I just striped the anti-glare off my NS-LCD15-09CA 15"6 panel. 3 hours paper towel soak, had to work to get it off. The polarizer was attached too, I think they are fused together. I now have to buy a new polerizer for $100. So far I'm regreting removing the ag, well see what hapens with a new polerizer.

update

put in a craked and mangled polerizer from an old lcd just to get an image. I am suprised at how much better it looks already. cant wait to get my Super High Contrast polerizers and get some real results

It still makes no sense to me why an LCD should look better with no AG. I can certainly see that my LCD image is pixel-accurate with the AG layer on, so it's not like it's blurring the image at all.

I still maintain that AG removal is a final step after finishing your build, and should only be done if you know that you have an issue which it is reasonable to assert that an AG strip will fix.

Hey Guys,

I agree 100% with SupraGuy.

Just wanted to share what I know now. I agree that there may be a reason to risk damaging your panel removing the AG/AR coating but I don't know if that reason is good enough just for some small % of light. I've damaged 2 so far and trying to position the linear polarizer on your lens isn't easy. I finally built my projector without touching nothing. I'm very satisfied.



Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong, but once you've removed the polarizer which is mostly bonded to the anti-AG/AR coating your still going to have to buy a polarizer. So light transmittance gain/loss here is the same for the most part. The other coating which most newer LCD panels have is anti-reflective and the lose of light transmittance in leaving it on just doesn't justify the risk.

Here is a link that discusses this:
PixelBright LCDs





Some more examples of anti-glare and anti-reflective












Let us know how you do.

I have removed the AG from over 12 different Lcd's in projectors.

With all AG removal I gained around 10% brightness.

With most Ag removal I gained better colors.

With most AG removal the focus was a lot better. I could see the individual pixels much better.

This all makes perfect sense.

The ag layer is another layer in the projector that will block light transmission. Also it is opaque, so it will change the colors slightly and slightly blur the focus.

There is a reason why Lcd makers stopped using it and went to glossy. As advertised by them "Brighter", "Better colors", "Clear".

put in my super contrast polerizer today, I fixed allot of light leaks and everything looks better. the only problem i have is , when i put in the new polerizer it makes wierd rainbow colors on the screen. Any body had this or know how to fix it?? also im running a unsplit setup and the lcd is 25mm from the second fresnal, will this horribly affect my brightness from 10-15 mm ?? i can move it, just have to move the whole setup. thx

figured out the problem was the protective film on the polerizer. pealed both sides off and i was suprised to find out the polerizer was adhesive. I don't think I orderd that but its all cut up and I cant return it now. Anyways I put it on my lcd and it made are bubbles , so I pulled it off and recked the lcd and Polerizer. Arg, another panel gone. Moral of the story is if you buy a new polerizer make sure its not adhesive kind! I now regret doing the ag removal. It was not worth it for me for the maybe improvments. Now I have no panel and I'm out for the $100 for a new polerizer. Make sure you know the risk / benifiets before you remove AG.