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Jan 16 2006
Martin Fields Screen Protector Review
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| Summary: Not that hard to apply if you know the trick
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I wasn’t quite happy with my Logitech Visor so I decided to try a protective filter. I was to either get the Gametech or the Martin Fields filter. Since the Gametech filter was nowhere to be found I chose the Martin Fields and ordered it right away.
Overview and Cleaning Tips
The thing I first noticed was that the filter is a bit thicker than I initially imagined. Once applied to the PSP you hardly notice it. Compared to the Playgear Visor the filter is virtually non existent. My first try at applying the filter was a clear fail. Lots of air bubbles and dust. I then tried to clean it with water like it is described in the manual. My tip for you: Don’t do it! If you still try, you soon will notice that drying the filter with a hair dryer is senseless. Larger water drops wont dry and the dried up water leaves marks on the filter surface.
The much better cleaning method is using scotch tape, mentioned as alternative method in the manual. It might first sound weird but it works. If the filter is really dirty, clean it with water and dry it with a towel or whatever you have in range, just don’t use a hair dryer.
Applying the filter
Once it is only dust left on the filter, apply a layer of scotch tape to the sticky side of it. Double check you tape the right side. Lots of tape on the non sticky side of the filter sticks quite hard to it and is no joy to remove. If your tape layer is complete, pull it off. All should now be gone and the filter is cleaned.
I guess some of you might worry about the scotch tape leaving glue on the filter, but it doesn't. I even tried scotch tape (I use Tesa btw) to remove dust from my PSP display and it worked perfectly. Don’t do that excessively though, you still have a cleaning cloth to clean your PSP!
The next step is to prepare your PSP. I found it helpful to create a white coloured image and use the photo viewer while setting the PSP to the brightest screen mode for spotting all the small dust particles. Once your screen is dust free (at least nearly, you will always have some on it) time has come to apply the filter.
I worked from top to bottom, aligning the wide side first at the top and then gently work towards the bottom end of the screen. Please don’t apply hard pressure on the display. The filter kind of sticks itself to the display. Air bubbles will only appear around dust particles, don’t worry about it yet. Use the cleaning cloth if to apply soft pressure on the filter if necessary.
After the filter sticks to the display it is time to deal with those bubbles. The credit card method might work but since, as you just found out, air bubbles only appear around dust particles it might remove the bubble but not deal with the real problem, the dust particle. Once again I used two pieces of scotch tape. One to paste it to the border near the bubble and lift the filter a bit, the other to remove the dust particle. If you now release the filter it should smoothly glide on the display again without any bubble left. Do it until you don’t have any bubbles left.
Of course it will take time and maybe your patience wont last long but it is worth it. A lesson learned is that you will always, unless you live in a dust free room, have something between filter and display. Try to accept it. Don’t be too shy to try around a lot, removing and reapplying the filter a few times until it works.
Conclusion
Using the white background and scotch tape I managed to apply the filter fairly easily. My result isn’t 100% perfect but a lot better than the Playgear Visor. For some people like me it might be necessary to try a few products before finding the perfect one. I will fiddle about until it is applied perfectly but for now I am happy. My PSP now perfectly fits into the soft case and I have an almost dust free screen. I am really happy with the Martin Fields Screen Protector even if the price is a bit high. For all of you who are worried, neither the filter or the scotch tape left any marks on my PSP it looks as good as new.
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Comments
01/17/06
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inter
| British Columbia Canada
01/18/06
6
WWJD
| Ontario Canada
i have this product and it protects my psp very well but applying this somabitch is annoying and almost imposible to apply it without those dam air bubbles
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