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LCD Cleaning Wipes

I picked up these LCD wipes hanging next to the LCD TVs at the local Wal-Mart for $1.98. Being a little leery of using them on my TV without knowing what they would do, I tested them out first. I used a wipe on my LCD computer monitor, and while it removed most of the stray spots and smudges with little effort, it left behind a lot of streaks.

The streaks aren’t noticeable when the monitor is illuminated, but in it’s off state the streaking doesn’t look too great. I also tried them out on an LCD laptop screen, and the streaking was even worse.  The wipes did work fine on the keyboard and outside surfaces of the laptop (it was a hard plastic).

I read up online about LCD screen cleaning and apparently it’s pretty common for wipes to leave streaks no matter the price and the way to go is special LCD cleaning spray for no streaking. I have also heard that if you take a polishing cloth (for glasses/sunglasses) and wipe the moisture off from the wipes it will not leave streaks. I haven’t been brave enough to try this on the TV yet.

How do you clean your LCD TV screen?

Otterbox Defender for Blackberry Storm 9530

Black Bear is now on his third (yes, third) Blackberry Storm in less than a year, so I ordered him an Otterbox Defender case for it tonight. They are supposed to be pretty awesome cases. I went ahead and ordered one for my iPhone 3Gs as well, but I’m hoping I don’t think the screen is too unresponsive with the full plastic screen protector that is built into the case.

I have been pretty satisfied with the Otterbox Impact case that I got after sinking my first iPhone 3Gs in an eternal spring, aka toilet. The Impact case has enough grip on the outside so that it will stay in a back pocket. I am pretty sure the Otterbox Defender won’t fit in any of my pockets, but it should be safe being tossed in my purse.

I ordered both cases off of amazon.com and got pretty good discounts. Both phone cases retail for $49.95  - the Blackberry case was $32.88 and the iPhone case was $27.99. Both should be arriving this week, so I should have a review up soon.

Do you have an Otterbox case? Let me know what you think of it in the comments.