 Is this like a thing people do? When we first saw the HUD's gaming bed concept, we had to have it. And we tried to get it, but by the time we heard back, it was too late. Vizio had already sponsored this video concept where we set out to Ikea hack together the ultimate gaming bed battle station. Which may actually come in handy for me, seeing as I just had to have a pretty rough conversation with my wife on our podcast. Before we begin, we need to take a closer look at the inspiration for this build. Bauhut in Japan took their existing lineup of gaming furniture and pieced it together to build this sick setup. They've got a ton of cushion options, a tablet monitor arm, and snack storage galore. When we didn't hear back from them though, I thought, you know what, we could do that. It wouldn't even be that hard. A couple side stands, some cushions, a desk. I bet we could even do it cheaper. So off we went to the great big Swedish furniture factory, Ikea. I get to try it now, right? Yeah. Okay. All right. Okay. Okay. Got the side table. Okay. Got my phone. My other more different phone. No, normally the only drug dealers have two phones. I only deal in tech tips here, okay? All right. Oh my God. I thought we threw away this stupid body pillow. I took it. You took it. Okay. All right. All right. That's not bad. Oh, that's the sound. Yeah. Oh, it's over here. Okay. All right. Oh my God. It's a lithium ion cell pillow. You delightful nerd, Colin. This is just taking up space, but I guess we had to feature it. So we considered doing gigantic LTT store CPU pillows, but we just couldn't find a feasible way to ship anything this big. So Colin took our sample home and I guess brought it in. Oh, wait. No way. So the intent here. Yeah. Recline. Oh, this thing is freaking awesome. Man, I got my freaking Doritos here. I couldn't help noticing that there are two-bite brownies down there. Yeah. Just for you. Haven't been eating a lot of treats lately. I've been trying to like get in game shape here, but. Guess how much we spent on junk food for this video. It doesn't matter because I have gotten my entire money's worth. Fantastic. I love these things. I won't tell you then. Yeah, it's probably just as well. Okay. Hold on. Give me one sec. We lost them. You probably noticed a lot of the pillows here are not from IKEA, but most of the rest of the stuff is. After scouring their website, which like their stores is enormous and confusing, we ended up with around a dozen pieces of furniture, which means we had a few hundred pieces of wooden Lego to assemble. Some highlights here are the Lorby, which is a little, oh, that's wow. That's really, you really love your VHB tape, don't you, Colin? Sure do. Whatever. It's a USB charger back there. We've got the Set Scrog nightstand. That's this puppy right here. And you better believe we didn't forget about the Rosen's Scarm. I don't know that I would call this the most comfortable pillow ever, like if I was going to put my head on it. But in terms of like a really rigid pillow to support my back with another nice soft pillow in front of it, not too shabby. After converting our Canadian rubles to US greenbacks, the furniture in this build cost us a total of about $900. And considering that the Bauhut setup that we're emulating costs $1,300, without the bed, I'd say we actually did pretty darn well. Just go get yourself down. Oh, dude. Ha ha ha ha ha. This is hilarious. Where'd this arm come from? Amazon and it broke immediately on installation. Okay, so first you're going to want to grab your laser controller. It's the little blue guy on the left by the coffee machine. Mm hmm. Okay, great. So then on laser OS, you're going to want to go to... Play. You're in the settings. I sent your mask. I can fix it. Hey. Oh, my God. There's so many games. How does such a niche product have so much stuff on it? Pick any games. There's Galica, Laser Bird. Hee hee hee hee hee hee. Hee hee hee hee hee hee. No! What? I've got a laser gun? Flappy Bird with world-ending weapons. This is so cool. As cool as the LaserCube is, though, I think most people are going to stick with more conventional gaming experiences. So we've got an Xbox Series X up in here. Oh, that's Surround, though. Of course, this is sponsored by Vizio. They got Surround speakers. That makes sense. I get it. I suck with the controller. Man, this game's kind of... I've never actually played this game with Surround sound on before. It's kind of intense. I don't know how to use a chainsaw with a controller. Oh, there we go. Man, it must be hard to watch. Have you tried this, Colin? Yeah. It's kind of crazy, actually. Yeah, it actually sounds really good. I got kids, right? So it's been a long time since I've gamed with speakers at all, let alone like a Surround setup. Do you want to play any other games? Forza, maybe? Yeah, I think firing up Forza is probably a pretty good idea. Can I just try and drive a little better before I say stuff so that it doesn't look totally stupid? This is another game that really benefits from Surround. Like, as someone's coming up behind you, which for me happens a lot, you know, people passing me, it's quite the experience. Makes it much more enjoyable. