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The end is near.....glass or plexi?
tshizzle.com:
My cabinet had grooves in it already for the plexi.....
And about the Sharpie, I had a silver TV too. I just used Black Electrical tape on the sides
rchadd:
this has been discussed soooo many times before!
grey tinted tempered glass.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: rchadd on October 28, 2004, 09:36:54 am ---this has been discussed soooo many times before!
grey tinted tempered glass.
--- End quote ---
True, but it's interesting to note that the effect Oldskool was looking for still wouldn't have been achieved by your suggestion! Most of that type of material is 35% or above in transmission.
It just goes to show how many people are still unclear on the pros/cons of the materials, but more importantly, the effect each of them achieves. This defines the final look of your project and is your "visual interface" to the machine. The materials can also be costly so it's pretty important to try to get it right the first time.
Kelsey at Oscar Controls did grand job of demonstrating one of the materials. It would be nice if that type of effort were continued to show the effects of others, including names and sources of materials, so it could be made a permanent point of reference somewhere on a site such as this one ;)
Until that happens, this will keep coming up...and justifiably so.
RandyT
Oldskool:
--- Quote from: RandyT on October 28, 2004, 10:18:12 am ---True, but it's interesting to note that the effect Oldskool was looking for still wouldn't have been achieved by your suggestion! Most of that type of material is 35% or above in transmission.
--- End quote ---
I do suppose that my situation is quite different than others on this board.
I do not have a bezel, and have a black cased computer monitor inside of my cabinet, which has been painted black internally.
My goal was to have the inside of the cabinet blacked out (as well as the monitor case), and the screen still visable.
The 5% tint did, for the most part, achieve this, but it dimmed the colours a little too much for my liking. With the brightness turned up, Golden Tee was still very playable, but it was bugging me.......
The switch to 35% tint has made a world of difference. The screen is (obviously) very clear, but I can now see the inside of the cab. That's why I stated that 20% probably would have been what I was looking for.
I'll take some pics and post them later.......
darktemp:
Thanks for mentioning the 20%, that's exactly what I've been looking for.
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