newcomer Joined: 28 Oct 2011 Posts: 8 Location: Finland

How many of you have an Amiga setup in living room? I do. It is nice to have it hooked to a big LCD and a hifi set, but there are some practical problems. My machine is in a bookshelf. This makes typing with keyboard really awkward. I don't want to have it on floor either. Another thing is that my wife will be insulted, if my Amiga set demans too much attention. She was already shocked when she understood that Amiga is a femine form of Amigo... Laughing

That's why I am curious to know, what kind of solutions you have used to make using Miggy in living room practical? If you think that you have a nice looking set in living room that is also practical, please post a picture! I would like to be able to type with keyboard easily still using this big screen.

Sometimes I phantasize about separate LCD, but when I look prices, I notice that small LCD-tv:s are actually more expensive than bigger ones. And we don't have space for another big telly, that's why I am looking for small one.

Predseda · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:19 am Post subject:

My main Amiga is placed in my living room as well, but is not attached to a TV, it has its own table with separate 19" LCD monitor.
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LinesMachine · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:39 am Post subject:

Tbh I've got enough electrical trickery going on in the living room, not sure the wife would appreicate another piece of beige, sadly.

Predseda · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:20 am Post subject:

Wife x Amiga, eternal problem Cool

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MIK UK · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:32 am Post subject:

Amiga & PC share the same computer table and still do to this very day.

Amiga came first and was always on a computer table. Not the other way around. Razz

I was online with my Amiga long before I got my 1st PC and I never bought the PC the replace the Amiga so the PC was fitted around my mig. It's still setup that way in 2012 without really thinking about where it should be, it's always had a home.
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Haywire · Groupie Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 134 Location: N.E. Ohio

Go to IKEA and buy a TV Table Tray. Problem solved.

Predseda · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:33 am Post subject:

BTW we have a long term thread, that could interest you:

http://www.lemonamiga.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=814

Some photos are already gone, though.
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Thrasymakhos · Newcomer Joined: 28 Oct 2011 Posts: 8 Location: Finland

Fiery Phoenix · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:58 am Post subject:

Only way I play on the Amiga in the living room is via the emulator on the Wii (same with MAME)
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comiga · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:38 pm Post subject:

Alas, my beloved A1200 is no longer is alive, and I do not believe it will live again .. long story.

When it was alive though, it had a space to hide away under the TV cabinet, and then it would simply slide its way out with a nice long set of leads (had a nice thin but firm piece of plastic that kept it off the carpet and vents open).

I had a nice memory expansion and 4GB compact flash HD with WHDLoader, all running through a decent sound system and no less than 50 inches of visual pleasure Smile

Looks like my picture is still up, so here is a pic

As for the comments about wives and Amiga's, yeah, my wife gave me some stick, but she is pretty understanding Very Happy

I explained it is the same how she likes watching old black and white movies... low quality grainy low tech films... well, my Amiga is the same. It may be lower quality image and sound, but just like there are classic old movies, there are classic old games. Plus she understands the sentimental value remembering all the good times gaming with my father who was taken from us. So yeah, keep the setup neat and give her a good reason, and you might actually find the missus warming to the ol Amiga like mine has ... heck, she never even knew what an Amiga was before meeting me HAHA! Very Happy

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VoltureX · Groupie in Training Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Age: 36 Posts: 93

Here is my setup. The amiga can be rolled in under the table so it's not to be seen but I like it being visible Wink

It's connected to my wi-fi and with a serial to USB on my PC setup.

The small table for the Amiga costed me like 25€

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telengard · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:07 pm Post subject:

I only do Amiga emulation in the living room (via a set top box w/ custom frontend). The Amigas stay downstairs in the basement computer room to use w/ the 1084, etc.
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woody.cool · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:48 pm Post subject:

One of my A1200s lives in my front room - connected to the main TV Smile

I spend quite a bit of spare time 'playing' these days.
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English Invader · Groupie in Training Joined: 15 Jun 2009 Age: 31 Posts: 49

I fired up my Amiga 600 the other night and, much to my surprise, I haven't been able to keep away from it since. A week ago, I was about 90% in favour of offloading all my Amiga stuff, but now it looks like the only thing I'll be getting rid of is the A1200 I've promised to Zeropolis.

I live in a studio flat so any computer/console that doesn't fit on my coffee table with room to spare is impractical for me to keep. The A600 just about makes the grade.
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lifeschool · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:07 pm Post subject: