My (on the cheap) < $500 TV and entertainment system

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A while back the old 68cm TV went cactus, but not keen on spending lots waited out. short story with a some shopping i ended up picking up a plasma that was listed at $800 odd for a little over $400 (basically half price) so home it went and sat it on the old TV.

Then the urge to be Tim the tool man Taylor hit me, lets rip the belly out of the old TV , cut it down for a stand , strip the old stereo unit back, rip the fronts out, rip the old record player out, paint it all up flat black and she will be sweet. ( i had no family support at this stage other than strange looks )

so from this



to this, the old stereo is a cracker it has a 4 way sound system (quad setup) and sounds great, plus also retained the old speakers in the old telly and also patched them in. this gives me a 24 quad speaker setup with great base / top end, fade front back / left right etc.

patched in the DVD/hard drive recorder the play station (hidden in the cupboard) put it all back together and were done.

so a few tins of paint some cutting, hammering, sanding , gluing all done i have my manly urges out the road for another 5 years and a new unit all for less than $500, works for me. (pic a bit fuzzy)