I have a Samsung 51" FHD 3D plasma and the only two things I do with it are watching movies and gaming.
I have a Raspberry Pi running XBMC, which I control over HDMI-CEC, pulling media from a 4TB NAS drive and other sources, like my iMac or the Surface Pro. There's a Chromecast too, but I don't use it much, because XBMC pretty much handles everything I need. I'm not a huge fan of casting stuff from my phone or tablet to the TV, because I can simply use the TV remote to make XBMC do it by itself.
There's an Xbox 360 for gaming. There was a PS3 too, but that's dead and I'm not replacing it. I also won't be getting the Xbox One at least until the middle or end of next year - I just don't think the current line-up of next-gen titles are worth the investment.
I like to keep things light, so I don't have a surround sound system for the movies and gaming or even a stereo speaker set for music. It's pretty quiet around where I live and my TV sound is simply adequate. I mostly find myself playing music on the iMac, but I also do have an Altec Lansing MIX iMT-800 boom box when I need to punch up things a bit.
I have an iMac, but I run Windows 10 on it, because I stopped liking OS X since a few versions ago. The Surface Pro is still running Windows 8.1, but I think I'll upgrade it to 10, because it's pretty stable even for a Technical Preview. And I prefer Android to iOS.
So, hello!
I have a Raspberry Pi running XBMC, which I control over HDMI-CEC, pulling media from a 4TB NAS drive and other sources, like my iMac or the Surface Pro. There's a Chromecast too, but I don't use it much, because XBMC pretty much handles everything I need. I'm not a huge fan of casting stuff from my phone or tablet to the TV, because I can simply use the TV remote to make XBMC do it by itself.
There's an Xbox 360 for gaming. There was a PS3 too, but that's dead and I'm not replacing it. I also won't be getting the Xbox One at least until the middle or end of next year - I just don't think the current line-up of next-gen titles are worth the investment.
I like to keep things light, so I don't have a surround sound system for the movies and gaming or even a stereo speaker set for music. It's pretty quiet around where I live and my TV sound is simply adequate. I mostly find myself playing music on the iMac, but I also do have an Altec Lansing MIX iMT-800 boom box when I need to punch up things a bit.
I have an iMac, but I run Windows 10 on it, because I stopped liking OS X since a few versions ago. The Surface Pro is still running Windows 8.1, but I think I'll upgrade it to 10, because it's pretty stable even for a Technical Preview. And I prefer Android to iOS.
So, hello!
