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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2LRhE1ACsQ <- video

Is it just me, or was that entire video (including the sweater) 70's themed?

It could be that certain colours are associated with a certain era.
Beige sweater and warm white (yellowish) light bulb in that room (not bright enough for camera to capture true colours) which gives the picture a kind of washed out tone.
It might look like it was filmed in the 70's because of the way i dressed.
As seen, i have a poor taste for fashion but it's not deliberately 70's themed if that's what you ask.

Awesome work. Props. 8)

You motivated me to do this to my U2410's and 2405wpf. Very simple to do and it cuts out trims it down about ~1/4" on each monitor. I would like to make a mold of some sort of mold to make the appearance that it is all one unit. Any ideas?

If anyone is curious about the U2410's:

1)Take the front bezel off using gentle force. Once you get around the power putton area their are two connectors, take some needle nose plyers and release the clips.
2)pull the screen out of the box (go around to each corner and pull) Eventially it will come loose, just take your time.
3) once out unscrew the mini screw that holds the power button board in. Comes out easy
4) for the remaining 5 sensor buttons... This is the most delicate part. take a flat head and pry closes to where the power button was. This strip is taped down and takes some very gentle force.

5) Once your done with that the screen is ready to go back on the stand. I put the sensor buttons in some clear heatshrink for the time being just to protect the stickiness of it. It works well as long with the power button. There is no way to mount them so I just put them behind the screen out of site.

At this point everything can be put in the original case with no problems and no way to tell that I dismantled it.

I plan on using this is portrait mode which is perfect for this. The problem with doing this in landscape is there are 4 little tabs on the left and right parts of the U2410's that will make it difficult to butt them against each other. You could hack these off with a dremel but then you would be altering the screen and will probably void your warranty.

Also I'm using a third part stand so I don't know if it will fit back on the original stand. I assume it wont.

What a simple solution to this problem. This might influence the next set of monitors I consider for purchase. Might be able to save some money looking at wider bezel monitors and avoiding the lack of selection in "thin" bezel monitors out there.
Thanks for sharing!

You motivated me to do this to my U2410's and 2405wpf...

Any pics??

any new picts or vids of this setup?

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Need some better angle pics!

any new picts or vids of this setup?

Just took some quick pics of the setup with the stripped u2410's

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=18052&p=184487#p184487

[quote]any new picts or vids of this setup?

Just took some quick pics of the setup with the stripped u2410's

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=18052&p=184487#p184487
holy crap, makes me want to do something similar (i do have 5 Dell S2309w Monitors) Someone else told me to do a 5x1 setup, but even now, the 5870 eyefinity6 edition doesn't support 5 monitor setups.

Curious, what are you using for mounts?

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It's part of the Obutto chair, It comes with a three monitor stand, I used that and mounted some individual monitor arms to the end of it. Its definitely rigged up but works well.

What do you mean the eyefinity6 edition doesn't support 5 monitor setups?

It's part of the Obutto chair, It comes with a three monitor stand, I used that and mounted some individual monitor arms to the end of it. Its definitely rigged up but works well.

What do you mean the eyefinity6 edition doesn't support 5 monitor setups?

http://www.amd.com/us/Documents/Display_Configurations.pdf

Dave (ATI Rep Here) says that's it "currently" not supported. Basically it may be in the future, and since nVidia said they would support 5x1 and 6x1 setups, most like ATI will to.

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Why are there not more pictures of this beautiful setup?

