Apart from the marble countertop, everything else on that unit screams $250 from Big Lots instead of 10x more. Feels like a wasted project when he has a team that could design something substantially better and just get it built lol
@Rillond probably because most people looking to spend that kind of money end up having a cabinet maker come and custom make something while they are having the kitchen redone :P (im not the only one right?)
@@tylerwright6006 as someone who's made their fair share of custom cabinets, including my own media cabinet: yes. You will not find anything with the expected features or quality meant for a media center. Cabinets are just not that hard to make, and a very small amount of planning goes a long way for this kind of project
I was thinking why not replace the doors on the old one with mesh ones and the top with a marble top. Then be done with it without needing to move everything (only the tv)
I spent the entire video thinking: "this cabinet is NOT worth THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. It looks super cheap and has a lot of manufacturing defects." I was so happy to see Linus talking about it at the end!!
I wonder if Yvonne was the one to push Linus to buy this cheapo cabinet at such a high price cause it looks pretty. I know Linus isn't one for looks Edit. I fast forwarded and they confirmed. it WAS Yvonne's decision to buy it.lmfao
Linus spent almost $3000CAD on a TV stand that looks to be roughly the same quality as something you could get from IKEA for $200. The furniture industry is an absolute racket.
$3000 is genuinely absurd for that cabinet. For that price, you could design your own perfect cabinet, buy the materials, and have someone build it for you, twice over.
Random manufacturing defects and cheap materials aside, it's absolutely unbelievable that that 3600$ cabinet didn't have soft close cabinets and drawers!
@DigitalDiabloUK marble counterop goes for about 50-100$ per sqft so even if we take the most expensive option that's like maybe 1000$ of marble... no shot the rest of the cabinet makes up the other 2600$ even in Canadian shekels.
ALL CRAP in the 21rst Century is Cheap materials and INSANE Prices Now !! Look at Bathroom Re-do's,it will curl your hair AND Burn it ! When a shower cost upward of 5 digits for an Average Shower/Bath,that's just DAM NUTS !! The Junk isn't worth that kind of $$,don't even get me on about faucets! POO ! My family has been in the Upholstery trade over 60 yrs. So i know a thing or 2,and some of this stuff they pass off i wouldn't use as Fire wood. It's just like Electronics,you get what you pay for !😎
Just a tip: there are hinges that have a "soft close" brake feature, you could easily change the hinges on doors so they automatically brake when near the end . those "should not" be too expensive, if you want some upgrade
Linus could literally have one of his engineers design a cabinet and have his fabrication team make it. Or give his specs to a custom carpenter at a similar price point
I think Linus... or no... Linus Media Group has lost touch with the normal audience. I have a feeling his videos are now made for rich People. He compared the Quest 2 to the PsVR (400 dollar all in one to a 500 dollar glorified screen), only reviews high end shit, only uses high end shit, one or more writers are clearly apple and playstation shills... (not Linus for this one)... What a damn shame... These Videos just arent for me anymore, im too poor to care about these videos.. Like give us things we can afford... why not do this video with an IKEA TV Stand? Why not compare the PSVR 2 to the first and to a Pimax headset? Like...bruh..
@@mdbk2770 I'm not sure if an episode entirely of Linus yelling at Alex would be "stress-free." But it certainly would be cheaper, make a lot more views and possibly give Linus a literal stroke at the end. LMFAO
@@IamDanLP you are just glorifying classism with your feelings, im poor af too but this videos doesnt make me feel bad of my financial situation, its just interesting how it is everything done.
They could have used Solidworks to design a completely custom purpose-built unit that suits Linus' needs instead of buying this inadequate POS and losing their minds getting it to live up to its supposed core competency. I mean, they have a frickin' fabrication shop, for cryin' out loud.
That's the thing, though. They're all garbage right now. Buying anything off the rack nowadays is basically an Ikea experience. Particle board and laminate stuck together with crappy doweling. If you buy furniture from a "designer" rather than a carpenter, then the actual materials and manufacturing are gonna be outsourced. And it's gonna be expensive simply because wood in general is expensive. You can thank Trump's disastrous NAFTA and USMCA trade deals for forcing heavy duties on Canadian lumber, and pegging those rates to the cost of US lumber. It started with a slap in the face at 24%, then _doubled_ in subsequent years, because the price US lumber went up, which happened because the US lost its main supply of imported lumber--Canada. So alllllll those long-held supply lines got messed up by the feedback loop. It's kinda ironic, too. If an American company like Crate & Barrel wants to build furniture, they have to look for wood elsewhere. So they outsource everything to Indonesia. Meanwhile Indonesia is importing lumber FROM CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES (#2 and #3 wood import sources in Indonesia) to build that furniture! And all that increased cost from shipping that overpriced wood across the ocean means they're settling for dirt-cheap, garbage, particle board. Not only do they have to do it to reduce material costs, but to reduce shipping weight as well. And then you gotta pay the designer's royalties on top. By the time it ends up back in North America, this whole clusterfuck costs the consumer so much more than it would to buy a custom piece from a local woodworker. Honestly, if Linus ever actually got into making LTT furniture he'd make a killing. He's already on the correct side of the border to do it (at least until NAFTA gets renegotiated).
On Wiki, the entry for LTT store would say "LTT Store started off as a means to supplement Linus Media Group with income by selling merchandise in the form of clothing. Overtime, founder Linus decided that most things are subpar and decided to come out with product after product that fixes problems that shouldn't be a problem to being with at a comparable price to leading makers of products. Today, LTT store now sells furniture, computer accessories, bags, clothes, toiletries. Anything you can think of under the sun all aimed at the tech savvy or gamer in the house"
I have this Ikea TV Stand, called the FJÄLLBO. It has a wooden top surface, and then matte black for the metal body... With grates everywhere and a completely open back. You can put cables anywhere, and no worries about the airflow even with the doors closed... And honestly, I love how it looks, personally. Might be a good thing to look out for, for other people, maybe!
Same mines an ikea one too. Got it for like $75 on fb marketplace and it’s got pull out drawers for all my dvds and controllers and completely open front, back, and sides
I'm a carpenter myself (not a cabinet maker) and made my own TV stand for my media centre and some cubbies to hide all my old pc parts, controllers etc. Its relatively easy, some sheet material, pocket screws and reclaimed timber for the top. Just a lot of careful measurements to make sure your pc has enough room to sit in there with adequate airflow. You can do it too, building stuff yourself is fun and rewarding.
Yeah, no reason to spend 3k on something that doesn't even fit well. He could have hired a carpenter like you for that same money and got a vastly superior product...
@@Idiomatick my father made a pretty sturdy bookshelf with just a saw, sandpaper, and paint in the living room. Made a mess everywhere, but he was quick and was done in a day minus time for paint to dry. He has also made a shelf (although he went purely functional rather than pretty this time) for pots, pans, and over 20 pounds of rice on one section alone. Has hold up for several years now.
For 3k you could have just gone to a cabinet maker and get a custom piece. Given some of the unusual requirements. It might not have been enough for any kind of surface coating, but you would have a solid piece out of wood or at least MDF.
Even if you'd build it from solid wood the materials (excluding the marble countertop) would be like 300-500 bucks for the wood + maybe another 100 for good (!) drawer slides and hinges. If you insist on a marble top then that's probably another 500. So that's about 1k in materials using solid wood (and not that flimsy rubbish that thing was made of). For a professional wood worker the whole project is maybe 2 days of work (plus waiting times for glue to settle or for the finish to dry). Let's be generous and take it by 1.5x: 3 days of work or ~24hrs (it should not take that long). That's a day rate of over 600 bucks. Not too shabby. Obviously assuming you as a client would come up with an overall design and you're fine with wood finishes and don't want any shiny high gloss mirror finished paint jobs or super time consuming details (carvings, inlays, hand sawn dovetails, mechanisms, fancy decorative profiles etc).
@@diotough My assumption is simply that if the Schreiner isn't used to considering THIS MUCH cable management and air flow, there will be a prototype or two out of scraps/particle. I know Linus is used to seeing 3D models, but some things only really "click" when you have it physically in front of you.
@@counterstructure4908 that depends on the designer. A sideboard/credenza/tv board isn't overly complicated. As I've said, my estimated was based on the assumption that you'd go to your carpenter with a fairly good idea/plan of the desired product. Design processes take surely some time.
An LTT media cabinet is actually something I would totally consider buying, but for my apartment, I would need a smaller sized corner cabinet, and IDK if you could get into doing variations like that. Still excited to see one come to be even if it can't accommodate my needs though
On the LTT store media cabinet you should have a drawer with mounting post holes for ATX motherboards so you can literally build the PC into the cabinet itself
Out of all the types of videos you do, by far my most favorite is the DIY/ custom builds and modification videos. You could have a whole series dedicated just that.
I like seeing Linus either having the time of his life or existentially defeated. Nowhere in between. Also it would’ve been the perfect time for Yvonne to come home with Linus just screaming “IT’S SO BIG.”
I bought a big work desk with big drawers, place for a PC and shelf for keyboard/mouse for around $100 around 10 years ago and I was disappointed it was getting warn out by the mouse. I thought that quality was insufficient for such a high price...
We actually gave up buying furniture from the store ages ago. Yes, most of them had quality issues that you guys had with that one. Then again, we are lucky that are quite a few craftsman living in our neighborhood. Also furniture prices here isn't over inflated, so even custom handmade ones doesn't cost a lot more then in-store ones (in fact it's often cheaper, lol). p.s. That metal grill thing on the cabinets doors are ugly as fuuts
I don't really get store furniture prices either. They are really low quality, and you always have the downside of it not fitting to your living space because it just has generic dimensions. For over 3000 dollars you should really just have one custom-made, especially if you are going to spend days putting it back into SolidWorks and redesigning a bunch of stuff. I don't know how it is in Canada, but in Germany there are TONS of places that do woodworking. Surely in a place with as many trees as Canada, you can find someone that does woodworking.
@@MrDarkbluewater From a friend in Canada I've heard that most custom woodworkers are driven out of business by the Chinese furniture market. She's always complaining how much nicer furniture we get here in Europe. Canada exports most of it's wood instead of using it.
