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Privacy layer by day, projection surface by night — PDLC for Philadelphia's designers, retailers, and hospitality spaces.
Philadelphia's design community keeps finding new jobs for PDLC smart film. The obvious one is switchable privacy — glass conference rooms, hotel bathrooms, exam suites. The one that turns heads is projection: in its frosted state, PDLC film is a high-quality rear-projection surface, which turns storefront glass on Walnut Street or in Old City into a video display after dark and back into clear glass by morning.
ClearSwitch Glass installs PDLC film and laminated panels across the Philadelphia metro from our base twenty minutes over the Ben Franklin — working with architects, retailers, restaurateurs, and building owners on both the practical and the theatrical ends of the technology.
PDLC film disperses liquid-crystal droplets in a polymer layer between transparent electrodes, bonded to your existing glass. Unpowered it scatters light — opaque frost, and a projection-ready diffusion surface. Powered, it is optically clear in under 100 milliseconds. It blocks 99% of UV, runs on low-voltage AC, and installs without construction.
Philadelphia projects we build:
Retail and gallery glass runs video content at night — frosted screen after close, clear window at open.
Hotel bath glazing and private-dining partitions switch states on demand, replacing curtains entirely.
Center City studios and firms detail PDLC into partitions their clients notice.
Practices around the hospital systems use the film for wipe-clean exam privacy.
We're close enough to treat Philadelphia as home territory — same-week site visits, no travel premium — and experienced enough to handle its buildings, from trinity-width storefronts to Center City towers with formal COI and elevator requirements. Every install, PA or NJ, carries our 2-year warranty.
Schedule a ConsultationFrom concept to commissioned glass, three steps:
Site survey or drawing review, film-grade selection (HD or low-haze UHD), and an itemized written quote with spec sheets.
Panels and film are produced to your glazing schedule, with seams, busbars, and transformer locations engineered up front.
We install, wire, and commission the system — including zones, scenes, and any smart-home or BMS integration.
Very good after dusk or on shaded glass, with a short-throw projector sized to the pane: crisp, high-contrast video visible from the street. In direct daylight, projection washes out — the film's daytime job is being clear or frosted glass.
Gentle curves and large panes are workable — film is cut to the glazing, and oversize formats use engineered seams placed discreetly. We assess feasibility at the free site survey.
Yes — the film bonds to sound existing glass regardless of the building's age, and the low-voltage wiring conceals in frames and trim. It's one of the least invasive upgrades a historic interior can take.
Your storefront glass is the biggest screen you own — run video advertising on it at night, crystal-clear showroom glass by day. And give F&I real privacy.
Tell us about your project and our team will reach out within 24 hours with a detailed, no-obligation quote.