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Title: Non reflective glass ?
Post by: jimmer on May 23, 2014, 07:25:13 pm

I decided to ignore the advice to use gloss for the bezel print and went for matt instead, hoping that would be non-reflective.
Well, it is non-reflective. Unfortunately it also non see-through, like frosted shower glass :(

All is not lost. I can cut the screen area out and stick it on the back of the plexi for a standard shiny plexi bezel.

But what can be done to improve things? or for the next build?  What's available if I don't want reflections?

I see non-glare acrylic for artwork, but it looks like it has to be right up against the picture. Closer than I can get to an LCD screen.

Title: Re: Non reflective glass ?
Post by: eds1275 on May 23, 2014, 11:36:03 pm

I know for some of my fancy art we paid the extra to get non-glaring glass and it's very noticeable compared to the glass in say a dollar store picture frame.

For plastics, I have no idea.

Title: Re: Non reflective glass ?
Post by: Xiaou2 on May 24, 2014, 07:13:02 am

I want to say  IMO, one should not use 'plate glass'  on an arcade cabinet.

 If plate glass breaks, its razor sharp shards can cause serious or fatal injuries.  Its also quite weak, so breaking it is quite likely to happen, if kids are messing around...

 Tempered glass is what you would want in that application.   Tempered glass is very strong, anywhere except the edges. You can hit it with a sledge hammer in the middle.. and it wont break.   This would have to be ordered to size, as I do not believe you can cut it after the temper.   If tempered glass does break.. it does so in uniform sized, small pieces, that are really dull to the touch.

 
 As for reflectivity, there are coatings that can be applied..  same as I have on my eye glasses.   Probably not cheap however.   A lot of the elder games used a polarized / tinted plastic  plate that sat behind the monitor glass, right on top of the monitor surround bezzle.

 You also may find specialty films you can apply to glass/plexi  for external light scattering.   Many Laptop screens probably use this, or a similar spray based coating.

 

Title: Re: Non reflective glass ?
Post by: keilmillerjr on May 24, 2014, 08:14:40 am

You can try adding an anti-glare film to the glass/plastic.

http://www.windowfilm.co.uk/commercial/glare (http://www.windowfilm.co.uk/commercial/glare)