So I’m building a new gaming (and movie) setup for some of my existing gear. The configuration list is:
- Xbox Series X, mounted in
- ElecGear Wall Mount, with VESA mount pattern.
- VIVO wall-mount VESA arm (in white), which will be bolted to a leg of one of my white workbenches. EDIT: this was replaced with an Ergotron model, because the Vivo one suffered a structural failure:
…in the metal construction within two days.
- TCL C7k 50″ TV mounted on:
- iPad Pro, mounted on: Edit: This didn’t really work out, for reasons listed below.
- Kuxiu VESA / Ball Mount smart connector charging mount.
- Anglepoise-style suspension arm with 1/4″-20 ball head. EDIT: This really didn’t work out, as the fixed ball head is too weak to secure the sorts of weight it claims to handle.
- Arcon Mount Ball to 1/4″-20 adapter.
- Magsafe-style breakaway 90 degree USBC adapter, to prevent port strain. Edit: This was brilliant.
- Added to that a second straight USB-C magnetic connector to charge my heaphones in order to cut down on port wear, using the same 24-pin connector. Edit: This was also brilliant.
Now we play the waiting game for all the bits to arrive.
To provide some context, gaming is the major social activity I have, given the people closest to me live hours away, and Covid has denied me pubs, bars, restaurants, cinemas etc. The way we set things up is running a Facetime call on the iPad, floating in space to my side, and the Facetime audio going to bluetooth earbuds, worn under a gaming headset, for games where in-game chat doesn’t work. You get the full social aspect of LAN gaming in the same room.
