RackCabinet
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Premise
- People make variable-sized cabinets to hold their entertainment system.
- People make standard-cabinets to hold their computer equipment (aka: Racks)
- Computer equipment is becoming more an entertainment system every day.
Solution?
- Use computer rack standards as the basis for entertainment system cabinet.
Basic Layout
- Cabinet with a square footprint with rails spaced as a 19 inch rack along all faces.
- ie, cabinets are not designed with an explicit 'front'
- Two cabinets roughly 2metres high (42 RU?) for speakers and storage.
- Two cabinets roughly 60cm high (12RU?) to make a base for TV. This should be suitable height and proportion for a LARGE modern flatscreen TV.
- My preferred style: Metal cabinets, with fancy wooden doors at front, and simple panelled doors on the outsides. Inside faces which face other faces are left with no panels. (nor rear)
- For remote control access through doors, an IR-retransmitter may be required. Alternatively, bluetooth remotes
- Advantage of square footprint is that rack-mount shelves can be mounted to face outwards from the sides (for use as speaker stands or random cabinet trinkets)
Additional notes
Some things may need to be custom designed?
