"While older, glass-fronted TVs were easy to clean with any anti-static rag and cleaner, you need to be more careful with modern screens, which aren't protected. The best method for cleaning off the small amount of dirt, grease, dust, or other muck that has accumulated on your TV? Ditch the solvent and just use a soft, dry microfiber cloth ($26 for 80) to clean the display."
"Wipe in a circular motion, much like you would when brushing your teeth or cleaning your counters. If things are too gunky for a clean rag to pick up, reach for some distilled and deionized water ($17 per gallon), which won't leave spots or have impurities that can damage your screen. Put a little on the cloth and wipe, following up with a fresh dry rag."
"In a worst-case scenario, you can add a tiny amount of Dawn dish soap ($15 for 112 ounces) to the water (read: add a drop to an entire spray bottle [$8 for 2]) and use that. If you do this, you'll want to wipe a second time with distilled water, then again with a dry rag to ensure no residue is left behind."
Modern LCD and OLED screens lack protective glass and need gentle cleaning. Use a soft, dry microfiber cloth and wipe in circular motions to remove light dirt, grease, and dust. For heavier grime, apply distilled and deionized water lightly to the cloth and follow with a fresh dry rag. For stubborn residue, add a single drop of mild dish soap to a full spray bottle of water, then rinse with distilled water and dry to remove residue. Avoid solvents and excess moisture at screen edges, turn the screen off to see dirt, and do not press hard while wiping.
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