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#4351

That is the first thing my mind went to when I saw it.

Edit: Found one for sale on eBay for 2800.

#4352

Thanks to some priceless input from @Telmo, all the Kanji on the TH18-C17 is now accurate.

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I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude for the help he has given over the years. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

I will be updating the TV repo very soon.

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#4353

I wonder how much this thing cost in the 80’s :star_struck:

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#4354

Doing some research and finally found the TV had an MSRP of $995 in 1981. Check out page 27 of https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/80s/1981/Poptronics-1981-09.pdf for more info about it.

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#4355

I keep trying to find something on that. There is one on eBay for $2,800…a bit too much for my wallet!

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#4356

I found the link to the magazine on a forum where the guy found the tv for $30, in 2015, at a thrift store.

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#4357

@hgoda90 that was a great find with that pdf!

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#4358

Here’s an interesting WIP.

Using a reflection mask and a transparent bezel. (Inspired by @p3st’s recent control panel reflection post and some gentle urging from HSM.) I can put dual reflections on top of my custom bezel for the TH18-C17.

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So we have the dual reflections on top of a bezel that measures up to the rest of the graphic. :grin:

This was my first attempt at using the reflection mask, but with some careful attention to detail I should be able to get a dual reflection that looks like the real thing.

The mask has to be tailored to the graphic. If @HyperspaceMadness were to implement a dual bezel with reflections, I would expect that the second bezel and frame would have height and width parameters.

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#4359

:sweat_smile: it just sounded great xD

when you posted this overlay the first time with your masking experiment, this was the thing that inspired me to add such an “fake” second bezel for my tv overlays…that waked my intresst for this reflection masking thing …so i guess we coming full circle now :sweat_smile:

if @HyperspaceMadness goes for a dual bezel version i allready suggested that we also could disable each side of this “second” bezel(so for more masking ways etc.) but we have to see wich better way he finds to blow my mind again :smiley:

i will happily help as good i can and test everyhing he comes up with in this direction :slightly_smiling_face:

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#4360

Yeah, R&D on the above method is kind of stuck right now. Current limitations on the simplified preset masks make it difficult to use them to recreate the inner bezel.

If/when HSM can fix that I will move forward.

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#4361

I created a mask the old school method and did a bit more work.

Here is with the screen dark so the new manually created inner bezel is visible.

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Game on.

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Lights off.

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It is getting pretty close. :grin:

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#4362

Looking at this, I think I forgot to add a part of the reflection mask. I will post a new shot ASAP.

#4363

I went back in and changed my gradient method and some levels.

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I think it is about as good as I can do.

@HyperspaceMadness @p3st What do you think?

One cool thing about using the reflection mask is that you can adjust the reflection strength with the mask black and brightness parameters.

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#4364

Yeah I think it’s looking great!!! :star_struck:

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#4365

i also think their are looking great :grinning:

nice work

yeah the mask feature is great but for the cabinet overlay i had to use the 2 different transparancy strenghts to let it look great otherwise the speaker panel was to bright :sweat_smile:

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#4366

I went back in and created my reflection mask from scratch, using what I had learned from my recent experience. (Turns out I was making things difficult for myself.)

The mask is much cleaner, makes more sense from a source perspective, and the method is easy to repeat for future projects.

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I am very happy. :grin:

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#4367

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* * * The Duimon-Mega-Bezel repo and release are updated to v1.1.2.0. * * *

The Potato repo is unchanged.

Changes:

  • Updated TV6 alternate presets to bring them inline with the Vintage-TV repo.

  • Fixed path in “\res\layers\Nintendo_Game_Boy\Nintendo_Game_Boy_Custom.params”.

  • Fixed path in “\res\layers\SEGA_Pico\monitor.params”.

* * * The Duimon-Vintage-TV repo and release are updated to v0.0.2.0. * * *

Changes:

  • Changed the diffuse layer scale in the “res/crt/common.params”.

  • Updated TH18-C17 with the new reflection mask dual reflection method.

The link to the current releases are in the first post. Installation/Update instructions are near the end of the second.

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#4368

Looks like Retro crisis did a video :slight_smile:

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#4369

Some well deserved exposure :beers::beers::beers:

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#4370

That’s pretty cool! :grin:

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