Building an invisible monitor... 

FAQ TIME! If any of you have any questions, leave them in this thread and I’ll update it as they are asked :) Q: What tool was used to round the wood corners? A: Here in the UK it’s often called a surform, but rasp is also a common name Q: Isn’t the monitor too high? A: Slightly. It looks more so on video due to the perspective but it’s still pretty comfortable. It was only mounted there for this video anyway and will be moved somewhere else so I’ll make sure to have it slightly lower this time. Q: You’ve made loads of custom PCs… which ones to you actually use? A: Currently I use the brass and leather build for editing at the studio, and the large silent desk PC (the one with the glass front) is at home and used for photo editing and some gaming etc (though to be fair I haven’t played a game since last Christmas so it’s a fringe use case at the moment). Q: Have you considered watercooling the PC itself? A: Yes! I went with air cooling as it’s actually pretty decent (I still need to make some minor tweaks) but I do have plans to try watercooling the thing at some point. Q: Do you plan these videos? I mean do you make blueprints or you just have a general idea what you're gonna do and just make up on the way? A: I pretty much always just have an idea of what I want in my head, and then think through the process needed to get there, and then make it up as I go along. Q: Is making RU-vid videos your primary/ only job? A: YEP! I’m so grateful that I can do what is basically my hobby as my actual job. Q: Are you from the UK or from the US? A: Very much the UK. Q: Could you use a hydraulic system to lower the monitor in a more controlled way? A: Absolutely! It would make it more difficult to push upwards though, so keep that in mind.

23 years later... "where's your house?" *Point at a field of grass*

Thief 1: "Steal everything." Thief 2: "but there's nothing of value here" Thief 1: "Trust me, even the doors and toilet."

Imagine how confused thiefs would be when trying to rob this man's house, all electronics are hidden in some secret compartment where they can't be seen and nobody would look. All they see is a fancy desk that has nothing on it, a living room with no TV and a kitchen that has no oven or fridge.

Your house must look immaculate. Or it's hidden like the monitor and pc is. "With a simple twist of this latch, my whole house sinks back into the ground, hidden, as if it wasn't even there"

Next Project: 1. One of those books on top is actually a router. 2. Those Ivy pots are actually wireless speakers. 3. That night lamp is actually a camera and mic.

Him: "Here is a table, find the PC" Me: "Here is my PC, find the table"

This channel is genuinely the highest quality DIY channel I've ever seen. Awesome job to the creator. Also, I'm trying to imagine how mind-blown guests would be upon entering this genius' extremely aesthetic house -- and then finding that he'd made most of the masterpieces on his own. Astonishingly well done.

Small idea for improvement to the desk PC. Before adding the veneer to the top, cut out a round, properly sized, hole in the aluminum off to one side. Then after the veneer is in place, mount a wireless charger to the underside of the veneer. It would be invisible from the top of the desk, and you could set your phone down on the "invisible spot" to charge while your on the computer.

When he mentioned the fact that it is theft-proof, I couldn’t help but get the mental image of two thieves being caught carrying a table out of a home on a burglary.

I love how this is a tutorial like we're actually going to build it

I can only imagine a kid playing games late at night with this setup, and he hears his mom coming upstairs and the entire setup is gone in seconds

You are an artist +engineer + scientist + interior designer all at ONCE ! I look up to you.

The monitor could also function as a soft filtered top-down LED light when folded up for you're reading/working on the desk

11:45 the screw missing in the top left is really bothering me...

Being a furniture designer and wood worker myself, I think it's a brilliantly executed idea. I could build one, but have no problem with my PC and monitor showing. I'd have to weigh if it's worth all that trouble. But I'm sure more than one or two people have or are going to build it. And frankly, the bracket system idea has solved a problem I have been trying to work out on another project. This man is really, really talented. Kudos to him for sharing it, whatever his income!!!

This is so beautiful. Aesthetic simplicity. Carefully conceived and crafted in a Scandinavian style. I really adore it. Thank you so much.

This dude needs to start his own company. I would actually legitimately buy a lot if what he makes

Very nice! I like this even more than the pc bit. Very practical to have your entire desk surface open.

I love your projects, I love that you are clearly just following your bliss with what you want to do, your sincere excitement in your presentation and way of speaking about what you are doing is a pleasure to watch, it keeps me coming back!

I've watched the all three episodes on this and I absolutely love it. Very inspiring, was looking forward to building my own PC one day and this really has redefined how I'm going to do that!

these designs are getting too pretty! props to you mate, this is impressive work

When I saw him hide cables w/ plants, I was like “OOH A DIY I CAN ACTUALLY DO.”