Where I live, the choices are : $3000 garbage-tier China-imported furniture from the store (with financing), $3000 garbage-tier China-imported furniture from Wayfair, or $0 to build a TV stand out of the rotting carcasses of all the useless "landscapers" on disability benefits sipping Tim's awful coffee while idling in their pavement princesses. I actually went looking for skilled furniture makers many years ago to build a large workstation desk - couldn't find any, all the craftspeople do around here is mounting prefab cabinetry and talking about their friend with the planer who makes live edge benches.
3k for the cabinet anbd they didn't include soft close for the cabinet doors and drawers. Wow! Also those drawer slides look like they don't slide out 100% which I find irritating.
@@Kevin_Aus It's hilarious that this shoddy piece of kit cost 3000 dollars. That looked and sounded like some IKEA stuff. Here in germany you would get some serious piece of furniture engineering for that.
Linus nearly took his own head off with that hole saw. Bloody hell. The drill and hole saw whipped uncontrolled, as can be seen by the battery travelling out from him...
If they make a cabinet you should add like 2-4 inches to the top and sides. So you have the back set in under them so you can have the top and sides touch the walls but still have room for the power adapters and all.
YES why dont designers put these overhanging skirts on the sides and tops of their furniture, its a TV AND MEDIA UNIT there is always going to be a mess of cables out the back that keep you from having the furniture flush against the wall
It's already so deep. For shure, needs a small overhang so it goes right up to the wall. But the connectors should be hidden beneath or something instead. Like, where the fans are. But not just dangling lose, because then it could be hit while vacuuming etc.
@@GunStarforPeace no you don't. Then you have to make it even deeper. And as Linus made perfectly clear, that thing is already DEEP. Go to 15:49 and look at how far out from the wall that thing have to be because of the wires on the back. You have to make it that much deeper to hide the wires. There is even a unused drawer. Move the VR up a slot and make the bottom drawer a compartment to hide all the wires/plugs/etc in. Then the back only needs an inch at most for wire routing.
@@ThePentosin I actually like this idea. With cable channels to either side for the components the power could all be routed internally but still be easily accessible. Leading a single power cable out the back to the outlet. Much like he did with the USB charger.
Good to see someone else having the same struggle with this. I also spend an eternity on this. Multiple Retro consoles, Adapters, Upscalers, Splitters, Power Adapters, Ethernet connection, over dimensioned device design (The ps4 pro doesnt fit anywhere).... Cable management.... drilling..... I enjoyed watching this. Very inspirational.
@@MHWGamer Oh it doesn't help. If something is say $500 there it'll be £500 for us. Always hated that especially a decade or so ago when the difference was even greater.
For the media cabinet, you guys should design one and put out the CAD file for people that want to DIY. Sell the actual furniture piece as well for those that would rather just buy a kit/completed product.
if you actually decide to go the furniture design route, there are a lot of people who make and sell scale miniatures of consoles/peripherals now, usually for miniature builds but i like to use them when designing stuff (im sure you could find or make your own 3d printed versions if you wanted to). im only suggesting this as sometimes i find making just a render isnt enough - rapid prototyping scale models and then shuffling all the pieces around like a tiny puzzle irl will definitely help you spot issues and troubleshoot before you get to this point.
Doing this with 3D models takes experience. I'd say combine the two, your brain just needs to get used to thinking 3D in 2D if that makes any sense at all...
I love that he squeezed the go dongle on the drill and immediately regretted that decision when it swung at his face. That hole saw has some mass to it lol.
I just started this and immediately stopped to see if anyone else saw. My eyes went wide, had that been something else and snagged his beard that could have been *very bad*
And almost immediately he did it again. If you want to get away with murder force your victim to be health&safety inspector for LMG and watch them die by heart attack.
@@TheRustyTigger lmao you're right, but your comment is very funny to me. "If that party popper had been an m80 firecracker and went off close to his face, that could have been bad!"
One benefit to hot glue on hard and smooth surfaces is it holds well but won't wreck the surface if you remove it with a little care. So I'd say its probably a better choice than the good double sided tapes - those are what you break out once you have 'finished' and know nothing is moving again, as attempts to make it move again without destroying what its stuck to entirely are much more difficult. At least for this type of surface, the reverse is true for something like fabrics where a decent double sided tape will probably still just peel off taking a little fluff with it at worse and the hot glue will be a nightmare.
I am so glad you had a parametric model of the cabinet so that you could staple the anker cord into the fiberboard. If only there was a way to know how much slack to allow the cable and a way to design a custom cable holder 😂
I have had ideas for this for years, sketchbooks full. One of them is to use "brushes" in the back so you can hide cabled, while still able to pull them, so you can have drawers for easy acces and/or upgrades 🤭
@@tiberiuvisan9973 typically not used in these kinds of furniture until you get into pretty high end prices/custom stuff. Personally not a fan of soft close cabinets. For drawers it feels premium, on doors it always just looks janky/sketchy and as someone with a toddler the last thing I need is a cabinet that closes slowly lol.
I agree but I don’t know that that will fully remedy the situation here. A lot of that sound is the mesh panel and not the wood itself. Not sure if top and bottom felt pads would be enough. Also important to have top and bottom pads otherwise the panel will twist when shut quickly as they usually will be and you’ll still get wood to wood striking and as a result, noise. Unless your panel is especially rigid/your hardware is particular hefty and high quality/ your panel size isn’t large enough to cause this sort of play in the materials or hardware.
@@romeotango5597 This is apparently a $3000 cabinet, it should have those kinds of small features. Soft close doors, better drawer hardware, sensible cable management, honestly this cabinet kind of sucks. It's also unfortunate that we didn't get to see a final shot of this video, kind of weird not to have a big reveal after spending the whole video setting it up
Ive havent made furniture in almost a decade, but as someone with wood and metal working skills, I felt this comment the most. The cheap shit breaks and the expensive shit almost always seems to have....flaws or "why wasn't this done"
@@AfolSam Yeah, I think unless you get it made bespoke so that you can be a part of the design process and hash out everything you want you're very unlikely to get a piece of furniture you'll find no quarrel with
If you do the LTT Store media cabinet: would be great to have also the option to just buy construction plans for those who cant afford shipping of big furniture to EU or somewhere else in the world (or just want to improve the cabinet to their specific needs)
That's why the Fjallbo from IKEA is great. It has an open back for cables that stops it from overheating and I see they already have one in the studio. It has doors which are metal with small holes in providing venting, so heat can also escape from the front and doesn't block remote controls
in any project, the person with the fullest vision needs to be as thorough as possible with the explanation of that vision with the team to be able to expect the result. Linus himself admitted that was the issue here but it showed over and over throughout the initial build. Good job on bringing it together even after it was rushed!
This is legit a prime example of what happens to construction projects of any kind, when the head of the team isn't present to qc the work regularly. You get delays, overspendings, mismatching parts and improvised solutions + most likely the final product won't fully match the initial specifications / vision. Even if the person leading the team isn't doing the construction work themselves, they're still the most important piece of the puzzle.
I literally use a bookshelf in my room for my "TV stand" because I've totally given up on making it look decent or work decently at this point, I completely sympathise. In the living room, it's a coffee table!
Our living room is also our office. We really like our set up. The room is a bit bigger than 12 wide and 14 deep I think. We have a 12 foot salvaged countertops that we kept from our kitchen remodel and some rando cabinets under them. While the desk is a bit high right now it works. there is one L shape on my side where my computer is and the wifes laptops are on her side. We kept the same 2x12 shelf we had at our old house and reinstalled it. It holds two 55 inch tvs on it. Then we have 2 reclinders in the middle of the room with a old coffee table which I installed 4 cup holders in and then behind those chair is another full length countertop with a mini fridge, microwave and popcorn machine. It will work good enough for several more year until we build the new house. The new house will get a massive custom butcher block desk with cabinets under and will be a huge C shape and cabinets above with swivel mounts for much bigger tvs as there will be far more space. I will be replacing my dual monitor set up for one of those much bigger curved ones which will be wall mount as well. I am intending on putting my computer in a cabinet below instead of on the desk as it is now. Then all cable managment will be run off the walls for things like the mouse and keyboard. I am going to put a usb wall plate that can accept the mouse and keyboard and then I can charge and even plug in USB thumb drives or media card reader directly in the wall. I will also install in the desk several wireless quick charge locations. To mark these I will use a router to route out a small line and using a 3d print pen fill in the thin line. This should make for an easy way to find and charge something. I am also thinking about doing some rbg lighting in the desk routing out an area and then using defused plexi glass or something. We do not game yet we might in the future with something like VR? So i will make a cabinet for each TV to connect at the access point ( the tvs will be in front of the upper cabinet where you can pull the tv out far enough to get in to these cabinets. This is where the gaming stuff can go. I think. I do not think it would mess up signal. If anything I can move them down far enough so that they wont be behind the tv. Either way I still have some ideas and changes I will make yet that is the goal.
This one of those times where it feels like "solve a problem that I created". I just use an open-air tv stand and then don't think about any of this stuff.
I have my Xbox on the counter because I like how it looks and my home media laptopt hangs in a drawer with the back removed so there's more than enough air flow
Worked on/with media cabinets for over 15 years. There are lots of companies that get it and many more that don’t. Would love to consult on an LTT cabinet 😊
@@eggysz Looked them up and at about the same price (4000CAD) you get a much better TV cabinet indeed. It looks much better, has the "upgrades" Linus gave to this one (but better), the only downside, you don't have drawers. Oh and the best part, you can actually place this one next to the wall because it has a fake back that hides the cables
I used an IKEA Besta - cut the middle of the doors out and replaced with speaker grille cloth for air intake/filter and speakers to hide behind. Noctua fans in the back powered by the console USB. Works great. Even passes IR through for my harmony hub
If the LTT media cabinet is gonna be a thing, but smaller. Consider making it somewhat modular (like buying two will allow you to connect them somewhat easy) so we could have a big one like the one shown, but better.
