/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6060905
It's just crowded. My goal is to fit in as much stuff as possible. Everything is carefully placed wherever it will snugly fit.
Everything is hooked up. The only thing that doesn't "live" there is the Dreamcast, which is usually plugged into a modern wall mounted TV in another room along with a PS2 and some black plastic.

I agree there is a symmetry problem (the stuff piled on the right is creeping too high), and a structural problem with the sagging improvised "shelf" in the middle, but it would be prohibitively annoying to change now. It used to make me a little anxious too, but it has proven stable over a long time.
I use the table as a workbench too, so both corners are usually covered with some mess of a "project." The Saturn is there now because I'm currently tuning it. I just set the top case back on for the picture. All the controllers are usually stored in the drawers or bins.

>>4610016
I have a "front of house" setup too, typical boring modern flat-panel TV not pictured.

>>4558058
The point of both is physically owning an object that represents the media you appreciate. The inconvenience of obsolete physical media actually forces you to engage in a more active way. The act of listening to a record is more intentional, as opposed to "easy" streaming etc. which is incidental. When you put a record on, you are kind of committing to listening to it.

VHS isn't as interesting to me because I was more exposed to it as a kid, and thought it was crappy even back then. Laserdiscs stand out as "cool" in my mind, like something I would've fantasized about owning in the 90s if I were a millionaire, just like a NeoGeo. But as I've begun accumulating LDs, I've noticed that I also just love the era of movies that the format covers. VHS would scratch that itch too, for some people.

>>4558086
>It's analog, so it's an actual recording of the music and not a digital one
Except modern music is recorded digitally from the start. I still enjoy vinyl for the other reasons you mention though.