Vega's *Heavyweight* display and computer; edition 2012

[Liam_G]

Hey Vega, few questions for you. you have probably answered this one before but i haven't read it.... What made you move away from the 3 Samsung S27A750's in portrait? That was a great mod you did to remove bezels and trim the frame down. Were they no longer structurally sound enough to continue using or was it some other reason?

I would also be interested in your opinion what it was like to watch movies on the PPP setup, were the bezels distracting when you were further back from screen watching video? Also i do a lot of CAD work, mostly Solidworks these days and was wandering if it is annoying with those sorts of programs?

I am interested because it seems like the only viable option for 120hz (not for 3d, just true 120hz with good resolution) with so much screen territory apart from your CRT setup, not really keen on the Freznels either, like you seem to have discovered....

Also I am not particularly fussed with backlight issues, screen viewing angles or colour gamut etc, what I do want is 120hz and large screen area with minimal bezels, which brings me to my last question. Do you think there is more width to be removed from the samsung bezels by trimming the screen itself (i'm not afraid to kill the monitor in trying), or do the electrics prevent any further reduction?? What I want is to trim the dead screen edge off the middle screen on both sides and off the insides of the outer monitors, and then to give it some structural integrity make a custom aluminium frame to sandwich it all together around the outer edge, and add in some sub 3mm vertical bezels in between the screens if necessary. I saw that curved screen by Ostendo (http://www.pcworld.com/article/18320...g_display.html) or whoever so it is possible if designed that way, it was basically 6 small screens in one frame, just hope i can retrofit the Samsungs to do the same thing or similar at least, more height, less width, 1/4 the price and 120hz :P

Any thought's would be welcome and I will happily learn from any lessons you learnt along the way.

[Callsign_Vega]

Hey Vega, few questions for you. you have probably answered this one before but i haven't read it.... What made you move away from the 3 Samsung S27A750's in portrait? That was a great mod you did to remove bezels and trim the frame down. Were they no longer structurally sound enough to continue using or was it some other reason?

I would also be interested in your opinion what it was like to watch movies on the PPP setup, were the bezels distracting when you were further back from screen watching video? Also i do a lot of CAD work, mostly Solidworks these days and was wandering if it is annoying with those sorts of programs?

I am interested because it seems like the only viable option for 120hz (not for 3d, just true 120hz with good resolution) with so much screen territory apart from your CRT setup, not really keen on the Freznels either, like you seem to have discovered....

Also I am not particularly fussed with backlight issues, screen viewing angles or colour gamut etc, what I do want is 120hz and large screen area with minimal bezels, which brings me to my last question. Do you think there is more width to be removed from the samsung bezels by trimming the screen itself (i'm not afraid to kill the monitor in trying), or do the electrics prevent any further reduction?? What I want is to trim the dead screen edge off the middle screen on both sides and off the insides of the outer monitors, and then to give it some structural integrity make a custom aluminium frame to sandwich it all together around the outer edge, and add in some sub 3mm vertical bezels in between the screens if necessary. I saw that curved screen by Ostendo (http://www.pcworld.com/article/18320...g_display.html) or whoever so it is possible if designed that way, it was basically 6 small screens in one frame, just hope i can retrofit the Samsungs to do the same thing or similar at least, more height, less width, 1/4 the price and 120hz :P

Any thought's would be welcome and I will happily learn from any lessons you learnt along the way.

No, the 3x Samsung's worked excellent. I actually didn't realize just how nice and small those bezel's were once they were taken apart compared to other LCD's. I basically sold off that setup as I had 6990's running it which didn't play too well.

As for the bezel's, I think that is entirely subjective. Some people absolutely hate them and some like me they don't bother. I am currently testing the feasibility of using 5x 27" 1440P Catleap's over-clocked in the 90 Hz range with 2x 7990s. Testing 3x Catleap's with my GTX 680's at the moment.

I had the Samsung's down to 1/4" bezel and you wont be able to go any smaller. The edge of the LCD glass-substrate is the limiting factor. You touch that and your LCD is ruined. People don't realize that the "lit" pixel's don't go all the way to the edge of an LCD panel. There is a gap to seal off the panel around the image area. It is impossible not to have this. That Ostendo thing is a piece of junk.