I recently got an similarly-sized TV stand for $80 from Target and it honestly seems less shifty than the one in the video. It doesn't have the marble top or doors, but... it's $80.
yeah idk everyone at LMG is really good at there jobs but the one who controls the Light machine gun seems to destroy everything around him I feel like he will turn all the prototypes into swiss cheese
this is the best sponsorship ive ever seen. its relevant to me, shows reasons why i might actually want to use the product (currently on f360), and doesnt feel manipulative or deceptive. kudos.
Eh I'll stick to FreeCAD. In spite of the torture. But it is powerful. Upgrade path from there: alibre. Or even Siemens NX. Though I don't have anything against Dassault in particular.
The price is slightly outrageous, but the BDI corridor line is basically the only one I’ve found that actually made practical design decisions for storing hot gaming and media components.
It could be even cheaper actually if they offer just the parts and you assemble it with no instructions. Like more expensive harder to build Ikea furniture
This teaches me that regardless of budget, you will have to modify anything you get. I'm old enough now that I'm willing to pay for convenience, but if I'm gonna be putting time and money in to make stuff work I will absolutely still shop cheap.
Im glad you mentioned it in the video because all I could think about watching this was how much of a piece of junk that cabinet was for 3000 dollars lol Could have been easily convinced it was a 300 dollar ikea cabinet.
Oh gosh, the title resonates with me so well. Because the furniture I bought has no leg space I plan on gaming from a table at a distance from the GM34-CQWA which is a pretty sizable screen and being closer to the center in the room helps out with my surround sound experience. But I'll need all my controller, mice, and keyboard to be wireless for this setup. I'm at a loss for good options both 2.4GHz and Bluetooth.
I remember using a generic four-level folding bookshelf as my gaming/tv stand. It was made from 100% solid wood, deep enough to hold my Xbox360 and PS3, had plenty of space for DVD/BD-sized cases and gaming peripherals/accessories, could handle a beefy 40" Plasma TV on the top row, had zero ventilation issues, and naturally hid all wires. It was also free; you could find dozens of these abandoned around college campuses and apartments in the summer. It was probably the best stand I ever used.
I have a Kallax 2x4 on it's side. xbox, switch and shield all fit perfectly, plenty of airflow front to back. Got some 13x13 bins for what physical media i have left. Power strip in the bottom corner cube fed in through the back with a kallax cabinet door cover over it to hide it away. 75" TV and soundbar on top. Works great.
LTT tech-oriented furniture is a great idea, BUT only in a form of cad files or something, so that you can manufacture them however you want, either completely by yourself, or partly with a custom furniture shop, or completely custom order
There are those rounded staples for wires, might be a good idea to recommend them. I think many people won’t know about them and not sure what name they go by or if they are also just called staples. It’s been a while since we used them but they are great and a lot safer
Hope not. I signed up for the Maker's license and it was less than useless. Really disappointed to see the push here. I was messing around for 2-3 hours trying to access the CAD feature, but got nowhere. There's ZERO support. Everything it "check the community forum". Even cancelling was a hassle and I didn't get confirmation. No idea if i'm going to be charged next month or not. Really garbage experience.
@@Peanutnibbler Anker, they don’t work with them after they were caught lying about security on one of their sub-brand products. It’s a whole story, there should be some LMG clips of the WAN show about it
I love my 72 inch Furnitech stand, but that’s also because I have a massive center channel speaker, PC, Receiver, PS5, LD Player, BD Player, Switch, Retron5, and two power conditioners... removed the rear panels and um… hid an external set of radiators behind the TV for the PC because yeah that got toasty. But hey, it works.
MAKE SURE YOU USE SOMETHING ON THE METAL EDGE. Smooth it or use rubber or something to prevent wires from over time being sliced by the hole. I've learned the hard way it's shockingly easy to start a fire on a cable because a hole in a metal back panel cut the wires because they vibrated. :\ fire, and pops, loud pops.
I got a TV set about 3 years ago now in preparation for my new Xbox and PS5. I ended up having to remove the middle shelf in order to fit it all. I don’t want either console horizontal because they’re meant to be vertical and look better that way. I wish more stands had as much room but with a cleaner design.
BDI or Salamander Designs is the turn key solution. They’re expensive (compared to Ikea and wayfair) but if you appreciate nice furniture it might be worth it. In the furniture world as a whole I think they’re fairly priced.
Do hot glue guns really give you a stronger bond than super glue or crazy glue or gorilla glue? Somebody should do a video on what the strongest glue is and yes I am saying this before searching for it
Super glue for strong and fast bond. Super glue is generally for low effort crafts. Crazy glue is basically Super glue. Gorilla glue is bad but if you wanted to glue a 2x4 to your concrete floor and have it look like crap then sure. You should use something like liquid nails for that though.
Super Glue dries really fast but you can pull it apart pretty easily. If you really want a strong bond you need something that dries slower & goes on thicker like wood glue or an actual construction adhesive (Loctite, Gorilla, Liquid Nails)
Full metal CNC build with speed holes for ventilation and mounting fans. And obviously appropriately placed cable pass throughs of the proper size. And all of this brought to you from your sponsor, Solid Works.
Best thing I did was just make one on CAD, with the holes in the back and ask a local carpenter to make it. If you do this, 100% recommend you just making holes and access for 2x the thing, like it'll have 2 consoles = make 4 holes/access points. It's much better to just have the extra and cover them with a mesh in the back or something. Also, make wide holes to avoid the thicker cables and heads being a problem passing through.
One thing that often gets neglected is the height of the stand in comparison to the height of the tv. Oftentimes the tv will end up positioned way higher than it is supposed to be for optimal ergonomics. And while we're at it, the distance of the tv from the couch and the resolution of the contents youre playing (either fullhd, 2k or 4k) and size of the tv also are factors that play into the ergonomics in the living room. I often say that it is not always about the bigger, most expensive rig, but how it factors in the environment youre into.
My parents still use a pair of those they have had forever for their modern flat screen TVs. They wont upgrade unless something breaks. I actually had to introduce them to the world of flat screen TVs by buying them one for christmas knowing they would LITERALLY die before their own CRT TVs. Theyre nicely made, to last this long (even with minor issues now after many moves). But I honestly hate them now. It limits the size of their TVs. I have a 75 inch 4k in my bedroom I scored for pretty cheap, sitting on my dresser. The TV in the living room is like 40 inches or less. The cabinet gives it bad viewing angles, and my chair is way off to the side, so 1/4-1/3rd of the TV is often covered up. And my biggest complaint... Audio has gotten TRASH. For many many reasons. First off, audio engineers for media just suck now. Because theyre audiophiles, they mix stuff towards the best sounding equipment possible (basically the 50+ channel surround sound in movie theaters). Then, instead of mixing OTHER audio tracks for worse audio systems... They just continuously downgrade the fancy surround sound mix. Most people dont even have that 5 point Dolby surround sound, and basically NOBODY has a theater level surround in their own home. So the fact that NETFLIX DOCUMENTARIES mix their audio like it will EVER be played from the nicest equipment is dumb as hell. These "artists" keep trying to use the FULL DYNAMIC RANGE to make things impactful... The result is quieter whispers and louder explosions (which, if youre an audiophile or cinephile, is awesome... If youre average workin class americans like us trying to relax after a stressful day, F@CKING NO. That is LITERALLY the exact opposite way we want to experience it. I dont want to literally feel like a bomb just went off next to me EVERY time I watch an action movie, most people dont want to be THAT immersed on every viewing, let alone wake up half the neighborhood. And whats worse is, you have to keep the volume up to blow your eardrums out loud, just to hear quiet dialogue. The fact that there ARE high dynamic range options for playing audio now means that audio engineers have an excuse to not only not level their content, but exacerbate the dynamic range. And it doesnt sound good. Dialogue becomes literally inaudible when you try to play that at a reasonable volume on a crappy stereo setup. And ir gets worse with modern actors, who have abused the higher dynamic range of nice audio setups to mumble their way through lines rather than ennaunciate. The reason I bring all this up is because, short of getting surround sound (my parents arent doing that), the best thing they could change on their end, is to toss the cabinets and use TV stands. CRTs, since they were big and bulky, and inherently had depth anyway, could cram in some pretty nice, big, front facing speakers. Thats what these cabinets were designed for. Modern day flatscreens however are thinner and tried to resuce bezels. The result is now they have a pair of crappy rear or side facing speakers. So the sound you hear has to he reflected. And it gets reflected around inside the cabinet. And wood cabinets seem to absorb quieter volumes and frequencies, while reverberating at louder ones. Cabinets enclose that bouncing sound on 5 out of 6 sides (instead of 2 out of 6 like on a TV stand) This all ensures that loud audio is headache inducing, while dialogue is inaudible. So either we sit on the volume button all night, doing THE AUDIO ENGINEERS JOB of levelling the audio, BY HAND, or we turn subtitles on... Which you can imagine I dont read very well with the smaller TV and awlward viewing angle that cabinet forces. I have tried putting in a soundbar or speakers, but they basically dont address how the cabinet is causing problems, and they cause the cabinet to reverberate really bad. I've tried sticking them outside the cabinet where I know the speakers will sound better, bug hey, good luck arguing with boomer parents. They hate the way audio is mixed now, but absolutely refuse to ditch the cabinet, learn to use a separate remote for volume, etc... Its lile pulling teeth trying to modernize their setup, even if its in the name of addressing their biggest complaints with watching modern media. Basically, Cabinets were awesome for old tube TVs... They generally suck for modern flat screens, because of their TV size limitations, and their aweful exacerbation of both worse audio equipment, and modern audio mixing practices.
@@hatman4818 Yeah, I wouldn't put the TV on the tower. That's where the turntable goes! Or the reel-to-reel if you're nasty. What I do is wall-mount like Linus has, put everything into the component rack with the switch, and then the tower can kinda go anywhere.
I built a shelf like this for my older consoles back in the day. I had an AV source selector on each shelf, and a source selector for the whole thing to make a 2-layer source selector to support all the consoles. Then I had a power strip on the back of each shelf. I also put garage door sweep on the front of each shelf so I could squeeze controller cables through and prevent people from yoinking the consoles off the shelf, since good wireless controllers just didn't exist for those consoles.
