My 4 year old Acer had its LCD cleaned once. The other times I used a dusting brush such as you would use on a camera lens. Its to avoid chemical issues or introduce scratches or even shining the plastic LCD cover.
Also noteworthy is that I've yet to see consumer grade LCDs to have consistant lighting over the screen area. It's only an issue if one is picky.
Bob
i bought a new acer travelmate recently, all good, but the screen has some areas and irregularly shaped spots slightly darker than the rest of the screen. normally, it is hardly noticeable, but against a light colored background it becomes extremely annoying. it is a permament thing, I tried cleaning up the screen but it won't go away. Could it be because I used alcool based screen cleaning solutions specially designed for glass screens and not for TFT's?
Thank you for your replies,
Jim

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