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after an evening of dremling/filing I present you my new almost seamless thin bezel setup

Its a shame I cant show it in full triple screen glory.I sold my TH2Go and the 5850 isn't here yet.

the bezels were almost 1.5 cm on each screen, and at an angled position they were even a bit wider.
thanks to cutting down the case they are now 0.7 cm wide.
Unfortunately, the LCD doesn't begin right where the metal edges of the screen are, so the bezels are more like 0.9 cm in total for each screen.
Well, I still saved like 0.6 cm on each side making it 1.2 cm less bezels

And it looks awesome because the left over gray bezels run around the edge of the 3 screens making it look like one


I got some in-progress pics if some of you are interested.

after an evening of dremling/filing I present you my new almost seamless thin bezel setup

Its a shame I cant show it in full triple screen glory.I sold my TH2Go and the 5850 isnt here yet.

the bezels were almost 1.5cm on each screen, and at an angled position they were even a bit wider.
thanks to cutting down the case they are now 0.7cm wide.
Unfortunately, the lcd doesnt begin right where the metal edges of the screen are, so the bezels are more like 0.9cm in total for each screen.
Well, I still saved like 0.6cm on each side making it 1.2cm lezz bezels

And it looks awesome because the left over edges run around 3 screens making it look like one


I got some in-progress pics if some of you are interested.

this is like alot.

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You motivated me to do this to my U2410's and 2405wpf. Very simple to do and it cuts out trims it down about ~1/4" on each monitor. I would like to make a mold of some sort of mold to make the appearance that it is all one unit. Any ideas?

I was toying with the idea of lazer-cutting thin aluminium sheetmetal in one-piece and the anodize it in black..

If you would keep the bezels on the outsides large enough it would mask the stripped monitors.
From the front it would look like a one-piece bezel.. On the positions where the monitors touch each other you could bend the sheet..

Let me work this out in CAD..

this is like alot.

Sorry, English is my 3rd language and I didn't really get that, do you mean the left over bezels are still too thick? :roll:

[quote]this is like alot.

Sorry, English is my 3rd language and I didn't really get that, do you mean the left over bezels are still too thick? :roll:
sorry i was typing way tooo fast, I meant "I like this a lot"

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Congratulations, this seems nice!

On another note, where did you get that floating Tempests desktop?

from this russian site
check it out, many more beautiful EVE Online pics there

Holy crap. I love so many things about this setup. I think my favorite touch is the black between each display.

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Looks sweet, other than the dirty screens :)

Hello everyone

I just registered to say how awesome this looks. I just purchased a Sapphire Radeon 5870 2GB Eyefinity and am looking into getting 6 Dell P2210H monitors.

Does taking off the bezel prevent you from mounting it on something like this:

http://www.antonline.com/p_Atdec--VFS-DV--Free-Standing-Dual-Vertical-Mnt-Holds-Two-12In-To-24In-Lcds-_739318.htm

Thanks

It depends on the monitor. The LG's from this thread seem to have the VESA mounting holes on the metal case.

My Samsungs have them on the plastic only, so if I would have removed the plastic completeley, I would need a custom stadn, which would hold them by their top and bottom sides, because the standard stand also was attached to the VESA holes on the plastic backside.

Gunja's pics look like his default stand is attached to the metal case, and he also has the VESA holes on the metal case on the back.

I cant say anything about the Dells :-/

Hello everyone

I just registered to say how awesome this looks. I just purchased a Sapphire Radeon 5870 2GB Eyefinity and am looking into getting 6 Dell P2210H monitors.

Does taking off the bezel prevent you from mounting it on something like this:

http://www.antonline.com/p_Atdec--VFS-DV--Free-Standing-Dual-Vertical-Mnt-Holds-Two-12In-To-24In-Lcds-_739318.htm

Thanks

I'd go with monoprice, as it's way cheaper.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=5561&seq=1&format=2

They also have this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=5559&seq=1&format=2

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Agreed. Monoprice is a great!

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It depends on the monitor. The LG's from this thread seem to have the VESA mounting holes on the metal case.

My Samsungs have them on the plastic only, so if I would have removed the plastic completeley, I would need a custom stadn, which would hold them by their top and bottom sides, because the standard stand also was attached to the VESA holes on the plastic backside.

Gunja's pics look like his default stand is attached to the metal case, and he also has the VESA holes on the metal case on the back.

