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Switchboxes and power strips

Posted: February 11th, 2016, 6:15 pm
by VideoGameCritic
Thought I'd post photos of my switchboxes and power strips so you can see what I have to deal with:

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Re: Switchboxes and power strips

Posted: February 11th, 2016, 7:03 pm
by ActRaiser
That's awesome!

I love the rats nest below. That looks like mine and I have only a few consoles hooked up at the moment.

I remember the days when I had every single one of my consoles hooked up at once with multiple switch boxes. Ahh, the good 'ol days.

I love that you've got a dedicated room. :D Very cool.

Re: Switchboxes and power strips

Posted: February 11th, 2016, 7:54 pm
by VideoGameCritic
Those power strips were a real revelation. Didn't even know about them until a few years ago.

Here is the link:
http://www.amazon.com/ADJ-Products-PC-1 ... r+strip+dj

Of course, they don't prevent me from having a nest of AC adaptors, but at least only one (or three) are on a time.

The switchboxes are the 8-port Pelicans with component video. The top one actually uses the S-Video. The bottom uses component/composite (my Toshiba 27" TV lets you mix and match those apparently).

I believe these Pelicans have become quite rare.

I also have a four-port RF switchbox which you can see the back of. Since I have a lot of RF systems, I'm constantly plugging and unplugging into that thing.

Re: Switchboxes and power strips

Posted: February 11th, 2016, 9:07 pm
by Rev
That is pretty awesome. I have something similar to that. Pretty neat.

Any chance you'll ever post pictures of your game library? I've been wondering for years what it looks like.

Re: Switchboxes and power strips

Posted: February 11th, 2016, 10:26 pm
by Tron
Uber fantastic dude. Anyone who has that hookup is totally awesome as far as I'm concerned. How about some more pics of the setup from a distance. Don't forget the lazy boy!

Re: Switchboxes and power strips

Posted: February 12th, 2016, 7:02 am
by Gentlegamer
We're gonna need a VGC game room tour article.

Re: Switchboxes and power strips

Posted: February 12th, 2016, 4:38 pm
by Rookie1
Thats pretty cool. I need something like that. Thanks for the amazon link!

Re: Switchboxes and power strips

Posted: February 18th, 2016, 8:08 pm
by Rookie1
I decided to pick up some of those PC-100A switchboxes the critic posted. Turns out they had them at Guitar Center for $29.99. Went there today and got 2 of them. In the process of setting them up, looks like they are going to work perfectly.

Thanks for the heads-up!