Normally, we start off How-To Geek tutorials by introducing the topic, listing off the tools you’ll need, and getting right down to emphasizing the “How” in How-To Geek. It doesn’t cost much to clean it right and the keep your screen from hitting the dump prematurely.
It takes quite a bit of manufacturing magic to create a razor sharp image in such a slender form factor, and brute polishing it with a bottle of Windex and a rag you grabbed from the kitchen is a sure fire way to shorten the life of your screen and ruin the image. Modern HDTV and computer screens are brighter, sharper, and more responsive than ever before, but they are also more delicate. When you improperly clean your screen, be it your computer monitor or your television, it’s only a matter of time before you damage it.