I cant say anything about the Dells :-/

Hm yeah I guess its dependent on the monitors. So I would have to rig a custom stand for this then? How would I even go about doing that?

Agreed. Monoprice is a great!

I'd go with monoprice, as it's way cheaper.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=5561&seq=1&format=2

They also have this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=5559&seq=1&format=2

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I just saw those last night and was wondering if that would do the trick also. Anyone else have any experience with the dells? I'm planning on doing 6 screen eyefinity with no bezels.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I just saw those last night and was wondering if that would do the trick also. Anyone else have any experience with the dells? I'm planning on doing 6 screen eyefinity with no bezels.

That was my initial plan, but 5x1 Portrait is so much more appealing to me. I have all DVI / VGA Monitors, So I'm using 3 MiniDP->VGA adapters (also on monoprice for $20) because buying 3 active MiniDP->DVI would just be way too expensive ($100 a piece).

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Hi guys, I've been a visitor of these forums for several months now, since setting up my own Eyefinty. I always hated how the borders of the screens made the bezals more bigger then needed. I found this thread a few weeks ago, and was like wow that looks awesome.

I finally got around to doing it a few hours ago. And I'm really happy with the out come. Not only are the bazels smaller between the screens, but I feel I have more control over the screens whilst there on the stands. I have only 3 little 5:4 17" dells, but with the "outer" plastic borders, the 3 screens even tho the same model all sat at different angles to each other. Altho there at different heights now, like they was anyway, they all sit straight and flush with each other.

IMO it looks more professional then it did with the plastic on. I'll include a before and after shot.

BEFORE



AFTER

Ok, add me to the list of nutjobs who jabbed a screwdriver into my monitors. Here is the before and after. Yes I know two monitors sucks. I will be buying the third monitor in two weeks.

Before:


After:

Kill them bezels---->>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(mine will be next!)

I would like to be able to get into my screen, let alone run it bezel less. I think it uses those "once only" plastic clips, and there is like a front rim, side rim around the display and a back. The only screws hold the stand on, and the buttons. There is dust stuck in my screen and I want to clean it out!

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Isn't it possible to remove the LCD out of the metal case as well, removing the bezel entirely?

Isn't it possible to remove the LCD out of the metal case as well, removing the bezel entirely?

Id say no.

maybe it would be possible, but the different layers of the screen would fall apart, there will be major background light leakage and behind the metal casing there is still screenspace, just no active pixels, so you would not win much without actually cutting your screen and modifying the background lightning.

That is my assumption. IF you want your screen components flopping around, then go nuts.

Just did my first strip down of a monitor - took my Hanns G 28" ($249.99 at tiger direct right now). Bought wife a desk and she is gonna us it (until i can get 2 more) and the damn monitor was like 1/2 inch to big on both sides - so 5-6 screws on the outside, 2 screws on the inside and disconnecting the craptacular internal speakers and PoW - 1/2 in bezels on a 28" LCD




@ 250 a pop and @ 1920x1200 thats a pretty nice set with native HDMI support

just joined WSGF after a long time of just browsing. After hours of searching and trying to figure out how to remove the bezel of my two w2408h's, I finally was able to. I had a monitor with some vertical lines on it, so I figured why not. If I was able to do it without breaking it, I was going to buy a third one from a guy on craigslist for $200. Here's how it turned out:
Before:


After




Not too shabby coming from almost 3" of bezel to just under a 1/2" Ignore the periodic table of elements haha, I am a Chem major and it comes in handy.

Bought 3 new NEC 19" monitors today. Native resolution 1280x1024.
I bought these completely with the intent to tear them apart and strip them down to only the thinnest bezel possible.
Here are a couple photos so far for the 1st monitor in the set.
Before:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59153151@N02/5416923423/in/set-72157625978708576/
After:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59153151@N02/5416925015/in/set-72157625978708576/

Reduced the bezel size from 1.5 cm to .5 cm on each side.

