Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
building a mirror 101
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@1a2a3a the films have a shiny side and a not shiny side. the not shiny side goes to the glass.
I haven’t seen one the other way, film mounted behind. film is not a very good solution in my opinion.
the film is see thru, else you wouldn’t get the monitor see thru at all.
yes, some have a smaller window of content in a big mirror. consider a mirror in a bathroom. don’t need the whole wall as the ui, just a small section to see traffic, todays schedule and weather.
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@1a2a3a
Of course you can build your own frame and glass with exact size to fit your lcd panel by yourself, or with custom-made. It is just expensive or handcraft skill needs. -
I don’t suppose the people put background images when building a mirror mirror? I only see background images for dashboard style. Those with mirror are more of text wording?
Any idea how it would be like with background images for mirror?
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@1a2a3a can’t imagine using background images w a mirror surface as they would be altered by the mirror darkness.
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Does anybody know if the film only works in the day? My local supplier told me that it will only work as mirror in the day due to sunlight. Thoughts?
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@1a2a3a I will not use any film type. But your choice. Look and feel is relative.
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Probably going to use and try it out first. So it’s true film only works in the day?
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@1a2a3a
Everything is relative. Good reflex means bad readability and vice versa. A perfect mirror in the bright living room at noon may not be good for a dark bathroom at night . Someone thinks even a film is his best choice, but another may regards it is a crap with horrible distortion,…
There is no golden rule for this. Every environment and case is different and nobody dare to say the answer.Try yourself.
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@MMRIZE thanks will do. Last question, what’s the spec of the 2 way mirror I should be looking for if I were to buy one? 3mm with 50% reflection?
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@1a2a3a If your LCD has enough brightness and good contrast, more reflection(less transmission) will be the better.
The dilemma is this. More it looks like a real mirror, more it will lose readability.
Under the direct strong daylight, Any film or glass cannot help to read small fonts or dimmed color. It will be a nice mirror(but with a little duplexed reflections)
At night in dark room like bath, whatever can show MM nicely. But by condition of handcrafts, the inside of mirror might be shown somehow transparently.(like bezel of panel or wires, your RPI…).I say again, all the satisfaction is relative. Someone will think it is enough and someone will not regardless of how much good or how much expensive the material is, how much reflexive or how much transmissible it is.
So the glass or film itself might not be so important to someone(and be so to another). It depends on your purpose, where you install, under which light circumstances, which panel you use, and how it constructed with frame, and etc.
Try and find your own answer. And even consider a info board style without mirror also.
And if you ask me,I made 10s MM in several years after knowing this project, I don’t build “mirror” anymore after first 2 builds.
