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Title: Monitor Glass......clear or tinted???
Post by: MAME nut on August 13, 2004, 01:58:35 pm: What's everyone's opinion of Monitor Glass??

After searching the site, it seems that 1/4" plexiglass is the concensus, but what are the PROS and CONS or clear vs. tinted?? Are some games effected differently by tint?? (I want to play mostly Old School games.)
Title: Re:Marquees Glass......clear or tinted???
Post by: electricd on August 13, 2004, 02:00:46 pm: No games to my knowledge are affected by the tinting of the glass. If you go with tinted glass you can always turn the brightness up to compensate (depending on how dark your tint is!). I personally like the tinted glass better just as an asthetic opinion, but went with the clear 1/4" plexi as it was available and pretty cheap.
Title: Re:Marquees Glass......clear or tinted???
Post by: patrickl on August 13, 2004, 02:28:43 pm: Are you asking about the glass covering the marquee or the monitor? I don't think marquees use tinted glass, but it might work. If you go to OSCAR Controls site there is a page illustrating the difference (http://www.oscarcontrols.com/smoked/)
Title: Re:Monitor Glass......clear or tinted???
Post by: MAME nut on August 13, 2004, 02:38:26 pm: My mistake.....I did mean the MONITOR glass.
Title: Re:Monitor Glass......clear or tinted???
Post by: Santoro on August 13, 2004, 03:04:03 pm: Without question - Tinted.
Title: Re:Monitor Glass......clear or tinted???
Post by: rchadd on August 13, 2004, 05:20:46 pm: after this thread i decided to go grey tinted

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=22705
Title: Re:Monitor Glass......clear or tinted???
Post by: Trimoor on August 13, 2004, 05:40:47 pm: My dedicated cab uses brown tinted.
It looks great and hides the burn very well.
Title: Re:Monitor Glass......clear or tinted???
Post by: Sasquatch! on August 14, 2004, 09:50:21 am: I used grey tinted plexi and I couldn't be happier with it. I'd definitely use tinted for future projects as well.