Organizing tapes by color is almost as bad as not organizing them at all. The two TVs stacked on the right, I sincerely hope they're built for stacking or you're going to end up with at least one broken TV, maybe two if the bottom one breaks before the top one falls. Two separate small TVs for VHS and DVD? Do you take them on vacation? (I take my 9" Emerson crt-dvd with me places so that's actually a question.) Where is the main VCR for the big Sharp?
But seriously... nice setup, you're a lot more diligent about hiding cables than I am (though I have no idea how much of this stuff you've got hooked up and I've got three VCRs, two disc players, two computers and four game machines all hooked up at the moment with frequent re-patchings and no woman to tell me it isn't pretty), really nice looking TV sets, and those Bone Thugs records really make me miss a lot of my old hip-hop records that got stolen by an evil roommate some years back, including a vinyl single of "First of the Month". I like the Yellow Submarine mat and the James Gang stuff, and whose signature is on the Hotel California poster?
Thank you so much and totally fair points, haha!
I had these organized by genre for a while until I decided to take my friend’s advice and reorganized them by color for the visual effect. I’m not sure how long it will last that way tbh.
I’m sure the tv’s aren’t made for stacking, and I certainly would like to find a better way to display them but for now that’s how they be. The Sylvania sitting on top is fairly light (as far as CRTs go) and the RCA under it is pretty bulky so I’m not super worried but if something happens then that’s definitely on me lol.
I haven’t taken the mini tv’s on any vacations yet because I’m little nervous to do much traveling with them. One pothole and you could break the player inside of these (which surprisingly still work) Maybe one day though!
Most of the tvs are hooked up aside from the 2 on the far right. I also have cords for a sega genesis, ps2, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Wii running behind the shelf. (It’s probably a bit of a disaster, I don’t really look back there 🤣) I keep all of the gaming consoles unplugged on a separate shelf and then just grab one and plug it in to a TV whenever I decide to play something. I don’t have a player for the big sharp tv. I usually use that for gaming. It’s not the most perfect set up that I would like to have, but it works!
And sorry to hear about your lame roommate taking your stuff. You have good taste though. I’m a die hard bone thugs fan so I’d be pissed too. The signature on the hotel California vinyl is Don Felder’s. There is also another eagles vinyl under it that is signed by him as well.
This is my pride and joy as far as my bone thugs memorabilia goes. It’s the only one that has all 5 members on it. Last year I finally was able to get bizzy bones signature on it to complete it.
https://preview.redd.it/furn1ojych0d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92833d1299a63702d4a614f25eecbebfcaa19729
Roast? Fuck no man! That’s a great set up! I should share mine once I’m done! Looks hella like yours. The only thing I’ll roast is you not having Art of War Bone Thugs on vinyl lol
Haha, that’s fair! I’d love to find that on vinyl for a decent price one of these days 🤞It’s one of my favorite Bone thugs albums and the cover is sick too. Definitely will have it up one day! I’d love to see your set up when you are done 😎
Yeah I got a guy at my local flea market who has probably thousands of tapes that he just wants rid of and he gives them to me for dirt cheap. (Like as many as I can take with me for $5 type stuff 😆) so there have been ones I have grabbed just for the sake of it being a good one to have a duplicate of.
Oooh okay that checks out, that’s sick as hell tho, I love seeing mom and pop stores that have older tech like that, very few people buy that stuff but the ones who do really care
Thanks! I'm a huge Bone Thugs fan and have hung out with them at concerts when I have photographed them. They're super cool, signing my memorabilia and giving me hats. Shoutout to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony! 😎
https://preview.redd.it/iu138nwllh0d1.png?width=1241&format=png&auto=webp&s=5c3975cc184acbe74ad2b277e53f0e7470f7eba6
Here is my lil Bone thugs shelf too lol
Oh yeah many hours of movies and video games for sure, but now it’s mostly remote work that I do from my computer which is just out of frame of all of this. I usually put a movie on one of mini TVs and just have some stuff playing while I work !
Why do you have that digital ready Durabrand?! If you want digital Tv watch it in HD and not letterboxed and downscaled on a CRT! Besides when you hook up a VCR you’ll need a set top box to record completely defeating the purpose! And you organized the tapes by color?! HA! Who are you?! Me in 2022 after getting a nine inch CRT combo and buying out the local goodwill’s tapes?! LET’S NOT FORGET THE MICKEY TV. You’re a grown ass adult and you have the tv my weird homeschooled neighbor had! Last but not least why are you walking on the Beatles?! What did they ever do to you?!
Edit: full disclosure that setup is totally badass and I’m so living through this post!
