How to protect and maintain LCD Screen?

I've just got my XPS M 1530 and I plan to attach a LCD protector.

Is it save to use LCD protector or instead it will cause other problem in the future? because I am thinking that the glue or the elastic plastic will stick to the screen and left waste on it.

PLease give me best advice.

Thank you very much.

 

Not worth it in my opinion. I just use a micro fiber cloth to protect the screen from keyboard marks when the notebook is closed. It's also great for cleaning finger print marks..etc.

Here's a link to the one I purchased. http://www.radtech.us/Products/NotebookScreenSavrz.aspx

 

I don't think I've had a single laptop LCD get scratched up on me. Phones and PDA's sure, but laptops never.

Anyway, most screen protectors come with low-tack adhesive or cling using static so it won't leave anything on the screen.

 

Yes, you are right, if PDAs and cell phones are more risk of scratch than notebook, especially I am a very careful of my electronic stuffs, like cell phones, laptops. But I just worried, especially this is my first laptop which I always dreamed on for the last few years.

So according to both of you, should I buy it or not?

I live in Japan, yesterday, I saw the screen protector on a store. it was Yen 1764 or about $17.

Should I buy it?

And one more, I'm a bit worried if I attach a screen film, will it make the screen darker? like a car glass film? or it will maintain the original screen color?


thanks.

 

using a screen protector can enhance the color. There are screen protector that is glossy and there are matte. it's up to you which one you choose. I'm using a glossing screen protector for my asus m2c ( original screen is matte ). The glossy screen protector really makes my LCD screen brighter,

 

I have used notebooks for 9 years and never had screen issues. But if it makes you feel more comfortable go for it. It will not cause harm. And Bulik brings up a good point on the glossy/matte issue. Glossy makes things appear brighter but harder to use in high light environment. Matte not as bright but better in a high light environment. It is personal preference as to which people is "better".

 

The only time in which I've ever had a scratch of damage was when one notebook I used to have was put into an overpacked bookbag. A LCD cover isn't going to protect against that kind of damage anyway.

You might want to look into a notebook case. SFBags makes some high quality protective cases, I love them things.

 

Its actually impossible for a screen covering to make the screen brighter. Laws of physics and all that.

 

A little better explanation and context as to what you are saying would be constructive. Of course your statement is correct but elaborate a little please. And not on the physics of it but the implications you are referring to.

 

Well what I'm saying is referring to bulik's post saying that using a screen protector can make the screen brighter and enhance the color. I don't know about the color enhancement but its physically impossible for an extra layer to make the screen brighter because even if the protector is 100% transparent, the brightness will only stay the same, not increase.

 

I suggest that you avoid applying a screen protector. I've never used one with a laptop, but I've protected numerous handheld screens and a few larger lcd's. In every case, the protector was a pain to remove, left a horrible residue, and degraded image quality. The only reason I use them is for the resale value of the devices, and because those screens are prone to getting scratched while not in use. If you close your laptop while transporting it, and you don't touch or let other people touch your screen, there is absolutely no need for a screen protector.

Honestly, a protector would not be worth it for a laptop. I have found that even those protectors which are advertised to be easily removable and to not leave residue still make an awful mess of the screen. Protectors will generally degrade image quality, and I find that my eyes are drawn to looking at the protector and its flaws(especially if improperly applied). I find it difficult to enjoy the image quality on a screen with a protector covering it.

As I said, if you can avoid touching the screen, and you close your laptop when traveling, you shouldn't have any trouble with scratches. Just clean your screen every once in a while(with a microfiber cloth and some isopropyl alcohol/water mixture).

 

I've just been using the felt or felt-like material that came with my laptop. It was stuck to the screen when I unpacked it. I just place it back everytime I place my laptop back into my backpack. I have a Gateway P-6831FX and have one of those Slappa Spyder backpacks.

There is no reason to worry about damaging the screen unless you open a lot of carbonated drinks, beer or maybe champagne in the vicinity of your laptop.

Personally, I would worry about dust/dirt/grime getting in between the protector and screen and acting as an abrasive causing damage to it.

