Technology in your home

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We have threads for 'What phone do you have?' and 'Show off your PC', I thought it would be cool to have a thread where we can list all hour home technologies in one.

So...

Computers.

Custom build i3, 8GB, GTX570 in the living room.
Custom build Q8300, 4GB, Radeon 4850 in the bedroom.
Raspberry Pi
HP Laptop with AMD Turion II, 3GB, Radeon mobile 5450
Blackberry Playbook
Dell Dual Core PC 2GB that sits in the kitchen and is the media/home server.

AudioVisual

37" Phillips LCD TV connected through a Yamaha 900w AV receiver in the living room. (5.1 surround).
32" Samsung LCD TV with a 1000w Samsung 5.1 in the bedroom.

We also have a 2.1 system in the kitchen.

Phones

iPhone 4S
Samsung Galaxy SII


Thinking about it, I really should buy contents insurance!!


So, what have you got?
 
PCs: Dell inspiron, i3, 4gigs of ram.
Custom build for gaming: I5 3570K. GTX660, 12 gigs of ram, connected to very old 5.1 speakers (came out in 2002 I think)
Dell laptop not sure on specs.
Fujitsu siemens amilo Li 2735 laptop, core2duo 1.8ghz, 2 gigs of ram (4 years old)
TVs: 42 inch sony in the lounge, connected to a 3D blue ray player.
40inch sony in a room
Couple of 22 inches
Phones: Old blackberry
Iphone 5+4
Tablets: Ipad 3 and 2

Gadgets: G27

There's lots of people in my house :P
 
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PC's:
Custom Built PC along with an External HDD and one of those USB Cloud Router doohickeys.

Sony Vaio VPCF115FM/B Laptop

TV's
25" Phillips Magnavox Tube TV in my mancave
50" Samsung HD LED TV in the living room
50" Sony Grand Wega Tube TV in the movie room (i think that's what it's called)

Brother Business Smart All-in-one Inkjet printer with touchscreen controls (screaming fast printer for those last minute prints)

Bose 5.1 surround sound (from like 1999) in the living room
Denon 7.1 surround with one of those Monster branded UPS things.
Bose Wave Radio 1 in my parents room
Bose Wave Radio 3 with CD Player in the Kitchen

HTC One S with Otterbox Case
Mom's got some Basic LG Smartphone with Gingerbread
Pop's got a Galaxy S I

PS3
Xbox 360 Slim
PSP-1000
PSP-3000 Big Boss Edition

Turtle Beach PX3 headphones


I think that's all the interesting tidbits in my house XD
 
My Custom Computer
A 775 Motherboard
U36SD Laptop
HP Touchpad
PS3
PS2
PS1
46" LCD TV
VHS/DVD
Zune 80GB
Zune Dock
GBA
NES
PSP-3000
 
Last time I checked my son and I between us had devices with over two dozen IP addresses.
 
My rig: Please check my signature. ;)

Gaming room: Playstation 1 fat (not sure how many total in our house), PSone, Playstation 2 fat (not sure how many of these either). Bunch of controllers and memory cards.

Bro's rig: Intel Pentium Dual-core E5700, 4GB DDR3 1066MHz, Gainward GeForce GTX460 GS, CX400, Win7 x64 HP, Benq G2222HDL.

Living room: Acer Aspire M3802, Intel Pentium Dual-core E5400, 6GB DDR3 1333MHz, Nvidia GeForce GT320, Win7 x64 HP, Acer 24" screen.
____________Sony Bravia KDL-37EX500, Panasonic DMR-EX77 DIGA DVD-Player/DVB-Recorder, Harman-Kardon tuner with 5.1 channel Chorus front+sub/Jamo center/SEAS rear speaker setup, PSone, Playstation 2 Slim, Playstation 3 Slim.

Our room's TV and equipment: Samsung LE32R51B, Sony STR-GX311 tuner, Alpine Type-R 12", OR 200Hi 8", Playstation 3 Slim 320GB.

Sister's laptop and room: Acer Aspire 5738ZG 15.6", Intel Pentium T4400, 4GB DDR3 1066 MHz, AMD ATi Mobility Radeon HD4650, Win7 x64. Playstation 3 Slim, ??" TV.

Parents' bedroom: Samsung SyncMaster TA350 LT23A350RW/XE, LG DVD-player/DVB-recorder, Playstation 3 Slim, Playstation 2 Fat.

