Re: TV Lift

["Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> First, the URL!  www.leedickinson.com/projects

Looks nice, how about some pix of inside the cabinet?

> I'm very pleased with it.
>
> The display looks fine at 1024x768, though be sure to turn on "large
fonts"
> and bump the default font sizes in web browsers and things up a few
points.
> The color and contrast are a little muted, because of the layer of touch
> membrane. One issue is that the viewing angle when looking down at the
> screen from above rolls off quite quickly. I wish I had mounted my screen
a
> few inches higher in my cabinet door. Viewing angle from the sides and
below
> are both good.

Good tip.  Trouble is I'm 6'4" and the wife's 5'8".  How large is the
viewing angle window vertically?  I wonder if anyone's made a mount that had
some tilt?

> As for construction, I've found it nicely built. I did crack my first
screen
> when I knocked it off the workbench as I was cutting the hole in my
kitchen
> cabinet. Only the touch membrane broke, and I was able to find the
> replacement for that online. When I opened the device up, I found all the
> components were connected through ribbon and header, so it was a snap to
> repair.  The housing is solid, though the included stand stripped out the
> first time I tried to adjust it. I didn't need it in my install, though.

Heh, good to know it was easy enough to fix.

Thanks,
-Bill Kearney