Using a pi3, has been running ok for 6 months, screen went black, thought it was cable cause I’m using a vga to hdmi connector, but I’ve tried different screen and just a hdmi cable. What’s confusing is that the mirror is still working as I’m using the remote module and I can view it on my laptop, the screen is ok cause it’s going through the boot , just when desktop shows it’s goes off

Hi I’m a noob

Going to start my mirror build after Christmas , doing some reading before I decide which direction I want this project to go, but I have a couple of questions about some ideas I want to know if are possible.

First was thinking a sensor and the Halloween theme, put some speakers in as well and if u go near mirror some thing scary could pop on the screen and scare people,myopic could use the same thing for a Christmas theme as well , maybe Christmas songs play with a Christmas theme displayed.

My other idea is why does it just have to be a mirror, again need a sensor, but limited to distance it would activate , so instead it could display art or pics like a electronic picture slideshow, but if u went near mirror within say 2 feet it would switch back to smart mirror.

Any advice on how about getting this done would be great, I’m not that much of a programmer only had PI a month