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| Generic Eric:
I just realized thats what we use at work. I work in a Network operations center, and we have this ungodly large 4 person console. The damn thing is huge, but only two people have enough elbow room. Anywho, we use it at work. Its helpful, I will use it when I build an arcade cabinet. By the way, how much does smoked plexi cost? |
| OSCAR:
Doug, If I had to try to put a color on it, I would almost say a shade of green. I've seen the brownish colored stuff you mentioned, but this isn't it. The tint on mine was actually called Transparent Gray. I'm not sure what the brownish stuff is called. I've updated www.oscarcontrols.com/smoked with a couple of new pics to show the tint better. Just let me know if there are any other pics you'd like to see. CthulhuLuke, the monitor I'm using this with (W-G D9100) really is more of a computer monitor than anything else. I'd say that you should get very similar results to what I've shown with a PC monitor, too. Yeah, Randy, I'd say I'm a convert now, too! I don't see why I would use anything different after trying this. So far I can't find any disadvantage to using it, and the advantages are shown in the pics. :) |
| OSCAR:
--- Quote from: Lilwolf on February 05, 2003, 07:19:56 pm ---Funny... I was going to post a question about this. I have a funky piece of glass I want to use for my hope to start soon cocktail table. I was considering buying the stick on tint for car glass for it. Would this work? Think it would be as good? Is there any cheaper ways to get the tint? thanks :) --- End quote --- Lilwolf, I'm not sure how the automotive stick on stuff would work. I've never used it before, but it normally doesn't look too good on cars I've seen it on. But that could all be due to the application of it, too. I only needed a 24" x 24" piece for my monitor opening, and I could only use 1/8" thick because of the distance between the monitor bezel and the glass retainer. I would have really liked to go a bit thicker, but I got lazy and didn't want to remount my glass retainers to pick up another 1/8". I'm sure that the thicker you go with this stuff, the darker it gets. My glass retainers hold this sheet tightly in place against the Happ bezel, so I'm not worried about it rattling around or flexing. BTW, this sheet cost me about $17. I actually bought it a while ago, I just didn't get a chance to install it until yesterday! :) |
| Ted_Striker:
The cabinet I used for my machine had both glass and smoked plexi. each layer 1/8 in. Glass first then plexi. I use a pc monitor (21" and it was free....) as my display and the results are the same as Oscar's pictures. It is the only way to go. On mine it basically hides everything. The game looks like it is "hovering" in the middle of the cabinet. You can't see the monitor or bezel (happs bezel in my cabinet). Games with black backgrounds (DK, Galaga, and Robotron my fav's.) look excellent. The plexi blocks "the edges" of picture you see on a monitor. The image is just "there". I can't see how people who use bright display sources (tv/arcade monitor) can tolerate looking at their screens for long times without the smoked plexi. Very easy on the eyes. Actually I didn't realize that most people weren't using it. Ok I ramble. Smoke plexi looks great on PC monitor just like it does on Oscar's pics... |
| Brax:
The only problem I have with my smoked glass is that in some games it is more difficult to see the outgoing and incoming "fire". Asteroids and Galaga in particular are more difficult. Maybe I need to increase my brightness but i did notice a big difference. |
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