@maiky09 it is not VA. Check all monitors suitable for you in terms of size/price and check at other website which type of matrix these LCD have. As was said above, the best option is VA (Vertical Alignment)

@sdetweil
thanx. I have put into container RUN command direct links

--volume /home/pi/magic_mirror/config

instead of relative ones

--volume ~/magic_mirror/config

So the RUN command looked like:

docker run  -d \
--publish 80:8080 \
--restart always \
--volume /home/pi/magic_mirror/config:/opt/magic_mirror/config \
--volume /home/pi/magic_mirror/modules:/opt/magic_mirror/modules \
--name magic_mirror \
bastilimbach/docker-magicmirror:raspberry

I also changed config, as I understood I should wrote port 80 there, so m,y config.js is the following:

var config = {
    	address: "0.0.0.0", // Address to listen on, can be:
    	                      // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
    	                      // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
    	                      // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
    	                      // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
    	port: 80,
    	ipWhitelist: [], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
    	                                                       // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
    	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
    	                                                       // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
    	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],
    if (typeof module !== "undefined") { module.exports = config; }
    
    	language: "en",
    	timeFormat: 24,
    	units: "metric",
    
    	modules: [
    		{
    			module: "alert",
    		},
    		{
    			module: "updatenotification",
    			position: "top_bar"
    		},
    		{
    			module: "clock",
    			position: "top_left"
    		},
    		// OTHER MODULES CONFIGURATIONS DELETED HERE FOR SIMPLICITY
    	]
    
    };
    
    /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
    if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

I have did once more all the steps

Here is log from terminal

pi@raspberrypi:/ $ docker run  -d \
> --publish 80:8080 \
> --restart always \
> --volume /home/pi/magic_mirror/config:/opt/magic_mirror/config \
> --volume /home/pi/magic_mirror/modules:/opt/magic_mirror/modules \
> --name magic_mirror \
> bastilimbach/docker-magicmirror:raspberry
37638fe6e1d0dee6b3ff9973c8ec7e2c7d6b0fa71b4c095e94738b197387074e
pi@raspberrypi:/ $ docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                                       COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                  NAMES
37638fe6e1d0        bastilimbach/docker-magicmirror:raspberry   "/opt/docker-entrypo…"   11 seconds ago      Up 7 seconds        0.0.0.0:80->8080/tcp   magic_mirror
pi@raspberrypi:/ $ cd /home/pi/magic_mirror/config
pi@raspberrypi:~/magic_mirror/config $ sudo nano config.js
pi@raspberrypi:~/magic_mirror/config $ cd /
pi@raspberrypi:/ $ ifconfig
docker0: flags=4163  mtu 1500
        inet 172.17.0.1  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 172.17.255.255
        inet6 fe80::5b8a:414d:261e:c2f3  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20
        ether 02:42:cf:fa:cf:16  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 12  bytes 1601 (1.5 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 170  bytes 28294 (27.6 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

eth0: flags=4099  mtu 1500
        ether b8:27:eb:fd:40:7d  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

veth2d3c6a7: flags=4163  mtu 1500
        inet 169.254.32.50  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 169.254.255.255
        inet6 fe80::ef51:3415:a096:b052  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20
        ether 9a:4f:36:79:b3:72  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 4  bytes 651 (651.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 127  bytes 19147 (18.6 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4163  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.43.78  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.43.255
        inet6 fe80::fff4:43e5:edc6:cc9e  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20
        ether b8:27:eb:a8:15:28  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 13597  bytes 14840294 (14.1 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 11414  bytes 1524830 (1.4 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

pi@raspberrypi:/ $ docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                                       COMMAND                  CREATED              STATUS              PORTS                  NAMES
37638fe6e1d0        bastilimbach/docker-magicmirror:raspberry   "/opt/docker-entrypo…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   0.0.0.0:80->8080/tcp   magic_mirror
pi@raspberrypi:/ $ 

When I trying to reach through
localhost:80, 127.0.0.1:80 the browser returns

This site can’t be reached The connection was reset.Try:
Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
ERR_CONNECTION_RESET

When I am trying to reach through the address
localhost:8080, 127.0.0.1:8080

This site can’t be reached 127.0.0.1 refused to connect.
Try: Checking the connection, Checking the proxy and the firewall
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

So the errors are different (connection is reset and refused, respectively).
What else should I check , @sdetweil could you please advice me?

