Isn't masking tape the one that looks kinda like sticky yellow/beige paper? I think you're right about tape being used, but it's one of the clear ones.
I also counted at least three of the plastic ones that get nailed to the wall. One near your first picture, (can't see it while I write this comment (really need to get a better client than Voyager) so I forget if it's visible in the pic or if you need to check the big pic), on the cable from the PS4 to the TV, just after the bend to a diagonal, it's one of the ones you clip the cable into after mounting. And two on the xbox psu cable, they are both the type that you nail over the wire and a curved bit of plastic holds the wire against the wall.
But those were the only ones I could see, plus even those ones don't explain how it keeps the hard angles instead of the cable settling into a rounded shape. Guessing they intended to use the plastic ones but quickly realized it wouldn't hold the shape they wanted without needing to put a ton of holes in the wall and switched to tape after that to solve both problems.
Edit: looking at it again, I don't think the first one I mentioned is one of those clips anymore, so just the two on the xbox psu cable (should be obvious once you see them).
Likely just double sided tape. That would gather dust where exposed, (not stuck to wires, bit) though. As I found out from doing the same thing with a super long lamp cable, in my bathroom, where we only had a heatlamp, and that sucked in summer. But also the power point was in an awkward place, so I dangled a lamp from the ceiling, but after taking it down, and being too lazy to remove the tape, now it's fly catching tape.
Kinect on 360 was super cool and showed lots of promise. Then Xbone came out and the prospect of a newer better Kinect was so cool. Then they did absolutely fuck all with it. I bought a bundle that had it. I don't even think they ever had any games for it. It was a Cortana mic and nothing else.
Me and my roommate had a Kinect back in the day, just because how dumb it was. And it really was, but it also had a feature that you could use it as a remote of sorts. It didn't work properly, but if it did, it would've been actually kinda cool
The cynic in me is whispering about AI and people creating cable porn with it (it's happened before) and then saving in a shitty resolution so it's harder to tell.
Edit: alright, the image is much older than genAI available to the public. Still no pixels.
Or just do what I did where I have one of those wall mounted plastic channels with some of the cables hidden in it but two other cables just go to the TV without being hidden because the channel got full and I decided that I was done managing my cables for now.
The lady that owned this place before me had one of those in wall cable runs on a wall I didn't want to put my TV on. Not even sure how you get the cable out the other side, so I've left it there with the broken HDMI cable she left there, in case I want to run a different cable (so I can just attach it to the current one and pull it through). I probably should just patch the wall up though lol.
Yeah, I am one and can confirm that lol. Literally have designed systems of managed cables in power industry for a living and tried to make it clean. lol
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Lumidaub@feddit.org · 100 pts · 179d
Found one from before the Pixel Blight Calamity:
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 179d
All those pixels and I still can’t figure out how the cables are attached to the wall.
anguo@piefed.ca · 31 pts · 179d
Superglue. Don't try this at home, kids!
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 20 pts · 179d
I'm so used to articles on websites being nonsense, I didn't even think to check the text around the image: https://www.cultofmac.com/news/home-theater-setup-makes-exposed-wires-look-cool
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 179d
Superglue on the wall? What a nightmare.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 179d
Pretty sure they used masking tape
Scubus@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 179d
Wouldnt let me upload two photos in one post
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 178d
Isn't masking tape the one that looks kinda like sticky yellow/beige paper? I think you're right about tape being used, but it's one of the clear ones.
I also counted at least three of the plastic ones that get nailed to the wall. One near your first picture, (can't see it while I write this comment (really need to get a better client than Voyager) so I forget if it's visible in the pic or if you need to check the big pic), on the cable from the PS4 to the TV, just after the bend to a diagonal, it's one of the ones you clip the cable into after mounting. And two on the xbox psu cable, they are both the type that you nail over the wire and a curved bit of plastic holds the wire against the wall.
But those were the only ones I could see, plus even those ones don't explain how it keeps the hard angles instead of the cable settling into a rounded shape. Guessing they intended to use the plastic ones but quickly realized it wouldn't hold the shape they wanted without needing to put a ton of holes in the wall and switched to tape after that to solve both problems.
Edit: looking at it again, I don't think the first one I mentioned is one of those clips anymore, so just the two on the xbox psu cable (should be obvious once you see them).
LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 178d
Likely just double sided tape. That would gather dust where exposed, (not stuck to wires, bit) though. As I found out from doing the same thing with a super long lamp cable, in my bathroom, where we only had a heatlamp, and that sucked in summer. But also the power point was in an awkward place, so I dangled a lamp from the ceiling, but after taking it down, and being too lazy to remove the tape, now it's fly catching tape.
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 179d
Sheer force of will.
LiveLM@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 178d
Photo so old the mf actually thought the Xbox One Kinect was going to be of any use 🫣
Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 178d
Kinect on 360 was super cool and showed lots of promise. Then Xbone came out and the prospect of a newer better Kinect was so cool. Then they did absolutely fuck all with it. I bought a bundle that had it. I don't even think they ever had any games for it. It was a Cortana mic and nothing else.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 3 pts · 178d
Me and my roommate had a Kinect back in the day, just because how dumb it was. And it really was, but it also had a feature that you could use it as a remote of sorts. It didn't work properly, but if it did, it would've been actually kinda cool
Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 178d
Hey Cortana, volume up. VOLUME UP. Yeah, it was ass.
NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org · 6 pts · 179d
Can I use this?
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 18 pts · 179d
It's not mine, I have no claim to anything.
NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org · 17 pts · 179d
Old version:
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website · 65 pts · 179d
Personally, I love that layout.
I'm always at a loss for what to put up as wall decorations, and I hate rats nests of cables. Win-win!
edinbruh@feddit.it · 26 pts · 179d
What's the bug?
NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org · 28 pts · 179d
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 21 pts · 179d
That's actually amazing, and I think I just spawned a new project.
(Y'know, to distract from all the other ones)
sundray@lemmus.org · 8 pts · 178d
I love starting projects!
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 179d
What's them?And really, cables nicely ordered is one thing, but they did make it artsy.
But how? Glue? Too less pixels to see.
Jestzer@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 179d
Top one is the power brick for the Xbox One (the original, VCR-looking one) and the bottom one is the Steam Link.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 179d
Ah, thanks!
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 8 pts · 179d
Seriously, was there a pixel crop failure?
The cynic in me is whispering about AI and people creating cable porn with it (it's happened before) and then saving in a shitty resolution so it's harder to tell.Edit: alright, the image is much older than genAI available to the public. Still no pixels.
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 179d
Top one looks like a power brick.
Bottom one looks like one of the steam link boxes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Link
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 179d
Yes, thank you too!
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 18 pts · 179d
Better cables.
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org · 16 pts · 179d
Found the cum dungeon
OozingPositron@feddit.cl · 9 pts · 179d
You just need some binoculars for the TV, or you could use that nice PSVR 2 as a display.
trd@feddit.nu · 3 pts · 178d
What is that black box in the right corner?
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 178d
Likely a subwoofer. They do better in corners.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 2 pts · 178d
Indeed.
jnod4@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 178d
Racks from where?
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 2 pts · 178d
Wayfair.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 179d
it looks cool, but you better hope you will not need to do any change to that setup ever
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 5 pts · 179d
No more new consoles for you, ever.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 178d
Or just do what I did where I have one of those wall mounted plastic channels with some of the cables hidden in it but two other cables just go to the TV without being hidden because the channel got full and I decided that I was done managing my cables for now.
The lady that owned this place before me had one of those in wall cable runs on a wall I didn't want to put my TV on. Not even sure how you get the cable out the other side, so I've left it there with the broken HDMI cable she left there, in case I want to run a different cable (so I can just attach it to the current one and pull it through). I probably should just patch the wall up though lol.
Gyroplast@pawb.social · 14 pts · 179d
Tell me you're an electrical engineer without telling me.
Captain_Faraday@programming.dev · 10 pts · 179d
Yeah, I am one and can confirm that lol. Literally have designed systems of managed cables in power industry for a living and tried to make it clean. lol
kn0wmad1c@programming.dev · 12 pts · 179d
The only thing I don't like is the cable running across the floor
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 179d
MoffKalast@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 179d
I'd still manage to magically snag and trip over it.
DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 179d
Should be tagged NSFW with cables like that.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 178d
And then they have a trip cord running across the room.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 179d
This has to be over 10 years old now
arschflugkoerper@feddit.org · 12 pts · 179d
But that‘s a PS4, I‘m sure it just came out D:
chocrates@piefed.world · 6 pts · 179d
I have a cat5 hanging from some pillars as it crosses the room. This is great