I just found your channel today and I absolutely love your tutorials. There was something captivating (besides the quality of the content) from the very first video I watched and I'm just now realizing it's your voice and and how eloquent you are. You remind me of those voice over guys from Nat Geo and more... Your voice was literally made for that.

If you make the screen open from front to back (bottom first) you can attach an aluminium plate to the VESA support and it will be back the monitor when full opened. You can add then some LED strips like the Corsair ones and create a Philips hue like effect, being able to extend the image colors dynamically for a better immersion affect, specially if you polish that aluminium plate or set a white skin into it.

Meanwhile my work desk looks like a damn jungle that had an attempt of being swept.

The next level will be a motorized hinge for the monitor, that open it when you hit the power button :-)

Really good job mate!! You know for me there are two things that you need to have a good youtube channel: Original content which is useful and teaches you something, and a person with great energy that is able to express his work to the viwer. This is one of the best channels on this platform.

The YT algorithm randomly led me to your channel. Wow!!! I thoroughly enjoyed watching your content. The ps5 slim and the invisible computer desk and monitor shelf vids were a joy to watch being built. Tyvm!!!!

Some thoughts I had after watching this: • Add an external USB port linked to the monitor's usb hub port to the top shelf. You can make the external Hard Drive look like a book(s?) sitting on the shelf. • Create a fake potted plant (or something) to act as a usb hub sitting on the desk. Oooh maybe make a potted mushroom like your old mushroom lamp design. Would love to see an update to that. • Even though the surface is aluminum find a way to install a wireless charging area on the desk. So you can just set your phone / headphones case down and charge them without plugging them in. Maybe put the wireless charger in the fake potted plant? • Hide speakers somewhere in this impossibly clean build.

Well, that's definitely not what I expected when I saw "Invisible monitory". I thought there was gonna be some projector witchcraft onto the wall.

Hey Matt, Thank you so much for this amazing video. I watched this video a couple of years ago but I was too busy then, and came back to watch it again. You are a gem, your attention to details is superb, keep up the excellent work mate, love to watch more of your videos.

This PC and monitor setup is so awesome, it turned out amazing, both the shelf and the desk

Next level: make it motorised so it lowers itself when turning on the PC....

DIY Perks 2030: Building an invisible house that lowers into the ground.

This is so ingenious, elegant, and comes together so nicely. I envy people that can think this way!

Wow. In the beginning I didn’t even notice the wires snaking through the plants. That really blows me away. You are really smart and good with this stuff, keep it up!

Thief: man this guys suck, he doesn't have anything in his house

2 videos?!? A week apart?!? We've been blessed!

love this invisble series! one reason i didn´t get a pc yet is that I don´t like knowing theres a huge monitor taking up my space, which pops into my line of sight almost instantly.. for my work I require working with a pc/laptop though. Once my laptop is dead, I might actually consider getting a pc. Thanks for sharing all these projects with us!

A stunning setup and accessible too. Great video matt 👌👍🏼👍🏼

Every tech youtuber is trying to make a clean setup... But till now, no one has ever come so far!!

I watched this whole thing knowing damn well I will never do this.

You channel is a dreamland, you are doing the stuff that i always wanted to do and build ❤️

That whole build was fantastic 👏 great job

I need you to just build my whole house lol

Linus: I can build invisible PC. DIY Perk: Hold my accent.

This is an amazing build, one I truly would like in my house one day , and I love the color of the wall

Wow! Just beautiful! Such quality work!

"Now the mouse and keyboard are still rather obvious, so I'll be making my own that can be handily stowed away in thin air using some sheet aluminium, some really nice looking hardwood veneer, 3 paperclips, 4 potted plants and this cat."

15:17 "you can't steal something if you don't know it's there" ROBBER: ooh that's a nice looking table i'll have that

Spot on! That is one of the best builds I have ever seen.

The only thing that would make it better, have the monitor lowered and raised by actuators.

Your "no holds barred" approach to your projects/videos is so inspirational. Makes me want to ditch the weekly release schedule of my videos and just make awesome videos in whatever time frame I can. Totally awesome project, Matt. I had no idea the cable was hidden by the ivy and fern when you showed off the build in the beginning. Great idea!

DIY Perks mother: What do you want for christmas. DIY Perks: ALUMINIUM!!!

Found this by accident and have now subscribed. So many great ideas that I want to try out. Thanks for taking the time to produce and share such creative content.

