maximus1284
Limp Gawd
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Which is better and why? I know that is really subjective, but I'm curious what some people have to say. I'm also interested in seeing some photos too
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glossy screen, and yeah its a little reflective, but so was my old CRT
Doesn't aggressive anti-glare coating (such as used by Dell) also have the opposite effect of 'diffusing' the colors?Any decent graphics designer knows that glossy screens *skew* the true color of items, what your seeing on a screen with glossy is simply the same as taking an image in photoshop and upping the contrast, skewing and ruining the orginal colors. because of that and the fact I need my colors on screen to be as close as I see in print, no glossy screens for me (on LCD's)
Sorry people, but home users = glossy is "nice" but not better, it seems better because of what it does
Pro users (graphics designers, movie editors, etc) you'll notice all use either matte lcds or crt(the shinyness on crts is natural on them, does not affect *true life* contrast at all)just stating the facts. theres a reason the MacBook Pro comes in matte by default
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I need my colors on screen to be as close as I see in print, no glossy screens for me (on LCD's)
I see what you're saying...however I have a 42" plasma which would be considered a 'glossy' panel and the PQ is great. Like others have stated..unless you are in a brightly lit environment you proabably won't notice that it's 'glossy' until the power is off or on a blank, black screen.As mentioned this is highly subjective and environmental as well (light sources in rooom). But trying to leave that out:
The closer you get to the matte screens the more it will annoy as the sandy texture like appearance of the the AG coat will be more visible. Sit further away and you won't notice at all.
Glossy OTOH will look great close up. But the further away you get from it, the more annoying and obvious the reflections will be.
So computer screen you sit close to: Glossy may be better.
So Screen you watch movies on from farther away: Matte may be better.
Personally I wouldn't want a glossy screen bigger than 20". The bigger it gets the more chance for reflections and the more likely to watch movies from farther back. I don't have a real issue with either kind in the available sizes. But in the 30" screen I techlust after, there is no way in heck that I would get one if it were glossy. Since I know I will have to get matte for that, I have decided to just get used to matte and stop worrying about it. When I have nothing to compare with matte looks great.
Not much response to this question in another thread. Clearly a lot of people like Opticlear. But there are different versions of anti-glare. For instance Sony's XBrite is not glossy. Any other suggestions, since Sony isn't making monitors that are available here?