How complex is your system setup?

[danielberwick]

I put together a diagram of all the connectivity in my living room so I could easily manage additions or changes to the setup. It turns out it looks pretty complex. How complicated is yours? Or do you strive for complete simplicity and only have the minimum possible components? (You may have to right click and view image to see it in full)

Here's my diagram:

 

[simonlewis]

Facsinating, and you still have scart, any chance of any photo's. 8)

 

[danielberwick]

Yep, still some SCART devices. I just can't let go of those old game systems! I do upscale the scart signal to HDMI though, so at least it pretends to be a little modern.

I posted some photos previously here:

http://www.whathifi.com/forum/home-cinema/looking-for-views-on-my-setup

But that's a little out of date now. Over the weekend I'll try and take some new ones and add them here.

 

[OliG]

How reliable do you find the Scart to HDMI converter? Like you, I have a range of old games consoles many of which use a scart lead. All of the converter boxes I've seen tend to be from no-name Chinese manufacturers with users reporting questionable results.

 

[danielberwick]

PS: Mine was a no name Chinese one too. I guess it's a lucky dip when you buy one.

 

[danielberwick]

It works pretty well, I previously took some pics of this working on my phone as a friend wanted to see it. I'll upload it here.

This is the megadrive upscaled to a 1080p image. As you'd expect it is never going to be completely amazing as the source is only 240 x 320 but it still looks decent. Much better than when I used to connect it via RF in the 90s!

 

[chebby]

Two 0.75 metre HDMI cables (one from PVR to TV and other from Blu-ray player to TV).

One 1.5m optical cable from TV to Marantz M-CR603.

Co-axial cable from roof aerial to PVR.

0.75m co-axial from PVR to TV.

4 mains cables (TV, PVR, BD player, Marantz M-CR603).

2 x 2m speaker cables.

Ethernet cable from router to M-CR603.

Ethernet cable from router to PVR.

AirPlay for streaming between iPad / iPhone / iMac and hi-fi system. (AirPlay is integrated in the Marantz so no extra boxes or cables.)

It's still too many cables for my liking, but I use the shortest practical lengths wherever possible and it's not too bad now. (Only two short bits of speaker cable are visible at floor level and the rest are neatly tucked away from view.)

 

[strapped for cash]

I use the shortest practical lengths wherever possible and it's not too bad now. (Only two short bits of speaker cable are visible at floor level and the rest are neatly tucked away from view.)

I chose a solid, non-transparent AV cabinet. Admittedly my tuck all cables behind a piece of wood approach is a lazy solution!