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

[DOC]

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)

[Daymoe]

That looks pretty awesome, if only i had the skills to do that stuff

[SB076]

Very impressive great job

[XR6_661]

There is nothing in this world that can't be vastly improved by a bit of DIY painting! Good work mate.

[Biggav]

looks great, wouldnt know other wise i say.

[Feathers]

Looks very professional. And of course to buy something similar in cheap chipboard materials would cost at least twice that. Good work.

[DOC]

Originally Posted by Feathers

Looks very professional. And of course to buy something similar in cheap chipboard materials would cost at least twice that. Good work.

cheers all, yes you can pay over $500 just for a crapboard unit, ps think i have the speaker count wrong and doubled some where ? but it has 14 speakers plus what's in the plasma.

[Burnout]

Good on yer Doc, gave the ol' buffer a workout as well?

[Rodp]

Top job. How many beers did it take to finish?

[DOC]

Originally Posted by Rodp

Top job. How many beers did it take to finish?

I planned for a week to do the job in between normal duties but took 9 days part time.

buffer a workout as well?

buffer ? i know my puffer was worn out

[XR6-VCT-2000]

Cool mate , well done , and now you got a half decent tv too

[robjh80]

"i had no family support at this stage other than strange looks"

I bet those strange looks changed a bit when they saw the end result!

That looks great, nice work Doc ...

[DDXR6T]

Flat black paint fixes all.

[duaned]

The wedding photo just the keep the wife happy?

[uranium_death]

The old look was not bad, but it was VERY 1970s, and reminded me of our old kitchen.

The new look is contemporary and clean. I think it compliments the room and space quite well.

Great job.

[ebxr8240]

No wander Harvey is closing up some of his shops..

[vanman_75]

exercise bikes are allways jammed in a corner lol

[FordACE]

That has come up trumps. It's amazing what a bit of effort can do. DIY FTW

[DOC]

Originally Posted by vanman_75

exercise bikes are allways jammed in a corner lol

I held a meeting with me, myself pete and I, and voted the bloody crap thing to the shed.

never seen so much money wasted on non used exercise gear in my life. 3 bloody women and flippen stretch this bend that walk this jog that crap everywhere.

so much crap you could start a gym and everyone should look like jane fonda.

It's gone now and replaced with a very stylish art deco silver and black small coffee table thingo bobby.

That way i can stretch my arm to the coffee cup and back and is the only exercise I need.

[Daymoe]

Originally Posted by DOC

I held a meeting with me, myself pete and I, and voted the bloody crap thing to the shed.

never seen so much money wasted on non used exercise gear in my life. 3 bloody women and flippen stretch this bend that walk this jog that crap everywhere.

so much crap you could start a gym and everyone should look like jane fonda.

It's gone now and replaced with a very stylish art deco silver and black small coffee table thingo bobby.

That way i can stretch my arm to the coffee cup and back and is the only exercise I need.

LOL! Thats exactly like my place, mum has all this gym gear and no one uses it, she put the treadmil near my computer to see if I would use it, its got a thick layer of dust on it.

[RJO89]

haha yeah. My mum bought one of those all-in-one gym sets about 10 years ago because it seemed like a good idea at the time. I think in that ten years the weights have been moved twice, and that's because we moved house twice!