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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 5459464" data-attributes="member: 20741"><p>If you look at the Samsung model in question, it appears to me that there is a 1/4" - (maybe 3/16ths" ?) of a recessed "dip" where the screen is lower than the surrounding bezel.</p><p></p><p>My plan was to have a piece of plexiglass (or maybe two of them sandwiched together) which I could cut so that they "fit" this hole and lay them down on top of the recessed screen. </p><p></p><p>The outer plexiglass layer would have "a lip" which would be larger than the recessed part of the screen so that the plexiglass was being supported by the bezel and not just bearing all the weight on the screen. That plexiglass "sandwich" would also:</p><p></p><p>1 - be pre-gridded with 1" grid (insert a 1" grid printed on transparency film in the middle of the plexiglass sandwich, perhaps); and</p><p></p><p>2 - act to protect the screen during use</p><p></p><p>I'm not CERTAIN that would work, but that was my current idea. I'm rather confident that approach would work.</p><p></p><p>I'll ask my podcast co-host Azmyth about this tonight. He's a professional AV/Home Theatre guy and installs ridiculously expensive high-end systems in CEO's homes so this is his core business. I think he's even a Samsung dealer for that matter. Anyway, I'll ask him as to whether or not he thinks that approach might work. </p><p></p><p>The only real catch I can see in all of this is what you do with the wall mount bracket you would normally put on the flat panel. That's a real issue.</p><p></p><p>It's all well and good to suggest the back of the unit is contoured flat and so it will lie flat on the table. Well, that's true enough -- but that isn't the whole of the story.</p><p></p><p>Because if your plan was to use that flat panel as a TV when not using it as a battlemat? Then the flat panel is going to need a wall mount bracket attached to the back of it. If so, there goes your perfectly flat 1.12" profile. That is certainly going to detract from the ability to just plop it on the Kitchen table in all of its 1.12" thick glory.</p><p></p><p>Now, if you buy that flat panel for use <strong><span style="color: Orange"><em>only</em></span></strong> a battlmat? Well, then the question of what you do with the wall mount bracket isn't an issue (because it won't have one). My guess is that the number of us who can choose to dedicate a 46" flat panel LED TV <span style="color: Orange"><strong>solely</strong></span> for use as a battlemat is a pretty short list indeed.</p><p></p><p>When you can use the 46" flat panel as a big ass TV when not gaming once a week? The "wife factor" is a <span style="color: Orange"><strong>LOT</strong></span> less of an issue then if you try and reserve the thing dedicated solely to battlemat use once a week on Saturday evenings. </p><p></p><p>As for problems with it being on its back like that all the time? Azmyth told me that it's very unlikely to prove be an issue, and if it is, it is best deal with through the use of a few PC microprocessor fans clipped on to the top of the unit to assist in cooling when lying flat. Happily, LED's are very energy efficient and don't throw off so much heat that they will need active cooling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 5459464, member: 20741"] If you look at the Samsung model in question, it appears to me that there is a 1/4" - (maybe 3/16ths" ?) of a recessed "dip" where the screen is lower than the surrounding bezel. My plan was to have a piece of plexiglass (or maybe two of them sandwiched together) which I could cut so that they "fit" this hole and lay them down on top of the recessed screen. The outer plexiglass layer would have "a lip" which would be larger than the recessed part of the screen so that the plexiglass was being supported by the bezel and not just bearing all the weight on the screen. That plexiglass "sandwich" would also: 1 - be pre-gridded with 1" grid (insert a 1" grid printed on transparency film in the middle of the plexiglass sandwich, perhaps); and 2 - act to protect the screen during use I'm not CERTAIN that would work, but that was my current idea. I'm rather confident that approach would work. I'll ask my podcast co-host Azmyth about this tonight. He's a professional AV/Home Theatre guy and installs ridiculously expensive high-end systems in CEO's homes so this is his core business. I think he's even a Samsung dealer for that matter. Anyway, I'll ask him as to whether or not he thinks that approach might work. The only real catch I can see in all of this is what you do with the wall mount bracket you would normally put on the flat panel. That's a real issue. It's all well and good to suggest the back of the unit is contoured flat and so it will lie flat on the table. Well, that's true enough -- but that isn't the whole of the story. Because if your plan was to use that flat panel as a TV when not using it as a battlemat? Then the flat panel is going to need a wall mount bracket attached to the back of it. If so, there goes your perfectly flat 1.12" profile. That is certainly going to detract from the ability to just plop it on the Kitchen table in all of its 1.12" thick glory. Now, if you buy that flat panel for use [B][COLOR=Orange][I]only[/I][/COLOR][/B] a battlmat? Well, then the question of what you do with the wall mount bracket isn't an issue (because it won't have one). My guess is that the number of us who can choose to dedicate a 46" flat panel LED TV [COLOR=Orange][B]solely[/B][/COLOR] for use as a battlemat is a pretty short list indeed. When you can use the 46" flat panel as a big ass TV when not gaming once a week? The "wife factor" is a [COLOR=Orange][B]LOT[/B][/COLOR] less of an issue then if you try and reserve the thing dedicated solely to battlemat use once a week on Saturday evenings. As for problems with it being on its back like that all the time? Azmyth told me that it's very unlikely to prove be an issue, and if it is, it is best deal with through the use of a few PC microprocessor fans clipped on to the top of the unit to assist in cooling when lying flat. Happily, LED's are very energy efficient and don't throw off so much heat that they will need active cooling. [/QUOTE]
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