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Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« on: February 24, 2005, 08:05:40 am »
I just need to throw this out here becasue its on my mind...
Im no where near this in my project, but its always the thing
I keep thinking of....

I'm building a showcase cabinet and just picked up a nice 32"
TV for inside (using s-video connections)  -  But its a silver TV

Once I put the TV in the cabinet and put plexi over the top to
cover it up...  How do I hide the silver frame of the TV?

My options need to include something that:
1) Doesn't let any of the siliver show from different angles
     (it will be a huge 48" control panel)
2) Doesn't mask anything over the picture tube..
   (dont want to loose picture!)


Things I've thought of doing..
1) Paint the back of the plexi black for all except for the screen.
    a) just not sure how I'd get accurate enough w/out letting
         some silver show thru... or I dont want to go too far in on
         the sides to cover the screen.
     b) Will the plexi be able to take a slight 'bend' without cracking
          the paint?
2) Paint the TV Black.. so it blends in with the black on the
    plexi....?  (dont really want to do this)


I need ideas guys... I keep thinking of this part of the project
every day - - and I'm coming up blank with ideas....

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2005, 08:11:56 am »
Black Electrical Tape..

FOR THE WIN!

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2005, 09:33:53 am »
Tinted Plexi
Black poster board
black electrical tape

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2005, 09:47:22 am »
Yup, I used black electrical tape for my white computer monitor (looks great IMHO), black foamcore (presentation board) for the bezel, and grey tempered glass.  Turned out really nice.

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2005, 11:15:12 am »
For a more professional look, I would tape off the monitor and paint the case (at least the front).  You might be able to unscrew the case from the back and take the front off for painting.  Just another sugguestion...

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2005, 11:30:25 am »
He doesnt want to paint it though, so use the tape.  Tape off the front of the tube and use a black card bezel and you wont notice a difference :)

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2005, 11:32:38 am »
Black Electrical Tape..

FOR THE WIN!

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2005, 11:34:49 am »
Balck Poster Board for the win.
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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2005, 12:07:09 pm »
Taking the TV out of the case, mounting the tube on the board and then using an arcade bezel is the RIGHT thing to do.

Otherwise the front plastic part of the TV is held on with 4 bolts. Modern sets only have a single small board inside and they are very easy to take apart and put back together. So take it apart and spray it black, it will take literally MINUTES out of your day. Matter of fact we have collectively spent more time typing about how to avoid that then it would take to do it.
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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2005, 12:11:40 pm »
If I were you I'd deffinitly take the case off and paint it.  It's realy not all that hard to remove a case from a TV/Monitor and with a can or two of Vinyl Dye it'll be lookin' like it came that way in no time!

PS.  I hate the fact that all the electrical components these days are converting to "silver".  I'd much prefer the traditional black.  I am like totally pissed that Sony doesn't make a single disk DVD player in black.  And for those who will suggest I look harder, I contacted Sony and asked them, they are no longer in production...
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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2005, 12:50:29 pm »
Silver is today what Wood-grain was in the 70's.

NO MORE!!

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2005, 03:59:17 pm »
Silver is today what Wood-grain was in the 70's.


Agreed.  That's why I don't ride in silver station wagons.

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2005, 04:01:35 pm »
Taking the TV out of the case, mounting the tube on the board and then using an arcade bezel is the RIGHT thing to do.

Of course, you were going to warn him that most TVs ground to the case, and that he could be electrocuted badly if he's not careful taking it apart and didn't also reground that TV inside the cabinet...

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2005, 04:04:43 pm »
But I dig woodgrain baby. Why can't I find a woodgrain TV anymore?

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2005, 05:54:16 pm »
But I dig woodgrain baby. Why can't I find a woodgrain TV anymore?

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I've got a big arse console TV that I'm willing to let go pretty cheap.  It probably needs some caps and or adjusting...  :P
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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2005, 09:33:57 pm »
For a more professional look, I would tape off the monitor and paint the case (at least the front).  You might be able to unscrew the case from the back and take the front off for painting.  Just another sugguestion...

I'm with southpaw.  Tape off screen, add 1 cheap can of flat black spray paint,....problem solved.

Any tinting or masking beyond that is icing on the cake.

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2005, 10:10:34 pm »
If I were going to do that, I'd take the casing off entirely and paint that without the tube in it (with the standard don't kill yourself warning).

Of course, I would have bought a freakin black TV.

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2005, 10:40:27 pm »
If I were going to do that, I'd take the casing off entirely and paint that without the tube in it (with the standard don't kill yourself warning).

If you are going to go through all that, you might as well not put the tube back in the case at all.

Usually, the front is a structural support for the tube.  If you remove it, you'll end up with the tube loose in your hand.  At that point, you might as well trace around it on a piece of 3/4"  whateverwood, cut a hole and paint the wood black before you bolt the tube onto it :)

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2005, 10:52:24 pm »
silver is the new black.

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2005, 11:11:17 pm »
Does happ make a 32 inch bezel? im using a silver 27 inch tv, and once the happ bezel is over it u can barely see any silver at all.... u will notice because you know its there, but no one else will.  ;)
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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2005, 01:03:58 am »
The silver/black thing is cyclic in nature. Once the electronics mass producers switch to a given color, the bleeding edge companies switch to the other color to distinguish themselves in the market. The mass producers follow suit, but due to their lead times it takes awhile for them to switch as well. By the time they do, the the bleeding edge are gearing up to switch back and the cycle repeats itself.

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2005, 10:23:10 am »
If you are going to go through all that, you might as well not put the tube back in the case at all.

Usually, the front is a structural support for the tube.  If you remove it, you'll end up with the tube loose in your hand.  At that point, you might as well trace around it on a piece of 3/4"  whateverwood, cut a hole and paint the wood black before you bolt the tube onto it :)

If you don't put it back in the case you have to ground it yourself inside the cab, which not everyone has the skills to do properly.  Doing it improperly makes the cab a health danger.  Painting the case and replacing the case would at least allow you to put the original ground back on the tube and make it safe again.

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #22 on: February 25, 2005, 05:19:33 pm »
I've been considering mounting a decased TV in my cab.  What is the correct way to ground it?  I guess this belongs in the Monitor forum, but maybe you can point me to the already existing thread in the Monitor forum that already explains this.

Maybe I could get off my lazy but and find it myself, but I digress...
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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #23 on: February 25, 2005, 08:20:41 pm »
Black Electrical Tape..

FOR THE WIN!

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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #24 on: February 26, 2005, 01:42:19 am »
check out the "make your own bezel for under $2.00" in the Main forum section does your TV have RGB inputs? you can make everyone believe you got an expensive 32" arcade monitor by going RGB instead of S-video

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=17175
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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #25 on: February 26, 2005, 08:35:42 am »
check out the "make your own bezel for under $2.00" in the Main forum section does your TV have RGB inputs?http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=17175

That is sweet.. a definate option!
I bookmarked the thread.
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Re: Why are TVs all SILVER now? - How am I going to hide that?
« Reply #26 on: February 26, 2005, 12:31:43 pm »
2 flat-Black rolls should do the job.....
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