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rhoelsch:

It's horizontal, I suppose.  Moving on a horizontal line, it's me, the cp, about 4 inches of space, then the bezel glass.  

I've thought about putting a trackball and/or spinner in some wood in there, but right now it's not financially feasible.   Not to mention seeing if reaching over my current cp to use the trackball won't be too much of a stretch.  

Will it look bad if I have my smoked plexi moved front to touch the cp, and leave my TV 4 inches behind the plexi?  Suppose I could try, since the bezel isn't mounted yet...I have a feeling it won't look good.   :(  Thought I was being cool setting the TV back farther to minimize glare.  

jimmyjet:

Drink holders.  Check motorhome stores for the ones that are recessed into the tables.  You should have room for several drink holders, and since the drinks will sit down into the holder, they are out of the way of the monitor.
jimmyjet


JamIt:

Might make a nice place for instruction cards.
Either way, you won't lose any cool points when your friends come over and play.
--JamIt

Sasquatch!:

I would've recommended a simple angle piece there, but 8 inches is a lot of ground to cover.  I'll second the vote for having a row of admin buttons or instruction cards (or other graphics) there.  I'd probably make it a permanent part of the cabinet versus a part of the control panel.

krick:

On my cabinet, the glass is only recessed about an inch at most below the line of the cabinet.

I think you should mount your glass there and make an angled black cardboard bezel that fills the gap from the glass to the TV.

Here's a pic of my cab.  It's a little hard to see but look at the far edge of the monitor bezel to see what I mean...





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