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Old 25th Feb 2009, 13:02
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According to the AOL the difference is in the manufacturing process, where the cast screen is a piece of material that is heated and formed between 2 moulds to shape it whereas the stretched one was a thicker piece that was heated and stretched over a form to shape. Apparently the stretching imparts a sort of "pre-stressed" strength to the screen that makes it comparatively strong like the glass composite screens.
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