My Hockey Central Setup

[psuscott0483]

there are a lot of extremely nice setups in here i dont think my mega cheap basement setup will rank up there very high but i just thought id share with fellow sports fans in here.

first i started out with some old rug that my parents gave me from their house and i sort of made it fit the room:

then i added my old tv that i got off a friend for $200:

then i added two old tvs i had laying around and old directv receivers i reactivated for both and my cerwin vega speakers

then i hooked up my old amp and my ps3/xbox/wii and yes, even a vcr

then i brought in some ugly hand-me-down furniture, theres another sofa that goes in the middle where the table is (a lot of people come over to watch hockey)

then i added another tv

more tvs

more tvs

all done for now, i have some goal lights im going to hook up in the ceiling and a horn


the pictures were also taken with a horrible camera, so overall this setup is awful compared to everybody on here but i hope to have this room redone and dry-walled with a nice projector screen someday and i soon will order a cerwin vega 15" sub center speaker and rear speakers and a new sony receiver. its a starter home for me, im working on it.

[Fors*]

Dude, posts some pics in your gallery pronto! I'm at work and can't view the above pics within this post. If you like hockey as much as I do, then check out my pics. I would like your opinion.....

[MacDaddyOJack]

Now all you need is a ceiling!

You have about half as many tv's as my local B-dub's, haha. Must be great for football(or hockey)

[BruceWayne]

Looks fun! I don't have the programming to make it work if I wanted to. Awesome setup for sports for sure!

[psuscott0483]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

Dude, posts some pics in your gallery pronto! I'm at work and can't view the above pics within this post. If you like hockey as much as I do, then check out my pics. I would like your opinion.....

wow your setup makes mine look like terrible haha, but ill post them there. i have a room upstairs with all my jerseys, pucks, etc but thats a good idea to put them all in one room together.

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by psuscott0483

wow your setup makes mine look like terrible haha, but ill post them there. i have a room upstairs with all my jerseys, pucks, etc but thats a good idea to put them all in one room together.

I wanted to paint the walls to make the room look like a locker room, with the hockey jersey's hanging there, some equipment and a huge area rug of the Flyers emblem. However, the wife suddenly took an interest into what I was going to do for "my" room and then this happened..... So what you see is us meeting halfway.

I see your one pic now.....are able to watch all of those games at the same time? I have Center Ice, but...... Where's the bar and wings?

[School]

SUTTER LOOKS LIKE SLOTH IN THAT PIC HA HA.. Lets Go Devils, i though we were a shoe in for the cup but man with that 6 game losing streak got me scared. Nice to see a fellow hockey fan on here.

[psuscott0483]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

I wanted to paint the walls to make the room look like a locker room, with the hockey jersey's hanging there, some equipment and a huge area rug of the Flyers emblem. However, the wife suddenly took an interest into what I was going to do for "my" room and then this happened..... So what you see is us meeting halfway.

I see your one pic now.....are able to watch all of those games at the same time? I have Center Ice, but...... Where's the bar and wings?

well even for halfway that is still really cool! i cant watch any flyers games because thats my local market so theyre blacked out but i can watch 6 different games now. i had to add a receiver for each tv. so luckily when i upgraded my boxes to hd i still kept those standard ones and all i had to do was call to reactivate, only 4.99/m instead of buying new ones for $70

[psuscott0483]

Originally Posted by School

SUTTER LOOKS LIKE SLOTH IN THAT PIC HA HA.. Lets Go Devils, i though we were a shoe in for the cup but man with that 6 game losing streak got me scared. Nice to see a fellow hockey fan on here.

so glad they snapped out of that this weekend. still bad news on elias though, i hear he wont play tomorrow either.

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by psuscott0483

well even for halfway that is still really cool! i cant watch any flyers games because thats my local market so theyre blacked out but i can watch 6 different games now. i had to add a receiver for each tv. so luckily when i upgraded my boxes to hd i still kept those standard ones and all i had to do was call to reactivate, only 4.99/m instead of buying new ones for $70

Yeah, I have DirecTV, but my market is considered Pitt/Wash, so I get both cities games as my local team. However, Comcrap has the exclusivity rights to the Flyers, so I can't watch them either, even though I am not in the Flyers market. Has something do with the the viewing rights Comcast got when they bought Prism 19 yrs ago. By the way, that exclusivity right ends after next year (20 yrs), and then, well, maybe......Flyers games!

