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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

Screen protectors are available in different forms and qualities - as display foils, as flexible glass or as glass foils (hard glass or bulletproof glass). In order to answer the most important questions about screen protectors in a condensed form, we have summarized them as FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions. If you have any further questions, you easily can contact us.

Display protection guide

Frequently asked questions and their answers
 

Anti Glare screen protection effect

Effective antireflection coating of displays

Problem description reflections on display

Reflections on the display are quite annoying and distracting. Besides the reduction of the image contrast, important elements and information on the display are partly completely obscured. A further negative effect is the reduction of the visually recognizable color dynamics due to the bright environment or with peak lights, which create a strong reflection on the device display. Another problem is the different focus of the human eye on reflections. These are mostly due to point light sources a few meters away, such as lamps, or windows through which daylight penetrates. Our human vision is very irritated by this: Should the eye now focus on the mostly very bright reflection or on the screen content? A comparison of the brightness of a display, e.g. a good cell phone display of an iPhone or Samsung smartphone with 600 -1000 lux with a modern office ceiling LED lamp with 30 watts at 2500 lumens, a beam angle of 35° and a distance to the viewer or cell phone display of 2.5 meters, gives the following result: The ceiling LED still has about 1300 lux at this distance under the above assumptions. Accordingly, the point light source is 1.3x to 2x as bright as the light source in the display, depending on the situation and the screen brightness setting of the smartphone. We will spare a comparison to the sun at this point: Everyone knows the enormous luminosity of our fixed star, which makes it almost impossible to read information on a reflective display outdoors.

Spiegelungen auf Smartphone Display

Disturbing reflection on a cell phone display

Spieglendes Tablet Display

Reflections on tablet display

Fernseher Display entspiegeln

Comparison between reflections on a Samsung UE55D8000 LCD TV: left side without anti-reflection screen protection foil | right side with Neoxum anti-reflection screen protection film

Antireflection coating by means of λ/4-layer films

With the help of a factory-applied anti-reflective layer or subsequently applied λ/4-layer film, some manufacturers reduce the reflection on the reflective display. These anti-reflective coatings are very often called λ/4-layer because the anti-glare effect is based on the destructive interference effect. Unfortunately, this type of anti-reflective coating also makes itself unpleasantly noticeable with a purple-blue color cast, since the relatively short-wave green range around 550 nm is filtered out and the addition of the remaining color components cause this blue cast. A disadvantage of this λ/4 layer is also the limited effect with point sources and their point reflection.

 

Anti-glare due to matte antireflection coating

Bei älteren Displays, wie z.B. ältere Apple iMacs konnte man durch einen matten Displayschutz die Spiegelung sehr gut reduzieren. Leider verlor man aber auch an Schärfe des Bildschirminhalts, da der Abstand zwischen dem Bildschirmglas und dem eigentlichen LCD Display relativ groß war. Glücklicherweise ist der Abstand zwischen Deckglas bzw. Display und dem eigentliche LCD, LED oder OLED Bildschirm bei den meisten Display Modellen sehr gering (oder überhaupt nicht mehr durch neue Technologien vorhanden), so dass man mittels matter Streuung der Spiegelung eine sehr effektive Entspiegelung  erreicht. In nachfolgendem Beispiel haben wir einen LCD-TV Samsung UE55D8000 Fernseher von 2011 auf der rechten Bildschirmhälfte mit einer Neoxum Entspiegelungsfolie ausgestattet. Man kann sehr deutlich erkennen, dass Gegenstände im Wohnzimmer durch das Tageslicht, das durch Fensterscheiben dringt, scharf umrissene Spiegelungen hervorrufen.

Neoxum anti-glare film on TV reduces reflections

Only the right half of the LCD screen of the LCD TV Samsung UE55D8000 TV has been provided with a Neoxum anti-glare film for demonstration purposes

Objects, like the green glass jar, are sharply outlined and reflected on the screen. The surroundings of the living room can also be perceived very well as a reflection. The border between the left reflective half of the display and the right half of the screen with the applied anti-reflective Neoxum display film runs exactly from top to bottom through the actress' nose. Comparing the two eyes of the woman, it quickly becomes clear that the left eye is almost completely covered by a reflection of a mural. The contrast is greatly reduced. The left eye can only be guessed at. Watching TV in daylight with many reflections on the TV screen is almost impossible. Only after applying the special anti-glare film the screen reflections are effectively scattered: the right eye of the actress is clearly visible in the picture and stands out prominently. Punctual reflections are strongly diffused by the special matt display film, so that incident light at the air-glass interface of the TV screen is no longer reflected according to the law of entry angle = exit angle, but is extremely strongly diffused. As a result, surfaces as well as point light sources are no longer perceived as disturbingly reflective. Television is also possible in daylight. With the help of such anti-reflective screen protection films, reflections can be reduced by up to 85 percent..

Antireflection foil from Neoxum

The AGS (Anti-Glare Protective Film) anti-glare display film provides anti-reflective protection and protects sensitive displays at the same time. Due to a special surface treatment, annoying reflections on the display are very well reduced, so that even outdoors the display becomes legible again. The following video illustrates the anti-glare effect of the Neoxum display film with a very strong point light source, an LED lamp.

The anti-reflective film diffuses incident artificial light or daylight (even direct sunlight!) on the surface, so that the display can be read. The anti-reflective display film does not distort the display colors! An important point for graphic artists, photo artists or users in the field of cartography.Notebook anti-glare protection film from Neoxum

Aktuelle Entwicklungen 2024 zum Thema matte Displays ab Werk

In einem ausführlichen Blogbeitrag haben wir uns dem Thema angenommen, ob Entspiegelungsfolien überflüssig werden, wenn doch Samsung matte Displays für seine OLED TV Geräte in 2024 auf den Markt bringt (Heise News vom 13.01.2024). Soviel vorneweg: Es wird (leider) immer noch spiegelnde Displays geben, die mittels Neoxum Entspiegelungsfolien entspiegelt werden können…

OnScreen® Hybridglas entspiegelnd

As a highlight, we can also offer our high-tech material hybrid glass in an anti-reflective variant. Thus, we achieve a further increased robustness of the applied display protection with the help of the novel hybrid glass, which combines the advantages of a high-performance film with the advantages of glass: very flexible and yet a glass-hard surface.

Antireflex Panzerglas

OnScreen hybrid glass in the anti-glare finish effectively reduces distracting reflections and provides a glass-hard surface

Our technical data sheets, test reports and certificates can be found in our download area. Most of the documents are also available in English.

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High quality industrial grade display protection

We are not talking about foils that are sold on various platforms for €2.95 for 12 pieces. In general, the question arises why you need 12 foils as a user. This can only mean that the quality of the cheap film is in the range of better cling film and has nothing to do with industrial and professional protection or an effective anti-reflection effect.

Screen protector for cell phone and smartphone

Screen protector for cell phone and smartphone

Neoxum anti-reflective and crystal clear films are made of special completely non-toxic or non-irritating polymer that meets industry standards. Manufactured in Germany according to DIN ISO 9001 quality standard.

We summarized the key features, as well as a technical data sheet, in the download area.

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