As a refinement, have you thought of using a door piston (car hatchback) to slow the monitor coming down? Some kitchen door hinges can add a spring-loaded open effect that might be unpleasant. I so admire your channel and your creativity.

I was expecting a short throw projector onto the back wall from the bottom on the top shelf. This is much more impressive, good work!

Another added benefit of the monitor in the shelf is that you could make the screen completely white and fold it back into the shelf as an overhead lighting fixture!

Nice job on this project. Looks great!

wow just amazing, I just recently discovered your channel and I have loved every single video I have watched so far. Impressive level of creativity🔥🔥🔥

DIY Perks: "Alright, how do I bring this wonderful idea to life?" *_A l u m i n i u m_*

"Fairly theft-proof. You can't steal something if no one knows it's there" 3 mio views on RU-vid.

this is the only man in the world that can make a sponsor sound genuine and make people want to click the link

Dude...you are really a DIY freak... Hands down mate, you are one of the best content creators on RU-vid!

Linus has lost by a long shot for the cleanest build

Salespitch if one moves out. "This 16 square meters living room is just a disguised server farm and callcenter for 10 persons. If you follow me to the kittchen you will see it transform into a full nightclub."

I actually did not notice the wire in the first shots until you mentioned it later in the video. A very neat work as always.

This was awesome! Love the creativity with your builds. Def subscribing

11:43 "and this is puerly down to the *solid brick wall* " cries in north american drywalls

Matt: "So after successfully building my computer into a handmade desk to conceal its existence.... and after hiding my monitor in a custom made shelf with a swing out.... Now you may be wondering how I hide the mouse and keyboard.... I use this shoebox labeled 'mouse and keyboard for hidden computer set up" by my feet."

I legitimately thought this was just clickbait. But you completely blew apart my expectations. Major props to this.

Incredibly awesome project! I bet you thought about how to lower the monitor. As for me, I love it to be low as possible. Some can be super interested in 90º turning ones. These two opportunities would complete the project 500%.

Imagine going into his house and it’s empty and with a simple button everything comes out at the same time

It would be amazing to get a video about "Where are they now?" to see how most of these builds are holding up after a while'

seriously: your wood working is in some cases not even close to perfection but the end result is always looking realy good. and thats what i like about your videos, it dosnt make me feel like im a total noob and that i can do the some awesome stuff even with low skills.

Love the attention to detail. You've got some skills.

I honestly feel like a caveman watching DIY Perks....

Title: Building an invisible PC Me at 3 am: I don't need sleep, I need answers.

You're a very talented man Matt well done mate

Awesome project, looking forward to build one myself. That's an awesome startup idea btw!

This totally owns the Linus ”No Cable" build with a monitor cable sticking out at the end.

"However, this monitor isn't actually..." Expected him to say "...a monitor."

You sir are a talented craftsman. You've earned my subscription. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 That is so awesome what you made.

The thing that bothers me is at 12:15ish.. there is a missing screw in the top left of the leftmost wall bracket. Which is funny as the section immediately before is about adding other brackets for strength. Otherwise the whole design etc is amazing. I love the clean feel of this set of projects.

i like your vintage lamp😅😬😍 13:35

Next vid: How to Build Invisible House “Well this might looks like a big f*cking boulder, but it is actually hollow..”

This is your best invention ever. I’m so impressed!!!

I would not be comfortable with the monitor stuck so close to my face at all. I'm sure a gliding sytem to push it backwards could solve that though.

Part 3: “You’re probably wondering why you can’t see me, that’s because today we’re going to be making an invisible RU-vid video”

I’m not kidding when I’m saying a mass produced version of this table could be a best-seller

Man gotta love this guy work and engineering

I was just thinking, as I was watching this build video...what if you added some rare earth magnets to the back of the monitor, and some small, circular steel plates under the shelf to eliminate the catch that holds the monitor in the up position. Also, adding some small, recessed led lights under the shelf on either side would eliminate the need for the desk lamp. Great build! Love your videos!

“Hey come check out my new desk PC” “You mean desktop PC?” “No.”

Who else was expecting a hologram.

love how you cleverly shot this to not showcase how far it sticks off the wall

Awesome work!! You really have good ideas!

It's time for this video's sponsor: The aluminium industry

My dumb ass thought you were gonna put it into the wall and paint over the screen 🤣

Wow! It's really great. I'am programmer, and I like to build software systems. But not so good "in a real world". And people, who can do such things with their own hands amaizing and inspiring me. Have a good day and great projects in a future!