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colin_p said:
Bluedot said:
chrisb92 said:
I like the direction this thread has taken in that somebody posts a picture and it just gets torn to shreds by the council police!
I wonder if there is anyone brave/daft enough to post a pic of their TV/media setup and defy anyone to find anything council about it... 
Let me introduce myself; a few pages back I posted a few pics and to jog your memories let me show you the majestic beer fridge and tumble drier lean-to I erected onto the side of the house. At the time the beer fridge and the contents thereof was discussed so no need to go back into that again unless of you all want to.
Now that the introductions are out of the way, onto the subject of AV systems. But before we do, I fully admit and know already that I'm a bit council. What I'm striving for is to lift myself away from that and there is no finer place on the internet than this thread on Piston Heads to do that.
Anyway, about ten years I ago I was quite fed up having to suffer compromises in terms of my then current AV setup so I drew up some plans, by hand, submitted them, had them passed and then built a rather large extension on the back of the house. The extension is what you see in the pics below housing my current AV setup.
The extension is as you would expect externally quite a simple rectangular structure, which, if you squint your eyes looks a bit like I've parked a large static caravan on the back of the house. This effect was intended as it is like living in a holiday home all the time.
As part of my design of the extension, it was all centered around me, me, me and me. As with the beer fridge enclosure I did think about the Wife and gave over part of it to a new kitchen with the old kitchen becoming what is now a dining room (is that breaking the council chains or what, a dining room?).
So here it is from the sitting position (on the DFS sofa).
A slightly closer one and yes white switches on the wall.
And back from the kitchen area. The bulk of the kitchen is behind but I cunningly sited the hob in line with the screen so I can watch telly whilst doing the occasional stir fry. The problem here is that the rear surround speakers are in front of the stir-frying position so the sound isn't as good as it could be. Thankfully though a stir-fry only takes a few minutes to do. I couldn't incorporate full 5.1 into the kitchen as it would have meant speakers intead of cupboards, the Wife won that arguement.
From the pics above my own council check list is as follows;
1, Ikea furniture
2, DFS sofas
2, Really old pictures of my kids
3, A bit of dust!
4, Bluray disc case, it is the new starwars one though.
5, Toy American wrestling wrestling ring on top of the right hand shelving unit next to the broken epson wireless printer, useless thing that was right from the start.
6, The AV receiver is silver, it did match other old and now replaced components.
7, Non matching chopping boards, blame the Wife for that though.
The un-council things as I see them are;
1, For the room as a whole the screen is too small, it is only a 42".
2, The screen is not jauntily stuck right up on the wall at high level so as to give anyone viewing a stiff neck. I really do not understand why people choose to mount their screens at high level, but that's just me, a bit council. Despite having a dining room it is easier to watch telly with your dinner on your lap if it isn't right up in the air.
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Nearly forgot. Here is a picture of a magpie with a ciggy out the front of a council house (not mine just a random pic I saw today I thought you'd all like).
Edited by colin_p on Wednesday 27th April 16:04
Edit for council grammar.
BRISTOL86 said:
My Xbox is hidden away discreetly as below
I can't work out if that makes me
- not council at all for taking the effort to hide it
- only half council for having it there at all
Or my personal fear
- extra council for taking a saw to the back of the TV unit so I can have it in the living room in the first place
(Possible bonus points for it being in an OakFurnitureLand cabinet which is on 0% finance?)
Made more council by the fact your watching Nottingham Forest, who's ground is owned by the councilI can't work out if that makes me
- not council at all for taking the effort to hide it
- only half council for having it there at all
Or my personal fear
- extra council for taking a saw to the back of the TV unit so I can have it in the living room in the first place
(Possible bonus points for it being in an OakFurnitureLand cabinet which is on 0% finance?)
wildcat45 said:
Motorsport_is_Expensive said:
By Christ, I've been shredded here! Ha.
I'll just burn the house down and start again.
Committing an act of arson - Council.I'll just burn the house down and start again.
:-)
Sorry.
Actually, mental illness in general; COUNCIL!!! Get the Tories in on this thread. It's their spiritual home!
V8mate said:
Furthermore, TVs, AV 'setups' and home cinemas in general are hugely council. It's amazing that a listening room built around a Linn Sondek is a thing of beauty, but all you need to do is f
k a flatscreen on the wall, plug your SONOS in and you may as well change into velour 'jeggings' and be done with it.Motorsport_is_Expensive said:
You've just made me realise I've referenced arson twice in this thread... pyromania = council!!! Oh no!
Actually, mental illness in general; COUNCIL!!! Get the Tories in on this thread. It's their spiritual home!
For extra council points burn down the house of the local "Peedo" who is actually just a guy who lives on his own.Actually, mental illness in general; COUNCIL!!! Get the Tories in on this thread. It's their spiritual home!
Set fire to a neighbour's flat over some argument forgetting they live below you, thus killing them, a neighbouring OAP/War veteran, plus your partner/kids/parents (In some estates that's just one person) in the process.
Burn something that's actually useful to you like the local corner shop. Only when it's gone do you realise it was the only place in walking distance that you could buy your cheap strong booze, energy drinks, rolling tobacco and scratch cards from.
For council gold. Bragging about undertaking the above acts on Facebook.
wildcat45 said:
Motorsport_is_Expensive said:
You've just made me realise I've referenced arson twice in this thread... pyromania = council!!! Oh no!
Actually, mental illness in general; COUNCIL!!! Get the Tories in on this thread. It's their spiritual home!
For extra council points burn down the house of the local "Peedo" who is actually just a guy who lives on his own.Actually, mental illness in general; COUNCIL!!! Get the Tories in on this thread. It's their spiritual home!
Set fire to a neighbour's flat over some argument forgetting they live below you, thus killing them, a neighbouring OAP/War veteran, plus your partner/kids/parents (In some estates that's just one person) in the process.
Burn something that's actually useful to you like the local corner shop. Only when it's gone do you realise it was the only place in walking distance that you could buy your cheap strong booze, energy drinks, rolling tobacco and scratch cards from.
For council gold. Bragging about undertaking the above acts on Facebook.
On the subject of AV systems, what about projector based setups? Got the Anthem receiver, 1080p Epson pj, B&W satellites, REL sub, Panny Blu-ray, but.....................a manual pull down screen: Is the former enough to outweigh the latter and save me from council oblivion?
Plasma's a 43'' Pioneer
Plasma's a 43'' Pioneer
wolfracesonic said:
On the subject of AV systems, what about projector based setups? Got the Anthem receiver, 1080p Epson pj, B&W satellites, REL sub, Panny Blu-ray, but.....................a manual pull down screen: Is the former enough to outweigh the latter and save me from council oblivion?
Plasma's a 43'' Pioneer
I've always wondered why you see random posh people in neck braces and the answer it seems is that the injury is as a result of looking up in the air at naff projector screens. Plasma's a 43'' Pioneer
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