[yostrovs]

Polarized glasses polarized 90 degrees off the normal angle would do the same, wouldn't they? At least for TV's placed horizontally.

[weliketocode]

Yes, and that is mentioned in the article.

> But they later realized that any polarized lens rotated 90 degrees and flattened could produce the same screen-blocking effect

[okket]

Indeed: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QQCJ1HOdePU