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    How to make the background all black

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      sdetweil @icripps
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      @icripps in MM/css/main.css is the default color

      html {
        cursor: default;
        overflow: hidden;
        background: #000;
      }
      

      which is as black as the system can make it…

      monitors and tvs will still have a glow even showing black…

      my tvs do not turn off thru programming, so I use hiding all modules for sleep, but as u noted they still glow at night.

      Sam

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      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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        icripps @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil thank you , I thought I was the only one facing that issue with the display. Thanks

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          retroflex Project Sponsor Module Developer @icripps
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          @icripps This is because monitors use backlightning. You can use an OLED display instead if you want to build a crazy expensive mirror :)

          But in daylight the backlight is hardly visible. As a simple workaround you can try to hang your mirror somewhere else where there’s more light.

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            sdetweil @retroflex
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            @retroflex my TV/MM /Photoframe is a big nightlight in the hall…

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              rabbit83ka
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              I’m just cutting the power of the backlight with a relais and MMM-PIR-Sensor. This way the screen is really black and invisible while it’s up immediatly if the sensor detects motion.

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                retroflex Project Sponsor Module Developer @rabbit83ka
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                @rabbit83ka How do you cut the power to the backlight only?

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