Project log and slide show over at my blog.
http://electricteardown.blogspot.com/

More de-bezel setup pics please :D

Well, I have stripped one of my Benq G2420HD, looks perfect with very thin metal bezel, I was very excited and.... FAIL :( There is no way to fix it with the my vesa wall mount since its attaching to plastic body of the monitor.

I'm not sure how this guy attached this monitor like this



Any suggestions from you guys? I believe I need to do some custom welding mounts like this one

Well, I have stripped one of my Benq G2420HD, looks perfect with very thin metal bezel, I was very excited and.... FAIL :( There is no way to fix it with the my vesa wall mount since its attaching to plastic body of the monitor.


Any suggestions from you guys? I believe I need to do some custom welding mounts like this one

My benq XL2410T's are the same for anyone wondering. No vesa holes. :(

The plastic did pop off dead easy though.

Anyone know if my Acer S231HL's can have the cover and bezels removed to make a thinner bezel setup like the OP? I dont want to tear it apart and risk damaging the cover if it is a waste of time. I may take them back for a set of ASUS VE248H's if those work better for bezel modding.

Finally I did it.
Complete debezel + custom wall mount (black painted wood)
Was:

Now:
First photo after job done, no cable management yet. Also need to tight some screws updown to have straight angles for 100% neat looking

Quick setup review, sorry for my english http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTHcop4ybio

So I've got these 3 great Asus monitors. model VW246H. I took one apart to see what it looked like and brainstorm options for mounting it. It seems the VESA mounting is built into the outer shell, not the panel housing itself.

Pics here:



I was planning to get an Ergotech Triple Monitor Stand (100-D16-B03) to mount these puppies on after I removed the casing, is this possible? I don't see any screw holes. O_o
Would I need to buy VESA mounting brackets and gorilla glue them on?

Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Removing the outer casing cuts the bezel size in half, so I'd really like to be able to do it.

Thanks in advance!

I had the same problem, I wonder have you read previous few posts?

Had thoughts of doing this for my FW900's. I have never thought to run all three of them but if I did 5 inches of bezel would be annoying.

Hi guys! First post~

I purchased 3 x LG IPS231P-BN's last week, and decided to tinker with them a little bit yesterday :)

Before I stripped them down, I tried searching around to see if debezel-ing an LED monitor would be any different to CCFL backlit monitors (was worried that perhaps the LED's might shine through). However, I could not for the life of me find any cases of debezel-ed LED monitors! Being the brave and courageous soul that I am (you can tell by my profile picture), I took the plunge anyway.

I stripped down the monitor (scuffing up the cases quite severely), only to find that the VESA mounting holes did not penetrate the inner casing. Instead, I found four depressions in the metal, where I would liked to have seen four holes.

Now, I'm really not the great handyman I'd like to be, but I knew that I wanted holes there, and I can't think of a better way to make a hole in metal than with a drill. I separated the large metal bracket/case/thing-with-lots-of-holes from the bare LCD panel. Stuck to this metal bracket was the power supply, and the board that gets all the inputs. The power supply was right beneath where the VESA mount needed to be, and it wouldn't budge - now I was playing a dangerous game. I went to the garage, dug through all the tools and found the power drill and the right drill bit. Rolled up my sleeves, plugged in the drill, took a deep breath.. at which point I passed the drill to my Dad :). Now I have holes in my monitors! yay

As you can see, it all went relatively smoothly, so now I have three bezel-free LED monitors sitting on my desk.

TL;DR: Took off the casing, drilled holes for VESA mount, less distracting bezels now



LG IPS231P-BN - Debezel 1 by J Setiawan, on Flickr


LG IPS231P-BN - Debezel 2 by J Setiawan, on Flickr


LG IPS231P-BN - Debezel 3 by J Setiawan, on Flickr


LG IPS231P-BN - Debezel 4 by J Setiawan, on Flickr


LG IPS231P-BN - Debezel 5 by J Setiawan, on Flickr


LG IPS231P-BN - Debezel 6 by J Setiawan, on Flickr


BTW, are magnets harmful to LCD displays? I'm thinking of buying black flexible magnetic strips and lining them up with whats left of the bezels.