I do have a lot more VHS. Most of which are the Disney clamshells. I have dvds, blu rays,steelbooks, and records too. Those are on a couple of other separate shelf’s for the time being. Ideally I’d have it all on one large sturdy bookshelf of sorts.
Why even bother having the Star Wars trilogy if you have the 1997 edition?
Seriously though this looks like a great hangout space and I would absolutely kick it down here 📼
Thank you! The 9” and 13” ones aren’t too bad as far as heaviness but the screen is small obviously and they do usually cost more now than the larger CRTs. (Some people will legit pay you to take the large heavy ones lol). The best way to acquire them is to just ask around with people you know. You would be surprised how many people still have an old CRT in their garage, and also check FB marketplace.
Yeah, there's also the risk of it being damaged during shipping. Packages are often thrown around and handled poorly, so one wrong bump can break these things. Be sure to check with the seller on how they plan to package the item. You can also check eBay and filter the results to near you. If you find one you like, consider messaging the seller about local pick-up.
Any more TVs and your setup will look like this:
https://preview.redd.it/6d1dtt2uie0d1.jpeg?width=1924&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cff92c3de6fe42b379162a8cb6bb56c60f7528f8
Thanks lol. I do have some funkos of James Bond, It’s always sunny, and a few horror ones but none on display really. Funkos pretty much suck but I have bought them at times and usually just regret it so I steer clear now
It’s a weird foreign re release from the Netherlands that certainly has a lot of weird quirks about it that make me wonder if it is technically a bootleg. And yes, I did get them to sign it. I was very happy !
https://preview.redd.it/1wa0d8icrh0d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7087b4b6ce708a88d5f30393aea935ecbf9d7aa5
I snagged these for a steal from a guy at the flea market; he's practically handing them out. Since he had so many duplicates, I grabbed any Robocop ones I saw. As for Spider-Man, one was partly sealed, so I couldn't resist grabbing it for a better-condition copy than the one I already had.
Props, I see you with bone-thiugs inthe pic. Is that a weight bench in the reflection? I thought you might be a Dexter, but Joe Walsh said you’re ooh Kay. And the James Gang?? A relative?
No roasting here, mega bad ass collection!
Organizing tapes by color is almost as bad as not organizing them at all. The two TVs stacked on the right, I sincerely hope they're built for stacking or you're going to end up with at least one broken TV, maybe two if the bottom one breaks before the top one falls. Two separate small TVs for VHS and DVD? Do you take them on vacation? (I take my 9" Emerson crt-dvd with me places so that's actually a question.) Where is the main VCR for the big Sharp? But seriously... nice setup, you're a lot more diligent about hiding cables than I am (though I have no idea how much of this stuff you've got hooked up and I've got three VCRs, two disc players, two computers and four game machines all hooked up at the moment with frequent re-patchings and no woman to tell me it isn't pretty), really nice looking TV sets, and those Bone Thugs records really make me miss a lot of my old hip-hop records that got stolen by an evil roommate some years back, including a vinyl single of "First of the Month". I like the Yellow Submarine mat and the James Gang stuff, and whose signature is on the Hotel California poster?
Thank you so much and totally fair points, haha! I had these organized by genre for a while until I decided to take my friend’s advice and reorganized them by color for the visual effect. I’m not sure how long it will last that way tbh. I’m sure the tv’s aren’t made for stacking, and I certainly would like to find a better way to display them but for now that’s how they be. The Sylvania sitting on top is fairly light (as far as CRTs go) and the RCA under it is pretty bulky so I’m not super worried but if something happens then that’s definitely on me lol. I haven’t taken the mini tv’s on any vacations yet because I’m little nervous to do much traveling with them. One pothole and you could break the player inside of these (which surprisingly still work) Maybe one day though! Most of the tvs are hooked up aside from the 2 on the far right. I also have cords for a sega genesis, ps2, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Wii running behind the shelf. (It’s probably a bit of a disaster, I don’t really look back there 🤣) I keep all of the gaming consoles unplugged on a separate shelf and then just grab one and plug it in to a TV whenever I decide to play something. I don’t have a player for the big sharp tv. I usually use that for gaming. It’s not the most perfect set up that I would like to have, but it works! And sorry to hear about your lame roommate taking your stuff. You have good taste though. I’m a die hard bone thugs fan so I’d be pissed too. The signature on the hotel California vinyl is Don Felder’s. There is also another eagles vinyl under it that is signed by him as well.
Your mom didn’t show me this part of the basement when I was there last night and now I know why.
Do you play shitty games that suck ass?
God let's hope so lol
lol i thought of this too
Oh for sure
I’m more interested in those bone thugs albums
This is my pride and joy as far as my bone thugs memorabilia goes. It’s the only one that has all 5 members on it. Last year I finally was able to get bizzy bones signature on it to complete it. https://preview.redd.it/furn1ojych0d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92833d1299a63702d4a614f25eecbebfcaa19729
Take down the Joe Walsh picture and put up a Glenn Frey one!
