Udat Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) In time I want to set up 3 screens for simming. My problem is the plastic edges of the screens breaking up the image with centimeters of plastic edges. So my question is if anyone here have tried removing the frames to in effect make a single uninterrupted large screen.. I have never seen a picture of a setup like this, so I have my doubts about this, but I have to check ;) Thanks in advance!:helpsmilie: Edited January 6, 2011 by Udat Intel i7-950 @stock, Asus P6X58D-E, 3x4GB Corsair Vengeance, Asus GTX 580, Corsair 120GB SSD, Corsair HX 750W PSU [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Boulund Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 There was a guy here in the forums that had a triple-head setup with removed plastic frames. Can't seem to find it right now though... Core i5-760 @ 3.6Ghz, 4GB DDR3, Geforce GTX470, Samsung SATA HDD, Dell UH2311H 1920x1080, Saitek X52 Pro., FreeTrack homemade cap w/ LifeCam VX-1000, Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1. FreeTrack in DCS A10C (64bit): samttheeagle's headtracker.dll
LiveBait Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 The one time i tried this i found that there was still a bare metal edge that framed the screen. Not as wide as the original cover, it was ugly so i put the frame back on and sat one monitor slightly behind the other so only 1 frame width was visible. Its not that difficult to remove the frame, perhaps yours will be different, good luck.
trigen Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) Done just about everything you can imagine with my screens, Currently they are setup with the edge of the original plastic sawed off , left on the right both side on the middle, you get the picture. that way i can keep the mountings and they are still easy to mount on the walls For the metal i've put some black electrical isolation tape on to avoid backlight bleed and better looks. I also have the two side screens in front of the middle to make them thinner and depending your view position you may have to move them a little up or down. Dont fiddle with the metal under there, the screen pixel area is actually about 2mm inside of them so you wont gain anything and you would most likely break the monitor by trying. Edited January 6, 2011 by trigen spellings 1080 ti, i7700k 5ghz, 16gb 3600 cl14 ddr4 oc
metalnwood Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 Yes, I have played around with all of this as well and I was worried about it before I went to triple screens. Since I got triple screens I don't care. Buy screens that dont have very wide bezels and do what livebait and I do, i.e. overlap the bezels so they are only one bezel wide. I understand it's a worry when you havent used triple screens but most people forget about the bezels once they start using it.
Udat Posted January 6, 2011 Author Posted January 6, 2011 Hmm ok thanks for the tips guys. Any chance you could take a picture to give me an idea of how it will end up looking? Intel i7-950 @stock, Asus P6X58D-E, 3x4GB Corsair Vengeance, Asus GTX 580, Corsair 120GB SSD, Corsair HX 750W PSU [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
celticcoho Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 Hmm ok thanks for the tips guys. Any chance you could take a picture to give me an idea of how it will end up looking? You can also have Bezel Compinsation in CCC to render your view so PIX are not behind the Bezels, After using it for awhile, you don't even notice the bezels, Cheers, Jim:thumbup: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]Celticcoho (OriginFreedom) WIN 7 64 bit, I7975 at 3.6ghz,X58 Classified 3 Mobo, 6gb Corsair 2000 ram, 2 ea ATI 5870 Eyefinity 6 2gb's , 27" Ultra Sharp,(main view), 3 23"touch screens , Tm Warthog, Saitek Combat Pedals Track IR 5,:D JIM.:book:
G3 Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 i agree the bezels seem to vanish somewhat, but they are there and do ruin things a little even with the compensation i have seen people do it with fresnel lenses but not sure how good that is. an idea i thought of was to use 2 side 45' or 3 mirrors mounted in a slight curved angle and reflect the images back into one big image minus bezels ? the theory is good :D
walker450 Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 Here are some pics: http://www.mikevanelst.com/monitorproject/ Speedpad for Inputs | My Simpit | Joystick Damper Mod
Udat Posted January 7, 2011 Author Posted January 7, 2011 Now that looks cool! Well, thanks for the answers everyone, we'll see how it goes :) Intel i7-950 @stock, Asus P6X58D-E, 3x4GB Corsair Vengeance, Asus GTX 580, Corsair 120GB SSD, Corsair HX 750W PSU [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Succellus Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Here are some pics: http://www.mikevanelst.com/monitorproject/ Now thats rocks, indeed!!! HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
Jinja Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Hi, Yes I tinkered as much as Walker450, and turned to woodworking to fit a frame around all three: http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/attachment.php?attachmentid=110212&d=1275857065 I stripped 3 19" Samsungs, and they looked identical to Walker's LG once all the plastics removed. The results are absolutely worth it, but you will need to plan plan plan. i7@3.5Ghz, ATI 5870, 16GB RAM, win7 64bit, TH2GO, Track-IR, 4screen pit, TM WArthog HOTAS
G3 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 some good thinking, with the covers off it looks great, and that 3wide curved stand is nice too a braver man than i pulling those things apart, when i first got a th2go screens were worth 4-5 hundred $ a piece, now 3x 19" screens can be had for under 300 $ total, so i guess it has become a risk worthy proposition :) :thumbup: jinja, cant see your pics :(
