ProShield eliminates glare and protects flat-screens

While LCD and plasmas boost amazing display tech, they both have a vulnerability 'bout the size of a womp rat - their screen. Plasma screens tends to be rock-solid kid-proof however they produces a good amount of glare, where LCDs don't suffer from glare; their screens aren't exactly dense. Therefore, the savior of flat-screens just might lie with Wolverine Data's ProShield. This cure-all claims to eliminate all glare, increase screen contrast, and is of course, is scratch / impact resistant up to 150 mph. We're not exactly sure if this product is simply clear, flat snake oil but with prices starting out at $99 for the 37-inch size, any parent with a flat-screen, might wanna take the chance.

[via TV Snob]

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 17th 2007 11:59PM]

Just had to give you props for the womp-rat reference.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 18th 2007 9:31AM]

Too bad it was a faulty Womp Rat reference. Luke says "[Womp Rats] aren't much bigger than two meters." I've never seen a LCD or plasma display that was two meters wide.

Plus, what the heck does an "impact resistant up to 150mph" mean? How large/massive is this object? A baseball? A Bowling Ball? How about a Semi-truck?"

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 17th 2007 10:39PM]

Could be good for Wii owners who can't get a grip on their Wiimotes!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 18th 2007 10:10AM]

as much as i'd love this for an upcoming samsung 84 purchase i can see it looking like crap. the stick-on tint for cars come to mind. yes yes, admire my bubbles.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 18th 2007 4:03PM]

Now I can Wii on PCP!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 19th 2007 8:36AM]

@acidrock - if you look closely at the photo, this product looks more like a plexi shield than stick-on tint. I previously owned two rear projection sets (a 60" and a 72") and raised my two young boys at the same time. On my first set, the screen "took one for the team" when my boys were rough housing in the living room and gouged about a 6" by 1/4" scratch across the lower right quadrant of the exposed and unprotected screen. We had to live with that for several years before the set was replaced. My next purchase, I upgraded to a Hitachi Ultravision set and didn't hesitate a second to pay for the virtually invisible, integrated screen protector. The screen looked absolutely perfect right up until my ex took it in our divorce.

My point to all this is, if this product is done well, it can be nearly invisible and for those of us with either small children (or grandchildren!) in the home I can speak from experience that it makes a heck of a lot of sense to play it safe and protect my high dollar investment. It was NO FUN having to watch everything with a gouge that took seconds to make and years to replace.