That cabinet is appropriately sized for the space! Looks just fine. :) Pair up with Foureyes Furniture or Blacktail Studios to design an LTT Media Cabinet! You've got the space for a CNC shop, put the time into good CAD work, and hire a couple dwankies to stick the wood on the CNC and hit the "Go" button. With the right design, you could have solid flat-pack design and delicious aesthetic choices!
@@XavAnd32_ Either way you're responding to suggestions to go to one of two independent youtubers who exclusively do custom work with an industrial shop that is fitted out to do a few specific models of larger furniture.
I know how you feel about the furniture dilemma. I can't find a corner desk to save my life. When I bought the corner desk I'm currently using I got it back in 2005 and back then they were all over the place, a dime a dozen if you will. Now, it's nearly impossible to find something that looks good and functional (it's like trying to find a PC case with a 5.25" dive bay). I've actually been thinking of getting the tools and making one.
I just built a new PC and I wanted to carry over my BD-ROM burner drive, but almost nothing reasonably priced or sized offers that feature. it's all Disco Aquariums because the kids put them on their desks and not under the desk like adults do. Then I realized that in the 2-3 years since I'd replaced my DVD burner with the BD drive, I could only think of one or two times I'd actually used the thing. So rather than be stuck with a case for something I almost never use, I got one of those two sides glass Disco Aquarium cases (Montech Sky Two) for much less and spent $50 for a drive housing so I can just hook it up when needed.
I love the idea of 'techify-ing' furniture to make it more suitable for cable management / tidyness / etc! I'm just suprised that they opted for a closed PC case inside the already enclosed cabinet. It seems like because that part of the cabinet is now dust filtered, and with good airflow from the Noctua fans, you could almost treat that compartment AS a pc case, and just mount all the components to the inside? Thinking about it a bit more, you could include a vertical shelf, mount most PC componenets one side and have the PSU / cable rats nest the other side (similar to a PC test bench), and the whole shelf could even slide out on rails (similar to the drawers) for easy maintainence / upgrades? Just some design ideas for the (hopefully) upcoming LTT TV stand!
Man, I felt so bad for Harrison and Tim the whole time watching this. I'm sure so many hours went into this project and to have linus just throw these unsatisfied comments the entire time, even after coming back from a vacation, had to have hurt. I know linus reads comments on UA-cam so maybe he will reference this one to ultimately defend himself on wan show tomorrow.
Probably did, but Linus said multiple times that things were changed without him knowing prior until today, I would be more sympathetic if they followed his instructions directly but it didn't seem that way, like with the metal backing etc. Plus I can understand the frustration of furniture companies, even when I got something personalised it came out badly done and I had to constantly modify lmao these companies are crap but also whoever picked that cabinet needs to rethink the choice that ain't 3k worth of materials nor worth it, frankly if marble and wood were a bit cheaper today then he could probably get the production team to build one but I'm not for that less losing sanity that way lmao
One of the options on the market for this type of cabinet would be Salamander Design. They are quality built, and even have rack posts you can have installed inside.
I have the Oslo 245. It was tough spending that much but it's perfect for projector, receiver, center speaker, Series X and Nintendo Switch with cooling options. Really impressed with the build quality.
Within 5 minutes of watching I was like "He's definitely going to do an LTT cabinet". Glad to see I wasn't wrong lol! If it does end up happening, super hype!
I just went through this myself, settling on what I could get, and thought maybe I'd follow along: until I saw that 3 preceding the 699 I already couldn't justify spending on a cabinet I was going to mod... I bought my center for 200 bucks, and got my awesome Fractal hoodie through the Christmas mystery super sale for $25... 😬
I had noise in my USB to my DAC which came through my studio monitors. I bought a startech USB 3.0 pci-e card with 4 dedicated lanes like Linus mentioned. Happy to say it's fixed all my issues. Thanks Linus! ☺️
For that unit not to come with soft close hinges and drawer runners for that price is actually insane.
Apart from the marble countertop, everything else on that unit screams $250 from Big Lots instead of 10x more. Feels like a wasted project when he has a team that could design something substantially better and just get it built lol
@Rillond probably because most people looking to spend that kind of money end up having a cabinet maker come and custom make something while they are having the kitchen redone :P (im not the only one right?)
@@tylerwright6006 as someone who's made their fair share of custom cabinets, including my own media cabinet: yes. You will not find anything with the expected features or quality meant for a media center. Cabinets are just not that hard to make, and a very small amount of planning goes a long way for this kind of project
I was thinking why not replace the doors on the old one with mesh ones and the top with a marble top. Then be done with it without needing to move everything (only the tv)
I was thinking the same thing. For it to be priced the way it is is an absolute scam
The most shocking thing to me about this whole video is that he paid over $2k for a cabinet and it didn't come with soft close hinges or drawers.
Big waste of cash just purchase a used one made of solid wood,fix it, paint it and modify it probably won't even hit 500
Ikea furniture does. Mine is a lot cheaper and more practical and easier to set up to your own wishes with drawers, shelves, doors and such.
Hand made furniture isn't cheap, especially hand made in Western countries where the wages are high
yeah the company made a $500 media center, slapped a $500 slab of marble on it, and sold it for $3k.
@@gamertherapyconsoleyoursel5804 with tax its over $4K now convert to canuck bucks and its over $5K
I spent the entire video thinking: "this cabinet is NOT worth THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. It looks super cheap and has a lot of manufacturing defects." I was so happy to see Linus talking about it at the end!!
It has a marble top, so you're probably paying $2500 for that and $500 for the actual cabinet.
@@stevethepocket marble is not $2500 lol
@@ismailerenkaraca4881 It is marble sourced by Charlie Zagoroli though
@@stevethepocket that marble is like 300$. That flimsy cabinet probably 150$...
I wonder if Yvonne was the one to push Linus to buy this cheapo cabinet at such a high price cause it looks pretty. I know Linus isn't one for looks
Edit. I fast forwarded and they confirmed. it WAS Yvonne's decision to buy it.lmfao
Linus spent almost $3000CAD on a TV stand that looks to be roughly the same quality as something you could get from IKEA for $200. The furniture industry is an absolute racket.
I could get a set of twins 19 y/o escorts for the entire weekend for what he paid for that unit!
What kind of comparison is that @@PWingert1966
@@PWingert1966the hell kind of reply is that
@@sean3578 I think I would get more value out of the Twins than that TV stand for the same price.
$3000 is genuinely absurd for that cabinet. For that price, you could design your own perfect cabinet, buy the materials, and have someone build it for you, twice over.
Love that this $3000 media center is only slightly fancier than the $60 one I got at Walmart
Seriously! I know I overpaid for my West Elm TV stand (we liked the way it looked) but at least it's solid wood!
wouldnt it be becayse of the marble counter top?
@@jayrock4ya What does this even mean?
Random manufacturing defects and cheap materials aside, it's absolutely unbelievable that that 3600$ cabinet didn't have soft close cabinets and drawers!
I don't know what 3000 CAD rupees are, but it seems a lot for that media cabinet. I assume most of the cost is the marble top.
@DigitalDiabloUK marble counterop goes for about 50-100$ per sqft so even if we take the most expensive option that's like maybe 1000$ of marble... no shot the rest of the cabinet makes up the other 2600$ even in Canadian shekels.
Wait this abomination of a tv stand cost 3000$?? 😂😂😂😂
@@apocMTL $3600 regularly, Linus got it on sale for $3000 lol
ALL CRAP in the 21rst Century is Cheap materials and INSANE Prices Now !! Look at Bathroom Re-do's,it will curl your hair AND Burn it ! When a shower cost upward of 5 digits for an Average Shower/Bath,that's just DAM NUTS !! The Junk isn't worth that kind of $$,don't even get me on about faucets! POO ! My family has been in the Upholstery trade over 60 yrs. So i know a thing or 2,and some of this stuff they pass off i wouldn't use as Fire wood. It's just like Electronics,you get what you pay for !😎
Just a tip: there are hinges that have a "soft close" brake feature, you could easily change the hinges on doors so they automatically brake when near the end . those "should not" be too expensive, if you want some upgrade
At $3k they should have been included, same with the drawer slides.
Ikea sells soft close hinges and parts to upgrade a normal drawer to soft lose for cheap. Idk how well they work tho
A decent pair goes for about 20€ here.
A Lil expensive here just got done with the renovating, 7 tv cabinets the soft close channels and hinges were a real pocket burners.
His old cabinet has soft close hinges. You can see in them being shown in the video. Insane that they aren't standard at that price for the new one.
Linus could literally have one of his engineers design a cabinet and have his fabrication team make it. Or give his specs to a custom carpenter at a similar price point
But making a video out of this generates way more than he spent...
That is going to be a lot cheaper or at least stress free
I think Linus... or no... Linus Media Group has lost touch with the normal audience.
I have a feeling his videos are now made for rich People.
He compared the Quest 2 to the PsVR (400 dollar all in one to a 500 dollar glorified screen), only reviews high end shit, only uses high end shit, one or more writers are clearly apple and playstation shills... (not Linus for this one)...
What a damn shame...
These Videos just arent for me anymore, im too poor to care about these videos.. Like give us things we can afford... why not do this video with an IKEA TV Stand? Why not compare the PSVR 2 to the first and to a Pimax headset?
Like...bruh..
@@mdbk2770 I'm not sure if an episode entirely of Linus yelling at Alex would be "stress-free." But it certainly would be cheaper, make a lot more views and possibly give Linus a literal stroke at the end. LMFAO
@@IamDanLP you are just glorifying classism with your feelings, im poor af too but this videos doesnt make me feel bad of my financial situation, its just interesting how it is everything done.
I think this video is a great lesson on what media cabinet NOT to get. For 3K I would have expected a lot more.
And this was the best they could find.
They could have used Solidworks to design a completely custom purpose-built unit that suits Linus' needs instead of buying this inadequate POS and losing their minds getting it to live up to its supposed core competency. I mean, they have a frickin' fabrication shop, for cryin' out loud.
For 3K I would build a 4K gaming PC and a standing desk then keep the $500.
That's the thing, though. They're all garbage right now. Buying anything off the rack nowadays is basically an Ikea experience. Particle board and laminate stuck together with crappy doweling. If you buy furniture from a "designer" rather than a carpenter, then the actual materials and manufacturing are gonna be outsourced.