Phones: Nokia C6-00, 2x Nokia C5-00, Nokia 6300, Nokia 3110 classic.
 
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Dell Vostro 1500 laptop
Dell Inspiron 1564 laptop
Dell V305 wireless printer
Dell external DVD RW drive
Sony Power-Shot DSC-P7 digital camera
Sony PS3 phat
Sony PS2 Slim
Sony PSP 1000
Sony PSP 3000
Microsoft Xbox 360
Nintendo Wii
Kodak Z1012 IS digital camera
Canon SD630 digital camera
Canon A650 IS digital camera
2x 1TB WD external HDD
500GB WD external HDD
320GB WD external HDD
160GB Fujitsu external HDD
26" Element LCD TV
42" Sharp LCD TV
Apple iPhone 4
Motorola Q9h
Motorola Droid 3

I think that is it lol...
 
I forgot about consoles!

I don't have many. Only a PS2, a Wii and an xBox 360.
 
I have:

* My custom made computer
* 24" 120Hz LED XL2420T BenQ monitor
* 42" LCD Phillips TV
* PS3 (250GB)
* PS2
* Xbox 360 (250GB)
* Logitech G27 wheel
* Logitech Z-906 Surround system
* Blu-Ray and DVD player
* Samsung Galaxy Note II (phone)
* Nintendo 3DS XL (blue/black)
* My old MSI "gaming" laptop
* G35 headset for PC
* Sony 7.1 wireless headset for PS3
* 500GB external HDD


I think that's just about it, as I live in my own apartment at the moment.
 
I have:
3 year old i5 dell laptop.
27inch LG 3D tv.
ps3
ps2
21inch LG TV.
HTC ONE X + Phone (will have this in about a weeks time so will count it here)
DFGT with wheelstandpro
psp
Nintendo DS


Family has:
42inch panasonic Plasma tv.
Humax freesat box
Sony Hifi (its my dads so don't know what type.)
21inch samsung LED tv
xbox 360
Wii
BT infinity Wifi
Iphone 3gs
Blackberry curve
Samsung galaxy 1
 
20 years of accumulated music gear, computers, devices..... We truly live in a digital age.
Keeping things relatively general:
  • 24 Track Tascam MX-2424 recording unit.
  • Protools Digi002 Rack recording head unit.
  • x1 G4 dual 1.25ghz tower (oh yes, Apple product)
  • x4 Custom PC's ranging from my NAS box P4 3.2 on up to my 3770k Fishtank.
  • x4 27" monitors
  • x5 misc monitors varying in sizes, all LCD however. Threw my last CRT out last fall.
  • x1 60" Plasma
  • x1 42" LCD
  • x1 27" CRT TV/VCR/DVD combo
  • x3 Various Amps/Receivers
  • x2 iPhone 5's
  • x3 Wifi only Droids
  • x6 various other out of service cell phones.
  • Digital Microwave
  • Digital Range
  • Digital Washing Machine
  • x5 gigabit switches
  • x1 Netgear N6300 Wifi Gigabit Router (awesome by the way)
  • Cisco Router for bonded DSL
  • x2 PS3 fatties
  • x1 360
  • x1 wii
  • x1 Wii U
  • x1 PSP
  • x1 iPad 1st Gen
  • Various iPod devices 4g - 80g video
  • Various digitally enhanced speaker systems
  • x2 Monster Cable Power Reverence centers HTS 3500
  • Various effects and dynamic processing hardware gear for electric bass and other studio uses.
  • x3 Copiers, scanner bed, all in ones.
  • multiple and various DVD/Bluray players, etc.
  • Digital cameras and video camcorders.
I should really get a EMF sensor to see how hard it hits in my house. I bet it would scare the crap out of me if I knew.
 
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TV's:
Panasonic 40" (or similar)
24" HD TV (some random brand)
2 19" TV's
Sky+ HD Box

PC's:
Dell Inspiron (2gb RAM, Core 2 Duo, ATI Radeon 2400 HD Graphics 'Pro'*... :cool:)**
MacBook Pro Mid-2012
HP Printer of some kind
Cheap monitor, around 20"

Mobile Devices:
2 iPad 2's
2 iPhone 4S's
1 iPhone 4
1 HTC Sensation (old phone, selling it soon)
3 iPod Touches (2 2nd, 1 3rd gen)
2 iPod Nano's (one old, one new)
1 iPod Classic

Games:
XBOX 360
PS3 Slim
Logitech Driving Force GT
Surround sound system.