power5 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Do you have closer shots walker? Would like to see what your plex frame is doing. Would making it black make it seem more finished? Very awesome setup indeed. You have had that for some time as well. Very impressive. What were the LEDs for you mentioned? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Aaron i7 2600k@4.4ghz, GTX1060-6gb, 16gb DDR3, T16000m, Track IR5 BS2-A10C-UH1-FC3-M2000-F18C-A4E-F14B-BF109
walker450 Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 Sorry guys I didn't mean to misrepresent that project as my own! I don't know who he is but that is the best example I've seen so far of customizing bezels. I would like to replicate his work one day though :) Speedpad for Inputs | My Simpit | Joystick Damper Mod
Jinja Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Here's the pic of my attempt with a B&Q finest pine frame ;-) i7@3.5Ghz, ATI 5870, 16GB RAM, win7 64bit, TH2GO, Track-IR, 4screen pit, TM WArthog HOTAS
power5 Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Got any more pics? Looks like a fine pit. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Aaron i7 2600k@4.4ghz, GTX1060-6gb, 16gb DDR3, T16000m, Track IR5 BS2-A10C-UH1-FC3-M2000-F18C-A4E-F14B-BF109
walker450 Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Jinja, could you please post more pics? I'd like to see how the monitors are supported in the frame. Pics or video of gameplay would also be great! :) Speedpad for Inputs | My Simpit | Joystick Damper Mod
Jinja Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 The frame is just simple pine beams tenon+morticed (jointed) at the ends, and a large biscuit-joint in the middle (enlarged photo of this). The frame has no supporting cross-beams to the rear, but with care there is surprising strength in the frame before I inserted the panels. Then using Google Sketch from the start-up, next was to route trenches so the panels can simply slide into the middle of the frame (the LCDs just aren't simply bolted to the rear of the frame, they actually slide into grooves so strength of the overall completed structure isn't compromised. This project was a real undertaking, maybe 60 hours?? I actually got 60% through my 1st attempt (maybe 30-40 hours), and I aborted and started again when I realised there wasn't enough strength as I had made the beams too thin. The routing was complicated and took alot of hand-work afterwards with chisels and files. Dimensions needed to be mm perfect and there was alot of test/dry-fitting involved during the process. You can see the left-bezel is extremely successful and is razor thin. The right one isn't as successful, because of the method I use to sequence the insertion of the 3 LCDs into their respective 'slots'. It was a very risky exercise with 3 expensive Samsung monitors, and I indeed broke one monitor in the process by ripping off the LCD-attached circuit board when test-fitting the monitor. I didn't make the same mistake twice, protecting that part with a plastic sleeve. The end result is just about perfect for me. Love it and looks great! i7@3.5Ghz, ATI 5870, 16GB RAM, win7 64bit, TH2GO, Track-IR, 4screen pit, TM WArthog HOTAS
walker450 Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) Very nice! Thanks for pics! What kind of moniors did you use? And did you pick them for a reason? Edited January 11, 2011 by walker450 Speedpad for Inputs | My Simpit | Joystick Damper Mod
104th_Crunch Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 While not too helpful, samsung as a new TV with utra thin bezels http://www.oled-display.net/samsung-introduces-world%E2%80%99s-narrowest-bezel-technology-lcd-series
Jinja Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 Very nice! Thanks for pics! What kind of moniors did you use? And did you pick them for a reason? Thx :) I used 19" Smasungs with native resolution of 1280x1024. They were expensive 'cos thy were the only monitors I had in the office that I could nab at that spec... but they were portrait-rotating ones, which meant I paid well over the odds for something I have ripped off them! I could have used larger monitors with native resolution of 1680x1050 (or whatever TH2GO maximum per-monitor allowed is), but I knew I was going to start crippling my graphics card as the pixel count shoots up, hence my conscious decision to be happy with an overall screen size of 3840x1024 i7@3.5Ghz, ATI 5870, 16GB RAM, win7 64bit, TH2GO, Track-IR, 4screen pit, TM WArthog HOTAS
Jinja Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 While not too helpful, samsung as a new TV with utra thin bezels http://www.oled-display.net/samsung-introduces-world%E2%80%99s-narrowest-bezel-technology-lcd-series Yeah, very interesting and would be awesome, but when I did this last year they weren't available in UK and were VERY expensive. Don't know whether either of those variables have changed since then. i7@3.5Ghz, ATI 5870, 16GB RAM, win7 64bit, TH2GO, Track-IR, 4screen pit, TM WArthog HOTAS
Cali Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 I don't understand why we haven't had a very thin bezel monitor yet, I'm sure they can do it very easy. i7-4820k @ 3.7, Windows 7 64-bit, 16GB 1866mhz EVGA GTX 970 2GB, 256GB SSD, 500GB WD, TM Warthog, TM Cougar MFD's, Saitek Combat Pedals, TrackIR 5, G15 keyboard, 55" 4K LED
walker450 Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 I agree Cali. I think if a manufacturer would just offer something like Jinja made, people would be happy to buy it. Of course they could make it behave as one monitor, with just one connector, sort of a factory TH2Go option. Thanks again Jinja! I hope to add pics of my own setup some day. First I need to buy 3 matching monitors... :) Speedpad for Inputs | My Simpit | Joystick Damper Mod
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