And it's gonna be expensive simply because wood in general is expensive. You can thank Trump's disastrous NAFTA and USMCA trade deals for forcing heavy duties on Canadian lumber, and pegging those rates to the cost of US lumber. It started with a slap in the face at 24%, then _doubled_ in subsequent years, because the price US lumber went up, which happened because the US lost its main supply of imported lumber--Canada. So alllllll those long-held supply lines got messed up by the feedback loop.
It's kinda ironic, too. If an American company like Crate & Barrel wants to build furniture, they have to look for wood elsewhere. So they outsource everything to Indonesia. Meanwhile Indonesia is importing lumber FROM CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES (#2 and #3 wood import sources in Indonesia) to build that furniture! And all that increased cost from shipping that overpriced wood across the ocean means they're settling for dirt-cheap, garbage, particle board. Not only do they have to do it to reduce material costs, but to reduce shipping weight as well. And then you gotta pay the designer's royalties on top.
By the time it ends up back in North America, this whole clusterfuck costs the consumer so much more than it would to buy a custom piece from a local woodworker. Honestly, if Linus ever actually got into making LTT furniture he'd make a killing. He's already on the correct side of the border to do it (at least until NAFTA gets renegotiated).
I bought a rusty mazda from a junk yard for CAD 3k and it has less loose panels than this thing.
I love how Linus' home always remains a work in progress LTT Project!
That way the business pays for it
@@steveholland1163 exactly
And always will have.
So he have more content in the future.
@@steveholland1163 Its literally his business
@@soorzi his home is?
if it gets used as content it can be wrote off as a business cost.
You guys ACTUALLY need to make an LTT media cabinet. That would be amazing
Considering how much the LTT backpack costs, an LTT TV stand would probably START at $10,000. 😟
@@latrofu I was thinking more like $3-5 grand, but yeah, it wouldn't be cheap... But you know it would be super good quality.
@@galacticviper4453 plz no expensive media stand. My wallet :'(
Fuck I would buy it
@@latrofu Still cheaper than all the tools I'd need to buy and the space I'd need to rent to build my own not-retarded TV stand.
On Wiki, the entry for LTT store would say "LTT Store started off as a means to supplement Linus Media Group with income by selling merchandise in the form of clothing. Overtime, founder Linus decided that most things are subpar and decided to come out with product after product that fixes problems that shouldn't be a problem to being with at a comparable price to leading makers of products. Today, LTT store now sells furniture, computer accessories, bags, clothes, toiletries. Anything you can think of under the sun all aimed at the tech savvy or gamer in the house"
I have this Ikea TV Stand, called the FJÄLLBO. It has a wooden top surface, and then matte black for the metal body... With grates everywhere and a completely open back. You can put cables anywhere, and no worries about the airflow even with the doors closed... And honestly, I love how it looks, personally. Might be a good thing to look out for, for other people, maybe!
I have it too. Looks stylish and offers great airflow for Xbox.
They literally have one in their short circuit set lol
Same mines an ikea one too. Got it for like $75 on fb marketplace and it’s got pull out drawers for all my dvds and controllers and completely open front, back, and sides
@@geoemm lmao i can tell you dont know how that works. writing stuff off on taxes doesnt automatically give u the 3k back
But its made by Ikea so its trash
I'm a carpenter myself (not a cabinet maker) and made my own TV stand for my media centre and some cubbies to hide all my old pc parts, controllers etc. Its relatively easy, some sheet material, pocket screws and reclaimed timber for the top. Just a lot of careful measurements to make sure your pc has enough room to sit in there with adequate airflow. You can do it too, building stuff yourself is fun and rewarding.
Yeah, no reason to spend 3k on something that doesn't even fit well. He could have hired a carpenter like you for that same money and got a vastly superior product...
Having the tools and workspace is hard for some people.
@@Idiomatick I did all the work in my front garden and outside my van. Get some tressels. Always possible
@@Idiomatick To be fair here, Linus does have plenty of space for it, but likely not the time or interest in it.
@@Idiomatick my father made a pretty sturdy bookshelf with just a saw, sandpaper, and paint in the living room. Made a mess everywhere, but he was quick and was done in a day minus time for paint to dry. He has also made a shelf (although he went purely functional rather than pretty this time) for pots, pans, and over 20 pounds of rice on one section alone. Has hold up for several years now.
For 3k you could have just gone to a cabinet maker and get a custom piece. Given some of the unusual requirements. It might not have been enough for any kind of surface coating, but you would have a solid piece out of wood or at least MDF.
In the UK for 3k you could get an oak cabinet made, i'm sure wood prices in Canada are far cheaper than in the UK too
Even if you'd build it from solid wood the materials (excluding the marble countertop) would be like 300-500 bucks for the wood + maybe another 100 for good (!) drawer slides and hinges. If you insist on a marble top then that's probably another 500. So that's about 1k in materials using solid wood (and not that flimsy rubbish that thing was made of). For a professional wood worker the whole project is maybe 2 days of work (plus waiting times for glue to settle or for the finish to dry). Let's be generous and take it by 1.5x: 3 days of work or ~24hrs (it should not take that long). That's a day rate of over 600 bucks. Not too shabby.
Obviously assuming you as a client would come up with an overall design and you're fine with wood finishes and don't want any shiny high gloss mirror finished paint jobs or super time consuming details (carvings, inlays, hand sawn dovetails, mechanisms, fancy decorative profiles etc).
@@diotough
My assumption is simply that if the Schreiner isn't used to considering THIS MUCH cable management and air flow, there will be a prototype or two out of scraps/particle. I know Linus is used to seeing 3D models, but some things only really "click" when you have it physically in front of you.
@@counterstructure4908 that depends on the designer. A sideboard/credenza/tv board isn't overly complicated. As I've said, my estimated was based on the assumption that you'd go to your carpenter with a fairly good idea/plan of the desired product. Design processes take surely some time.
An LTT media cabinet is actually something I would totally consider buying, but for my apartment, I would need a smaller sized corner cabinet, and IDK if you could get into doing variations like that. Still excited to see one come to be even if it can't accommodate my needs though
Problem is it'd be a bitch to ship
@@SeanRPS they can go ikea mode
Im thinking modular or variations and Ikea style so flat packed would work well
You should trust yourself and consider building somethin on your own. Make if perfect for you and it'd be cheaper too..
@@elcuervo665 That will only get you so far. It's still going to be large, heavy and multiple boxes.
On the LTT store media cabinet you should have a drawer with mounting post holes for ATX motherboards so you can literally build the PC into the cabinet itself
And fan mounts with magnet mesh covers front and back for superb airflow.
I built one into an IKEA TV stand, was a 5 minute job with a carpenter
Was gonna say, might as well make the PC case built into it at that point. Maybe make them some sort of cross between furniture and server blades.
That sounds like a dust nightmare, but to each their own
Add water hose inlet in the back to make it integrated with watercooling
If only LMG had a workshop where they have a bunch of tools to build a custom tv stand.
Out of all the types of videos you do, by far my most favorite is the DIY/ custom builds and modification videos. You could have a whole series dedicated just that.
I like seeing Linus either having the time of his life or existentially defeated. Nowhere in between.
Also it would’ve been the perfect time for Yvonne to come home with Linus just screaming “IT’S SO BIG.”
Just a tip Linus. You can use your LTT screwdriver to adjust the hinges on your cabinet doors so they seat properly like you want. :) hope that helps.
The sanity bar was an absolute stroke of genius from the editor. One of my favorite youtube editing details in recent years!
I was disappointed that it never dropped all the way to zero because I thought something was going to happen when it did that.
Nice try editor 😅😌
@bland9876 ah, an Eternal Requim fan. Let's Hope the Switch gets a remake/remaster soon.t60
@bland9876 ah, an Eternal Requim fan. Let's Hope the Switch gets a remake/remaster soon.t60
@bland9876 ah, an Eternal Requim fan. Let's Hope the Switch gets a remake/remaster soon.t60
This was WAY more entertaining than I expected. I did gasp a bit when you indicated the cabinet was $2,000 as I look over at my $200 TV stand...
Same 😂😂 I paid my bout 100$ and still holding up good years later.
I bought a big work desk with big drawers, place for a PC and shelf for keyboard/mouse for around $100 around 10 years ago and I was disappointed it was getting warn out by the mouse. I thought that quality was insufficient for such a high price...
We actually gave up buying furniture from the store ages ago. Yes, most of them had quality issues that you guys had with that one. Then again, we are lucky that are quite a few craftsman living in our neighborhood. Also furniture prices here isn't over inflated, so even custom handmade ones doesn't cost a lot more then in-store ones (in fact it's often cheaper, lol).
p.s. That metal grill thing on the cabinets doors are ugly as fuuts
but the metal grill gives airflow, and with several hundred watts getting pumped out, that is needed.
@@RobinCernyMitSuffix there is more ways to design a cabinet door that lets air flow through and doesn't look ugly
I don't really get store furniture prices either. They are really low quality, and you always have the downside of it not fitting to your living space because it just has generic dimensions. For over 3000 dollars you should really just have one custom-made, especially if you are going to spend days putting it back into SolidWorks and redesigning a bunch of stuff.
I don't know how it is in Canada, but in Germany there are TONS of places that do woodworking. Surely in a place with as many trees as Canada, you can find someone that does woodworking.
@@MrDarkbluewater From a friend in Canada I've heard that most custom woodworkers are driven out of business by the Chinese furniture market. She's always complaining how much nicer furniture we get here in Europe. Canada exports most of it's wood instead of using it.
Where I live, the choices are : $3000 garbage-tier China-imported furniture from the store (with financing), $3000 garbage-tier China-imported furniture from Wayfair, or $0 to build a TV stand out of the rotting carcasses of all the useless "landscapers" on disability benefits sipping Tim's awful coffee while idling in their pavement princesses. I actually went looking for skilled furniture makers many years ago to build a large workstation desk - couldn't find any, all the craftspeople do around here is mounting prefab cabinetry and talking about their friend with the planer who makes live edge benches.
To make the doors close nicer, you could get some soft close hinges. They force the door to close more slowly as it gets closer to being fully closed.
