@lpgjg My two cent opinion: I think it would be extremely difficult to remove the back paint and primer without damaging the silvering (mirror coating). However, I do wish you the best of luck and please keep us updated. Pictures would be great too.

@daryldixon - The one that gets me is integration with other smart devices. Talk to yourself 20 years ago and tell them “Yeah, I programmed my magic mirror to talk to my toothbrush so it can tell me when I’ve finished. In the meantime, my mirror shows me the weather forecast and I can use it to order a pack of toilet paper after I spit.” We live in an age of wonders.

Did you doing this? Auto Start MM

@jng For a well lit/daylight you want a light transmission of 30-40%. A normal lit room with no direct light from windows I would say 20%

Please can you tell me if your leap motion is connected to the raspberry PI 3? if yes can you tell me what leap motion can i buy to works with my raspberry pi 3 for my smart mirror project ? thank you for your help

@steed - yes, you should. I used black construction paper from Michaels.

Hey, I didn’t find anything regarding MiraCast in the forum, but it would be cooul if it would work somehow. As I am using the pi for other things too (MiniDLNA, Homebridge, etc…) it is not located in the frames of the mirror. For this reason I am looking for a wireless solution, instead of connecting the monitor with HDMI. Is it possible to use for example miracast? it can be bought from China just for 10 Euros…

I will just say get what you can afford and make it work :) I have a 24", 32" and 10" all running :)

@mdhenriksen all depends what you are after if the op has a weak back light display and is a bright room and also wants to play movies and so on then 50/50 for anything other than the above 70/30 would be fine and ok for watching videos

Hey guys, I have finally got the RPi up and running with all the modules I want for my mirror. The next stage is finding and disassembling a 32 inch TV so that I can have a full length mirror. Does anyone have experience with this? I am looking at getting a cheap 2nd hand from Gumtree or similar (I’m in Australia) but wondered if anyone had a guide for stripping a TV? I’m worried as I have 0 electrical knowledge and am a little worried about an electric shock or something… Thanks in advance guys!

I am wondering if someone here has already dealt with a Samsung 2017/2018 line LED TV and image settings for MagicMirror? I ask because I am not a novice with TVs, but the default image menu doesn’t look to give me enough options to increase the brightness as I expected… :expressionless_face: Perhaps I’ve got to access any hidden/service menu to do that? :thinking_face: And if yes how EXACTLY ?

@achanaksadma Welcome to the party my friend you have along one ahead of you …read here and everywhere https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/8569/mmm-mirrormirroronthewall-installation-issue/122 from page 1 Good luck

I havent tried it in a 3 B+ yet

@boblazer said in Where do you find LCD's that are larger than 7"?: One other side question. Has anyone tried splitting up the interface into multiple displays? Instead of using a giant 42" TV to display the time and a status message maybe you could use a few ~7" displays as second and third monitors and display it that way. I’m not sure how you would blend each lcd screen into the surrounding background of the mirror though. I built a mirror with two 24" displays using a Raspberry Pi and a Fitlet. I considered using the Fitlet to drive both displays, but I couldn’t find a way to guarantee one instance of MagicMirror per display. In the end it was easier to drive each monitor separately. If you’re willing to go Windows, you might be able to pull it off. I’m adding a third monitor to that mirror in February. Wish me luck! (also: wait for large sales at Amazon, NewEgg, MicroCenter, BestBuy and the like. I picked up a 47" LCD monitor for like $87 on Black Friday)

The product i used and cut and soldered an original Pi power supply as it didn’t give me enough amps even though it was 2.5 amps https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07C4SNYCH/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

@physics90 Welcome! Report your results for posterity.

@mdhenriksen the way my bathroom is set up lends it self to turning on when i’m looking to utilize it. The sink it will be above is just before the shower. I have been thinking about finding a nice bluetooth speaker (with mic) to use with it, and tapping into google voice or something. itd be nice to have it be able to reach to spotify for music.

@dazza120 - I use black construction paper. I cut it to fit the exposed areas of the glass and the monitor holds it in place.