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 The real thing July 18, 2007
Ernie Dodds (Macon, GA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having spent the money on it, I now see why it costs what it does, why there aren't several with the Nintendo stamp of approval, and why this protector gets such raves: it's that good.
Any old screen protector can basically do the job: it's a piece of plastic to take damage for the piece of plastic underneath. But there are often air bubbles that won't work out, glare or brightness problems, the things won't stay flat (like corners curling up over time), or an adhesive is used and it dries out and causes problems over time, or serious problems if you ever try to remove it.
There is no adhesive on the filters (save for negligible amounts on the side you touch once it's installed, maybe), it won't be chuck full of air bubbles (though getting all mine out took several minutes--it's not free of them), and you'll have to take a real look at the unit to see if the screen is installed.
The package contains a microfiber cloth to clean the screen before installation, a top screen protector, and a touch screen protector. Each has on one side of it a plastic film that adheres without an adhesive (doesn't feel like static cling, but it may be), and one film that has an adhesive. The non-adhesive side you pull off, and install the screen with. Then you can get bubbles out with the other film still on, so any scratches you make on it aren't on the actual screen protector.
Finally, you peel the top film off (oh, yeah, both sides have tabs, so no worries about picking it apart!), and you're done. There's enough slack to leave about 0.5mm on any one side of the screens, and this is the only way it is clearly visible once you're done installing. It's probably done that way to make installing and removing easier.
The touch screen protector is fine, and easily worth the cost by itself--this is a well engineered product, including the installation procedure. However, I think the top screen protector is not worth it. The top screen is not really in danger of being scratched, and while the protector does lower glare, a bright fluorescent light, or sun light, will still make it difficult to see clearly. The screen also lowers the apparent vibrance of the LCD at wider viewing angles.
Wonderful Filter--If You Follow Directions August 2, 2008
Wen Yuan Yao
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This product was far better than I had dared expect.
If you have read the other reviews carefully, there are a number of skeptical reviews for this product. Because of this, I debated long and hard whether to get it. In the end, I decided that $7 was worth the risk.
Here are a few important advices:
-For this product to work perfectly, you MUST read the short 2 page manual that comes with it. Read and follow it carefully.
-You only get 1 try. Once you put the filler on, its there to stay. Even if there are air bubbles or any problems with it, DO NOT TRY AGAIN. It will definitely not make it better. Wait a while to see if it improves, if not, then you should probably just get a new filler.
-Since you only get 1 try, be sure to remove all dust particles. From my experience, I don't even notice the dust particles during game play. However, I can imagine it being annoying if there are too much.
There were 3 issues I was originally worried about:
1. The air bubbles.
When I first placed the filter on, there were immediately a lot of air bubbles (notably in the lower screen). At first I was rather disappointed because bubbles are obviously annoying. HOWEVER, after about 3 hours of game play, the air bubbles quite miraculously DISAPPEARED. ALL OF THEM. The filter will 'learn' to fit your screen. Don't even bother to push them out (which is what the manual suggests) because they will go away on their own. But you MUST wipe the screens completely. Don't reapply the filters. It will not make them better.
2. I read in one of the reviews that the lower screen gets scratched (/get marked) anyway even if the filter is on.
This is not true. I already had a few scratches on my ds before I applied the filters, and the filters actually canceled out all those scratches (they disappeared). Eventually (about a month), there will be some scratch marks on the filter but I consider the quality of the filter extremely high regardless and none of this distract game play. There will never be any scratch marks on the ds screen itself once the filter is on (I removed my filter once to reuse it on another ds and noticed no new scratch marks on the screen).
3. "the green logo sticker they glue in the center of each protector" (from another review) that damages the screen.
If you read the manual, you will notice that this sticker isn't even on the filter itself. Both filters have 2 filters (one on each side) that originally protect it and the logo is on one of the disposable filter protectors.
This product is perfect. But for it to work, the manual must be read because if you even try to remove the filters, they will in effect be ruined.
 HORI DS LIte Protective Filter January 12, 2008
J. Talmage Ball
2 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought three packages. These filters come with two per package. The screen protectors are different sizes so that only one of them fits the touch screen correctly. The problem that irritated me most was the green logo sticker they glue in the center of each protector. You ruin the protector trying to get the damn green sticker off of the front of the protector. They glue it on with permanent cement. What a major dissapointment. If only the manufacturer tried even once to see if the green logo sticker could be removed they wouldn't put in on to destroy their product. You can tell I am totally angered by their product. Don't waste your time buying this product!!!!
 Loses some screen sensitivity. February 1, 2008
Joe McCormick (Tampa, FL, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for my wife's Nintendo DS Lite to replace a previous screen protector that had begun to show scratches. This protects well, but she says the screen input is much less accurate. She uses the DS Lite mostly for playing Sudoku in the Brain Age (1 and 2) packs. With the Hori screen protector, she has more incidents where the DS Lite fails to pick up the correct number. For example, she writes a 1 and it picks up as a 5 or 3. The 4 seems particularly hard to communicate to the screen. There is also more "drag" or resistance felt in the cursor with the Hori screen protector.
Perfection in the form of screen protectors February 26, 2008
userid338
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Perfect, you can't even tell that they are on there. They do NOT use any kind of sticky stuff like most other screen protectors, just sticks right on there though, magically I guess :D scratch resistant, unnoticeable, and completely see-through, not even slightly tinted. I used the top and bottom ones, and they are both completely unnoticeable. I ordered from BR production, and HIGHLY recommend. there are a lot of fake HORI screen protectors around, but these are the real deal. not sure about the other sellers, but the ones I got from BR production were in a package written in complete Japanese (I think) it might be Chinese, but whatever, these are the real deal anyways.
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