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Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 28 Dec 2009, 04:29
by Gunja
I have three AOC 619fh 26" monitors and i decided to dismantle the casing so that i get thin bezel for triple screen gaming.
People in another thread said that they would like to see some photos.
I regret that i didnt take photos or a video while i was actually in the process of dismantling.
Now i can only show the aftermath.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2LRhE1ACsQ <-
video

Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 28 Dec 2009, 05:58
by KryptoNyte
Now THAT is what Willis was talkinabout.
Good stuff, Gunja.
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 28 Dec 2009, 15:21
by ChainSOV
now thats what I call immersion!
looking at your last screeny for a moment I was wondering if you had the rollcage installed infront of your screens :doh
will try that someday on my screens, although I dont want to remove the casing completely, just cut off/file off the accordings parts.
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 28 Dec 2009, 15:52
by Gunja
thanks guys :)
What i would like to see is if someone has done it to Dell with touch sensor osd buttons.
I must admit i wouldnt do it on that kind of monitor without first knowing how to go about those buttons.
@ ChainSOV
I thought about doing what you said but went against it because this way i can put them back as they were.
It would look better your way though.
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 29 Dec 2009, 19:53
by CrackerJackMack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2LRhE1ACsQ <- video
Is it just me, or was that entire video (including the sweater) 70's themed?
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 29 Dec 2009, 20:52
by Gunja
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.
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 31 Dec 2009, 00:25
by Paradigm Shifter
Awesome work. Props. 8)
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 02 Jan 2010, 17:39
by doublejj0305
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.
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 03 Jan 2010, 20:34
by MikeMcMasters
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!
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 01:35
by bahnzii
You motivated me to do this to my U2410's and 2405wpf...
Any pics??
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 20 Jan 2010, 02:30
by suiken_2mieu
any new picts or vids of this setup?
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 20 Jan 2010, 18:57
by Phoenixdancer
Need some better angle pics!
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 19 Feb 2010, 04:49
by doublejj0305
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
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 19 Feb 2010, 05:17
by suiken_2mieu
[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?
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 19 Feb 2010, 05:40
by doublejj0305
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?
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 19 Feb 2010, 19:20
by suiken_2mieu
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.
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 22:54
by Zencyde
Why are there not more pictures of this beautiful setup?
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 02 May 2010, 19:26
by ChainSOV
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.
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 03 May 2010, 01:14
by suiken_2mieu
Re: Stripped monitors for thin bezel
Posted: 03 May 2010, 08:40
by johnnyvd
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..