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Jan







Enough babble here are some pictures. This is the back of the LCD. I removed the bezel on the front but left the back cover on and glued (J.B. Weld is my friend) the parts to the back of it.




The speaker bar was also integrated with all the DVD controls so I just hacked it down as well and it mounted fairly clean on the back. Notice right below the right speaker I used a mouse ball (old school) as a spacer. I just thought I should keep to the recycled parts theme. The glue ran a bit but J.B. Weld is like a rock when it hardens.



I took the front bezel off the LCD but it could have been left on. It did make the perfect template though for sizing the matting. If I had actually been able to cut the matting properly, without leaving little white traces all over, it would have turned out perfect. If I do it over I will use a white background matting instead of black. I may pull it back off and use a black marker to clean it up.



Her it is mounted in the box with the back cover on. The two small holes at the top are for the speakers, the middle hole is for some air flow, and the bottom hole is for the power button. I also drilled some holes at the bottom of the frame for air. The far right hole is for a PS2 keyboard in case I want to use on. The far left is for the power cord. I added small rubber feet to lift it off the ground some to allow air flow.


Well, here it is all put together.


Here it is booting up.






Here it is running the slideshow.