Good deal with the boxes for sure. I wouldn't mind watching all of the games without having to turn the channel.....add a few more pics if you can...

[School]

Originally Posted by psuscott0483

so glad they snapped out of that this weekend. still bad news on elias though, i hear he wont play tomorrow either.

Havlid is out also but they said if it was playoffs elisa would be in the line up.. Are you a devils fan?

[psuscott0483]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

Yeah, I have DirecTV, but my market is considered Pitt/Wash, so I get both cities games as my local team. However, Comcrap has the exclusivity rights to the Flyers, so I can't watch them either, even though I am not in the Flyers market. Has something do with the the viewing rights Comcast got when they bought Prism 19 yrs ago. By the way, that exclusivity right ends after next year (20 yrs), and then, well, maybe......Flyers games!

Good deal with the boxes for sure. I wouldn't mind watching all of the games without having to turn the channel.....add a few more pics if you can...

well thats good to know, it doesnt make much sense to pay for a package for every game and then have some be blacked out? i try to turn on a flyers game from time to time even on the nhl network channel they black it out as well, its really frustrating.

Originally Posted by School

Havlid is out also but they said if it was playoffs elisa would be in the line up.. Are you a devils fan?

hopefully elias will be rested up then for the 15th. ive been a devils fan since cup finals 1995. i watched scott neidermayer shoot a puck off the boards behind the detroit goalie to get him to dive in that direction, he collected the rebound off the boards and shot it into the net on the other side; i was only 12 but i thought it was the coolest thing ever.

[School]

Originally Posted by psuscott0483

well thats good to know, it doesnt make much sense to pay for a package for every game and then have some be blacked out? i try to turn on a flyers game from time to time even on the nhl network channel they black it out as well, its really frustrating.

hopefully elias will be rested up then for the 15th. ive been a devils fan since cup finals 1995. i watched scott neidermayer shoot a puck off the boards behind the detroit goalie to get him to dive in that direction, he collected the rebound off the boards and shot it into the net on the other side; i was only 12 but i thought it was the coolest thing ever.

if i remember correctly that gave them a 3-2 lead right after detroit scored it was game 2 and Jim Dowd finished that game off with the 4th goal. Funny thing is i think i was 12 also. I have been to about 33 games this season. I also just bought seasons for next year.

[Bizi Jones]

lol, this is like a retro war room for reviewing questionable goals. However without a waitress, it still doesn't beat a bar with center ice

[odin24]

Nice setup... one problem though, you need more Habs stuff!!!

[School]

Originally Posted by Bizi Jones

lol, this is like a retro war room for reviewing questionable goals. However without a waitress, it still doesn't beat a bar with center ice

I was going to get center ice but i sucks that all games are not broadcast in HD. I hate hockey are bars you cant pay much attention to the game.

[Bizi Jones]

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"Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose -- it's how drunk you get."

[psuscott0483]

Originally Posted by School

I was going to get center ice but i sucks that all games are not broadcast in HD. I hate hockey are bars you cant pay much attention to the game.

for the most part i would say atleast 75% of the games are in HD now...with some games showing HD in both feeds (home and away)...unless you are a devils, sabres, rangers, or islanders fan...because as of jan 22 of this year HD games are no longer shown for any of those teams on directv.

[School]

Originally Posted by psuscott0483

for the most part i would say atleast 75% of the games are in HD now...with some games showing HD in both feeds (home and away)...unless you are a devils, sabres, rangers, or islanders fan...because as of jan 22 of this year HD games are no longer shown for any of those teams on directv.

I just got season tickets for the Devils next year so wont be needing center ice. IO is also great with HD coverage for the devils away games

[SDon1969]

Awesome Hockey Den!