Its been 5 months since the last instalment of Desk Diary! Got a load of photos piled up so need to split them into 2 posts - today we look at the changes around the lounge area.
As mentioned in the previous instalment, our current TV was due to go downstairs once we got a smaller replacement to fit on the wall - this current 47 inch would stick out the sides.
And here it is - the 42" Toshiba 42Z3 - picked up for 73000 yen from PC Bomber.
Next up is the TV wall mount - Starplatinum GP104 from Amazon for 7380 yen.
The reason why we chose Regza again (same as the one we've had) is mainly because of the price - no other manufacturer offers 42 Inches at 70000 yen.
The Regza also looks better than the other designs. I did want to get a Samsung but they dont sell them in Japan for some reason.
Another reason is for its game functionality too which I'll talk about more later in this post.
Most walls in Japan are made of wood and plaster so we got this tool that helps us figure out where supporting beams of wood are behind the wall.
You can pick this one up from Amazon for less than 1000 yen.
The pin goes through the wall and the white numbered bit is pushed back as the pin goes through. This reading tells me that my wall is about 12mm thick. This is an example of how it works.
And this is what it would look like when screwed in - the screw behind the wall looks like this.
The first run experience on the XBOX is terrible - you have to jump through hoops to signup on the Japanese version. At one point it asked me to go and signup on a PC! As a result, I've not set it up to enable me to download paid stuff as its so bothersome ><
The Play Station Network has been the best user experience so far.
Lounge area by night. Note the poster on the wall - that was the original template used to print all the Moekana which was still in production at the time.
Picked up a Kinect Mounting Holder from Amazon.
You saw the black speaker under the TV in the above photos - I decided to go for a sound bar instead of a surround system - I went for the Panasonic SC-HTB520-K Theater Bar - I got mine for 25000 yen but the price has now gone down to 19600 yen from sellers on Kakaku.com.
As you know from the previous instalment of Desk Diary - I've been looking for a wireless surround sound solution but could not find any decent ones in Japan.
This was before the Ita Curtains were installed where I used some Yuzusoft tapestries for a while ^^;
Watching Kin Sma while working.
Some childhood retro games that I picked up from Super Potato in Akihabara!
Usually, when you attach a retro game machine to a HD TV these days, the graphics look completely crap - thankfully, the Regza TV comes with a retro game feature with an algorithm which makes the graphics look decent on a big screen.
When we get a bigger office, I'm going to have a retro game corner for the staff. If you are interested in buying old arcade machines then you can check out this search result.
Still play my PSP even though I have a PS Vita. Most of the games for my Vita are actually downloaded PSP games due to the lack of Vita ones ^^;
Anyway, got myself a PSP TV cable...
And this is what it looks like on the big screen. Thanks to the smoothing algorhythm in the Regza, the screen looks great! Here is another example of how good the Regza makes PSP games look.