@Sean said in LED display shines through:

VA

sorry for misunderstanding.
I kept in mind and thought about VA but typed PLS.
Of course the diff in IPS and VA is visible especially in dark color, due to the higher contrast in the last one.
You are right.
Late response speed is not an issues for MM projects I think.

@maiky09 I have found that displays made with PLS technology emit better “dark” color as compared to displays made based on the IPS (and TFT) technology. Think about it.

Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Following instructions at https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror and https://github.com/bastilimbach/docker-MagicMirror.

The following steps has been done:

1. Downloaded and flashed to SD card latest clean Raspbian Stretch with desktop (kernel version 4.14) from raspberry.org.
2. Connected Raspberry to WiFi network.
3. Installed Docker by executing

curl -sSL https://get.docker.com | sh

4. Get Docker autostart

sudo systemctl enable docker

5. added member to docker’s group

sudo usermod -aG docker pi

6. Reboot system to changes take place

sudo reboot

7. Downloaded container with magicmirror for raspberry

docker pull bastilimbach/docker-magicmirror:raspberry

8. Executed container start according to instructions at MM docker page:

docker run  -d \
	--publish 80:8080 \
	--restart always \
	--volume ~/magic_mirror/config:/opt/magic_mirror/config \
	--volume ~/magic_mirror/modules:/opt/magic_mirror/modules \
	--name magic_mirror \
	bastilimbach/docker-magicmirror:raspberry

9. Created config.js file in “/home/pi/magic_mirror/config”

sudo nano config.js

10. Edited config.js in “/home/pi/magic_mirror/config” to the following lines:

        var config = {
        	address: "0.0.0.0", // Address to listen on, can be:
        	                      // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
        	                      // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
        	                      // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
        	                      // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
        	port: 8080,
        	ipWhitelist: [], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
        	                                                       // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
        	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
        	                                                       // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
        	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],
        if (typeof module !== "undefined") { module.exports = config; }
        
        	language: "en",
        	timeFormat: 24,
        	units: "metric",
        
        	modules: [
        		{
        			module: "alert",
        		},
        		{
        			module: "updatenotification",
        			position: "top_bar"
        		},
        		{
        			module: "clock",
        			position: "top_left"
        		},
        		// OTHER MODULES CONFIGURATIONS DELETED HERE FOR SIMPLICITY
        	]
        
        };
        
        /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
        if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}
    

11. Reboot the system

sudo reboot

12. Checked IP addresses

ifconfig

pi@raspberrypi:/ $ ifconfig
docker0: flags=4163  mtu 1500
        inet 172.17.0.1  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 172.17.255.255
        inet6 fe80::36c7:71e6:4c9c:d8d9  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20
        ether 02:42:50:41:f1:09  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 13  bytes 1775 (1.7 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 174  bytes 40644 (39.6 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

eth0: flags=4099  mtu 1500
        ether b8:27:eb:fd:40:7d  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

veth0275d60: flags=4163  mtu 1500
        inet 169.254.222.123  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 169.254.255.255
        inet6 fe80::6069:90ff:fec9:a75a  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20
        ether 62:69:90:c9:a7:5a  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 13  bytes 1957 (1.9 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 350  bytes 82319 (80.3 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4163  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.43.78  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.43.255
        inet6 fe80::fff4:43e5:edc6:cc9e  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20
        ether b8:27:eb:a8:15:28  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 4833  bytes 3587709 (3.4 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 4613  bytes 610563 (596.2 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

13. Tried to connect by a local Chromium to the MM server by entering the following addresses into browser’s address line:

127.0.0.1:8080
localhost:8080
127.0.0.1:80
localhost:80

Got in browser:

This site can’t be reached The connection was reset. ERR_CONNECTION_RESET

14. Tried to connect from phone which is connected to the same WiFi network via browser by enetring to the Browser’s address line:

192.168.43.78:8080
192.168.43.78:80

Result is the same,

This site can’t be reached The connection was reset. ERR_CONNECTION_RESET

For reference, list of files and folders in home/pi/magic_mirror

pi@raspberrypi:~/magic_mirror $ ls -R
.:
config  modules

./config:
config.js  config.js.sample

./modules:
default  node_modules  README.md

./modules/default:
alert  calendar  clock  compliments  currentweather  defaultmodules.js  helloworld  newsfeed  updatenotification  weather  weatherforecast