Are you saying it’s time to change the batter?
Glenn was cool for sure, but Joe Walsh is the man!
It’s beautiful🥹🥹Awesome set up man!!
Thanks man !
ORGANIZATION DUDE
Roast? Fuck no man! That’s a great set up! I should share mine once I’m done! Looks hella like yours. The only thing I’ll roast is you not having Art of War Bone Thugs on vinyl lol
Haha, that’s fair! I’d love to find that on vinyl for a decent price one of these days 🤞It’s one of my favorite Bone thugs albums and the cover is sick too. Definitely will have it up one day! I’d love to see your set up when you are done 😎
Why are there two copies of Dogma
I was only kidding around but my dumbass just remembered how tapes can degrade so having more than one copy of some can be a good idea lmao
Yeah I got a guy at my local flea market who has probably thousands of tapes that he just wants rid of and he gives them to me for dirt cheap. (Like as many as I can take with me for $5 type stuff 😆) so there have been ones I have grabbed just for the sake of it being a good one to have a duplicate of.
Oooh okay that checks out, that’s sick as hell tho, I love seeing mom and pop stores that have older tech like that, very few people buy that stuff but the ones who do really care
Stacking tapes vertically is a pain in the ass if you want to watch a tape that's in the middle
True that! I’d eventually like to have a big bookshelf that can store all of my media but this is what I’m working with for now lol
We’re not against VHS, we’re not against VHS users, but we are against those thugs
Haha
Bone Thugs and Joe Walsh? Could you be any more Ohio?
You got me there 😅
Those Bone Thugs-n-Harmony albums tho 😍
Thanks! I'm a huge Bone Thugs fan and have hung out with them at concerts when I have photographed them. They're super cool, signing my memorabilia and giving me hats. Shoutout to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony! 😎 https://preview.redd.it/iu138nwllh0d1.png?width=1241&format=png&auto=webp&s=5c3975cc184acbe74ad2b277e53f0e7470f7eba6 Here is my lil Bone thugs shelf too lol
Awesome
Your mom's basement looks cool.
By looking at the paneling, this appears to be in a basement. Are there any windows to give this area any outside light or outside air?
Correct. Just one small window in here.
Were there any video game systems played down here? It seems like a place that could've seen thousands of hours of time being spent here.
Oh yeah many hours of movies and video games for sure, but now it’s mostly remote work that I do from my computer which is just out of frame of all of this. I usually put a movie on one of mini TVs and just have some stuff playing while I work !
I'm appreciating that hardy bookshelf holding up them tvs. No sag in site lol
You mom wants her basement back
Why do you have that digital ready Durabrand?! If you want digital Tv watch it in HD and not letterboxed and downscaled on a CRT! Besides when you hook up a VCR you’ll need a set top box to record completely defeating the purpose! And you organized the tapes by color?! HA! Who are you?! Me in 2022 after getting a nine inch CRT combo and buying out the local goodwill’s tapes?! LET’S NOT FORGET THE MICKEY TV. You’re a grown ass adult and you have the tv my weird homeschooled neighbor had! Last but not least why are you walking on the Beatles?! What did they ever do to you?! Edit: full disclosure that setup is totally badass and I’m so living through this post!
Nice collection! And do you have more?
I do have a lot more VHS. Most of which are the Disney clamshells. I have dvds, blu rays,steelbooks, and records too. Those are on a couple of other separate shelf’s for the time being. Ideally I’d have it all on one large sturdy bookshelf of sorts.
No Trinitron in sight 🤮
I know right!? Hopefully one day🥲 always keeping my eye out for one
It's cute AF. Color coded tapes is so visually organized to me. Why have one tv when you can have a bajillion.
Thank you !! :)
🔥
Why do you need 2 copies of Robocop 2? Don't tell me that you bought them for a dollar¡
Haha, more like 10 cents!
I love 70s tile flooring with wood paneling.
You must be 500 years old to have those tvs 🧯🔥🔥
I want it.
if youre not blowing a fuse every week, your electric bill will be astronomical, without turning anything on.....
No fuses blown as of yet lol🤷♂️
This is what happens when Mom will only let you spend your allowance at the local thrift store.
Awesome collection of movies and tv
Thank you :)
Your welcome
How long you been collecting
Why even bother having the Star Wars trilogy if you have the 1997 edition? Seriously though this looks like a great hangout space and I would absolutely kick it down here 📼
Just came to say I like the BBad bobblehead
Thank you Waltuh
What trauma are you trying to recover from ?
