Protection Screen for Ibook 15IN

Rating:
Summary: Avoid: poor craftsmanship, improper fit, terrible glare
Review: I have been looking for a good way to protect the screen on my PowerBook G4 laptop for quite some time, so I was happy when I found this product. It seemed to provide just the kind of screen protection I was looking for.

Boy, was I wrong.

The first thing I noticed when I opened the package was the lack of installation instructions. No problem, it looked simple enough. The plastic sheets have a small glue strip at the bottom which adhere lightly to the screen and the rest of the sheet stays put from static cling. I peeled one of the clear plastic sheets off of its glossy paper backing and peered through it. There were several wavy lines of refraction where the plastic changed thickness. If you have ever seen antique glass window panes, you may know the kind of distorted view I saw.

Undeterred, I attached the sheet to my freshly cleaned laptop screen. When I did this, I discovered that the screen protector, which advertises its compatibility with the 15" PowerBook AND the 15" iBook, is too small for the PowerBook's screen. Not by much, mind you, but just enough to create a distracting border around three edges when you line up the fourth with the edge of the screen. Fortunately, the distorted view I had when looking through the plastic did not seem to distort the display from the screen.

Unfortunately, the plastic creates a terrible glare while installed on the screen! This was the final straw. For a product with so much possibility, I was sorely disappointed. One saving grace was that the glue strip left no visible marks on the screen. Who knows what would happen with prolonged use, however. My search goes on for a *high quality* screen protector with a good fit and *no* glare. ...