Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Mirror larger than monitor
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Hi,
does anybody know, if it still looks good if the mirror is larger than the monitor?
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i got a 50x50 mirror with a approx. 24° monitor.
i taped the free area of the mirror to get full darkness behind it.
looks very good :)
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Could you share some pictures? I would love to see for myself.
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Is there any downside when the mirror is bigger (*1,5 or *2) than the monitor behind it?
For example my current idea would look like this:
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@ZombieDE the bleeding of the monitor could be more obvious if its not all over the place
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@strawberry-3.141 How bad could it get? Sorry, I have no experience with mirrors.
Do you have any pictures how it could look like?
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@ZombieDE this depends on the brightness of your monitor and the light transition of the mirror, for example here you can see the cut where the monitor ends https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/1250/my-first-build-using-a-lasered-frame/2
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@strawberry-3.141 I’ll use the two way mirror form Germany (light transmisson 24 percent)and (probably) the BenQ GL2760H (contrast 1000:1, brightness 300 nits = 300 cd/m²) if you can get something out of it.
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@ZombieDE I guess @Goldjunge_Chriz can help you more with your question
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For what it’s worth, I have a mirror that’s larger than my monitor:
Monitor: 12.5x19.5"
Mirror: 14x22"It looks totally fine. There was some bleed at the edge of the monitor where you could see some light-glow, but I taped that down with electrical tape and now it’s perfect.
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But how did You fix the monitor in the frame an on the mirror,. have some pictures. I fear the Monitor is to heavy for taping,. and if a take separators,. I fear the monitor falling through the mirror,… so how to really fix the monitor?
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I also have a mirror that is about twice the size of the monitor (60x40cm mirror, 19" 5:4 monitor) and in normal daylight it’s totally not visible. At night, however, when there is no other light in the room you can clearly see where the monitor ends
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@dbahn25 I’d recommend putting black tape or something similar on the inside of the mirror where the monitor doesn’t show to combat this.
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@Atheose thats exactly what i did. the problem is that the part where the monitor is is actually too bright, so it’d probably be better to put some white or light gray paper behind the parts that are not covered by monitor. But it’s not too bad and I don’t want to get the mirror off the wall and disassemble the whole thing again…
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