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Apr 21 2005
Brando PSP Body Screen Protector Review
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I just received mine and have used Brando a long ways before the advent of the PSP. I have used their screen protectors for the PDAs I have owned over the last few years and on my most recent Sony Clie PEG-TH55. I have always been pleased with their screen protectors. THey drastically improved BOTH the feel of the screen while magically looking and functioning as if it did not exist. It took the "squishy" feel of the Clie screen and made it feel like glass due to the tight fit and stiffening of the original LCD. Truly magical. And lately they even seemed to be masters of making the application process easier.
They are - except with the PSP. This protector is a little more old-school in the way to apply it. Let me describe what I mean.
The protector I received for my Clie about two months ago had a clever dual-setup. First you remove the backing (which was clearly tabbed with a blue easy remove tab) and apply. They included a squegee card with the screen to faciliate the application and bubble removal.
Secondly, they had a secondary protective layer which you removed (via another easy remove RED tab) AFTER you applied the actual film to the screen. Meaning that the protector never had to be actually touched by you at any point. This is a fabulous way to apply the film which can then be super thin but easy to apply. and your finger grease never gets on the screen during application leaving every corner with its full adhesive. Very clever.
When I ordered this Brando PSP protector, I was hoping for the same kind of innovative, easy design. Well, on that matter I was a little dissapointed. I did manage to apply the full-body protection but it is a bit harder to align. The plastic backing can be spearted into three sections. I suggest removing the left side first, aligning with the right side, dropping the film down letting the left side stick and then remove the backing as you move across squegee-ing as you go.
Somethings like the edges, as mentioned in other reviews, do not fully seem to stick but this is passable. and for some reason, the places where the text is on the PSP (such as POWER, HOLD and the WIFI and WLAN symbol) seem to have have a bubble around them, but this is very very minimal and could actually be deemd an interesting effect.
After about three attempts at aligning, i managed to place the protector on. Now this is where this thing really shines! It is a shear perfect match to the feel and look of the PSP. It is virtually impossible for someone to tell it is on unless they look for it. It has the same tactile feel the original PSP had when I first got it. What I truly love about the protector is that although it virtually has the same luster and feel and touch of the original PSP, it is a little more resistive to the fingerprinting problem. Basically what I am saying is that, the finish is the BEST of BOTH worlds. Seems like you don't have a protector AND it is MORE FINGER-PROOF all the way across the PSP. This alone is worth what I paid (for me at least). Plus I love the effect that the screen once more integrated into the faceplate of the PSP. I can move my finger clear across the LCD to the controls and feel the "slick" no-edge feel of an LCD which is below the surface of the machine itself. Awesome. As Sony designed it this way, I figure anything which can keep this is slick "feel" is worth it and another factor in the purchase of this protector
Until now, I had the Pelican Screen Protector until I received this one and that one looks like a piece of milk carton applied on your screen conpared to this one. It had bad glare effects (you ABSOLUTELY knew you had a screen protector on it and the wide angle visibility of the LCD is greatly reduced) and it felt like a piece of sand paper on your screen. It also created a polarized effect on the collors which are shown on the screen which doesn't affect overall colors, but when I ran a pixel check, it looked like a laser hologram with the amount of refraction it seemed to create in the color. It WAS cheap but it greatly defected the slick PSP finish which everyone loves.
Overall, this lives up to the Brando screens I have used and loved. The screen is virtually indistinguishable from the original PSP finish but vastly improved in the realm of "casual" fingerprinting. And the clarity is near 99.99% of the original. It's extremely thin (enough for it to be called a "membrane" rather than a plastic film) and dissappears if applied correctly albeit with difficulty.
I recommend this fully to anyone who is serious about giving the best accessory to their PSP. And this one is everything from ESSENTIAL to PERFECT as it gets
I would give this a 110% if it had a similar application process as I have used before and if the screen laid down completely in some some miniscule corners, but other than this, this screen will remain on my PSP as the screen of choice well into the age of a PSP2.
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