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Hewskie:
Hey epyx, I contacted Nordel Glass myself for my bezel, but it turns out they were way overpriced! They wanted something like $56 for my piece, found it somewhere else for $24. Can't remember the shop offhand, but it was in surrey too, somewhere like 128th and 80th, around there. I'll try to remember for you,

cheers,

Hewskie

Dafu:
I'm currently also in the market for display glass. I picked up a sample piece of Graylite 14 from the local store to test on the arcade. So far I only had a chance to test it against my LCDs at work, on which it looks too dark. Note that I sit right next to a huge window with a lot of day light (cloudy day), and these are LCDs, I expect CRT to pierce through a lot more. My arcade on the other hand, sits in the basement with a lot less light, and a CRT TV. I will test the CRT tonight and post more photos.

Blanka:

--- Quote from: Beretta on May 12, 2010, 12:10:54 am ---usually they'll cut regular untempered glass and then temper it, but if you want to cut it after it has to be with a laser.
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It also gives you a nice bevelled edge, guess you won't have it with laser.

Don:

--- Quote from: Sjaak on May 12, 2010, 01:38:14 am ---I used Parsol Gray glass from SGG. It's pretty tinted, but it hides everything around the screen. And when the screen is switched off, you only see black.

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That looks really nice, do you know what %VLT that is? :)


--- Quote from: Dafu on May 12, 2010, 12:36:54 pm ---I'm currently also in the market for display glass. I picked up a sample piece of Graylite 14 from the local store to test on the arcade. So far I only had a chance to test it against my LCDs at work, on which it looks too dark. Note that I sit right next to a huge window with a lot of day light (cloudy day), and these are LCDs, I expect CRT to pierce through a lot more. My arcade on the other hand, sits in the basement with a lot less light, and a CRT TV. I will test the CRT tonight and post more photos.

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Graylite 14 - does that mean 14% VLT?

I'm just trying to get an idea of the choices of the arcade community on what tint they use. Will also help people in the future who see this thread  :)

DolansCadillac:

--- Quote from: Dafu on May 12, 2010, 12:36:54 pm ---I'm currently also in the market for display glass. I picked up a sample piece of Graylite 14 from the local store to test on the arcade. So far I only had a chance to test it against my LCDs at work, on which it looks too dark.

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I've been using Graylite 14 in front of a Toshiba CRT for a year now and it really is too dark for my liking. It just dulls the brightest colours too much, and that's with the CRT's brightness and contrast cranked, as well as all kinds of colour balance tuning to counter the green tint that comes with it. I'm shopping for a replacement now.

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