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Hi all. Sometimes lurker, first time poster.

I decided to take the plunge and attempt to remove the cases off my three Dell U2311H.
Cases removed easily enough.
Then I came to a screaming halt.
The part of the monitor with the Vesa mount is not connected firmly to the panel.
It easily moves a few millimeters and no way in hell was I going to test if it was actually strong enough.


I was severely disappointed with that as I measured the panel bezel as 10mm compared to the cases 18mm.
While it was apart I decided to remove the usb ports on the side and cut the mounting area.
I will use this as the center monitor so both side monitors can now be flush against the middle one.


If anyone has any mounting ideas I'm all ears.

OMG. Guys, you even can't load few previous pages to read? When I disassebled my monitors I did read every post from this topic. ADSTA, see the previous pages and my thoughts regarding mounting even with the youtube link. Also you can drill the holes as did previous lucky eyefinity guy.

Those are some nice Benq Monitors; same shell design as my XL2410T.

Here are some shots of my mod I am doing to one monitor first.

I reused some hardware from the shell. The threaded fasteners on the back of the cover came in handy for adhering them to the panel using some 3200 PSI Locktight adhesive.
Just had to drill some holes in the PCB case and fix some 4mm .70 x 20mm bolts for the vesa mounts. Used the shell as a guide to make the fasteners perfectly lined up on the pannel.
Will post more pictures soon, but right now the adhesive is drying for 24 hours.

Will get 2 more soon for eyefinity.

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It is COMPLETE! Wow!!! I am going to order 2 more of these from newegg when they get in stock. I might have to pick up a 6990 and a nice triple monitor stand.

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Nice. Mine Benq 2420HDs have the same bodies

Here is two more pics. I added a little bit extra support; purely based on paranoia reasonings, none founded in logic at all. But... It sure was fun. LMAO.

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Nice. Mine Benq 2420HDs have the same bodies

Yeah, It was actually your modification which inspired me to do mine. I saw that and was like: "Holy Shit; thats the same design as my monitor, I could do something like that!". Now I have some reason to do 3x120Hz XL2410T Eyefinity. Already got the adapters being sent my way.

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Here is a link to my build log under the AMD Eyefinity Section.

http://widescreengamingforum.com/forum/forums/multi-monitor-gaming/amd-eyefinity-discussions/17699/3-x-120hz-eyefinity-build-log-benq

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Seraph,

I have 3x Asus VW266H (not 246) and the VESA posts are welded on where you have 4 oval divets... curious.

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LG IPS231P-BN - Debezel 3 by J Setiawan, on Flickr

LG IPS231P-BN - Debezel 6 by J Setiawan, on Flickr

Thanks! You have same monitors I got, but now I thinking it's not worth all the effort for 2-3mm bezel width reduction in portrait mode.

do you use them in portrait or land?

I decided to take the plunge and attempt to remove the cases off my three Dell U2311H.
Cases removed easily enough.
Then I came to a screaming halt.

I am having the same problem as you have. Removing the plastic cover of my U2311H's is not a problem, but mounting them is, since you need the back cover for that. Rebelstar said a possible solution was on a previous page of this thread, but I don't believe there is. Does anyone figured out how to solve this problem using the original stand for mounting?

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Why is it a problem with the 2311H? The screw hole for the VESA mount is in the underlying metal, isn't it?

Why is it a problem with the 2311H? The screw hole for the VESA mount is in the underlying metal, isn't it?

The standard mount does't use the VESA mount screwes if I am not mistaking, so if you remove the back cover you also remove holes that you need for connecting the monitor to the standard mount.

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Oh... Ibrin made a Video of how he stripped a Dell.