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. You cooked it. Yeah. A great clean racing, the game says. All right. Man, this looks really good. It is kind of amazing how much TV you can get for like a little over a thousand US dollars these days, hey? Especially something that can do 4K 120. Yeah. Obviously, a big part of the gaming experience is the star of the show, our huge Vizio P65 Q9 TV. It's a beaut that won't break the bank coming in at $1,199 for this 65-inch model. We've got it hooked up via HDMI 2.1 to both the Xbox Series X, which can operate in 4K up to 120 Hz with a full 48 gigabit per second connection, as well as our main gear gaming PC down here. Auto low latency mode automatically reduces the input delay, which makes it great for gaming. But I can't promise that it'll improve your skills because it sure didn't improve mine. What if I get hungry though? Oh, well, you want some snacks? You're sitting over top of them. Well, I got snacks, but what if I'm like really hungry, you know? Oh, you want to make a meal? There you go. Oh, my God. We got all three meals in here. I could gain 20 pounds from just from this setup. Hold on a second. Am I expected to just crush it up in the package, sprinkle on the... No, no, no. Because you... I mean, did you ever do that? Yes. It's actually great. It's amazing. It's great. Okay. But we have a way to do this. Okay. So if you see on the other side of the pillow, there's a coffee machine. This is what happens when you give a writer way too much time to work on a project. Okay. Open up, you vicious monster. Put it right in the thing. In what thing? In the coffee machine. Wait, what? Yeah. You're kidding. No, not at all. What? Just like put it in here? No, no, no. Not up in the top. I don't drink coffee. How do you get through life? It smells like coffee, Colin. The water's brown. I washed it. Gently. Is this like a thing people do? Yeah, absolutely. Shut up. Yeah, you're a college kid. You only got one utensil. It's a coffee maker. Well, you've never made grilled cheese on an iron before? And now we wait. It's like you want me to have low self-esteem. I actually fried a thin one. Not bad. They got like a similar ratio to the little minis. I'm doing a long Beat Saber session tonight. That's my justification for this. Beat Saber is exercise, okay? It does count. Love that sound. Vizio's Elevate Soundbar was a perfect companion for this setup. It packs 18 drivers in total with 13 in the soundbar itself, one in the wireless subwoofer, and two in each of the surround speakers. It's Dolby Atmos certified with rotating upward firing speakers, and the purpose there is that it'll automatically detect when Atmos compatible content comes through it, and it'll rotate them up to bounce them off the ceiling for more immersive sound. What's really neat is that it's not a single speaker, is that for non-Atmos content, they can pivot back to the front, widening the soundstage noticeably. Of course, who wants to enjoy a movie without a beverage? I could get used to this. Man, if I didn't have to actually like share my movie watching experience with anyone. You know, actually this bed is a pull-out bed. It's a pull-out bed? Yeah, it's meant to have two twins on it. We just went with the single mattress. Oh. Because it had the headboard I wanted. Only a little bit of coffee taste. Fantastic. I'm so hungry though, I don't even care. What? What's up? You don't like my gaming bed? So you're thirsty, right? Why don't you look right below you there? Okay, that's some Canadian engineering if I ever saw any. So we apparently, excuse me, lined one of the drawers with plastic, which I'm very appreciative by the way. I'm glad we at least did line it with plastic. Let's say I consumed some water. Why don't you look right below the coffee machine there? Oh my God. You didn't. I did. So all I gotta do is crawl over here. Oh God! Dig out a bad pan. With that, you can last a week. A week? With that, I mean, yeah, you gotta eat all the beef jerky first. Gee, I don't know, man. Well, that's what the bottles are for. Yeah, what comes out can't possibly be more than what goes in. So that's science. That's some real science right there, ladies and gentlemen. Just don't store your two bite brownies in there. People might get the wrong idea. And I think all that's left is to try a more PC gaming experience here. I actually love this thing. Colin had to have me bring it in from home because that's where I keep it. It's a Rockat Sova and it's perfect for PC gaming on the couch. Oh, that's a little loud. Ah, ah, gotta run away, gotta run away. I gotta get surround at home. Footsteps, man. Footsteps are real. What the? I thought they said there's three left. I just got killed by a bot. So that's our take on the gaming bag concept. If you guys want to do something like this, we have a full breakdown of all the parts that we used in the forum post that's linked in the description. Thank goodness, we just listed all down there. That's a lot better than me stumbling over all those Swedish words. But a big thank you to Vizio for sponsoring this video. It was actually a ton of fun for us to create and shoot. Thank you to you guys for watching. And if you're looking for some more TV related content, why not check out how close is too close? What's the best TV viewing distance? Did that video a little while ago, but it's pretty darn informative. Actually got kind of like sciency. Thanks, James.