3k for the cabinet anbd they didn't include soft close for the cabinet doors and drawers. Wow! Also those drawer slides look like they don't slide out 100% which I find irritating.
@@danielkoontz6732 absolutely this. I was baffled by the lack of dampeners
@@Kevin_Aus It seemed like his old cabinet had soft close stuff too, which kinda sucks
@@danielkoontz6732 You payed (way to much) for the "design" and not for the quality. 🤮
@@Kevin_Aus It's hilarious that this shoddy piece of kit cost 3000 dollars. That looked and sounded like some IKEA stuff. Here in germany you would get some serious piece of furniture engineering for that.
39 seconds in and I’m already scared Linus is going to hurt himself with that massive hole saw. Great job!
SERIOUSLY WHAT THE HELL LINUS
Is it me or did he nearly hit himself in the face with it?
@@jackwilson4284not just you
Yeah I thought he was about to get seriously hurt
Brother, as a tradesman myself that one also made me pucker up a bit. But at least he didn't drop it haha.
Linus nearly took his own head off with that hole saw. Bloody hell. The drill and hole saw whipped uncontrolled, as can be seen by the battery travelling out from him...
If they make a cabinet you should add like 2-4 inches to the top and sides. So you have the back set in under them so you can have the top and sides touch the walls but still have room for the power adapters and all.
YES why dont designers put these overhanging skirts on the sides and tops of their furniture, its a TV AND MEDIA UNIT there is always going to be a mess of cables out the back that keep you from having the furniture flush against the wall
It's already so deep. For shure, needs a small overhang so it goes right up to the wall. But the connectors should be hidden beneath or something instead. Like, where the fans are. But not just dangling lose, because then it could be hit while vacuuming etc.
@@ThePentosin but with the metal back and using the magnets you hide all the wires
@@GunStarforPeace no you don't. Then you have to make it even deeper. And as Linus made perfectly clear, that thing is already DEEP.
Go to 15:49 and look at how far out from the wall that thing have to be because of the wires on the back. You have to make it that much deeper to hide the wires.
There is even a unused drawer. Move the VR up a slot and make the bottom drawer a compartment to hide all the wires/plugs/etc in. Then the back only needs an inch at most for wire routing.
@@ThePentosin I actually like this idea. With cable channels to either side for the components the power could all be routed internally but still be easily accessible. Leading a single power cable out the back to the outlet. Much like he did with the USB charger.
This is extremely relatable. There seems to always be at least one thing wrong with a stand.
16:16 was wondering where Jake was lol. Glad he let Linus bring a friend over finally
Good to see someone else having the same struggle with this.
I also spend an eternity on this. Multiple Retro consoles, Adapters, Upscalers, Splitters, Power Adapters, Ethernet connection, over dimensioned device design (The ps4 pro doesnt fit anywhere).... Cable management.... drilling.....
I enjoyed watching this. Very inspirational.
Haha yes, 3000 for a cabinet, what a steal!
Think I'll probably stick with my old 2x2 IKEA Kallax lol
Are canadian rupees worth nothing or is that cabinet actually multiple 1000 expensive?
If you buy a costum made wardrobe here, it is probably cheaper.
@@MHWGamer it's like £1800 / $2200
@@Scarlet_Soul jesus. Also jesus that the pound is still worth so much
Complete ripoff, not even 20% is an okay price for such bad craftsmanship.
@@MHWGamer Oh it doesn't help. If something is say $500 there it'll be £500 for us. Always hated that especially a decade or so ago when the difference was even greater.
Linus, there's a whole load of woodworking channels. I'm sure some of them would really enjoy designing, and building the custom piece for you.
For the media cabinet, you guys should design one and put out the CAD file for people that want to DIY.
Sell the actual furniture piece as well for those that would rather just buy a kit/completed product.
This is the way.
the diy / kit model is definitely the way to go! better than trying to make a wholesale product
I absolutely support this idea. LTT Store media cabinet kit I would seriously consider buying!
Great idea, especially for people outside of America.
I thought they were going to build one. That would not of been as funny watching Linus do everything wrong.
if you actually decide to go the furniture design route, there are a lot of people who make and sell scale miniatures of consoles/peripherals now, usually for miniature builds but i like to use them when designing stuff (im sure you could find or make your own 3d printed versions if you wanted to). im only suggesting this as sometimes i find making just a render isnt enough - rapid prototyping scale models and then shuffling all the pieces around like a tiny puzzle irl will definitely help you spot issues and troubleshoot before you get to this point.
Doing this with 3D models takes experience. I'd say combine the two, your brain just needs to get used to thinking 3D in 2D if that makes any sense at all...
oh god linus just casually almost cutting his face open with the drill in the beginning of the video
it was so close!
Really scary stuff man
Yikes! Replayed it a few times (0:38) and yeah. No mistake. That would have been nasty. Jugulars and carotids be going "phew!"
@@joesterling4299 yeah my heart skipped a beat when I saw that
I love that he squeezed the go dongle on the drill and immediately regretted that decision when it swung at his face. That hole saw has some mass to it lol.
I just started this and immediately stopped to see if anyone else saw. My eyes went wide, had that been something else and snagged his beard that could have been *very bad*
And almost immediately he did it again. If you want to get away with murder force your victim to be health&safety inspector for LMG and watch them die by heart attack.
My butthole puckered bigtime when I watched that. Holy crap.
@@TheRustyTigger lmao you're right, but your comment is very funny to me. "If that party popper had been an m80 firecracker and went off close to his face, that could have been bad!"
Glad I'm not the only one hahaha
3m double sided tape seems a lot smarter and safer than using hot glue, or even the adhesive velcro strips you can buy
One benefit to hot glue on hard and smooth surfaces is it holds well but won't wreck the surface if you remove it with a little care. So I'd say its probably a better choice than the good double sided tapes - those are what you break out once you have 'finished' and know nothing is moving again, as attempts to make it move again without destroying what its stuck to entirely are much more difficult. At least for this type of surface, the reverse is true for something like fabrics where a decent double sided tape will probably still just peel off taking a little fluff with it at worse and the hot glue will be a nightmare.
Linus at least could glue the magnets on the shelve before mounting it, but the video wouldn't be so entertaining then
double sided tape sucks. the heat will degrade it in no time.
Glue is better and does less damage than the adhesive in both of those.
I am so glad you had a parametric model of the cabinet so that you could staple the anker cord into the fiberboard. If only there was a way to know how much slack to allow the cable and a way to design a custom cable holder 😂
Like a 3D-printed , screw-in, low-profile holder?
I have had ideas for this for years, sketchbooks full. One of them is to use "brushes" in the back so you can hide cabled, while still able to pull them, so you can have drawers for easy acces and/or upgrades 🤭
oooh that's a great idea!
Tip for the cabinet doors slamming, try felt pads. Worked for me
Are soft close cabinet hinges not a thing where you are from?
@@tiberiuvisan9973 typically not used in these kinds of furniture until you get into pretty high end prices/custom stuff.
Personally not a fan of soft close cabinets. For drawers it feels premium, on doors it always just looks janky/sketchy and as someone with a toddler the last thing I need is a cabinet that closes slowly lol.
I agree but I don’t know that that will fully remedy the situation here. A lot of that sound is the mesh panel and not the wood itself. Not sure if top and bottom felt pads would be enough.
Also important to have top and bottom pads otherwise the panel will twist when shut quickly as they usually will be and you’ll still get wood to wood striking and as a result, noise. Unless your panel is especially rigid/your hardware is particular hefty and high quality/ your panel size isn’t large enough to cause this sort of play in the materials or hardware.
@@romeotango5597 This is apparently a $3000 cabinet, it should have those kinds of small features. Soft close doors, better drawer hardware, sensible cable management, honestly this cabinet kind of sucks. It's also unfortunate that we didn't get to see a final shot of this video, kind of weird not to have a big reveal after spending the whole video setting it up
pretty sure it the metal grate in the door make the sound
Funnily enough, I'm a furniture maker by day and gamer by night. Would love to fix issues like this in the future
Ive havent made furniture in almost a decade, but as someone with wood and metal working skills, I felt this comment the most. The cheap shit breaks and the expensive shit almost always seems to have....flaws or "why wasn't this done"
@@AfolSam Why people say "if you want it done right you have to do everyone else's job for them and do it yourself"
@@AfolSam Yeah, I think unless you get it made bespoke so that you can be a part of the design process and hash out everything you want you're very unlikely to get a piece of furniture you'll find no quarrel with
@@Sprw 100% agree, everyone and I mean EVERYONE has their own preference on everything in life.
@@The23rdGamer the phrase is, "if you want something done right, you do it for yourself
If you do the LTT Store media cabinet: would be great to have also the option to just buy construction plans for those who cant afford shipping of big furniture to EU or somewhere else in the world (or just want to improve the cabinet to their specific needs)
That's why the Fjallbo from IKEA is great. It has an open back for cables that stops it from overheating and I see they already have one in the studio. It has doors which are metal with small holes in providing venting, so heat can also escape from the front and doesn't block remote controls
Came in to recommend this exact stand!
what about dust?
Yeah, it's great and is MUCH cheaper than the one they bought.
>metal mesh
So close
@@gabrielenitti3243 Any stand is prone to dust. The glass ones are worst though and why I stopped using them
A LTT TV stand is the first product I am genuinely interested in buying from you guys. Got a shirt years ago, but that was more like a donation.
same
in any project, the person with the fullest vision needs to be as thorough as possible with the explanation of that vision with the team to be able to expect the result. Linus himself admitted that was the issue here but it showed over and over throughout the initial build. Good job on bringing it together even after it was rushed!
This is legit a prime example of what happens to construction projects of any kind, when the head of the team isn't present to qc the work regularly. You get delays, overspendings, mismatching parts and improvised solutions + most likely the final product won't fully match the initial specifications / vision. Even if the person leading the team isn't doing the construction work themselves, they're still the most important piece of the puzzle.
Linus revving that drill in the start was truly anxiety inducing
I literally use a bookshelf in my room for my "TV stand" because I've totally given up on making it look decent or work decently at this point, I completely sympathise. In the living room, it's a coffee table!
