Poll: Do you remove or keep the plastic film on the display?

[hemster]

On your equipment, do you prefer to keep or remove the protective plastic film? 

Please post reasons for your choice. 

Personally I prefer to keep it on. Aesthetics don't matter as my gear is in an enclosed cabinet behind the listening/viewing position. I have an IR distribution box hard-wired to each component so IR reception is not an issue (I use an RF->IR approach with my URC remote).

[stiehl11]

I keep mine on except when it looses its adhesion and starts to peel away. My used gear rarely has it on the display when I get it.

[Deleted]

I keep it on unless/until it peels off on its own

[DYohn]

I always take it off. I hate that stuff.

[LCSeminole]

If it starts to get air pockets that are noticeable in the plastic I'll remove it, but until then I tend to initially leave it on for finger print/scratch protection until I get the component where I know it will be staying put.

[jmilton]

I always remove it. It has been proven that if left on, it causes the display to over heat and fail prematurely.

(Well, I read that on the interweb...so it must be true)

[geebo]

I take it off for no other reason than it bugs me.

And when I remove it, it's as if a veil has been lifted.

[Deleted]

I remove it because there is no reason to keep it on.

[knucklehead]

Slow day at the poll factory hemster?

[novisnick]

Leaving it on would upset the balanced inputs to my system,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,he,,,,,he,,,,,,,,,, NOT.
In all seriousness, I always take it off, it's like a right of passage, I paid to peel it off and own it in all of it's glory

[hemster]

Aug 17, 2014 19:25:34 GMT -5 knucklehead said:

Slow day at the poll factory hemster?

No.. It's only my 2^nd poll in as many years...    

I thought it would make an interesting observation. Feel free to vote & post... or not. 

[Chuck Elliot]

I remove the film, but I keep my remotes inside the plastic bag they usually come in. I then put them inside a cut to fit baggy once the original wears out. This keeps the remote clean as a whistle and I have no problem with the IR going through the bag!

[hemster]

Aug 17, 2014 19:13:55 GMT -5 jmilton said:

I always remove it. It has been proven that if left on, it causes the display to over heat and fail prematurely.

(Well, I read that on the interweb...so it must be true)

While overheating may have been an issue in years past, I believe it's not now with LED and OLED displays. 

[kse]

I keep it on and I love when I score a piece of used gear where the previous owner has left it on! I like to keep my stuff as close to 'factory fresh' as possible.

[DYohn]

It reminds me too much of my grandmother's plastic couch covers that I hated sitting on as a kid...

[mushroomking]

I always peel it off. It irritates me greatly when I see it on for some reason. I've been reprimanded several times for peeling of the plastics on repair jobs.

[frenchyfranky]

As soon as I put it on his shelf I remove them, it's like removing clothes on a woman for the first time.

[Dark Ranger]

I remove the plastic film after everything is installed and just right. Why? Because it bugs me otherwise.

[jmilton]

Aug 17, 2014 20:34:20 GMT -5 frenchyfranky said:

As soon as I put it on his shelf I remove them, it's like removing clothes on a woman for the first time.

You need a shrink (wrap).

[frenchyfranky]

Aug 17, 2014 21:03:57 GMT -5 jmilton said:

Aug 17, 2014 20:34:20 GMT -5 frenchyfranky said:

As soon as I put it on his shelf I remove them, it's like removing clothes on a woman for the first time.

You need a shrink (wrap).

The woman must not be fat...