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I know for many this is like a voice in the wilderness. But glossy coatings are amazing, and if the haters out there would give them a chance, they might come to love them too.
I am staring at one now, and there is a window behind me, if I pay attention I notice reflections, but honestly I can tune it out. And for those less mentally capable, you can still simply tilt the monitor slightly and avoid a direct glare issue. At least if it is located in a home and not an office where you have less control.
In lit rooms, with lots of ambient light, the sharpness and contrast levels of the glossy are by and large FAR superior. This is not a debatable point. I know some now are already thinking of a counter response, but I trust that most of you are wiser not to.
When light hits the glossy coating far more of it is reflected off the screen, that means less light is saturating the darker areas, meaning they look darker. Plain and simple, with enough ambient light, the effect is noticeable and drastic. Also, when light hits a matte screen by contrast, the light tends not to reflect and instead it sort of scatters within the sheet over the screen, often causing a hazy light effect. The glossy gives you SHARP in contrast.
To me this is incredibly ugly, though it only really gets noticeable when light is being shined on the screen more directly.
Now in a nearly dark room these effects are largely nil. But I hope I am impressed at least SOME of the benefits of going with a glossy coating. If you are so insufferable when it comes to the mere potential of glare, and are willing to forgo VASTLY superior functional contrast and sharpness, then by all means, suffer with inferior screen performance (due to the loss of advantages listed above with the glossy).
Pick your poison, and your benefit.
I chose sharpness and greater overall functional contrast.
over
Glare potential that is functionally a non issue for me due to the capacity to perform the INCREDIBLY complex task of... tilting the screen a few degrees.
I kid glossy haters, I kid. (puts Triumph cigar into mouth)
I am staring at one now, and there is a window behind me, if I pay attention I notice reflections, but honestly I can tune it out. And for those less mentally capable, you can still simply tilt the monitor slightly and avoid a direct glare issue. At least if it is located in a home and not an office where you have less control.
In lit rooms, with lots of ambient light, the sharpness and contrast levels of the glossy are by and large FAR superior. This is not a debatable point. I know some now are already thinking of a counter response, but I trust that most of you are wiser not to.
When light hits the glossy coating far more of it is reflected off the screen, that means less light is saturating the darker areas, meaning they look darker. Plain and simple, with enough ambient light, the effect is noticeable and drastic. Also, when light hits a matte screen by contrast, the light tends not to reflect and instead it sort of scatters within the sheet over the screen, often causing a hazy light effect. The glossy gives you SHARP in contrast.
To me this is incredibly ugly, though it only really gets noticeable when light is being shined on the screen more directly.
Now in a nearly dark room these effects are largely nil. But I hope I am impressed at least SOME of the benefits of going with a glossy coating. If you are so insufferable when it comes to the mere potential of glare, and are willing to forgo VASTLY superior functional contrast and sharpness, then by all means, suffer with inferior screen performance (due to the loss of advantages listed above with the glossy).
Pick your poison, and your benefit.
I chose sharpness and greater overall functional contrast.
over
Glare potential that is functionally a non issue for me due to the capacity to perform the INCREDIBLY complex task of... tilting the screen a few degrees.
I kid glossy haters, I kid. (puts Triumph cigar into mouth)
