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MCE DIY cabinet is versatile
Most people make the mistake of putting their screens too high above eye level. When seated, your eyes are supposed to be looking straight ahead to the BOTTOM THIRD of the screen. To accomplish that, I built this low-profile shelving unit to house the electronics. Side view from right-to-left has one of the Sony 5.1 speakers, and a MultiTech USB voice/faxmodem. This gives amazing pop-up caller ID on the MCE screen. The caller ID is via a program called Tapirex which displays the name and photo of the caller, in addition to speaking their name through the livingroom speakers! I have the computer-synthesized voice programmed to say silly phrases such as "Heavens to mergatroid! John Smith is calling again. Please answer the phonecall from John Smith"
MCE DIY cabinet is versatile
Most people make the mistake of putting their screens too high above eye level. When seated, your eyes are supposed to be looking straight ahead to the BOTTOM THIRD of the screen. To accomplish that, I built this low-profile shelving unit to house the electronics. Side view from right-to-left has one of the Sony 5.1 speakers, and a MultiTech USB voice/faxmodem. This gives amazing pop-up caller ID on the MCE screen. The caller ID is via a program called Tapirex which displays the name and photo of the caller, in addition to speaking their name through the livingroom speakers! I have the computer-synthesized voice programmed to say silly phrases such as "Heavens to mergatroid! John Smith is calling again. Please answer the phonecall from John Smith"