LCD Screens?

FastAndFurious · November 5th, 2001, 10:15 AM

Is it true that using Windex on a LCD screen like a laptop or flat panel will make it hazy over time?

cc_penguin · November 5th, 2001, 10:23 AM

I havent actually seen it but I have heard the same thing, and thats what Toshiba states. I have found that using the foam packing material (not the peanuts) cleans lcds pretty good.

*Platypus* · November 5th, 2001, 12:27 PM

Regular glass cleaners like Windex are likely to have ammonia and uncertain alcohols in them. The anti-glare treatments on some desktop screens are likely to be affected by them too. Optical cleaners produced for camera & spectacle lenses I think should be safe.

JungleMan1 · November 5th, 2001, 05:26 PM

call me nuts but I always take a damp washcloth, just damp, not dripping (gotta wring it out) and wipe down the screen. works fine.

Darren Wilson · November 5th, 2001, 05:35 PM

I just do what I do to my glasses!!! Breath on the screen then wipe off with lint free cloth. Works a charm (even on sticky toddler fingerprints!!!)

November 5th, 2001, 10:15 AM	#1
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November 5th, 2001, 10:23 AM	#2
cc_penguin Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC, USA Posts: 1,327	I havent actually seen it but I have heard the same thing, and thats what Toshiba states. I have found that using the foam packing material (not the peanuts) cleans lcds pretty good. __________________ *Edited by Sowulo* Thanks to A d e p t for the avatar!!!! Im done here

November 5th, 2001, 12:27 PM	#3
Platypus Intel Mod Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 5,471	Regular glass cleaners like Windex are likely to have ammonia and uncertain alcohols in them. The anti-glare treatments on some desktop screens are likely to be affected by them too. Optical cleaners produced for camera & spectacle lenses I think should be safe. __________________ Pleased to have been a Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) 2007/8, 2008/9 I like honey, but apart from that I'm harmless.

November 5th, 2001, 05:26 PM	#4
JungleMan1 Adm¡nistrator Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 2,463	call me nuts but I always take a damp washcloth, just damp, not dripping (gotta wring it out) and wipe down the screen. works fine. __________________ FastLane Hardware

November 5th, 2001, 05:35 PM	#5
Darren Wilson Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: UK Posts: 859	I just do what I do to my glasses!!! Breath on the screen then wipe off with lint free cloth. Works a charm (even on sticky toddler fingerprints!!!) __________________ Darren Wilson is the ....... MONKEY HUNTER..... Coming to a big screen near you soon!!!

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