Think that's about it.

*Think they were talking about a different GPU when they added that bit on.
**I do apologise for making you all hugely jealous of the beastly specs my computer has.
 
Televisions:
42" Toshiba 3D LED
26" Sony Bravia LED Smart tele
28" Samsung LED

Laptops/computers:
2 Apple iBooks (Ancient I know, had them since release)
iMac (Pretty sure it's the 27" version)
Acer Aspire 5551-A (Thinking of upgrading this to a Lenovo Yoga majiggy)
Samsung something or other

Consoles:
PS1
PS2
2 PS3s
Nintendo Wii
2 Nintendo DSs

Phones:
iPhone 4s
HTC Sensation XE Beats Audio
HTC Desire

Other random crap:
DFGT
3D Blu-ray player


Soon there may be a surround sound system for my room, unsure whether to buy this or the Lenovo laptop.
 
As I still live with my parents (and siblings) I should probably only list what I personally own otherwise this'll be an extremely long post, seeing as we all have at least two computers, an iPhone and whatever else.

Computers:
2009 Mac Pro
Self-built PC
Raspberry Pi (Model B, 512MB)
Arduino Uno Rev2 (8 bit or not, it still computes!)

Monitors:
Dell U2412M
Three Samsung 226BWs

Consoles:
PS3
360
Dreamcast
Mega Drive II

Portable stuff:
iPhone 4S
1st generation iPod (white 5GB)
A somewhat more recent iPod (black 320GB)
iPod Shuffle

Peripherals:
Dualshock 3
Wired 360 controller
Logitech G27
Saitek X52 Pro
Namco NeGcon (halfway through being converted to work with a PS3)
'Broken out' Dualshock 3 for custom controller prototyping
Four Mega Drive controllers
Dreamcast controller plus dead VMU
Apple wired aluminium full keyboard (shared between my two computers until I can justify a Filco Majestouch-2 Ninja, sans tenkey)
Magic Mouse (currently in pieces)
Mighty Mouse
Logitech G500
Home-made gaming headset using Peltor ear defenders, an electret mic, a pair of Sony studio headphones, a cut down mono 3.5mm extender and a piece of wire coat hanger
A Sony 5.1 system, can't remember the name but it was a cheaper one.
Three TP-Link PA211 power line ethernet adaptors (great bits of kit, these)

Tools:
Weller WTCP-51 soldering station
ExTech EX330 multimeter
Two other bench multimeters whose name and make I've forgotten.

I think that's it. Oh and I have a pair of these:

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Which I'm currently working on converting to work with a normal 3.5mm input instead of USB.

Ok, now I'm done.
 
Computers:
custom Ivy Bridge i5 gaming desktop (3570K overclocked, 8GB RAM, GTX 670); mine
custom Lynnfield i5 desktop, ex-gaming (i5 750 overclocked, 8GB RAM); was mine but I gave it to my mother
HP dv5-1209ax laptop - Athlon 64 X2, 2GB RAM - that has chronic overheating (and le slow) problems; mine
some old eMachines PC with XP and 1GB DDR2
Acer Aspire M3201 (1GB DDR2, HD3450)
HP netbook

Televisions & related hardware:
old Sharp or something
25" flatscreen Sony CRT that's about eight years old
Sony hard drive recorder

Consoles:
original grey Playstation
two slim PS2s, one DRE'd
250GB slim PS3 (first generation)

Portable devices:
Samsung Galaxy Y (mine)
two dirt cheap Telecom mobile phones (not mine)
iPod touch 32GB third-gen (also mine)
A couple of average digital cameras (not mine)

HiFi systems:
two, both old

Peripherals and other hardware:
Logitech G27
Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
wired Xbox 360 controller
Tritton AX Pro 5.1 headset
500GB WD MyPassport USB 2.0 external HD
2TB WD Elements USB 2.0 external HD
(all mine)
 
Oh boy.

