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    Glass or foil??

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    • P Offline
      psteimann
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      Hi Mark,

      I would not use a foil…the result looks very “cheep”, its hard to mount without airbubbles and you will see scratches on it very soon…

      you could use a small peace of mirror which fits in the free area of MM and can be mounted there, but still, it looks not too nice and its hard to remove without damaging your display.

      Best alternative in this case would be to realise it with a cameraboard for the Pi and using the module MMM-MotionEye. But It’s not easy to install, I did not get it to run till now…unfortunately

      Or you use a cam connected with USB to the Pi (Module Camera) and mount this somehow that its “as non visible as possible” in top of your screen"…but not my favourite solution…

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        michael24h
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        I don’t think foil will be way to go. Glass only for nice finish of mirror.
        I came cross mirror supplier which offers standard thickness two way mirror 6mm, and also 4mm
        I have smaller Version of Magic Mirror with 6mm glass. Which look very nice
        But I never come cross 4mm.

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          checkit
          last edited by

          Go with the acrylic. You won’t be disappointed.
          https://www.tapplastics.com/product/plastics/cut_to_size_plastic/two_way_mirrored_acrylic/558

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            psteimann
            last edited by

            Did you check the price? Horrible compared to a glass…

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              checkit
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              I like the acrylic because it is more durable and lighter than glass.

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