Our living room is also our office. We really like our set up. The room is a bit bigger than 12 wide and 14 deep I think. We have a 12 foot salvaged countertops that we kept from our kitchen remodel and some rando cabinets under them. While the desk is a bit high right now it works. there is one L shape on my side where my computer is and the wifes laptops are on her side. We kept the same 2x12 shelf we had at our old house and reinstalled it. It holds two 55 inch tvs on it. Then we have 2 reclinders in the middle of the room with a old coffee table which I installed 4 cup holders in and then behind those chair is another full length countertop with a mini fridge, microwave and popcorn machine. It will work good enough for several more year until we build the new house. The new house will get a massive custom butcher block desk with cabinets under and will be a huge C shape and cabinets above with swivel mounts for much bigger tvs as there will be far more space. I will be replacing my dual monitor set up for one of those much bigger curved ones which will be wall mount as well. I am intending on putting my computer in a cabinet below instead of on the desk as it is now. Then all cable managment will be run off the walls for things like the mouse and keyboard. I am going to put a usb wall plate that can accept the mouse and keyboard and then I can charge and even plug in USB thumb drives or media card reader directly in the wall. I will also install in the desk several wireless quick charge locations. To mark these I will use a router to route out a small line and using a 3d print pen fill in the thin line. This should make for an easy way to find and charge something. I am also thinking about doing some rbg lighting in the desk routing out an area and then using defused plexi glass or something. We do not game yet we might in the future with something like VR? So i will make a cabinet for each TV to connect at the access point ( the tvs will be in front of the upper cabinet where you can pull the tv out far enough to get in to these cabinets. This is where the gaming stuff can go. I think. I do not think it would mess up signal. If anything I can move them down far enough so that they wont be behind the tv.
Either way I still have some ideas and changes I will make yet that is the goal.
This one of those times where it feels like "solve a problem that I created". I just use an open-air tv stand and then don't think about any of this stuff.
I have my Xbox on the counter because I like how it looks and my home media laptopt hangs in a drawer with the back removed so there's more than enough air flow
its 100% a wife approval factor issue id say :P
So happy that the Wii U finally gets it's spotlight in this finely produced video by LTT!
00:38 that was a close one! We love you already Linus, no need to go all Scarface on us!
Worked on/with media cabinets for over 15 years. There are lots of companies that get it and many more that don’t. Would love to consult on an LTT cabinet 😊
Who are some companies you would say do get it? I've been having lots of issues with getting an actually acceptable media cabinet over the years.
Would be great, if you could share. Highly doubt they would do another video in the foreseeable future, considering he just changed his.
@@BacchusGames BDI make nice tv cabinets, though pretty expensive.
Would love to hear who gets it.
@@eggysz Looked them up and at about the same price (4000CAD) you get a much better TV cabinet indeed. It looks much better, has the "upgrades" Linus gave to this one (but better), the only downside, you don't have drawers.
Oh and the best part, you can actually place this one next to the wall because it has a fake back that hides the cables
I used an IKEA Besta - cut the middle of the doors out and replaced with speaker grille cloth for air intake/filter and speakers to hide behind. Noctua fans in the back powered by the console USB. Works great. Even passes IR through for my harmony hub
If the LTT media cabinet is gonna be a thing, but smaller. Consider making it somewhat modular (like buying two will allow you to connect them somewhat easy) so we could have a big one like the one shown, but better.
That hole saw almost breaking linus' wrist had me rolling
I recently got an similarly-sized TV stand for $80 from Target and it honestly seems less shifty than the one in the video. It doesn't have the marble top or doors, but... it's $80.
I would absolutely love a LTT Media Cabinet, with how detail oriented everyone at LMG is I bet it would be a masterpiece.
yeah idk everyone at LMG is really good at there jobs but the one who controls the Light machine gun seems to destroy everything around him I feel like he will turn all the prototypes into swiss cheese
probably cost $10k
I'll take the cheap model please.
Design it right but with cheap materials
Imagine the shipping cost 😅
this is the best sponsorship ive ever seen. its relevant to me, shows reasons why i might actually want to use the product (currently on f360), and doesnt feel manipulative or deceptive. kudos.
Eh I'll stick to FreeCAD. In spite of the torture. But it is powerful.
Upgrade path from there: alibre. Or even Siemens NX. Though I don't have anything against Dassault in particular.
7:04 I just had other window opened over YT:
James: That's a glory hole.
Linus (excited): This thing is enormous!
Ahh yes. I relate to buying a stand for a measly 3K and filling it full of holes that my personal cad designer planned out for me.
I think the bigger cabinet looks better thank your old one personally. Was a good choice. Although the build quality for 3k.... maybe not so much.
The price is slightly outrageous, but the BDI corridor line is basically the only one I’ve found that actually made practical design decisions for storing hot gaming and media components.
Hey Linus, I’d love to build you a media cabinet.
$3000… Seems like it would be the same price or cheaper for a custom made cabinet from a cabinet maker.
It could be even cheaper actually if they offer just the parts and you assemble it with no instructions.
Like more expensive harder to build Ikea furniture
This teaches me that regardless of budget, you will have to modify anything you get. I'm old enough now that I'm willing to pay for convenience, but if I'm gonna be putting time and money in to make stuff work I will absolutely still shop cheap.
Im glad you mentioned it in the video because all I could think about watching this was how much of a piece of junk that cabinet was for 3000 dollars lol
Could have been easily convinced it was a 300 dollar ikea cabinet.
Oh gosh, the title resonates with me so well. Because the furniture I bought has no leg space I plan on gaming from a table at a distance from the GM34-CQWA which is a pretty sizable screen and being closer to the center in the room helps out with my surround sound experience. But I'll need all my controller, mice, and keyboard to be wireless for this setup. I'm at a loss for good options both 2.4GHz and Bluetooth.
I remember using a generic four-level folding bookshelf as my gaming/tv stand. It was made from 100% solid wood, deep enough to hold my Xbox360 and PS3, had plenty of space for DVD/BD-sized cases and gaming peripherals/accessories, could handle a beefy 40" Plasma TV on the top row, had zero ventilation issues, and naturally hid all wires. It was also free; you could find dozens of these abandoned around college campuses and apartments in the summer. It was probably the best stand I ever used.
I have a Kallax 2x4 on it's side. xbox, switch and shield all fit perfectly, plenty of airflow front to back. Got some 13x13 bins for what physical media i have left. Power strip in the bottom corner cube fed in through the back with a kallax cabinet door cover over it to hide it away. 75" TV and soundbar on top. Works great.
LTT tech-oriented furniture is a great idea, BUT only in a form of cad files or something, so that you can manufacture them however you want, either completely by yourself, or partly with a custom furniture shop, or completely custom order
There are those rounded staples for wires, might be a good idea to recommend them. I think many people won’t know about them and not sure what name they go by or if they are also just called staples. It’s been a while since we used them but they are great and a lot safer
That or staple a zip tie. There are also little u clamps with adhesive backs. I use those for thin cables.
Oh, Solidworks being a sponsor - that's interesting - are we going to get a lot more DIY videos from now on? Maybe a dedicated channel?
wow thats a big sponsor
Pretty sure they have been the sponsor for multiple videos
@@silverblob5284 they have, yeah
No, LTT isn't about education.
Hope not. I signed up for the Maker's license and it was less than useless. Really disappointed to see the push here. I was messing around for 2-3 hours trying to access the CAD feature, but got nowhere. There's ZERO support. Everything it "check the community forum". Even cancelling was a hassle and I didn't get confirmation. No idea if i'm going to be charged next month or not. Really garbage experience.
Respect to Linus for mentioning but not mention a past sponsor at 18:48. Away from the "issue", they did make good stuff..
Could you please explain
@@Peanutnibbler Anker, they don’t work with them after they were caught lying about security on one of their sub-brand products. It’s a whole story, there should be some LMG clips of the WAN show about it
I love my 72 inch Furnitech stand, but that’s also because I have a massive center channel speaker, PC, Receiver, PS5, LD Player, BD Player, Switch, Retron5, and two power conditioners... removed the rear panels and um… hid an external set of radiators behind the TV for the PC because yeah that got toasty. But hey, it works.
MAKE SURE YOU USE SOMETHING ON THE METAL EDGE. Smooth it or use rubber or something to prevent wires from over time being sliced by the hole. I've learned the hard way it's shockingly easy to start a fire on a cable because a hole in a metal back panel cut the wires because they vibrated. :\ fire, and pops, loud pops.
I got a TV set about 3 years ago now in preparation for my new Xbox and PS5. I ended up having to remove the middle shelf in order to fit it all. I don’t want either console horizontal because they’re meant to be vertical and look better that way. I wish more stands had as much room but with a cleaner design.
BDI or Salamander Designs is the turn key solution. They’re expensive (compared to Ikea and wayfair) but if you appreciate nice furniture it might be worth it. In the furniture world as a whole I think they’re fairly priced.
I mean, Linus bought a 3k ikea tier cabinet, BDI retails for around 2.5k usd, so I think thats right around 3k CAD
I was thinking the exact same thing. But a salamander cabinet wouldn’t have given him a dramatic video 😂😂
Do hot glue guns really give you a stronger bond than super glue or crazy glue or gorilla glue? Somebody should do a video on what the strongest glue is and yes I am saying this before searching for it
Hot glue is definitely not very strong (especially on smooth surfaces) but it's easy to take off without leaving residue or damaging stuff
I'll make the video if you continue Wacky Game Jokez 4 Kidz
Super glue for strong and fast bond. Super glue is generally for low effort crafts. Crazy glue is basically Super glue. Gorilla glue is bad but if you wanted to glue a 2x4 to your concrete floor and have it look like crap then sure. You should use something like liquid nails for that though.
Super Glue dries really fast but you can pull it apart pretty easily. If you really want a strong bond you need something that dries slower & goes on thicker like wood glue or an actual construction adhesive (Loctite, Gorilla, Liquid Nails)
Full metal CNC build with speed holes for ventilation and mounting fans. And obviously appropriately placed cable pass throughs of the proper size. And all of this brought to you from your sponsor, Solid Works.
Best thing I did was just make one on CAD, with the holes in the back and ask a local carpenter to make it.
