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Author Topic: Hey RandyT or any smoked plexi experts  (Read 1044 times)

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Hey RandyT or any smoked plexi experts
« on: March 12, 2005, 11:57:24 am »
I am trying to get some gray tinted acrylic and the only place I could find that had transmittance ratings offers 13% or 27%. I know that 20% was suggested, but I can't find that.

Do you think 13% would be too dark or 27% too light?
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Re: Hey RandyT or any smoked plexi experts
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2005, 12:56:07 pm »
If you want eye-searing brightness, go with the 27%, but you won't get the benefits outlined below.


My preference is the 13%.  But you'll need to crank up your image brightness.

Adjust the contrast way up and then adjust the brightness so that the black background totally disappears.

With the 13%. you shouldn't need a bezel, and vertically oriented games won't look like they are being played on a horizontally oriented monitor.

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Re: Hey RandyT or any smoked plexi experts
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2005, 01:19:07 pm »
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