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I made a small LED panel

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154 points Brajeshwar | 2 comments | 09 Oct 25 15:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | source
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foofoo12 ◴[21 Oct 25 13:53 UTC] No.45655831[source]▶
For the diffuser, there's a nice one or two in all LED/OLED monitors. More stuff in there too, acrylic/polycarbonate glass and a Fresnel lens. Worth scavenging if you come across a broken one.
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1. mortenjorck ◴[21 Oct 25 15:10 UTC] No.45656807[source]▶
I think you mean "LCD/LED" monitors (where "LED" is commonly used to mean an LCD panel with an LED backlight, and "LCD" is used to differentiate old CCFL-backlit LCD panels).

OLED screens do not have a backlight and thus don't have a diffuser.

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2. foofoo12 ◴[21 Oct 25 16:07 UTC] No.45657500[source]▶
Whoops, guilty as charged. Thanks.