The Truth About Vanish Plate Covers: What No One Tells You Before You Buy

The Vanish Plate has grown rapidly in popularity, and with that growth has come a wave of misinformation. New “brands” pop up daily, each making bold promises and repeating technical claims that simply aren’t true. If you’ve researched blackout plate covers, chances are you’ve already run into them.

At Vusi Studios, we don’t rely on guesses or marketing fluff. We design, build, and test our own systems. That means we know exactly what’s possible, what isn’t, and what’s being exaggerated. This article is here to separate fact from fiction.

No, They’re Not “Fully Clear” When Off

One of the most common claims you’ll see online is that an LCD plate cover is “completely clear” when powered off. That’s impossible.

By nature, LCDs use polarizers and liquid crystals that always block a percentage of light. Even at the highest performance levels—which we’ve achieved—the maximum light transmission is about 35%. It is never 83%, 90%, or anything near full clarity.

This isn’t a flaw; it’s simply how the technology works. Anyone telling you otherwise is either misinformed or misleading.

They Are Not All the Same Through Sunglasses

Another popular claim is that blackout plates are “fully visible through sunglasses.” Most are not.

Polarized sunglasses interact with the polarizers inside an LCD screen. The result? The plate blacks out or distorts, making it unreadable from certain angles.

At Vusi Studios, we engineered a solution: a proprietary Nano coating that allows visibility even through polarized lenses. It’s a detail most brands don’t mention, because they don’t have an answer for it.

You Can’t Leave Them On in the Sun

Like any LCD, whether in a phone, a monitor, or a car display, leaving the screen powered on under direct sunlight will eventually cause burn-in. If a plate is left blacked out while parked in the sun, permanent damage can occur.

That’s why we advise leaving the plate in its clear state whenever the vehicle is parked outdoors. Anyone claiming you can “leave it on indefinitely” doesn’t understand how LCDs work.

They’re Not Made with PDLC

Many resellers try to differentiate their plates by claiming they use PDLC (Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal). The truth? They don’t, and PDLC has never been a viable option for this application.

PDLC is used in smart glass, but it requires constant power to stay clear, fails easily when exposed to water, and doesn’t block visibility cleanly at angles. It’s not suitable for license plates, and it never has been.

Every legitimate blackout plate on the market, including ours, uses LCD. The difference is that we engineered it correctly, while others simply resell imported screens without understanding what they are.

They Don’t Block IR Cameras

Some sellers go so far as to claim their plates block all camera flashes, including infrared. This is pure fiction.

LCDs cannot block infrared light. They aren’t night-vision proof, and they won’t stop IR-based systems. If you see those claims, you’re not looking at engineering, you’re looking at marketing spin.

Why Resellers Can’t Support Their Products

Here’s the hard truth: if a company didn’t design a product, they can’t explain it, fix it, or improve it. Most of the blackout plates flooding the internet come from the same factory, sold through Alibaba, rebranded with a different logo, and marketed with copied technical specs.

That’s why so many of their promises don’t add up. They aren’t developing the technology, they’re reselling it.

At Vusi Studios, we’ve purchased and tested these replicas ourselves. Inside, they are identical: same screen, same wiring, same bracket, same manual. The differences are cosmetic. The performance problems remain the same.

Know What You’re Buying

The Vusi Studios Vanish Plate is different because it was built, not borrowed. Every component has been engineered with purpose, tested under real conditions, and refined across generations of development. That’s why we understand exactly what it can do, where its limits are, and how to keep improving it.

We’ll never promise you magic. What we will deliver is the best-performing LCD plate cover available, backed by real engineering and real support.

If you want the original, and the only one built from the ground up, trust the team that created it.

Don’t run. Vanish.