tft monitors and kids
 

does anyone have the above combination ?????????? , does anyone have problems with stick fingerprints and how easy are they to get rid of , or am i better off sticking with a crt monitor ?????????? :)

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Well, I don't have kids, but I do deal with students every day at my work (which some might say is actually a worse proposition). TFTs cope quite happily with student use, so they should be ok for kids. It might be worth securing it to the desk somehow though (TFTs are easier to knock off the desk, but I don't think they'd react too well).

As for cleaning, any monitor or lens cleaner seems to work.

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don't most tabletop tft's have a glass screen?

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You can buy screens for TFT monitors to protect them. I don't think they are cheap but if its gonna save it getting ruined might be worth it.

I bought these tft cleaning wipes from pc world and they bring my tft up as good as new, but there weren't any sticky finger prints on them :) I'm not sure sticky finger prints could break a tft but if kids are touching the screen there must be a real chance of killing some pixels.

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Hi Paul

sticky fingerprints will wipe off with a damp cloth - the worst thing would be poking with sharp objects, like pencils or pens, that could damage the screen surface. You can get them with a hard coating, but I bet they cost more.

- found one £475 :eek:

http://www.themodhouse.co.uk/store/p...roducts_id=207

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a litlle bit out my price range i reckon , mind you , i could always cut thir fingers off and that would solve the problem :D :D :D , i must admit i never thought about the sharp thing , might be better off with crt :)

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I'm sure I saw a protective screen for a TFT around the £50 mark.

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looks as though it is google time again :D :D :D

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Dunno if this is what you mean?

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...catalogId=1751

I have a m8 who really enjoys pointing out stuff on my tft monitor - ooohhhhh look at THIS... as he pokes my screen.

I think he enjoys the way it goes wibbly while being poked.

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give him a slap :D :D :D :D

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Too right - let me know if you get one of those protectors - I'm not convinced myself.

I get laptop/tft wipes from pcworld for my tft screen.

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My mates younger borther used to do that all the time to my laptop :mad: My new laptop doesnt really woble much though so he cant do it to that :D

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you can give tham a fair bit of stick. we do at work, poke them so much sometimes it takes a couple of seconds for the colour to come back. but they are fine, 500 odd no dead pixels.

dont reccomend it on your own tho, its just an example of the stick thaty can deal with

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I use a piece of Kitchen roll and some water as per the instructions and it works a treat, if I use anything else it leaves it streaky!!

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My 3yo is a monitor`s worst nightmare. Sticky fingers, snotty fingers (it does happen) Every weekend I spend about an hour cleaning my monitor, her monitor and my tv screen. Until she learns she doesn`t have to touch it I would stick (pun) with the crt.

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I have a TFT screen and a 2 year old son who loves to play on the PC, it's had everything form Jam to Crayons on the screen and all have wiped off no problem:)

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well, as long as i dont get any pointy things poked in the screen then it looks as though i will be ok , cheers guys :)

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Yeah, sticky fingers shouldn't be a problem. I've tried the wet wipes specifically for PC screens, but have found that I get better results with a can of spray for cleaning the lenses in glasses. I bought it at Asda, for about a third of the price of the PC wipes, and it's lasted much much longer.

I don't use the Kleenex & water combination, simply because I always have the lens cleaning stuff lying around the house for use with my glasses and I wouldn't dream of scratching my glasses with kitchen paper or loo roll!!! :eek:

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how do you do this with laptops and greasy laptop keyboards?I mean clean them

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a bucket ................. , only kidding , what do you want to clean the keyboard or screen :confused:

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:sleep: keyboard, screen we do later

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how about a monitor wipe , i am tempted to say ipa but it might take the print off your keyboard :Yikes:

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I had a keyboard that had sugary tea spilled on it.. I stuck it on the shower, and scrubbed it.. Then left it in the airing cupboard for about a week... some keys didn't work. Put it back in the cupboard, month later worked perfect. :)

I find breath moisture, and soft cotton (cotton t-shirt, boxers, socks.. :) ) works great on fingerprints. Most cleaners I've seen, even proper monitor wipes always seem to leave streaks all over.

Windolene wipes are quite good tho.. dont seem to leave streaks on the telly.

I have a big "DONT TOUCH THE BLOODY SCREEN!!!!" message blue-tacked to the top of my monitor, in the hope ppl will read it when at the pc, and take heed!! ;)