Bezel suggestions?

[Mr. Dude]

Hey guys,
What's a good way to go about maiking my bezel for the monitor?  I was going to go ahead and just paint a bezel on the plexi glass, but alot of cabs that I've seen done this way if you look to the side you can see the casing of the monitor or tv screen underneath.  I want it to be as tight a fit as possible so the monitor comes right to the bezel edges.  How did you guys go about doing some of your bezels?  

[SaiNRuB]

$2 Bezel thread


The OP lays down some good guidelines to go by. I havent tried it yet but I plan on it soon. Good luck mang!

[zaphod]

Assuming you want a pure black border:
I've taped off the viewable monitor area and painted the back side of both glass and plexi.  Once installed, you can't see anything except the monitor's screen.  Cheap and easy to do.

[steve_pss]

Happs sells a surround that looks pretty nice.  Like 12 bucks I think.

[Mr. Dude]

     Cool... thanks for the suggestions guys.  I've seen some of those happs ones around and they look really nice but I've got a 24" TV and the bezels I saw from happs are 25" and 19".  
     I also wondered how it would look it I painted the TV casing.  Maybe I'll give that a shot, or what if I took the casing off and then monted the tv behind the painted plexi I wonder?
     As for the $2 bezel thread I'll have to wait till I get home to veiw the pictures cause my work's filter blocks them.

[Mr. Dude]

wow... even though I can't veiw the pictures, I read over some of the stuff in that post and followed the links.  There's a ton of good stuff in there!  Thanks again guys, I think I'll be able to make something to meet my needs.

[dmsuchy]

I used "bronzed" plexi in front of my monitor and all you see is the screen when the monitor is on. I did take the white plastic casing off the monitor for the extra room though. "TheJohn"s cabinet from the project anoucements is where I got the idea from but he left the plastic on and just spray painted it flat black and it looked fantastic. Check his thread for more info and photos.

[Lilwolf]

btw... happs $12 bezel costs about 45 to ship...

just take note!  

pissed me right the f@!# off.