Gaming.
My station:
Ps3 slim, fanatec gt2, csp, turtle beach px5, sanyo 42 inch and a power a fus1on controller

Living room:
Mitsubishi 65 dlp, 60 gig fat ps3, launch wii, atari master kit ( preloded deal) sony 5.1, ps move
Hd dvr cable fios

Bedroom:
32inch vizio, basic cable

Daughters room
19 vizio, wii, n64

Wifes office
Some sort of pc her hospital gave her to work from home,& hp laptop

Closeted but working.
2 original nes systems, one snes, 2 ps1, 2 ps2 fat

Other
Dslite, 3ds, toshiba thrive 10 in tablet, g1 ipod mini, g4 40 gig ipod, g1 ipod shuffle, g2shuffle,ipod nano ( ??) G4 touch, sony walkman mp3, two toshiba satellite laptops, another hp laptop


Phones, wife and i both have galaxy s3 now


And the list goes on....
 
  • 46" Sony LCD KDL-46W5100. Still works good for my needs, this is my main TV.
  • 42" Insignia. Not sure about the model, got it with some couches I bought. This is in my office/gaming room.

  • Sony Playstation 3
  • Microsoft XBox360
  • Nintendo Wii
  • Sony PSPgo
  • Nintendo DSLite

  • HP xw6400. Primary desktop; 2x 3.0ghz Xeon's, 4gb RAM, 2x250gb drives.
  • Asus 1005HA. Used for portable computing; Atom N280, 2gb RAM, 500gb drive.

  • Apple iPhone 5. GSM(AT&T) 32gb, mine
  • Apple iPhone 4. GSM(AT&T) 16gb, wife

  • Canon T2i
  • Barnes & Noble Nook with Glowlight. Wifes
 
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apple
Imac can't remember which one
13 inch macbook
17 inch macbook pro
2- iphone 5s
iphone 3gs
new ipad
2- ipad minis

Lenova gaming laptop
3 xbox 360s
PS3
Gaming triple monitor PC with 3 ASUS 27 inch LED monitors
CSW wheel with formula rim and BMW
clubsport pedals
playseat

Mini theater
50 inch panny plasma
denon AVR
polk RTi line of speakers
SVS PB 13 ultra sub ( out of my stuff this is probably the most impressive piece of equipment I have. It is a mind blowing subwoofer)

PC stereo
Denon avr
PolK RM8 line of speakers
polk psw111 sub

RC cars
4 large L RCP tracks with 1 wide expansion pack
Kyosho home edition timer
2 mini z MR03s decked out (these with the RCP track are probably the coolest things I have. They are a blast to race with)
2 maha chargers
1/8 scale nitro RC8B buggy
Futaba 3pk controller

47 inch LCD in bedroom
32 inch LCD in kids game room
60 inch old big box DLP TV in lving room. (probably still the best picture out of all the tvs if you are sitting in the perfect spot)

Not sure about the wife's things. Various canon Cameras and equipment, and other things i really don't that much about.

As I type all of this I feel like the biggest douche for listing items like this online. But hey, i guess that's what the internet is for.
 
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Oh, go on, let's have a go at this...

Laptops
Apple MacBook Pro 15" Retina
Apple MacBook Air 13"
Dell Studio XPS 13"

Desktop
Self-Build Intel i7 @ 3.8GHz, 6GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 4x 1TB HDD, 24" monitor

Network Storage
Synology DS210j, 2x 2TB HDD (media server for 1200 albums, 200 DVDs uncompressed)
Synology DS411j, 2x 3TB HDD (internal backup)

Living Room A/V
Sony KDL-52HX903 52" LCD 3D TV
Sky+ Satellite receiver, with 2TB drive transplant
Fat PS3
Wii
Sony BDP-S460P Blu Ray player (I think that's the right model)
Marantz AVR-S7005 amp (again, I think that's the right model, I'm doing this from memory)
3x B&W LCR7 in-wall speakers
2x B&W CWM652 in-wall speakers
2x B&W CCM65 in-ceiling speakers
1x B&W PV-1 Subwoofer

Conservatory
B&W Zeppelin

Study Hi-fi
Sonos Zone:Connect network player
Cambridge Audio DAC Magic
Quad 33 Pre Amp
Quad 306 Power Amp
B&W DM603 S2 speakers

Cameras
I shoot mainly with a Canon EOS 1d MkIII. Gear list[/b]

Portables
2x iPhone 5
2x iPhone 4
1x iPod Touch 4g
1x iPad 3

I've subscribed to the notion of "he who dies with the most toys wins." Trying hard to win this one!
 
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