Let’s talk frames!

justjim1220

I am working on using a flatscreen TV.
Taking off the frame holding the screen, installing one-way film, then putting the TV back together.

I also am not using RasPi. I plan to use Windows or Ubuntu (most likely gonna try both) on a laptop, taking the motherboard out of the laptop casing and installing it to the inside of the TV.

tcsabina

Why a laptop, instead of a RPi?
More heavy (need stronger frame),
More noise (from laptop fans)
More power consumption ($$$),
More heat => need proper ventilation,
Windows => I guess you cannot use the MM framework

broberg

@tcsabina said in Let’s talk frames!:

Why a laptop, instead of a RPi?
More heavy (need stronger frame),
More noise (from laptop fans)
More power consumption ($$$),
More heat => need proper ventilation,
Windows => I guess you cannot use the MM framework

If you are building with real glass the extra weight of a laptop shouldn’t be an issue for a well made frame.

Open circulatuion on the back and the cooling shouldn’t be an issue, fan noise shouldn’t be an issue either when surrounded by a frame l with slots for cooling).

Power consumption should be a non issue, since the laptop screen probably are more energyconservative then a regular monitor. But yes, it will be slightly higher.
But with the built in battery you won’t be affected by power outages as much as a pi (which most likely will kill your raspberrys SD-card sooner or later)

You can use MM on windows, think even mykle did a guide on that?
But then again, if that’s an issue Linux works on laptops as well :)

If you dissmember a laptop, flip the screen and space the backbone a bit, then you would have a solid foundatiob to build a small mirror, without the need of buying a seperate driver board for the screeb or getting a raspberry or other small computer to run it.

And most laptops would probably have better performance to run graphic-heavy stuff like animations etc that the pi doesn’t handle so well.

Mykle1

@broberg said in Let’s talk frames!:

You can use MM on windows, think even mykle did a guide on that?
But then again, if that’s an issue Linux works on laptops as well

You’re absolutely right. I did a single, Windows based, laptop mobo vanity mirror. However, I only make/use ubuntu based mirrors now. I’ve become quite accustomed to ubuntu. Uses less resources than Windows and MM runs beautifully. Turns an old laptop board into a Super Pi. Most have WiFi, ability to drive external monitor, integrated microphone and webcam.

AImirror

@dxfan227 Have you started your mirror construction?