ViewGuard Anti-Glare Review

I purchased a new HP DV2 laptop recently. The screen is so glossy that I can't do anything on it with lights above the screen. Which makes the laptop only really useful at night? Anyways, after hunting for a while, I finally found ViewGuard. They carry a privacy filter, anti- glare, and glossy/crystal screen protector for just about every screen size out there. I purchased the anti-glare protector. I don't work for ViewGuard, I just wanted to give people something to look at to see if they wanted to get the ViewGuard anti glare. I found only one "review" and that was at a notebook forum with pictures. Hopefully this is a little easier for people to find.

Here is the ViewGuard site:
http://buyviewguard.com/

This is my first video like this, so don't rip on me like I'm supposed to be some professional or something. If I made mistakes, let me know, so I can fix them in the next video like this.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• viewguard
• antiglare
• screen
• protector

[mephesh]

My work laptop has a shiny screen and it is horrible to use. Make sure you buy a laptop with a matte screen surface. I plan to buy an anti glare screen protector.

[jjwoznia]

@mephesh Yeah it has made it so I can use my laptop outside. Worth the money for sure.

[chinesecheeunit]

how does the color on the screen differ?

[jjwoznia]

@chinesecheeunit The colors seem like they did before the protector. I will say I think the protector is the reason I have a weird backlight "bleed" when I made the gaming videos. But to the human eye that isn't visible.

[Yellowknight888]

Why not just buy a netbook with matte screen and avoid all the trouble?

[jjwoznia]

Netbooks can't game or do CAD/3d Modeling, and the atoms don't have hardware virtualization like the Neos. Not to mention the netbooks only have low density screens, my DV2 is 1280x800.

[rohitmehandru]

@Anothercoilgun i agree that these glossy screens suck for work and general use outside, but they've been implemented for high contrast on screens for entertainments sake. before, people used to simply use laptops for work purposes. now you'll basically only find anti glare on business laptops like latitudes, precisions, and thinkpads. seems like people these days only use laptops for games, movies, and facebook

[Anothercoilgun]

This was not a problem with the old laptop. Then after 2005 all the companies deliberately made these stupid idiot highly reflective screens that destroy viewing experience. All so that these anti glare products can be pushed on us.

[IrresistiblyBetter]

All you've taught me from this is that protective films look like too much bother. I'm not sure whether it's because you're just generally a recipe for disaster or whether protective film is difficult to use but my preference is now on a matte screen as opposed to buying a film for a glossy screen.

[MegaRichie10]

excuse me but i have Q: does it protect my eyes. :-)

[ImahGoer]

Why the hell cut it in the first place ?

[Ranger2229]

This video should have been 1-2 minutes long

[Ranger2229]

Who gives a shit about unboxing? Just show the fucking screen idiot

[bati555]

MY REVIEW 4/5if they could make bubbles less of an issue and decreased the pixeling effect. I recently purchased the 20 inch anti-glare film for my 2009m monitor. The bubbles were very hard to get out. It cost around 30 dollars from their website free shipping and came in 3 days. Once I installed it, the glare was greatly reduced. The biggest issue was the tiny pixels that were very visible(and annoying) against white pages such as Google. However, this product IS worth the bubbles and pixels.

[TJwaffle911]

So was this a review of the useful properties of a screen protector, or was it a review of the unboxing and installation experience? Seriously, 7:30 until you got to the part people actually care about. Show us the product, not the packaging, not your face; product reviews are not about you, they are for comparing the performance aspects of different products.