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Smoked or Clear?
RayB:
Atari seemed to choose smoked VS plexi depending on whether or not the player needed to see where the "bounds" of the monitor are. Example, in Tempest or Crystal Castles it doesn't matter because the action on screen is restricted in a way that you don't need to see the monitor edge.
But in a game like Centipede , you need to know where the bottom and edges are when controlling the shooter, so they used clear glass. That's why in Millipede they colored the area that the player can move around in to compensate for the fact that you can't see the monitor edges otherwise (due to them using smoked glass on that one).
cardinal23:
Can anyone link to a decent online source for smoked lexan?
somunny:
I have one cabinet that has clear glass and one with tinted. Tinted all the way.
Turnarcades:
Many arcades were smoked, many were not. It's just a preference thing. I've been told smoked looks nicer with an arcade monitor as it takes the edge off the brightness a bit. APC monitor is easier to adjust to your liking without using smoked glass/plexi, but it depends how pants your bezel is if you want to hide it.
web.geek:
To those that use tinted plexi/lexan, where did you get it?
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