Does anyone know what this is called?

[Remak]

I want to buy one for my laptop but don't know what they are called/to search for.  .

The kind of laptop screen that you can place on  your screen. It only lets you look at the screen from one angle and blocks it from all other views. (It just looks faded/completely black from any angle other than straight on).

I've seen them at libraries and banks. Do you guys understand what I just tried to explain? I can try a different way if it doesn't make any sense.

[AceHigh]

It reminds me of those very first LCD screens that were so bad you had to look at the straight on to see anything. I know what you are talking about, but I wonder myself what such an overlay is called.

[Remak]

It reminds me of those very first LCD screens that were so bad you had to look at the straight on to see anything. I know what you are talking about, but I wonder myself what such an overlay is called.

Yea that's exactly what I am talking about. . (Only portable). I just thought of a few more details. They are pretty flimsy and not hard or brittle. (They bend although if you bend them too much they will crease). They feel like plastic, but might be made out of something else. And they are used as privacy screens.

They do distort the screens color a little bit, and arn't really suited for watching movies/doing graphics work with. But are perfect for when I am on the bus doing work, or at the library working. They can be removed and placed easily too from the laptop's screen. 

I think I described them as best as I can now. But maybe I'll think of even more details later.

[Nikkoru]

Something like this?

[kitamesume]

^ lol i think thats what the OP wants.

[Meomix]

That would make my life so much easier, i'm living in a public madhouse.

[GoGeTa006]

great for watching my little pony porn in public places

[datora]

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Something like this?

Well, that's nice.  What would be truly impressive technology, though, is something that blocks people from noticing fap.  From any angle.  I can think of several incidents throughout my life when I wish someone had been wearing one of those.  Yeah, the scars run deep ... 

[NaRu]

I have those on my screens at work. They are nice but its hard to show something on your screen  if you have it on

[kitamesume]

^ try applying it on a transparent screen where you hang the screen over the monitor.

[fohfoh]

Yeah, I was thinking the 3M privacy filter too. Those do work. My friend has one for this laptop for work related purposes. It's actually pretty nifty.

[Remak]

Something like this?

Yes! Thank you!  .

great for watching my little pony porn in public places

Not likely  . I just don't want people next to me in lectures copying my work.  Or looking over my shoulder on the bus/in the library. That bugs me. .

Well, that's nice.  What would be truly impressive technology, though, is something that blocks people from noticing fap.  From any angle.

If it was any angle then you wouldn't be able to see anything either. 

[nstgc]

Thanks for making this topic. I should get something like this as well. I don't do anything in particular that I don't want people to see while I'm in public, but I don't want people looking at what I'm doing in public.

[Freedom Kira]

Well, that's nice.  What would be truly impressive technology, though, is something that blocks people from noticing fap.  From any angle.

If it was any angle then you wouldn't be able to see anything either. 

Nothing wrong with that, unless you're one of those people who enjoy staring at their own dicks while they masturbate.