Degeneration of bulit-in HP netbook screen protectors

Question

I've been through about a dozen HP netbooks, and while I have found them very good I have come across a very troublesome development in many of the newer ones.
At some point HP deceded to extend the bezel into a transparent screen protector. This is a good move: a $15 part protecting a $45 part at a cost of pennies to the manufacturer. But there are two problems with the way the scheme was implemented.
First, it seems that defective clear plastic was used. In many of the 200 Series line I have seen spotting develop. The spots are internal and cannot be wiped off from either side.
It gets worse, however. Some of the bezels are not made to be replaceable. On my 210-3060 the lid, screen and bezel are sold only as a complete assembly, to the unreal tune of $360. Effectively, if you have a bad enough defect on the screen protector, the unit has zero resale value. And the bezel is made so flimsily that any attempt to remove it cracks it, in the hands of all but the most experienced techs. For most people, this means you are stuck.
I currently have maybe five HP netbooks whose value has been severely compromised by materials failure and some inexplicable design decisions by HP. And in each case it looks like I'm left holding the bag, and that adds up. This is not a terribly good thing, and has already inhibited me from further purchasing of HP netbooks. Of course, everything is out of warranty, which is very convenient for some.

Answer 1

I've dissassembled probably a hundred of these things. I'm not sure what you mean by an inferior warranty, mine say one year, and the expectation of quality materials is reasonable. Taking a macro marketing view toward netbooks in general is going to be little comfort to those who use and like them, and who bought them with a reasonable expectation of durability. 
The manual you cited refers to a typical situation where the bezel is removable in the standard way of unscrewing and prying off. But that is not the case with the 210-3060NR, which has no screws and, according to HP tech support, is not designed to be taken off. It's a firm snap-in design, which combined with its flimsyness makes that a neat trick indeed. Try to find one of those bezels of the unitary type in good shape on ebay and you'll see it's no easy task. Most of them have been cracked while being taken off. And finding a clear HP screen protector/bezel for any netbook model is almost as difficult, in my experience..