Gadgetory

welcome to the ultimate Xbox setup a design we approached by not only worrying about what systems to put up what TV to use and what knickknacks to decorate with but starting with something entirely unique to set it apart a custom entertainment console and since I don't know anything about woodworking I went to get help from Chris from four-eyes furniture okay so this is the idea I had I really wanted to kind of drive home this idea of like you know big X for Xbox you know thematic thing is this something we could do or is this a bad idea and I don't understand how a carpentry works it's something that we could do but I think that a lot of what you're going for is probably gonna get lost because of the supports that are gonna be needed to make it actually function just not this because if we did do this it would fall apart the moment put anything on it it might or to make it where it wouldn't it might kind of lose the X Factor that you're going for ah thank you no pun intended turns out this was only a minor setback though as Chris came up with his own new idea and spin on incorporating the X now he's actually put up a video on his own channel showing the making of this so make sure you check that out and all that hard work led to this so when Chris first showed me this design I was immediately in awe for a few different reasons first I really loved how it maintained this idea of having this very clear X symbol incorporated into the design by making it recessed in a little bit and using a darker wood almost making it look like the shelves are kind of floating in space around this X design that you can clearly see in the middle another thought I had to right away when seeing it was how it actually kind of reminded me of the original Xbox which featured this X design on top and a number of lines coming out of the side obviously there's fewer more prominent lines and the X isn't quite as big but it gave me this feeling and thought right away of Xboxes roots so let's take a look at what we decked this thing out with obviously it wouldn't be an Xbox setup without of course X boxes so going with this sort of tiered arrangement we have the original Xbox on bottom above that we have a 360 opting to go with the slim design over the fatter original and the annoyingly bucks like 360 II and on top taking center stage is of course the white Xbox 1s easily the best-looking gaming console Microsoft has ever released now of course the one is going to be getting the most use out of the system's here so set up alongside it on the top we have a single charging dock for a controller a great way to keep the controller charged make it easy to find and grab and put it on display all at the same time on the lower shelves we also added some hugo lights to help accentuate the X making it really pop out at nighttime now last time we did the ultimate PlayStation setup one of the things we did to try and spice it up was incorporate a little figure of Nathan Drake from uncharted and I want to do the same thing this time but taken next level and when you think about Microsoft and Xbox the one series you have to keep in mind is Halo so we grabbed this full-size replica of a needler from the series which is way larger than I expected to be but the light-up effects and everything just perfectly complement this set up I still wanted to keep a few smaller figure knickknacks around so I had to bring in good old Marcus Fenix of Gears of War Fame and threw in my favorite pop figure Titan for good measure titanfall - may have gone multi-platform but the original is still the best console exclusives to grace the Xbox ones now now of course most of the things on these shelves are for show or obviously the system's we need to play the games but there's a functional side that we can't entirely ignore and that's what we brought in these shelves down here now with this you're going to be able to fold a lot of different items that you might need to grab every now and then whether that's controllers for the older systems or some your favorite games you want to have on hand to pull out whenever you want to play then of course there's the TV the thing that ties all of this together to make gaming as immersive as possible I wanted to make sure we grab something that support both 4k and HDR to get the most out of the Xbox one and this Samsung 4k ultra HD smart TV felt like the perfect choice at 65 inches it is the perfect size for this cabinet with a virtually no bezel keeping gameplay as the center focus and what's even better is this is one of the lowest latency modern TVs on the market which is an absolute must for competitive gaming I feel like with this design we accomplished all the goals we set for it something that makes a statement right away with its unique design showcasing a clear love of Xbox franchises but at the same time doesn't get bogged down with too much stuff cramped everywhere keeping it looking clean and emphasizing the sort of aesthetic and direction the system is going with the Xbox 1s also if you're wondering what this little box is it's the emergency Doritos candy and war Mountain Dew stash