3M PF190W1B 3M Frameless Blackout Privacy Filter For 19inch Widescreen Monitor, 16:10 Aspect Ratio

I am thrilled with this product! I read many reviews before selecting the 3M Privacy Filter. I'm the Director of H.R. so I frequently have confidential information up on my computer screen, including payroll. With employees coming in and out of my office without notice throughout the day, it was awkward and difficult to jump off the computer every time someone walked in unannounced. You absolutely can not see anything unless you are standing directly behind me facing the screen. I've walked all around my monitor from various angles to see at which point the screen was visible. At about a 25 degree angle, you can make out that there's an image on the screen, but one can not clearly or easily see what is being shown on the monitor. The only con is the clear adhesive tabs that hold it in place. They work fine, however, I feel 3M could come up with a nicer looking alternative. At least they are clear and I don't notice them at all anymore. This product is great! Many other managers have noticed the filter and have commented on the awesome level of privacy it provides. 5 Stars all the way!

I purchased this for my computer screen at work. I never knew it existed until I saw one on the computer monitor at the bank. It was always a concern that curious customers would be able to see the computer monitor from the "U-shaped" check out counter at work, especially when we would be working on private or confidential information. After installation, I stood from all angles of the check-out area to confirm what could be seen. It looks like a monitor that isn't even turned on when you stand at various angles. You can see the monitor when you stand directly in front of it, not from other angles.I LOVE this product! Installation is user friendly. There are two options if you want the sticky strips or tabs to slide the screen onto the monitor. I also went to the 3M website to confirm that I was ordering the correct product for my monitor by entering the monitor information. This product was worth the money!

I am not sure why there are many one star reviews about this privacy filter. For me, it seems to work pretty much as advertised, as far as effectively blocking out the view from the sides. Naturally, the filter won’t provide much privacy if someone is staring at the screen directly behind the user. However, if the filter was this effective as to block out the snooping eyes directly from behind, then the user would also be prevented from seeing the screen. The installation process is very straightforward and requires putting on a couple of sticky pieces of plastic on your monitor and sliding the filter through Couple of issues to consider: -In general, the filter naturally does make the screen darker to the user, however I found that turning up the brightness mostly helps solve this. For those that like their screen extremely bright and already have the brightness all the way up, there may be some initial adjustment. -The filter is mildly reflective, so if there is a light source close to the monitor there is potential for glare. This can be fixed by reversing the filter from the glossy side to the matted one. -My biggest issue with this filter is the price. $85 for a 22” seems rather outrageous. Although to be fair, competitor products are only a little bit less expensive. Granted, I don’t know the cost of materials and manufacturing involved in making this item, but the price still seems much higher than common sense would dictate, so I suspect there is some “profit maximization” going on as a result of patents. All in all, it’s a good product that works as described, however due to high price I simply can’t give it five stars.

Of all the privacy screens I evaluated, the 3M is hands-down the best. Unlike cheaper products, which use a physical mechanism to limit viewing from the side, the 3M Gold screen uses a film, which means it doesn't increase the overall thickness of the screen. This is esp important if you have any kind of ultrabook / thin laptop, which don't have a lot of clearance between the screen and the keyboard (when the laptop is closed). Also, most privacy protectors use rather kludgy sticky tabs to secure the screen protector to the laptop screen. Since this is a 3M product, it uses special transparent adhesive strips that do not impact viewing screen real estate. Additional adhesive strips are provided by 3M for free, but the lead time is about 2 weeks. 3M also provides a support number, because installation is not necessarily intuitive (I found the adhesive strips were so unobtrusive that they were difficult to find in install package)...

Overall, not bad. It doesn't have a frame, but fit perfectly inside the bezel of my monitor. Since it is very thin and has no frame, it won't stay perfectly flat against the glass, and comes out 1/2 cm from the glass until it makes contact with the small tabs that you stick on your frame to hold it in place. Basically, the filter gets a very minor bow in it. The result is that wherever it is a small distance away from the glass, it becomes darker than the other areas, and the screen doesn't have the same brightness across the screen. However, the product is generally of good quality and does a good job of offering me privacy at work. For the price, I don't regret the purchase and use it every day.

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Privacy function works as advertised. Helps to reduce sunlight glare. Unfortunately, the reduction in clarity for reading negates the privacy and glare reduction. Had to return for a refund. Also, the screen fell off the monitor after one day. It had been installed with sticker tabs that would allow removal and insertion of the screen.

Works great! And fits beautifully

I put it upside down and the other way around, the red glossy side was to sexy and looked like its gonna drag attention, it blocks the screen pretty well, the other side has a black red glow which is visible when light hits it from a windows close to it, it looks cool as well and it blocks the screen. The first step of installation says clearly to put the filter with the side craved with laser facing you, so the other side should face the screen, from what i tried both sides can block the screen and work well. How i compare it to the other well known brand that i have is that they both block the screen, the 3M looks more hot since it has this gold filter, the degree of blocking is almost the same and i guess it will be the same for all the expensive brands, but thats just my opinion, i never heard of any screen privacy that blocks 25 or 20 degrees, anything less than 30 degrees doesn't exist. Now the screen tabs that comes with it, first night it had gaps in the screen tabs from the screen side there was 6 or 7 of them, the next day most of it disappeared except one and its not annoying. I have a refurbished laptop and it has 2 dark long dirty lines slightly noticeable in the screen i wasn't able to clean them out for some reason and it is not something bad in the screen, just weird dirty spots, now they are completely invisible!! so that wasn't part of the deal though and i want my bad screen back please lol Delivery came on time in 2 days with amazon prime, if you want one day delivery you pay 3$ something and you get it in one day Guess i mentioned everything, today is my second day and i can't see why i should wait longer to test it and type down a comment, i'll add anything if i find something new

It works as advertised. Not much else to say