If you do this, 100% recommend you just making holes and access for 2x the thing, like it'll have 2 consoles = make 4 holes/access points. It's much better to just have the extra and cover them with a mesh in the back or something. Also, make wide holes to avoid the thicker cables and heads being a problem passing through.
One thing that often gets neglected is the height of the stand in comparison to the height of the tv. Oftentimes the tv will end up positioned way higher than it is supposed to be for optimal ergonomics.
And while we're at it, the distance of the tv from the couch and the resolution of the contents youre playing (either fullhd, 2k or 4k) and size of the tv also are factors that play into the ergonomics in the living room.
I often say that it is not always about the bigger, most expensive rig, but how it factors in the environment youre into.
I've always been a fan of those old-school component stereo cabinet towers for stuff like this.
My parents still use a pair of those they have had forever for their modern flat screen TVs. They wont upgrade unless something breaks. I actually had to introduce them to the world of flat screen TVs by buying them one for christmas knowing they would LITERALLY die before their own CRT TVs.
Theyre nicely made, to last this long (even with minor issues now after many moves). But I honestly hate them now. It limits the size of their TVs. I have a 75 inch 4k in my bedroom I scored for pretty cheap, sitting on my dresser. The TV in the living room is like 40 inches or less. The cabinet gives it bad viewing angles, and my chair is way off to the side, so 1/4-1/3rd of the TV is often covered up.
And my biggest complaint... Audio has gotten TRASH. For many many reasons. First off, audio engineers for media just suck now. Because theyre audiophiles, they mix stuff towards the best sounding equipment possible (basically the 50+ channel surround sound in movie theaters). Then, instead of mixing OTHER audio tracks for worse audio systems... They just continuously downgrade the fancy surround sound mix. Most people dont even have that 5 point Dolby surround sound, and basically NOBODY has a theater level surround in their own home. So the fact that NETFLIX DOCUMENTARIES mix their audio like it will EVER be played from the nicest equipment is dumb as hell. These "artists" keep trying to use the FULL DYNAMIC RANGE to make things impactful... The result is quieter whispers and louder explosions (which, if youre an audiophile or cinephile, is awesome... If youre average workin class americans like us trying to relax after a stressful day, F@CKING NO. That is LITERALLY the exact opposite way we want to experience it. I dont want to literally feel like a bomb just went off next to me EVERY time I watch an action movie, most people dont want to be THAT immersed on every viewing, let alone wake up half the neighborhood. And whats worse is, you have to keep the volume up to blow your eardrums out loud, just to hear quiet dialogue. The fact that there ARE high dynamic range options for playing audio now means that audio engineers have an excuse to not only not level their content, but exacerbate the dynamic range. And it doesnt sound good. Dialogue becomes literally inaudible when you try to play that at a reasonable volume on a crappy stereo setup. And ir gets worse with modern actors, who have abused the higher dynamic range of nice audio setups to mumble their way through lines rather than ennaunciate.
The reason I bring all this up is because, short of getting surround sound (my parents arent doing that), the best thing they could change on their end, is to toss the cabinets and use TV stands. CRTs, since they were big and bulky, and inherently had depth anyway, could cram in some pretty nice, big, front facing speakers. Thats what these cabinets were designed for. Modern day flatscreens however are thinner and tried to resuce bezels. The result is now they have a pair of crappy rear or side facing speakers. So the sound you hear has to he reflected. And it gets reflected around inside the cabinet. And wood cabinets seem to absorb quieter volumes and frequencies, while reverberating at louder ones. Cabinets enclose that bouncing sound on 5 out of 6 sides (instead of 2 out of 6 like on a TV stand) This all ensures that loud audio is headache inducing, while dialogue is inaudible. So either we sit on the volume button all night, doing THE AUDIO ENGINEERS JOB of levelling the audio, BY HAND, or we turn subtitles on... Which you can imagine I dont read very well with the smaller TV and awlward viewing angle that cabinet forces.
I have tried putting in a soundbar or speakers, but they basically dont address how the cabinet is causing problems, and they cause the cabinet to reverberate really bad. I've tried sticking them outside the cabinet where I know the speakers will sound better, bug hey, good luck arguing with boomer parents. They hate the way audio is mixed now, but absolutely refuse to ditch the cabinet, learn to use a separate remote for volume, etc... Its lile pulling teeth trying to modernize their setup, even if its in the name of addressing their biggest complaints with watching modern media.
Basically, Cabinets were awesome for old tube TVs... They generally suck for modern flat screens, because of their TV size limitations, and their aweful exacerbation of both worse audio equipment, and modern audio mixing practices.
@@hatman4818 Yeah, I wouldn't put the TV on the tower. That's where the turntable goes! Or the reel-to-reel if you're nasty. What I do is wall-mount like Linus has, put everything into the component rack with the switch, and then the tower can kinda go anywhere.
I built a shelf like this for my older consoles back in the day. I had an AV source selector on each shelf, and a source selector for the whole thing to make a 2-layer source selector to support all the consoles. Then I had a power strip on the back of each shelf. I also put garage door sweep on the front of each shelf so I could squeeze controller cables through and prevent people from yoinking the consoles off the shelf, since good wireless controllers just didn't exist for those consoles.
That cabinet is appropriately sized for the space! Looks just fine. :)
Pair up with Foureyes Furniture or Blacktail Studios to design an LTT Media Cabinet! You've got the space for a CNC shop, put the time into good CAD work, and hire a couple dwankies to stick the wood on the CNC and hit the "Go" button. With the right design, you could have solid flat-pack design and delicious aesthetic choices!
Wyrmwood.
@@XavAnd32_ They make tabletop gaming furniture, not general furniture.
@@1steelcobra They make a standing desk which isn't gaming. They also have a Murphy bar. They have keystone legacy which is furniture
@@XavAnd32_ Either way you're responding to suggestions to go to one of two independent youtubers who exclusively do custom work with an industrial shop that is fitted out to do a few specific models of larger furniture.
@@1steelcobra really don't care, not that deep.
I know how you feel about the furniture dilemma. I can't find a corner desk to save my life. When I bought the corner desk I'm currently using I got it back in 2005 and back then they were all over the place, a dime a dozen if you will. Now, it's nearly impossible to find something that looks good and functional (it's like trying to find a PC case with a 5.25" dive bay). I've actually been thinking of getting the tools and making one.
I just built a new PC and I wanted to carry over my BD-ROM burner drive, but almost nothing reasonably priced or sized offers that feature. it's all Disco Aquariums because the kids put them on their desks and not under the desk like adults do. Then I realized that in the 2-3 years since I'd replaced my DVD burner with the BD drive, I could only think of one or two times I'd actually used the thing. So rather than be stuck with a case for something I almost never use, I got one of those two sides glass Disco Aquarium cases (Montech Sky Two) for much less and spent $50 for a drive housing so I can just hook it up when needed.
Props to the editor on this one! Love all the fun added details
I love the idea of 'techify-ing' furniture to make it more suitable for cable management / tidyness / etc! I'm just suprised that they opted for a closed PC case inside the already enclosed cabinet. It seems like because that part of the cabinet is now dust filtered, and with good airflow from the Noctua fans, you could almost treat that compartment AS a pc case, and just mount all the components to the inside? Thinking about it a bit more, you could include a vertical shelf, mount most PC componenets one side and have the PSU / cable rats nest the other side (similar to a PC test bench), and the whole shelf could even slide out on rails (similar to the drawers) for easy maintainence / upgrades? Just some design ideas for the (hopefully) upcoming LTT TV stand!
Man, I felt so bad for Harrison and Tim the whole time watching this. I'm sure so many hours went into this project and to have linus just throw these unsatisfied comments the entire time, even after coming back from a vacation, had to have hurt. I know linus reads comments on UA-cam so maybe he will reference this one to ultimately defend himself on wan show tomorrow.
Probably did, but Linus said multiple times that things were changed without him knowing prior until today, I would be more sympathetic if they followed his instructions directly but it didn't seem that way, like with the metal backing etc.
Plus I can understand the frustration of furniture companies, even when I got something personalised it came out badly done and I had to constantly modify lmao these companies are crap but also whoever picked that cabinet needs to rethink the choice that ain't 3k worth of materials nor worth it, frankly if marble and wood were a bit cheaper today then he could probably get the production team to build one but I'm not for that less losing sanity that way lmao
One of the options on the market for this type of cabinet would be Salamander Design. They are quality built, and even have rack posts you can have installed inside.
This is the comment I was looking for! I've installed tons of these in high end homes where a traditional rack can't be hidden.
I have the Oslo 245. It was tough spending that much but it's perfect for projector, receiver, center speaker, Series X and Nintendo Switch with cooling options. Really impressed with the build quality.
Love the fact that Jake is the perfect chaos energy match to Linus. The chaotic good harmony is just immaculate. *Chefs kiss*
Within 5 minutes of watching I was like "He's definitely going to do an LTT cabinet". Glad to see I wasn't wrong lol! If it does end up happening, super hype!
Gotta check out BDI's cabinets, they're pricey but they put a lot of attention into the dimensions and cable management design.
Linus paid more or less what a BDI cabinet is worth, so...
I love my craigslist Octave
@@BitGladius Nice! I also got lucky and scored a second hand Casata off Kijiji and have been extremely happy with it.
I just went through this myself, settling on what I could get, and thought maybe I'd follow along: until I saw that 3 preceding the 699 I already couldn't justify spending on a cabinet I was going to mod... I bought my center for 200 bucks, and got my awesome Fractal hoodie through the Christmas mystery super sale for $25... 😬
Married life? Does the money go out faster or slower?
I love how you guys still use a wii u. Its great for retro games on the tv, and high quality wii games. Fantastic job yall :)
I had noise in my USB to my DAC which came through my studio monitors. I bought a startech USB 3.0 pci-e card with 4 dedicated lanes like Linus mentioned. Happy to say it's fixed all my issues. Thanks Linus! ☺️
100% agreed! TV stands needs to be improved greatly for everything these days! UGH!
This is so relatable, I was also outraged, I found a passable solution but could use additional cooling.
Everyone needs an LTT store media cabinet in their lives! Please save us from poorly designed TV cabinets!
8:31 proving once and for all Linus has mastered object permanence.