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anti-glare film for LED TV outdoors
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Post 1 made on Monday April 22, 2013 at 20:36
B K'witz
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Does anyone know anything about this company or their products?
[Link: glarestopper.com]?

Have a Samsung 55" LED outdoors under a covered roof in the shade but the glare during the day is obviously very noticeable.

for $100 this product sounds too good to be true. Any other suggestions?
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Post 2 made on Monday April 22, 2013 at 22:00
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i am installing a 50"plasma this week for my brother in law.. i would get this if it works.....anyone out there try it?
OP | Post 3 made on Tuesday April 23, 2013 at 09:32
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Really?? -- nobody has used this or something like it??
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Post 4 made on Tuesday April 23, 2013 at 10:12
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Thanks for the link, I am going to order one this week. For the price its worth
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Post 5 made on Tuesday April 23, 2013 at 13:36
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looks pretty cool. I sent them an email asking if this would hold up on a boat.
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Post 6 made on Tuesday April 23, 2013 at 15:59
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On April 22, 2013 at 22:00, skynyrdfan said...
i am installing a 50"plasma this week for my brother in law.. i would get this if it works.....anyone out there try it?

Your putting a plasma outside? The image would most likely be unwatchable!

One of the issues I've had with outdoor TV's is not the sun shining directly on the TV but the backdrop behind you. If it's a concrete patio or a highly reflective surface, the reflection makes watching very distracting.
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Post 7 made on Tuesday April 23, 2013 at 21:30
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I have put many plasma tv's outdoors in covered patio's.. no problem..many of the 5-7 year old panasonic pro and consumer are still working... 50" sammy $519... get 2 years and all is good... if my client lives on the water i will push Sunbrite...
OP | Post 8 made on Tuesday April 30, 2013 at 22:35
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I ordered from glare stopper for my 55 inch Samsung LED- package came in a pretty hard tube, but it was dented and the glare screen creased and useless. Company says they are sending out a replacement right away-- should arrive tomorrow-- the anticipation is killing me.

Did anyone else get one yet?
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Post 9 made on Wednesday May 1, 2013 at 21:07
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this Samsung plasma went back to the store.. could not see it at all during the day. was at Costco and picked up a nicely priced Panasonic 50" led.. No discrete codes.. now i have a Toshiba out there.. much better than the panny.. full discretes..
OP | Post 10 made on Sunday May 5, 2013 at 23:06
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I got the anti glare film today-- what a pain in the ass to install-- on a 55 inch Samsung LED. Bubbles bubbles everywhere -- even followed the directions perfectly. Got most out, but still some bubbles that look like sh*t.

Must say the glare reduction does work amazingly, but cannot live with the tv looking like this when it is off- will try to get the rest of the bubbles out tomorrow- or it goes back!

Maybe a small screen it wouldn't be
such a pain- but on a wall mounted 55 inch LED it's no picnic.
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Post 11 made on Monday May 6, 2013 at 04:06
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 Call an automotive window tinter to apply the film. Should cost you less than $100, and his results will be > than yours.


Post 12 made on Monday May 6, 2013 at 07:00
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On May 5, 2013 at 23:06, B K'witz said...
I got the anti glare film today-- what a pain in the ass to install-- on a 55 inch Samsung LED. Bubbles bubbles everywhere -- even followed the directions perfectly. Got most out, but still some bubbles that look like sh*t.

Must say the glare reduction does work amazingly, but cannot live with the tv looking like this when it is off- will try to get the rest of the bubbles out tomorrow- or it goes back!

Maybe a small screen it wouldn't be
such a pain- but on a wall mounted 55 inch LED it's no picnic.

I would imagine you could damage the LCD screen if you try to work those bubbles out too much....Good luck!
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Post 13 made on Saturday October 12, 2013 at 05:34
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I installed the glare stopper on our 58" Samsung yesterday. Astounding difference! Our cat had scratched up the antiglare surface on our plasma TV. Trying to remove the scratches resulted in completely removing the antiglare finish...no harm to the glass screen but the reflection was so mirrorlike you could shave in it. The glare stopper isn't too hard to install for anyone who has done window tint except that you are working with a dry surface so must be slow and careful to eliminate air bubbles as you go. The results far exceed my expectations. I expected slight degradation in HD picture quality and brightness but have noticed neither. The $82 cost was well worth it to remove the reflections.
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Post 14 made on Wednesday November 20, 2013 at 01:30
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On October 12, 2013 at 05:34, citation38 said...
I installed the glare stopper on our 58" Samsung yesterday. Astounding difference! Our cat had scratched up the antiglare surface on our plasma TV. Trying to remove the scratches resulted in completely removing the antiglare finish...no harm to the glass screen but the reflection was so mirrorlike you could shave in it. The glare stopper isn't too hard to install for anyone who has done window tint except that you are working with a dry surface so must be slow and careful to eliminate air bubbles as you go. The results far exceed my expectations. I expected slight degradation in HD picture quality and brightness but have noticed neither. The $82 cost was well worth it to remove the reflections.

I'd really love to know how you got the coating off the whole screen. I removed a scratch and that left a surrounding cloudy patch of roughed antiglare. Nothing will render it transparent so the rest of the antiglare will have to come off the whole screen. But there must be a better way to do that than labouring with wet and dry paper followed by toxic metal polish on such a huge surface. ...So what did you do?


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