World's Most Comfortable Gaming Setup (Finale)
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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1,456 words · ~7 min read
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so we left off part one of this series with a particularly cruel Cliffhanger
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Dennis hanging from the literal Cliff that he created in my house by stepping
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through my ceiling way to go
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Dennis oh my God Dennis just fell down from now on I'm going to call this the
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Dennis hole hi Dennis
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hello seriously man I could have
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died but we're done now and I'm finally
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ready to unveil what I'm calling the world's most comfortable gaming setup
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let's head
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inside now we weren't quite done last time when our shooting session got cut a
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little short so I'll catch you guys up on what all was done in the meantime
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first the contractors finished their handiwork adding insulation drywall
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electrical and new flooring
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the contrast between the original room and the upgraded one is
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Stark but enough about that let's talk about the real upgrades I used a 2-in
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PVC pipe to Route cables to the back of the Samsung ks9500 4K SD TV that they
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graciously provided when they sponsored this project only with a Twist thanks to
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the one connect input box I can handle all four of the HDMI 2.0 inputs Each of
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which is capable of driving the full 3840 x 21 60 Resolution of this
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television at up to 60 HZ through a single cable to the TV mounting gear to
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the wall was done in a number of ways to demonstrate the versatility of this
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approach for light items double-sided 3M tape is fine but for heavier items like
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the custom gaming rig it's nice to have this wall either plywood backed or with
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plywood over top the way that I've done it so you don't have to worry about
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finding a stud when you want to screw something in in total the wall contain
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and Xbox one which is more to demonstrate how additional devices could
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be added I know it won't red discs this way a network switch a USB charging Hub
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and all of my controllers on a cool little shelf I found at
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Ikea let's take a moment to check out that custom wall-mounted PC it's rocking
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an Intel Core i7 6700k 16 gigs of dual
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channel ddr4 from Corsair and a GTX 1070
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Founders Edition all in a lean Lee PC 06s aluminum and temper glass case now I
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know that I only Built This thing a short while ago but it's also just been
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upgraded with individually sleeved green cables from cable mod and RGB lighting
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with a remote control so it can actually be turned all the way off when complete
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Blackness is desired time for the biggest challenge of this project
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mounting the TV step one was to figure
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out where the devil to put it something that's very difficult to eyeball by the
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way then step two was to secure it I
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actually ordered two other mounts before
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reaching out to Kanto for help and they sent over their f680 which solved all my
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problems this sucker mounts with six beefy screws into the wood roof supports
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and can handle up to 200 lb of entertainment goodness yeah good which
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is good because this TV is one heavy
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mother I plugged it into the power outlet behind it there's an extra plug
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there for a soundar upgrade in the future if needed and with a lot of help
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got it in position locked it in place tucked the cables behind it and wait a
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minute I need a chair but not just any
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chair a chair that allows the user to recline at the perfect angle to view the
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ceiling mounted TV straight on okay I think I got it little
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man okay
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oh there we go this yellow thing I ordered off
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Amazon was horrible and cost $400 so I reached out to L saac and they
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hooked us up with the pillow sack and a super comfy cover for it this thing
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rocks so at this point I could have easily stopped the project and said okay
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mission accomplished wow there's a lot of
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magnets but I wanted to make the room a comfy play area for my kids as well so I
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added a fun magnet wall a couple tipped over bookshelves and another small bean
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bag chair to sit and read and finally a couple of end tables for the pillow sack
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but did it work actually yeah a lot of
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things came together to make this one of the most unbelievable movie watching and
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gaming experiences that I have ever encountered first is all the technology
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in the TV at this viewing distance 4K
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absolutely makes a difference but there's more to it than that it features
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Quantum do technology which we've covered in more detail before to achieve
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better Energy Efficiency keeping the room cool
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and both the better color performance and increased Peak brightness of a th000
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nits that allow this set to meet the requirements for the UHD premium HDR
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standard in a nutshell HDR means more
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details in the high and low lights of the scene for a viewing experience that
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is much closer to what you would get in the version of the movie that was
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mastered for the theater and while HDR does require a supported player and HDR
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mastered content the onboard Netflix app in Samsung's tyen OS handles it and some
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content is starting to show up already with much more coming in the summer
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other ties and highlights include voice search which you can see in action here
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PS Now with a dual shot controller and for me anyway the free Plex app that
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lets me stream off of my home Plex server woo now I want to take a moment
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to talk then about the curve normally I'm not convinced that it makes that
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much of a difference to the viewers immersion in the content especially on a
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TV but here with the screen just a few
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feet away far enough to Focus comfortably but close enough to occupy
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about as much of my field of view as a theater screen it works really well and
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I even got Brandon our resident Cinema purist to sign off on it saying quote
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it's surprisingly cool and he even pointed out that it is an awesome
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solution to a problem that many of us have faced wanting to lie on our backs
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watching a video with our phone above us only to have our arms get tired or the
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phone accidentally fall please for the
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love of every thing if you game on a TV make sure you're in game mode but once
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you get that sorted out what can I say it is awesome the gaming experience is
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every bit as comfy and immersive as you'd imagine I definitely prefer the
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16x9 aspect ratio with a large screen to
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a three display surround setup with bezels in the middle and all the same
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things that make movies awesome on this thing popping colors strong contrast and
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the curve make it fantastic for gaming I've already had lover for some
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two-player fun and I doubt it'll be his last visit overall I'm really pleased
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with what we've accomplished here I wasn't sure how well the concept would
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work in practice but thanks to the super comfy seat confidence inspiring Mount
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and this great TV it turned out amazing
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done doing all that stuff you're probably wondering H gee what should I watch next and maybe check out that
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video over on Channel Super Fun thanks again for watching thanks again to
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Samsung and thank you sweetheart for
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helping what else can we do on this one oh lots of stuff like how much stuff 100
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100 nothing not to do then we then we'll
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need Mommy too yeah I think so