Trash80toHP_Mini
NIGHT STALKER
Short version: from my perspective, a vacuum formed or drooped thin plexi cover would be your optimal solution.
TLDR
Forgot to mention cooling noise. IIRC the projector sounds a bit like a tiny jet engine. Hopefully newer ones are cooler running and a lot more quiet. Think Classic/MDD. No problem for ceiling game projection or rear facing screen movie projection, but could be annoying for desktop mode. Something to think about.
Better solution all around would be vacuum forming clear plexi replacement CRT faces. I've done a first round and results were better than expected with a rudimentary setup and heating scrap plex I had on hand in the oven. Switching to very thin plex and a better setup should yield useful LCD covers. No refractive index to speak of for acrylic, but I wonder if convex-convex lens configuration and CRT face glass refraction might induce slight, uneven magnification of the LCD image.
After disassembling a display for recycling, I'm wondering if you could vacuum form an LED backlit LCD. [}]
TLDR
Forgot to mention cooling noise. IIRC the projector sounds a bit like a tiny jet engine. Hopefully newer ones are cooler running and a lot more quiet. Think Classic/MDD. No problem for ceiling game projection or rear facing screen movie projection, but could be annoying for desktop mode. Something to think about.
Better solution all around would be vacuum forming clear plexi replacement CRT faces. I've done a first round and results were better than expected with a rudimentary setup and heating scrap plex I had on hand in the oven. Switching to very thin plex and a better setup should yield useful LCD covers. No refractive index to speak of for acrylic, but I wonder if convex-convex lens configuration and CRT face glass refraction might induce slight, uneven magnification of the LCD image.
After disassembling a display for recycling, I'm wondering if you could vacuum form an LED backlit LCD. [}]