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Title: Do you think this will work? No bezel, painted monitor.
Post by: crashwg on May 29, 2004, 10:19:26 pm

Ok, I want some opinions on this before I just go ahead and paint my monitor so here goes...

I was thinking, insted of putting in a bezel, I'll use tinted glass and just set the monitor behind it

Title: Re:Do you think this will work? No bezel, painted monitor.
Post by: paigeoliver on May 29, 2004, 10:24:09 pm

Wow, a BYOAC member who DOESN'T have black spray paint on hand at all times?  ;D

I paint the case of EVERY monitor I install in a game now, no matter how it is mounted, as I don't want anything slipping in the future and showing that white monitor case (that visible white monitor case is the number one thing that makes a lot of Mame cabinets look bad).

But, taking the front plastic off the monitor and mounting the tube (and the rest of the monitor case) to a piece of wood is a much better solution.

Title: Re:Do you think this will work? No bezel, painted monitor.
Post by: crashwg on May 29, 2004, 11:40:13 pm

I'm kinda worried about not getting the monitor placement/angle exactly right the first time, so mounting it kinda seems too much of a perminant solution.  Also, there's no room for speakers in the "normal" area above the monitor so I was planning on putting them beside the monitor, would that be more of a problem with the speakers being right next to it.

The speakers will most likely be something like this: http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.jsp?c=1&b=g&u=c&catoid=-11322&qp=0&oid=70448&m=0 (http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.jsp?c=1&b=g&u=c&catoid=-11322&qp=0&oid=70448&m=0), because not only do I not have any room above the monitor, I only have 2 1/8" on either side of the monitor for speakers.  Come to think of it, I'm not sure even those speakers will fit...  :-\

And just in case you were wondering how I plan to get the sound out, I'm thinking about having a patern of holes wattercut where the speakers will be.  

Title: Re:Do you think this will work? No bezel, painted monitor.
Post by: SkateDetroit on May 30, 2004, 12:02:24 am

If you're already taking it apart I would mount it without the casing. Looks a THOUSAND times better. Just measure each side and you'll be fine.

Title: Re:Do you think this will work? No bezel, painted monitor.
Post by: flampoo on May 30, 2004, 01:51:29 am

I've always been antsy around monitors. I'm aware that they can retain a strong amount of power so I've been hesitant to remove the casing and mount the tube.
Does someone have a pictoral or visual description on the parts of a CRT you shouldn't touch?

Title: Re:Do you think this will work? No bezel, painted monitor.
Post by: rchadd on May 30, 2004, 08:26:14 am

vinyl dye might be a better alternative to paint.

Title: Re:Do you think this will work? No bezel, painted monitor.
Post by: crashwg on May 30, 2004, 01:13:07 pm

Hmmmm, nobody has actually answered my question yet...

I am considering mounting it without the case btw.
And if I do paint it I was planning on using vinyl dye, but thanks for the tip anyway, it's a great solution for painting plastics and it's too bad not a whole lot of people know about it.