But the Case isn't just for Optic... its also protectiv! Or not ? Any problems with dust or anything on a stripped monitor?

i want to try it.... but if i do i cant mount them on standard base. Well, not a problem, i can make a Mount myself quite easy...

Not sure if i should.... i think would be a big difference... but is so much work.

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There is no problem with the VESA mounting.
You don't need the plastic case to mount with VESA on the Dell U23
You do ( I reckon) need the plastic case to keep everything together.
The way the monitor panel is connected to the mounting box is the problem.
They are not pop riveted together.
They are held together by tabs which I fear would not support the weight.

And yes Rebel, I had seen your solution.
It might work for you but no good for me.

Has any one bezel stripped a Dell U2312?

I have two arriving any day now and will give it a crack.

I am hoping to do 3 x portrait.

EDIT: just found the awesome guide by 3lfk1ng where he details the bezel strip of a Dell U2312.

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nice thanks for the tip i stripped my monitors yesterday and this is the result now when watching a movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezSCr9KqxgY

wow very nice.

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I'm looking at this image from an LCD projector build-log and contemplating Eyefinity. Once rectified and scaled, Photoshop tells me that this 17" stripped laptop monitor appears to have internal bezels of 0.19" on the right, 0.10" on the top, 0.11" on the left, and 0.21" on the bottom of the screen. This represents a third of an inch black gap from one screen to the next. It's about an equivalent gap to holding a Bic pen between the adjacent pixels. The steel casing that supports the actual panel is intact, one only needs to exercise common sense in not bending/cracking the thin panel and be careful with the thin ribbon cables, which are nearly impossible to fix. The other boards need to be supported as well.

But this is a hobby that has extreme case-modders hanging around welding automotive radiators to their WW2-era ammo boxes. Surely we can replace a piece of injection-molded plastic.

As far as I can tell, a third of an inch combined is far better than any retail consumer monitor, but not quite a match for "seamless" professional-level multi-panel monitors, which run about 10x the cost for an equivalent product.

Independant resale value and warranty coverage are probably not going to survive this step (assuming that the panel itself does), but there's gotta be some people who would pay a mint for a 3-panel frame - if you succeed, you'll be able to unload it.

So is LCD stripping going to come into vogue?

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I've debezelled 6 dell 17'' monitors.

How do you avoid getting an electric shock when plugging them in and turning them on?

I haven't tried yet but..... do I need shock proof tape to tape the green chip panel and the rubber keypad or do I try and ouch the tape on just the rubber part?


The dells im using are prety identical to those on page three of this thread either the 1707fp or 1708fp's .

When debezelled a strip of rubber with the buttons falls out the case the same size as the green strip of buttons. If I was to actually press the metal on the green chip when power lead is plugged in and on at the wall would I effetcively electricute myself?

cheers

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Just some input for GL2450 users

I debezzeled my 3x
Monitor Model: BenQ GL2450
Monitor Id: BNQ78A5

All of them had floating box, not attached to screen 1 monitor had different model of floating box and stand. Taped it to screen with tape recommended from hardware store.
Also the vesa mounts is on the outer plastic bezel so by removing bezel the mounts is removed. Read that some users drilled (with crossed fingers hoping not to damage anything) holes in floating box with success

This video contains content from UMPG Publishing, Sony ATV Publishing and EMI, one or more of whom have blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.

Your video must of has music in it

Now it has some youtube offered melody and it should work fine world wide.

Warning for LG E2351 users.

I de-bezzled mine this morning easily enough (took 15 minutes for all three) however if you debezzel this monitor you will lose your VESA mounts. Luckily I'm using a cobbled together stand so I don't need them yet but just a warning if you are planning to do this and have a monitor stand. You will also lose the ability to use the stand that came with the monitor as this is screwed into a mounting on the plastic case, not the monitor.

Streamlined like a feline.

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Nice.. The smaller the bezel the better...

My 5x1 setup