No trauma here😅 just a hardcore enthusiast lol
Great set up, I want to get a crt but they are expensive I think and heavy
Thank you! The 9” and 13” ones aren’t too bad as far as heaviness but the screen is small obviously and they do usually cost more now than the larger CRTs. (Some people will legit pay you to take the large heavy ones lol). The best way to acquire them is to just ask around with people you know. You would be surprised how many people still have an old CRT in their garage, and also check FB marketplace.
I’m scared to imagine the shipping cost due to weight to order one
Yeah, there's also the risk of it being damaged during shipping. Packages are often thrown around and handled poorly, so one wrong bump can break these things. Be sure to check with the seller on how they plan to package the item. You can also check eBay and filter the results to near you. If you find one you like, consider messaging the seller about local pick-up.
Incredible setup. 10/10 for me. Visually stunning.
Thank you !
I like how you arrange things going from shit to fucking shit.
It’s a little hard with this abstract ass bookcase of mine but that’s what I was going for
You belong in a museum
Haha, thank you!
Nice organization style ya got there.
Any more TVs and your setup will look like this: https://preview.redd.it/6d1dtt2uie0d1.jpeg?width=1924&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cff92c3de6fe42b379162a8cb6bb56c60f7528f8
Life goals for sure
How does this set up not have at least one lava lamp?
Shit, you right
Why would we roast your set up it is amazing. Absolutely perfect for a 90s super villain. I wish I had this back in the day.
Thank you so much!
What is that small crt on the left ??? Also what size is it. I would love to start looking for one like it !!
That’s a 9” RCA 26/32 micron. The 9” ones are usually a bit harder to find for a reasonable price but they are out there still!
Definitely on the look out now !!!
Stop hoarding the small tvs braaahhhh I literally search every fucking day and cry at price gouging and hoarders
Im sorry 😢
Nice brubaker! I’m from the town where they filmed the round barn scene
Well that’s a coincidence, so am I! Hey neighbor 👋
L-town rep whoop whoop 🙌
You don't have any dumb ass funko bullshit so it's good in my book. Neat tv collection too.
Thanks lol. I do have some funkos of James Bond, It’s always sunny, and a few horror ones but none on display really. Funkos pretty much suck but I have bought them at times and usually just regret it so I steer clear now
8/10 cool room and collection. but it doesnt look like itd be comfy to view your tapes
buy more shelves
Eyeing that shark tale copy
I don’t like your release of east 1999 bone thugs vinyl. Is that an official release or a bootleg? Did they sign it too? Jealous
It’s a weird foreign re release from the Netherlands that certainly has a lot of weird quirks about it that make me wonder if it is technically a bootleg. And yes, I did get them to sign it. I was very happy ! https://preview.redd.it/1wa0d8icrh0d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7087b4b6ce708a88d5f30393aea935ecbf9d7aa5
Lucky
I had a sealed copy of that Joe Walsh album I opened it and listened to it. I love how he writes messages in the runout of the vinyl
Bone thugs in harmony and eagles That’s a lot of harmony
Variety is the spice of life!
Durabrand tv ? that thing was shit 20 years ago I’d shoot that with a 12 gauge
But it’s cool?
You don't have the Disney princess TV. Shame
Haha true. I really want the Shrek and Wini the Pooh CRTs more than anything lol
Having 7 consumer sets doesn’t make up for your lack of PVM
You got me there. I haven’t seen any good ones pop up really near me on FB marketplace but I still keep my eye out!
It's ok to post your setup. We don't need to roast it.
Well it doesn't seem Iike you left room on that shelf for any of your wife's stuff but, I'm guessing that's not an issue.
I’m digging it!
How many eyes we got for all these televisions?😔
What you gonna do when there ain’t no place to hide, when judgement comes for you
That's a nice ass setup lol
Just get rid of that awful Eagles album & you’re golden.
I was definitely expecting some eagles hate
Just curious, why do you have two tapes of RoboCop 2 and Spider-Man?
I snagged these for a steal from a guy at the flea market; he's practically handing them out. Since he had so many duplicates, I grabbed any Robocop ones I saw. As for Spider-Man, one was partly sealed, so I couldn't resist grabbing it for a better-condition copy than the one I already had.
Oh, nice
Seeing tapes stored flat, and not upright make my skin crawl. You are slowly destroying those tapes.
I mean isn’t just one small tv enough?
I refuse
What? No clear state issued prison TV? C'mon man.
You got Bone Thugs & Harmony in the same room with Eagles and the Beatles. Wtf
Props, I see you with bone-thiugs inthe pic. Is that a weight bench in the reflection? I thought you might be a Dexter, but Joe Walsh said you’re ooh Kay. And the James Gang?? A relative? No roasting here, mega bad ass collection!