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patrickl:

Hope you don't mind the "hijack" Gradius, but I have a question about tinted glass (and I think it's along the lines of your question).

I was thinking about tinted glass too, but I was wondering what to do with the bezel (bezel as in printed artwork around the screen). I guess the bezel should go behind the glass (to keep it from being smudged/damaged), but won't the bezel be hard to see then? I was thinking about putting the bezel sandwiched between a layer of clear glass and tinted glass, but that seems so complicated and it might be too weak perhaps?

hunky_artist:

good question. And one that I've always wondered about, so I hope someone here can answer it.

Hopefully I'll be (finally) starting my cab this summer after years and years of thinking about it.

But that issue was always one that I had no experience of. I wonder if because the artwork is so close to the glass on the underside (stuck on) that the tint doesn't affect it.

I dunno... anyone?

Tilzs:


--- Quote from: patrickl on May 23, 2004, 04:55:34 pm ---Hope you don't mind the "hijack" Gradius, but I have a question about tinted glass (and I think it's along the lines of your question).

I was thinking about tinted glass too, but I was wondering what to do with the bezel (bezel as in printed artwork around the screen). I guess the bezel should go behind the glass (to keep it from being smudged/damaged), but won't the bezel be hard to see then? I was thinking about putting the bezel sandwiched between a layer of clear glass and tinted glass, but that seems so complicated and it might be too weak perhaps?

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Smoked glass, although darker isn't really dark enough that you'd really notice much of a difference on your bezel.


Stingray:


--- Quote from: patrickl on May 23, 2004, 04:55:34 pm ---H
I was thinking about tinted glass too, but I was wondering what to do with the bezel (bezel as in printed artwork around the screen). I guess the bezel should go behind the glass (to keep it from being smudged/damaged), but won't the bezel be hard to see then? I was thinking about putting the bezel sandwiched between a layer of clear glass and tinted glass, but that seems so complicated and it might be too weak perhaps?

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Sandwiched between clear and tinted is the way to go.

I love the way the monitor looks behind dark tinted plexi. There is no reduction in picture quality as far as I can tell. My monitor is about five inches behind the plexi, and the tint makes the picture look like it's sort of floating back there.

-S

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