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CliffyBiro · 24 Jun 2008 at 16:28

Blackhawk47 said:
picked it up from argos the other day for £10. brilliant.

getting a proper green/blue one for bedroom but for my desk. this one is great !

Here's the one I got from the Bay. Looks great at night. One thing I didn't like about the one from argos was that the white light from the bulb escaped a lot and not much light was given off actually through the bottle.

Blackhawk47 · 24 Jun 2008 at 19:50

skippi90 said:
Here's the one I got from the Bay. Looks great at night. One thing I didn't like about the one from argos was that the white light from the bulb escaped a lot and not much light was given off actually through the bottle.

yeah i seem to get that problem though at first i didnt :rolleyes:

now , yeah i do. ive ordered a proper one (so new - original style

) for bedroom. so hopefully thats better. but for a tenner im not that fussed especially when its from argos. just had an empty space on my desk which needed to be filled.

the clock i have on my desk is brill and thats from argos, large display numbers - easy to read = perfect for a gamer who needs to keep an eye on the time. and as an added bonus it plugs into the mains rather than using endless batteries. i have it on all day

"going green..." - bring it on !

Bradmax57 · 24 Jun 2008 at 20:28

hackeron said:
I'll do you a better one, 3 lines, much smaller font

Ive had signatures removed being 3 lines before of simple plain text, and ive no idea why!

Blackhawk47 · 24 Jun 2008 at 20:54

opps "what happens when the wax in your lava lamp has turned stick shape ?"

hackeron · 24 Jun 2008 at 22:46

Anyone had experience with one of these or anything similar? < http://www.shop-com.co.uk/Rainbow_effect_Lava_lamp_20z-48423464-63072502-p!.shtml?sourceid=309

Also, I'm thinking of getting a new desk and arranging my room like this: http://hackeron.dyndns.org/My Room-frombed.jpg

I don't really the idea of mounting a second display to my current desk somehow or mounting to the wall, a bigger desk is the way to go me thinks.

medley · 24 Jun 2008 at 23:19

Neoni said:
Not sure if i posted it here:

The TV looks like its about to fall off your table. Is it safe enough?

Neoni · 24 Jun 2008 at 23:32

medley said:
The TV looks like its about to fall off your table. Is it safe enough?

Very safe mate its not where near the edge, the stand is slightlt off but solid as a rock

Blackhawk47 · 24 Jun 2008 at 23:34

hackeron said:
Anyone had experience with one of these or anything similar? < http://www.shop-com.co.uk/Rainbow_effect_Lava_lamp_20z-48423464-63072502-p!.shtml?sourceid=309

Also, I'm thinking of getting a new desk and arranging my room like this: http://hackeron.dyndns.org/My Room-frombed.jpg

I don't really the idea of mounting a second display to my current desk somehow or mounting to the wall, a bigger desk is the way to go me thinks.

got one in the post and should be here tomorrow if if its anything like the one i ordered. ill let you know !

hackeron · 25 Jun 2008 at 00:37

Blackhawk47 said:
got one in the post and should be here tomorrow if if its anything like the one i ordered. ill let you know !

Thanks

- looks like this kind of lava lamp could be damn near perfect as the behind monitor lighting, will create a warm and relaxing night light with moving rainbow colours.

Currently the screen brightness is quite overwhelming at night even at minimum brightness without any kind of "back light".

Hungryjoey · 25 Jun 2008 at 02:07

The main PC desk & TV in the "tech" room of the house.. It has recently been gutted and I have removed about 4 PC's from this room and all my years of boxes and hardware bits and pieces. All gone up in the loft :rolleyes:

40" Sony 2500, 360, HTPC Laptop, Wii etc.. etc.. New 5.1 System coming next week I hope.

And my server with 2 x 500GB's & 2 x 320GB's. I've just ordered 2 x 1TB Drives for it. Been running for years without fail now! Filesever, Printserver, VNC Server running on it, PVR Records direct to it via. network.. It does everything!

EdGey · 25 Jun 2008 at 04:17

MoNkEyMiKeY said:
Eww a lefty

i lol'd

EdGey · 25 Jun 2008 at 04:20

Blackhawk47 said:

pretty hefty fart eh?

Blackhawk47 · 25 Jun 2008 at 14:20

hackeron said:
Thanks - looks like this kind of lava lamp could be damn near perfect as the behind monitor lighting, will create a warm and relaxing night light with moving rainbow colours.

Currently the screen brightness is quite overwhelming at night even at minimum brightness without any kind of "back light".

havent got camera for pics but got it up and running ... its this one

http://www.lavaworld.com/viewProduct.cfm?ID=2301-4

its better than the argos one which is now in my bedroom and got this proper one on computer desk. its perfect size for me and works great. colours are very vibrant and it only cost me £20

sharpygsxr · 25 Jun 2008 at 17:14

My workstation altho i use the word "work" with great sarcasm

And for any guitarists a pic of my geetars.

hackeron · 25 Jun 2008 at 19:59

Blackhawk47 said:
havent got camera for pics but got it up and running ... its this one

http://www.lavaworld.com/viewProduct.cfm?ID=2301-4

its better than the argos one which is now in my bedroom and got this proper one on computer desk. its perfect size for me and works great. colours are very vibrant and it only cost me £20

How is it as night? -- If you turn all lights off in the room and just have the monitor and lavalamp, does it provide enough of a back light to stop an LCD being overwhelmingly bright?

Also, does it create a kind of relaxing soft moving light on the walls?

If you could take some pictures that would be great

Blackhawk47 · 25 Jun 2008 at 20:04

hackeron said:
How is it as night? -- If you turn all lights off in the room and just have the monitor and lavalamp, does it provide enough of a back light to stop an LCD being overwhelmingly bright?

Also, does it create a kind of relaxing soft moving light on the walls?

If you could take some pictures that would be great

its not night time yet lol to sunny but i dont think it gives off as much light as you think

havent got camera on me atm

hackeron · 25 Jun 2008 at 20:07

Blackhawk47 said:
its not night time yet lol to sunny but i dont think it gives off as much light as you think

havent got camera on me atm

Haha, looking forward to your description of it at night

-- I'm not looking for something that gives off a lot of light, on the contrary, just some light to turn the blackness behind the monitor to something more neutral so it doesn't feel like you're staring at a lightbulb when you don't have the light on in the room.

I plan to put one of these (or something similar) behind my LCD.

Blackhawk47 · 25 Jun 2008 at 20:10

hackeron said:
Haha, looking forward to your description of it at night -- I'm not looking for something that gives off a lot of light, on the contrary, just some light to turn the blackness behind the monitor to something more neutral so it doesn't feel like you're staring at a lightbulb when you don't have the light on in the room.

I plan to put one of these (or something similar) behind my LCD.

ill have to wait and see then....

EDIT: just letting you know that mine gives off a green glow to the walls in about a radius of a foot or so.

i guess it just depends where you position it as mine is at the corner of my desk.

Hungryjoey · 26 Jun 2008 at 16:49

Neoni said:
gonna have a tidy up soon i reckon!

Would you not consider putting both monitor speakers on the same desk ? That would do my nut in having one higher then the other, especially with monitor speakers.

Nice set tho. :cool:

hackeron · 26 Jun 2008 at 16:52

Hungryjoey said:
Would you not consider putting both monitor speakers on the same desk ? That would do my nut in having one higher then the other, especially with monitor speakers.

Nice set tho.

Well, really, I'd get rid of the storage units on the left and right and put quality speaker stands with spikes on the bottom filled with sand -- made a *huge* difference in sound quality here with my monitor speakers

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