Question White screen underneath "protective film/layer"?

pefto

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Dec 10, 2016
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I just received my new monitor(AOC c24g1). When I set everything up, I saw that there was a protective film on the screen,... or so I thought..Since the monitor was on, I immediately saw that underneath the "protective film" the screen was just white. So I suppose it isn't a protective film after all. What's weird is that I was able to peel it off quite easily. Does anyone know if this is normal/ What should I do?
 

pefto

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Dec 10, 2016
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Can you post a picture of what you are referring to?
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COLGeek

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That almost looks like a privacy shield, more than a protective film, due to its thickness. It also looks like you can't see the icon for the recycle bin when you peel the film away. Is that correct?

Did you purchase the new or was it previously used by someone else?