(clattering)
(laughing) - Last time we showed
you guys a kick-proof TV it was a purpose built one with a kick-proof screen protector built into the front of it. But, unfortunately the image
quality wasn't that great. Thankfully, we are back at it again. This time, (grunts) with a kick-proof screen protector that can be installed on any 55 inch TV. Now... Here's the thing. A screen protector is generally designed to prevent incidental
scuffs and scratches, like when you've got
your phone and your keys in the same pocket at the same time because you're some sort of monster. But, it is also possible for a screen protector to have some impact resistance. dbrand's Prism series, for example, has excellent impact resistance as we have tested ourselves. Now, I'm not saying the
screen protector in here is anything like a dbrand Prism, I'm just saying that it's not impossible that having an impact
spreading layer in the front could help prevent the glass in the front or the LCD panel behind it from being cracked if it were struck by something. As for my confidence level in all this, well... To give you some idea, guys, I went out of my way to choose
the cheapest 55 inch display in our entire studio, because I don't think it's gonna live to the end of this video. You know what else might not live? My segue to our sponsor. Honey. Honey is the free browser extension that helps you find the best
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(laughing) Unfortunately our resident
expert Chinese translator, Andy, is in self-isolation right now, so we're gonna have to settle
for our second-stringer. - So this one is... - See, this is what I'm talking about. I want Andy back. - LCD. LCD shell. Shell. Protect your shell. Protect your TV screen shell. - Okay. Does it say what it's made
of or anything like that? - No. Just to be careful. Put this side up. - What does that mean? - I have no idea. - The sun shines outside your house. - Maybe solar powered. (laughs) - I actually have very
little idea what to expect. I mean, this is definitely
not something I expected. Er... Oh, boy. Um. Did we buy a two pack? Did it say anything about
two pack on the packaging? Like that he's still alive? I crack myself up. I think this is two matching sets of mounting hardware. But it's like an elastic band. Some plastic things here. What are these? I assumed this QR code would be a link to a manual or something. Unfortunately, it seems to be just a link to download WeChat. Honestly, it doesn't seem like
a screen protector at all. Just seems like a normal piece of glass. (knocks) This is really not what I expected at all. Okay. How on earth are you
expected to install this? Oh wow, it's huge. So it's not just the
size of the panel itself, it's the size of the
entire front of the TV. Interesting. Let's start with what we know for sure, and then we can eliminate
possibilities that way. This has to go here. There's just no way it goes anywhere else. The thing I really don't understand is why does it only attach
on the one side here? And of course, I'm short
some mounting hardware. There can't be only three of these. There's only two options. There has to be either two of something to go with the straps. Or four of something. So there's two... Why are there three of those? There's only three of the
clear screws in this one too. How could you possibly
have two of everything else and three clear screws? Unless they just know they're crappy and they expect it to break or something? What is even going on here? Wait, wait. The clear ones must be because it's meant to
go on the front of the glass. So maybe there's three holes. So one, two. A revelation from my camera operator! You have to scan the QR code in WeChat. Wait, what is this? This isn't helpful. Okay, here we go. So from the chat I just
go to their profile, and then moments, and in here there's a guide. Oh wow, thank you. What easy to find, most excellent wonderful instructions these are. I think there's just an
extra washer just for lols. Ah! Well why didn't I think of that? Look, ladies and gentlemen. It's very straight forward. You take the clear screw, you put the plastic washer on it, you stick it through the hole like that. Then, you take another plastic washer, you put it on the back of there, and then you screw that into the front of the bracket. How intuitive. And secure. Oh my goodness, I just noticed... It's directional. One end of this bracket
is longer than the other. I've got to turn it around. You know, hanging the entire
weight of this glass panel off this elastic strap doesn't seem that great. Actually no, now that I think of it, a lot of the weight's hanging off of these brackets at the top. Held in place by a clear plastic bolt. Okay, here it goes. So we've got our brackets on the top. We've got our straps on the bottom. Okay. So it hangs off the TV a
little something like that. All right, all right. All right, I'm with you so far. Come round back here. I managed to get this right. The long bolts are to secure
the glass against the TV. Ooh, if you have a super thin TV it actually might not be long enough. I don't think, no offense, if you're putting something
like this on your TV that you have a super
thin high-end TV though. And here it is, the coup de grace, in the video they put it on just here, they just hang it off
the back of the bolt. But we're gonna go one step better. We're gonna put it on the inside there, so it at least has a
harder time slipping off. So do you want to rage out at it? - Yeah. - Let's do a controller throw, shall we? - Controller throw, okay. - Ooh, yeah, don't get Covid. We gotta sanitize after. But, yeah. Anyway, okay. Go a little bit wider. But wait, hold on. I actually have very little faith that this is gonna work. We should both be wearing
eye protection, one sec. Here's some splooge. Just put that on the
glasses, there you go. - Oh, okay. I haven't left my house in two weeks, so I don't really know
all these procedures yet. All I know is wear the mask. - Okay. Show me your gamer rage. That controller means nothing to me. It's a Nyko Bluetooth controller. - Okay.
- Yeah. (glass shatters) (Luke laughs) (mumbles) - It did save the TV. Oh yeah, that's... Wait. - [Luke] No, that looks like-- - [Linus] Is that where you hit it? - [Luke] I don't know. - I mean, there's some nicks in the TV. Yeah, all right. It's a lot better than
if you had thrown it directly at the TV. I mean, based on how much
of that kinetic energy turned into shattered glass, I would say the controller
probably survived. - [Luke] Yeah, all the plastic
is cracked, the housing. - You're back on set for
literally five minutes and you manage to shower
me in shards of glass. (Luke laughs) - And we destroyed a controller. Everything makes sense. - Thanks, Luke. - No worries.
- All right. - Air bump. Oh, nice.
- See ya. Is this glass still settling? Can you hear the little
sounds it's making? Sorry, I don't have much
experience with tempered glass. Maybe that's perfectly normal. But the larger pieces
are still just cracking. I haven't reviewed the clip yet, but based on what I can observe about how there's actually multiple significant scratches in the display, I think that where the
controller struck it actually doesn't have much to do with where the shards of
glass exploded outwards and put scratches in the screen. So it seems to me that the damage was probably more from the screen protector exploding than actually from the direct impact of the controller. Although one certainly caused the other. Recommended? I'ma give it a big no on this one. Bad mounting mechanism, bad instructions, and in the event that
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