 

Excuse my language but what the **** do physics have to do with laptop brightness with a cover?

To answer the question. A cover most likely wont damage your screen. Im sure 3M makes them. They make a very good screen cover for privacy, not sure about glossy covers however. Look it up on newegg

 

Slightly off topic, but still within spitting distance - anyone know if it's possible to remove what appears to be a slight age-relating yellowing of a matte lcd screen? I had my vaio sitting next to my wife's _HP (which has the glossy, bright screen - I know, bad comparison) and I suddenly realized that the screen on the vaio had a slight yellowish tinge to it, sort of like what happens to the plastic headlight covers on cars after about 10 years or so.

 

Learn to read. I answered your inane question a few posts back.

Let me guess, failed out of high school thinking "what do I need to know science and mathematics for anyway!!!"

 

chill chill.

Yes physics is important. The light must travel through another medium (the screen protector) before it enters into the air and to your eyes. This medium, if it is not 100% transparent (nothing really is), will absorb some of the electromagnetic energy (light is made of photons with energy) as the light passes through it. Therefore the intensity of the light will decrease.

Now the real question would be how would this influence the user practically. I know the privacy protectors at libraries do affect brightness a fair bit, but maybe there are some really clear screen protectors that will have a minimal effect.

 

Actually, if a screen-cover has the effect of limiting the amount of diffusion caused by a matte screen, the net effect may appear brighter even though the total amount of light passing through has been reduced. Basic physics, I believe.

 

I asked the same M##### F####### question? Why such an issue? Glad to see you guy's falling below the curve?

 

There is a guide from Gophn on this : http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=224454

 

is it possible to remove the protector once you have it on?
http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...trt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=32&fsoo=2
i found really cheap ones on ebay, anyone used them before?

 

I would stay away from e-Bay,especially when Invisible Shield is cheap and has good recommendations.

 

LOL who the **** said physics has nothing to do with this? LOLL placing a new medium overtop of the screen which isn't 100% transparent will most definitely cause the screen to become slightly darker. Again, if the screen was 100% transparent (which it isn't) it would only appear the exact same brightness. When I say slightly darker, I mean something extremely small.

LCD screen brightness is STRICTLY based on physics.

By the way, physics ****ing owns!

 

Of course LCD screen brightness is "STRICTLY" based on physics, the question is, what bit of physics are you considering?

Clearly, placing an additional layer of material between the light source and the viewer will reduce the absolute brightness of the light reaching the observer, unless that additional layer is of 100% transparency and causes no diffusion or diffraction of the light transiting the layer. That's a no-brainer, and no one's arguing with that point.

As always, the devil is in the details, because what matters is apparent brightness, not absolute brightness, and in that case, adding an additional layer of less than 100% transparency can increase the apparent brightness of an LCD screen even though it also decreases[/] the absolute brightness at the same time.

Specifically, if the additional layer has the effect of reducing the amount of diffusion caused by the original layer of the display unit - in this case the original matte finish - then the screen will have a higher apparent brightness when viewed head-on, even though the total absolute brightness is diminished by the additional layer.

For an analogous result in the field of watercolour painting, read the article on The Secret of Glowing Color posted by Bruce Macevoy at handprint.com, which states, in relevant part:

To summarize the gist of the quoted material, in order to increase the apparent brightness of a watercolour, the diffusion characteristics of the painted surface are reduced by applying to the finished painting an additional layer of (translucent) material that has the effect of binding stray paper fibres to the paper surface, thereby reducing the amount of light scattering caused by such fibres (scattering from a reflected surface is equivalent to diffusion of a transparent/translucent surface).

So, the bottom line is, if you can find an appropriate material that will reduce the amount of diffusion caused by the original matte surface finish of your LCD display screen, application of that material as an additional layer on top of the original surface will increase the apparent brightness of that LCD screen, even though it reduces the absolute brightness of that same screen.

All "STRICTLY" based on physics.

Of course, the collateral effect of this is diminished viewability from any angle that is off-center.