./modules/default/alert:
alert.js  classie.js  modernizr.custom.js  notificationFx.js  ns-default.css  README.md  translations

./modules/default/alert/translations:
bg.json  da.json  de.json  en.json  es.json  fr.json  hu.json  nl.json  ru.json

./modules/default/calendar:
calendar.css  calendarfetcher.js  calendar.js  debug.js  node_helper.js  README.md  vendor

./modules/default/calendar/vendor:
ical.js

./modules/default/calendar/vendor/ical.js:
example.js  ical.js  index.js  LICENSE  node-ical.js  NOTICE  package.json  readme.md  test

./modules/default/calendar/vendor/ical.js/test:
test10.ics  test11.ics  test1.ics  test2.ics  test3.ics  test4.ics  test5.ics  test6.ics  test7.ics  test8.ics  test9.ics  test.js

./modules/default/clock:
clock.js  clock_screenshot.png  clock_styles.css  faces  README.md

./modules/default/clock/faces:
face-001.svg  face-002.svg  face-003.svg  face-004.svg  face-005.svg  face-006.svg  face-007.svg  face-008.svg  face-009.svg  face-010.svg  face-011.svg  face-012.svg

./modules/default/compliments:
compliments.js  compliments_screenshot.png  README.md

./modules/default/currentweather:
currentweather.css  currentweather.js  README.md  weather_screenshot.png

./modules/default/helloworld:
helloworld.js  helloworld.njk  README.md

./modules/default/newsfeed:
fetcher.js  newsfeed.js  newsfeed_screenshot.png  node_helper.js  README.md  translations

./modules/default/newsfeed/translations:
de.json  en.json  es.json  fr.json

./modules/default/updatenotification:
node_helper.js  README.md  updatenotification.js

./modules/default/weather:
current.njk  current.png  forecast.njk  forecast.png  providers  README.md  weather.css  weather.js  weatherobject.js  weatherprovider.js

./modules/default/weather/providers:
darksky.js  openweathermap.js  README.md

./modules/default/weatherforecast:
forecast_screenshot.png  README.md  weatherforecast.css  weatherforecast.js

./modules/node_modules:
node_helper

./modules/node_modules/node_helper:
index.js

Could anyone advise what I am doing wrong here?

It seems that in my country (I am from Ukraine) is not very easy to get the two-way glass mirror.

One company made for me two-way mirror from regular 4mm thickness glass by titanium coating-in-vacuum technique. It has size 560x780mm. I have asked for transparency rate 30%.
When I took it to home and compared to regular mirror - my “two way mirror” looks darker as compared to the regular mirror.
For me, it is not comfortable to use such dark reflection in the bathroom.
I am attaching the pic to this post - you can see the reflection of window in both mirrors - regular and two-way mirror.

I have looked through the examples of already completed mirrors and some of the are also looks darker, some are pretty light.

Could you please write down there - whether your mirror is darker then the regular one?

I want to clarify this stuff for me because I have nothing to compare with.

Thanx to the info from other topic:

@ganget said in Best glass transparency for MagicMirror:

Maybe this link can help you with answering your question? It’s all about research i guess.

I realized that Acrylic two-way mirror not suitable for big size mirrors e.g. more than 600x600mm due to reflection distortion on big size.
Glass mirrors better suit big sizes magic mirrors.

@Sean thank for yur quick response.
I just want to clarify for myself which type is most common for mirrors based on the users here at this forum.

Hello guys, I am looking for best mirror for my MagicMirror project.

As of now there are two different option for mirrors: Acrylic of Glass mirror.
I will purchase online so no possibility to check personally each type.

My needs:

• mirror for bathroom (e.g. high humidity)
• reflection should be as light and clear as in regular mirror - this will the the only mirror in the bathroom.
• mirror size 600 (w) x 800 (h) mm.
• 21.5’ IPS is planned to be installed behind the mirror.

Could you tell me please the pros and cons for each type of mirror based on your own practical experience.
I want to choose the best one before the purchase took place.