Home Entertainment
what's a good home entertainment center that is not too expensive?
i want to get a home entertainment center but dont want to spend a lot of money. what brand do you recommend?
Hi there .Home entertainment centres come in all shapes and sizes in varying degrees of quality and huge differences in prices. So how much are you prepared to spend .What size is your room. Do you want surround sound or stereo.Do you want the sound to be part of an Audio /Video centre.Will you be watching HI DEF.TV.or will you get a Projector and Screen.As you can see there is a lot of parameters to consider. I would be only guessing what would interest you so a bit more info. would make it easy to recommend something. Thanks.
Home Entertainment
Is a home entertainment center a good place for xbox 360 ventilation?
I just experienced my first 3 red rings on my 360. I wanted to know if i should keep my new one in my home entertainment center. It's a piece of furniture where i put my dvd player, xbox, receiver, and wii. It's pretty open but kinda tight on the sides and there are a lot of wires in the back. Also people told me that buying a fan for the 360 is not worth it.
If your new 360 is a second generation or newer (which it should be, unless you bought it used), you may be alright putting it in an entertainment center. Just make sure you have at LEAST 2" of clearance on all sides. If your cabinet has doors, make sure you open them up while playing, even if it's an open-backed cabinet.
If it's a first generation box (Xenon or Zephyr motherboard), then I would strongly discourage placing it inside any enclosed area. You can tell which version you have by looking at the power supply connector (the end that you plug into your console). If there is a peg in the middle of the two rows of plugs, then it's first gen and you should keep it as cool as possible.
I have a first generation (in fact, a launch day system) that I've never had a problem with, but I never kept it in a cabinet, and I never put a third party intercooler on it.
I also have a Halo system (Falcon) which I have kept in my entertainment center since I got it, and I've also had no problems with it. I keep it on a shelf by itself with 2" of clearance on the sides, and 6" above it.
Both the Falcon and the Jasper (started shipping 4th qtr 2008) are much, much, much more reliable and deal with heat so much better than the first run systems.
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