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not really a mod, but i made 2 styrofoam pieces to cover the black bars whenever i consume 4:3 content, they are a bit rough since i used a box cutter and not the proper styrofoam cuting tool, if i were to redo it probably i would use cardboard
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I'm curious what purpose this serves. Why cover up the black bars when they're black? You'd rather have white bars?
if you're in a dark room, the black bars will appear "grey" whereas when they're covered with styrofoam the light of the display panel is blocked, making them appear "more black" in the dark [/speculation]
 

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if you're in a dark room, the black bars will appear "grey" whereas when they're covered with styrofoam the light of the display panel is blocked, making them appear "more black" in the dark [/speculation]

Huh. I've never seen the black bars with my lights out on any tv I've owned. They've all been pure black and I can't even tell that part of the tv is even on & on all black screens I can't even tell they are turned on. Sounds like your tv/monitor settings are way, way, way out of whack... or it's just a super cheapo model. Seeing grey bars would drive me completely NUTS too, so I get it. If it works, more power to ya. :)
 
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Huh. I've never seen the black bars with my lights out on any tv I've owned. They've all been pure black and I can't even tell that part of the tv is even on & on all black screens I can't even tell they are turned on. Sounds like your tv/monitor settings are way, way, way out of whack... or it's just a super cheapo model.
literally all backlit lcd panels have worse black levels than when the screen is off; if you've never noticed, you're just not particularly observant to the fact and it's not an issue for you
 

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Put some elite after market parts in, the joysticks are okay but I am not digging the action on the Dpad and I am going to change out again with different parts.



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