@Hugo I been running magic mirror on pi5 since they released it.

@alex2 pi4 should be enough… altho pricing may get you a 5 instead. 2gb minimum memory

I want to make a 42 inch Magic Mirror using a Raspberry Pi. I’m in the US and I was wondering if anyone else has any hardware recommendations for a mirror this large? I’d like to use all of the same hardware (monitor/TV, glass/mirror, etc) that someone has already built without issue. Any help is greatly appreciated!

@plainbroke Thanks! I’ll check out Tapo!

@UncleRoger – +1 on having a separate Magic Mirror instance for development (“dev instance”)! I have a small virtual machine running Magic Mirror where I can try out changes or new modules without disturbing my main instance. I don’t bother with a monitor, just display it on my desktop.

@British_Kiwi woohoo!! thanks for the feedback!

@danybony said in Borderless mirror and wooden frame: @sdetweil solitaired in the end I followed your advice and used some mechanical, metal clips to connect the mirror to the back panel. I’ll show the final result soon! Thanks you

Hello @Ivanov_d , I would like to order a mirror with a size of 60x40 cm. Delivery to France. How much would this cost? Thanks.

@karsten13 Hello, I’ve given up. I’ve tried the following. I created a new image, currently only available for the Rock-F2. A Debian Bullseye Desktop LXDM display manager (Debian Xfce) without an X server. I’m currently using an RPi 3 again, and I’ve managed to get everything working. Thanks very much for your support. Olaf

@BKeyport OK, thanks for your viewpoint! Than I‘m on the right way - still works today :-) Temperature was 45°C today in the morning - was at 56° everytime before … So even passive cooling seems to be much better. Nice rest of weekeend to all of you. Ralf

Very nice. I have done something similar, although I prefer the Pi 3 Model A+. It’s slightly bigger than the zero 2w but is clocked faster (1.4 GHz vs 1) and has a full-size HDMI port. (they both use essentially the same SoC). Note I have historically had problems with running out of memory running electron in the 512 MB limited memory space - but using dietPI has really help stability

@acdacd2 Hi! I just found a quote for this product from a local supplier. I was wondering if you (or anyone else here) had experience with it.

@Alannow I think you are on the bleeding edge

@redink For better daytime visibility, go with an LED or OLED display with high brightness and good contrast. A commercial-grade high-nit display or an IPS panel with anti-glare coating can also help reduce reflections. Adjusting brightness and using a high-quality two-way mirror with better light transmission can further improve readability!

@plainbroke look at free -m i dont think you are using all the memory its cpu cycles, the mode engine is single threaded, with all kinds of ‘hacks’ to make it more like multi-threaded. but a cou bound task can still block others

@1eretoile correct, la ligne complète. utiliser mes scripts https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

@mediahypno I guess to get both - easyness and cheapness is not possible… As far as I have seen pictures around and read several comments here in this forum I got the impression that best result will be with glass - this is kind of expensive. The cheaper version with Acrylic is not that “brilliant” and there are may some restrictions in the viewing angle. The least expensive so cheapest version is the foil - this is the far most complicated one because you have to apply the foil on some kind of Acrylic or glass which often fails due to bubbles, scratches, dust or whatever. I definitely wanted to go for glass. In the meantime I have decided to build up a “Magic Signage” not a mirror. This is caused by the fact that the already build up prototype is present since several weeks in our living room and we visit this beauty several times a day. So the final version will stay nearby - at least in the living room and a mirror at this place doesn’t make any sense to us. (initially planned was to replace the mirror in the hallway but this becomes obsolete for the above reasons) HTH, Regards, Ralf

@BKeyport Thank you very much for the info! I’ll experiment with HDMI sleep to avoid cutting the power off entirely, or blank when not in use but for that I’m a bit worried about power consumption… If anyone else has any specific monitor recommendation (or some simple way to get panels too would be an alternative!) I’m all hears

@sdetweil … Good day and your response / feedback is much appreciated. I’ll run through your recommendation and keep you posted in case encountered errors again. Have a great and safe day ahead. Cheers !!

@russm1981 MagicMirror will automatically rotate to the display. on later os, use the desktop menu top left, preferences, display orientation.