3M Privacy Filter for Standard Notebook Computers with a 14.1" diagonally measured display
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Customer Review: ineffective, with drawbacks
Summary: 1 Stars
Three big disappointments. Biggest is the viewing angle is WAY too wide. It darkens at 45 degrees, but you can still clearly see what someone's up to, even if it's *kind of* harder to read precise text. It doesn't blacken until your near a 90 degree viewing angle. Pretty lame.
Also, though it's "matte" it's a lot more reflective than a regular LCD flat screen. Maybe it's less than an old glassy CRT, but the reflectivity is terrible compared to an LCD. You can actually make out your own face and highlights in the screen, even highlights coming from a side window (which I was hoping would be reduced by the microlouvre, not increased). Bright environments are 5 times harder to work in than they would be with a regular LCD screen.
And lastly, looking at it straight in, it darkens the screen enough to be distracting and eye-straining. So it's the worse of both worlds - it darkens too much for the user, and not enough at odd angles.
The method for sticking the frameless kind on clutters your screen with cheesy plastic adhesive disks.
Plus, it's pretty expensive for a sheet of plastic.
Wait until the tech gets better. Or decent, at least.
Customer Review: Very valuable laptop accessory
Summary: 4 Stars
I do a lot of work on my laptop while traveling on planes, and it's typically confidential material. While you hope that the average person sitting next to you is *not* working for a competing company and watching your every move, you never know. Paranoia aside, it's information that we don't want the general public to know, and all it takes is one person to write something on their blog. Anyway, my confidentiality concern is assuaged with this privacy filter. Depending on how cramped your airline seats are, you may not get 100% filtering with this. The person next to you may still be able to see some images of what's on your screen. However, I think it's sufficient to protect your privacy. I think this is a great innovation. I agree with some of the other reviewers that it seems a bit pricey, and I'll be interested to see if the sticky tabs that hold the filter in place last for very long. Overall, though, I'm quite happy with this filter. And by the way, it was cheaper through Amazon.com than anywhere else I checked!Customer Review: Doesn't Stop Prying Eyes
Summary: 2 Stars
This product doesn't blacken out the screen at an angle like it says it does. You can clearly still see what's going on on the screen unless you're practically 90 degrees on the side...almost parallel to it. So, if you're on a plane, people sitting next to you on either side will still be able to clearly see what you're doing on the computer and what you're typing. This is really disapointing b/c I was expecting it to do what it says it does.
Also the price is wayyyyy too much for this product. Even if it did what is said it does, it's too much money.
I would still get this product, however. The reason is b/c there's isn't a better or cheaper product like this that I know of. And eventhough people can still read your screen and you don't have privacy...you do make it harder for them and it is not as easy for them to read or look at. It is better than nothing...but if someone really wants to snoop, it won't stop them.
Customer Review: It works
Summary: 4 Stars
I travel constantly and need to work on confidential documents on the plane. I first started using this product when I was working for a leading global management consulting firm - these laptop screens were basically required for all consultants and had been well vetted against alternatives. Since changing jobs I bought my own filter and recommend it to my colleagues as well.
This product quite effectively makes your laptop screen unreadable to anybody not sitting directly in front of the computer, well enough that my immediate neighbors on the plane can't read what I'm working on. It does slightly darken the screen, but not enough to be a problem.
You stick little plastic tabs to the frame of your laptop screen, and the privacy filter slips into the tabs. The screen is very easy to slip in and out, and the tabs themselves can be quite easily removed (but not re-used once removed).
Highly recommended.
Customer Review: A great tool to keep private business private
Summary: 5 Stars
After sitting on a flight home where the lady next to me corrected a typo in my expense report spreadsheet, I decided it was time to get this filter. I don't really keep truly sensitive data on my laptop, but every once in a while, I'll get a sensitive strategy document that a client would rather keep confidential. The privacy filter really helps do that. The first time I used it, the guy next to me thought my laptop was off and asked if I had the filter. It does dim the screen a bit and provide a bit more glare if you had lighting shining at you from behind, but you quickly get used to these conditions. The tabs that hold the filter in place are a little ugly, but my laptop is a business tool, not a precious object of art, so it's okay with me. If you have sensitive documents that you work on during a flight, you need this.