Would love to have seen some before and after pics.
-Mike

Seconded if possible!

me too - I'm close to buying this....

and does it come off easily if I don't like the way it looks.

Interesting....

I was looking for a gel filter of sorts to darken my LED DMD a bit and this may be a good option. Waiting on photos. What type of DMD do you have?

Interesting...

Is there polarized glass? Seems like one could replace the back box with it - I wonder if it would work better/same? Obviously would cost more... looking forward to the pics!

I ordered some of this stuff. Once it gets here I'll give it a try and post some before and after pics.

Years ago Pinball Pal was selling these actual DMD size and it was about the same 'material' and worked great.

On the new SPIKE games, you can just turn down the Backbox lights to achieve the same effect.

I dropped mine to 5%. No reflection.

Looks pretty dark - how much does it darken the backglass when the game is off?

So did I. Will be showing the install using a Fast Pinball LED display.

Which is the very reason I'll be using it with my LED displays. Contrast will be much better with unlit pixels. I want them to vanish to black.

It will take the brightness down by about 50%, as the light from the backlight should be largely unpolarized. Same with the DMD (unless it's a Color DMD, in which case it is either 50% or unaffected depending on panel type used). Also to note, there really should be an orientation of the film which is "better". Most of the glare seen will be horizontally polarized, to minimize the glare, you want to put the polarizer in the vertical orientation (think polarized sunglasses) so there will be little horizontally polarized light to reflect... Or in simple terms, rotate the film in front of the backlight, have some one tell you which way is better for glare at the shooter position.

I purchased a sheet to try on my Funhouse. I currently have a next gen translite installed with cool white LEDs behind it. The reflection on the upper playfield glass is pretty bad.

The film arrived quickly and laid perfectly flat when removed from the cardboard tube it was shipped in. I cleaned my backglass and then cut the film to size using a sharp razor. I peeled back an inch or so from the adhesive side and started to apply it to the glass. After I finished applying the film, I removed the outside protective coating. With the protective layer removed, I quickly noticed there were lots of small bubbles all over the glass. While not pleased, I went ahead and reassembled the translite and placed in the game.

With the game off, the translite is very dark(sorry I forgot to grab a pic). The bubbles I mentioned above are very noticeable. With the game on, the translite is darker and the bubbles are hardly noticeable. The reflection on the upper playfield glass is greatly reduced.

Unfortunately the backbox pictures I took dont really show a difference. However in person though, the translite is noticeable darker and does have more contrast than before. As for the upper playfield reflection, see below:

UPPER PLAYFIELD BEFORE
BEFORE (resized).JPG

UPPER PLAYFIELD AFTER
AFTER (resized).JPG

Huge improvement with the film added.

Now for the bad news, I was unhappy with the bubbles and attempted to remove the film to re-apply. During this process the film tore into several pieces.

I have since removed the entire film and debating if I should try again or seek other options. I took my time applying and had a clean surface before I started. Not quite sure what happened.

WHOA....doesn't darken that enough

I just got some of this stuff. Here is what I found:

1. On LED DMD displays and the ColorDMD LED display it makes a huge difference

2. On only ColorDMD LCD displays it doesn't work because it produces a moire effect. On the new ColorDMD LCDs I have it doesn't have this effect, but I think these displays aren't nearly as bright as LED displays so it really isn't needed.

3. On My JJP games (WOZ and Hobbit) it didn't have much of an effect on the display, but these games both have invisiglass.

4. On Stern LCD games (BM66) it improves the glare from the LCD, but it isn't as big of an effect since these displays aren't as bright.

I haven't tried it on the translight. I tried putting a couple small pieces over the bright white LEDs on the Spike boards that light the trans light and that yielded an improved although minor effect.

IMG_8913 (resized).jpg

IMG_8907 (resized).jpg

Excellent! Looks like a good solution to the LED contrast issue.

My order never processed so I found Comet's DMD glare eliminator as an alternative. I am not sure if this is the same type of film but I would highly recommend it for LED displays!

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/comet-dmd-glare-eliminator-vids-review/page/2#post-3923568

The Comet version is different from a Polarizing film.
It uses 3M anti Louvre technology for privacy...same used in Banks, and Laptop privacy screens.

It prevents light/viewing from any angle, other than straight on.
For that reason, it eliminates DMD reflection on standard glass.

Its the first thing I do an every new DMD game I get.

A few weeks ago, we added new sizes as well. In addition to the standard size which will work for Bally Williams and Stern DMDs, we've got a new one cut for the large format Sega DMDs (Batman Forever, Baywatch, Frankenstein, and Maverick), and another cut for Stern LCDs.

Awesome, Ryan!

I hope youll start a thread with some pics!

A

Awesome! I will be buying another for my Frankenstein when I swap it for an LED display.