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<blockquote data-quote="Raddu" data-source="post: 5722878" data-attributes="member: 25791">Masterplan and a 40&quot; SamsungOryan inspired me and I went looking for a similar TV.&nbsp; I found the 40&quot; LED <a href="http://www.samsung.com/us/video/tvs/UN40C5000QFXZA-specs" target="_blank">UN40C5000QFXZA </a>for $500 (575 after shipping &amp; tax), refurbished.&nbsp; I went to Home Depot and bought a 36x24 piece of acrylic for about $23 bucks.&nbsp; I also bought some felt pad that I cut into .5inch strips to line the acrylic for $3 and a plastic cutter for another $3.&nbsp; I bought a pack of rubber feet for $3 too.&nbsp; I bought a laptop cooler with 4 fans for $21.I got a VGA cord to connect my computer to the TV for $7 from a local computer store.&nbsp; Instead of making the PVC stand I found some sort of wire stand like thing from the GoodWill store for $1.99.So for a total of $637 I have a working system as you can see from the images.However, I'm not done.&nbsp; I'm going to make a table like the <a href="http://ubergeekgametable.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Uber-geek table</a>&nbsp; with slight modifications that will hold the tv and be relatively flush with the table with additional customization to prevent spillage and the like.The felt around the edge is really ugly, but it will be hidden once the table's done.Image 2 is the corner of the tv, you can see where I added the rubber bubble/feet per Oryan's suggestion that without them the felt will allow the acrylic to slide.&nbsp; So that worked well. The rubber doesn't touch the screen.The 3rd image shows the laptop cooler under the tv, it fits perfectly and is plugged in by USB to the TV.All pictures were taken in my living room with windows open on a sunny day.&nbsp; So when we game it'll be darker and the images look real nice.The program I'm using is <a href="http://www.habitualindolence.net/masterplan/" target="_blank">Masterplan</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raddu, post: 5722878, member: 25791"] [b]Masterplan and a 40" Samsung[/b] Oryan inspired me and I went looking for a similar TV. I found the 40" LED [URL="http://www.samsung.com/us/video/tvs/UN40C5000QFXZA-specs"]UN40C5000QFXZA [/URL]for $500 (575 after shipping & tax), refurbished. I went to Home Depot and bought a 36x24 piece of acrylic for about $23 bucks. I also bought some felt pad that I cut into .5inch strips to line the acrylic for $3 and a plastic cutter for another $3. I bought a pack of rubber feet for $3 too. I bought a laptop cooler with 4 fans for $21. I got a VGA cord to connect my computer to the TV for $7 from a local computer store. Instead of making the PVC stand I found some sort of wire stand like thing from the GoodWill store for $1.99. So for a total of $637 I have a working system as you can see from the images. However, I'm not done. I'm going to make a table like the [URL="http://ubergeekgametable.blogspot.com/"]Uber-geek table[/URL] with slight modifications that will hold the tv and be relatively flush with the table with additional customization to prevent spillage and the like. The felt around the edge is really ugly, but it will be hidden once the table's done. Image 2 is the corner of the tv, you can see where I added the rubber bubble/feet per Oryan's suggestion that without them the felt will allow the acrylic to slide. So that worked well. The rubber doesn't touch the screen. The 3rd image shows the laptop cooler under the tv, it fits perfectly and is plugged in by USB to the TV. All pictures were taken in my living room with windows open on a sunny day. So when we game it'll be darker and the images look real nice. The program I'm using is [URL="http://www.habitualindolence.net/masterplan/"]Masterplan[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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