How to make the background all black

icripps

Hi guy, I am trying to figure out how to change the background of the magic mirror to a very deep black(darkest black ) and I am kind of course fused because idk how to do that. I know is some css background color I have to change but which one ? .

For the record my background is all black, but it’s not black like how I want it. When I turn off all modules, you can actually see that the monitor is on and I don’t want that.

Help

sdetweil

@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.

icripps

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

retroflex

@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.

sdetweil

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

rabbit83ka

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.

retroflex

@rabbit83ka How do you cut the power to the backlight only?