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@cyrus-io Unfortunately, that is not going to work for you unless you then apply “2-way” mirror film or reflective coating. The operative word is “2-way”. Standard mirrors won’t work. Frankly, you’d have one hell of a time and still not be satisfied. If cost is an issue then please consider “2-way” acrylic mirror which is far less expensive than 2-way glass. Of course, glass is the best result but acrylic can be acceptable. You get what you pay for. Do a search right here on the forum for “which mirror to use” and you’ll find plenty of discussions about it.

How to rotate a display on Rasp Pi… Unless you’re not using a Rasp Pi https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2017/11/how-to-rotate-the-raspberry-pi-display-output/ As for calibration you should check with manufacturer… I am using a 32" TV with an IR frame so it covers 100% and no calibration was needed.

Thanks @Fozi, that clears it up for me. I suppose I’m ready start shopping around for supplies then!

@cowboysdude I have a 32 in tv as a photo frame w call and weather. Some days running MagicMirror, some days running smart-mirror. Depending on what I think needs to be worked on

Any screen should work, as long as it’s well against the glass it should be fine. As for the mirror glass, 70% reflective/30% passthrough seems to be the norm for “Smart mirror glass”… it goes by different names and such from manufacturers.

Hello, After weeks of research and a first model that you can see on my website https://www.votrehistoireenimage.fr/ I try to change my mirror which I am not too satisfied. I used the Mirropane Chrome Spy 6 mm And I read everywhere that it will use mirroview in 75/20 I am looking for suppliers who deliver in France and at reasonable prices Thanks for your help

The pi3 runs hotter than the pi2 (as the pi4 runs hotter than the pi3), it’ because of higher clocks and there fore more power usage that results in higher temps. The RAM issues I can’t explain however. (My Pi3+ runs at around 45-50C with a heatsink on the cpu.) The Raspberry Pi 3's average SoC temperature unader load was 61C with a peak of 82C. Meanwhile, the Raspberry Pi 2 had an average temperature of 48.9C and a peak of 59.C source : https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=RPi2-vs-RPi3-SoC-Temperature Another reference : https://www.martinrowan.co.uk/2019/07/raspberry-pi-4-power-temperature-at-idle/ [image: image-21.png]

@yns117 are you trying to use it with your Pi?

Hi all, I have one mirror glass to offer which I don’t have a use for anymore. Model: Pilkington Mirropane ChromeSpy 4mm Size: 500 x 500 mm Transmission: 8% Reflection: 48% It cost me 82€, I’d sell it for 60 € + shipping. I live in Germany close to Duisburg so pickup is of course possible as well. Let me know if you’re interested. Thanks!

@thisistheplace Thank you, this is sound advice. I’ll give your suggestions a try after rescuing the bezel from the rubbish bins :) failing that, I’m guessing a cheap Chinese control board is the only option left to try. Thank you again for your time and help :)

Frameless mirrors/floating mirrors are hard to do when you have to hide a screen and possibly a pi/other hardware. (And you probably want polished edges for that to) If you are able to build the screen and pi in to the wall itself and then mount the mirror flush on the wall, that would be one way of doing it. But since your glass won’t cover the entire screen (being 1.1 inch to short) the best thing to do is to build a frame with a larger bezel around the mirror+screen. And in that case yes, cutting the glass down would be good (just to get closer to the screens image ratio). With a larger bezel you can hide the overflow and you won’t get a backlight-edge visible on your mirror (since all the visible mirror surface will have the screen behind it). You could probably find a ready made picture frame that is close to your measurements, and then just build a simple wooden box around the components that you can mount the frame to and in the same time get mounting to hang it on a wall. (something like this maybe : https://www.amazon.co.uk/14x10-PICTURE-PHOTO-FRAME-Black/dp/B00BTBGGFC) You don’t need any specialized tools to make a frame (a saw, a hammer, some tiny nails, wood glue and some wood.)

If you don’t want to use the MagicMirror2 then you can try to use Rainmeter which is a highly customizable visual desktop information program. https://www.rainmeter.net/ [image: vwwc2dv9isiy.jpg]

I would consider skipping the mirror part altogether and only use a screen. Otherwise you will just get a mirror that doesn’t look like a mirror.

@blebbens If your running the MM2 witohout any twoway mirror in front of the display maybe you could get away with an e-ink display. But the e-ink is not near bright enough to be viable behind a twoway mirror. There is low energy (energy star rated) screens out there, power is directly related to size (obviously), like there is the 24" LG 24MK600M rated use is 14.1W (eco mode). So you could probably get a smaller screen that uses less.

@yraheja77 PI4 1Gig is same as PI3b+ only faster… everything else is an add on. if u can afford more memory, get it my updated (in test) installer will help you get set up, see here for instructions https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer/2 V 2.9 is the latest

Was planning out a build for my first magic mirror when it occurred to me that an echo show could make a great base to start off with, especially for someone doing their first build with no experience working on a pi. Hell, if these things had a bigger display it would be perfect. https://sarkariresult.onl/ https://pnrstatus.vip/ My question is if anyone has done or tried this before? If so any advice or tips? I found a tear down video on ifixit and it looks like the hardest part is just finding all the screws to get the case open. From there just pull guts out, reinstall in frame, and boom magic Alexa mirror. Sounds simple right?

@sdetweil Ah okay just I’ve watched quite a few youtube tutorials and I haven’t seen one use the Pi 4 nor have I seen anyone use it here but haven’t looked very hard. Same price at the 1GB.