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Odonadon:


--- Quote from: Justin on June 24, 2003, 11:54:26 pm ---OK, so I'm convinced I need tinted plexi.

now, can someone tell me what percentage of darkness to use?  Just asking for 'tinted plexi' might not be enough.    Wouldn't want something that would harldy let any light through!

I'm figuring this is like 50% dark?  or am I speaking out of my arse?  ???

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I know what you mean.  I, too, want something that's dark enough to cover up the bezel and any gaps that might be showing, but to also let vibrant colours through from the monitor.  Anyone have any ideas for me and Justin?  :)

Odonadon

rampy:


--- Quote from: Odonadon on June 25, 2003, 12:20:20 am ---
--- Quote from: Justin on June 24, 2003, 11:54:26 pm ---OK, so I'm convinced I need tinted plexi.

now, can someone tell me what percentage of darkness to use?  Just asking for 'tinted plexi' might not be enough.    Wouldn't want something that would harldy let any light through!

I'm figuring this is like 50% dark?  or am I speaking out of my arse?  ???

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I know what you mean.  I, too, want something that's dark enough to cover up the bezel and any gaps that might be showing, but to also let vibrant colours through from the monitor.  Anyone have any ideas for me and Justin?  :)

Odonadon

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Well I'm not sure you can have BOTH necessarily... I mean if you get decent quality smoked plexi that doesn't color shift dramatically the colors will be similiar but kinda the idea is to "tighten up" the colors a bit (see oscars original pics on first page).  

I'm sure you can get lighter smoked plexi for a less dramatic effect....

I know Oscar and myself didn't have the light transmission ratings available when picking out our respective smoked plexi pieces.  The glass store who ordered my piece was much more general.  They needed to know thickness (1/8th inch in my case)... material (plexi)... and what color (brown versus grey).  If there were ranges available they didn't offer them to me, I'm guessing I got the "medium" range of smoked grey plexi.

*shrug*

rampy

MilitiaMan:

I just put a peice of tinted plexi (1/8 inch) on my MAME cab and it looks great. I did have to adjust the monitor brightness a bit, but after doing so everything looked so much better.

I bought mine at Lowes. It was like 20 bucks for a 24" x 48"  sheet and they even cut it to the size I needed.

When I had the clear plexi on, I could see very clearly that there was a black bezel covering up a spraypainted monitor case. It looked a bit "amateurish" if you ask me. The good news = the new smoked plexi makes the monitor case and the black bezel completely indistinguishable. A 500 percent improvement.

BTW, In case it matters, this particulary plexi I bought has the brand name Lucite and is tinted bronze, not grey --- looks great, though.

Can post pics if you so desire ... LMK.

MM

Lilwolf:

Sad thing...

I just bought a true happs bezel for my EYGO 27" monitor... but no my next project, I think I'm going for a smoked Plexi after this thread...  Shipping was REALLY expensive!

So the question is.  Is there any good smoked plexi that will work well UNDER another piece of glass?  And how do I attach it?

I already have the glass for my cocktail table, so it will also have to hold horizontally.

Thanks!

Odonadon:


--- Quote from: MilitiaMan on June 25, 2003, 02:04:48 pm ---Can post pics if you so desire ... LMK.


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Please do.

Odonadon

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