What's your preference... Matte or Glossy LCD?
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Matte. I don't understand why "extra-glare" glossy panels even exist. -
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Matte. No contest. There isn't a room in this house where I don't get glare on a glossy screen.I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
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Matte. I hate glossy panel, you can see all the room reflections, worst on big LCD TV.Never stop learning
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Glossy, absolutely any day of the week. I don't understand all the hate they get - maybe I've just used crap matte panels but the vibrancy of a glossy panel makes it no contest for me.
Though obviously if you're some kind of graphics designer it's understandable you'd want something with more accurate color reproduction.Dell E7450 | i5-5300U | 16GB DDR3 | 256GB SSDComment
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I'm still on CRTs (which I guess can be classified as glossy). Am I allowed to vote?
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well I put don't care anyways .
Yeah matte is nicer if you're working somewhere with lots of light. Definitely preferred in an office setting. But I think glossy can look quite good in a fully-dark room since it doesn't have the anti-glare/anti-reflective film (i.e. more light output and perhaps more vibrant colors).Comment
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Personally, the only glossy screens I like are capacitive touch screen one, mostly on portable devices (hence my vote), the lone exeption being my Lenovo P400 Touch which has a 14" capacitive touchscreen (but I guess a laptop is "portable")... anything else, let it be matte.Last edited by ratdude747; 02-14-2014, 10:38 PM.sigpic
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I haven't used a 14" monitor since my Pentium 166 was superseded. Overclocked to a whopping 200MHz!
Four LCDs, four matte screens. Glossy screen + open plan buildings = fail.Comment
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I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards
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Yeah, except matte = resistive touch screen = poor finger tracking. Then again, laptops with those types come with styluses and tablet-conversion hinges... so you do have a point (although I can't afford such a laptop
). And yeah, fingerprints are an issue... but the clarity is good.
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I was wondering about that. Yes CRTs count as glossy, and perhaps that's the reason why there are glossy LCDs around, just to emulate the surface of glass...Comment
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Yeah, it drives me crazy when someone touches the glass on my CRTs and leaves a finger print. I really am OCD about keeping them clean.
Not really.Originally posted by eccerr0r
You can actually remove the matte screen on LCDs (just look it up on Google or I believe on YouTube as well). The reason for the matte screens is to reduce/eliminate reflections. However, what that also does is it makes the screen just a little darker and lowers the overall contrast.
So if you were to take two identical LCDs, one with matte screen and the other with a glossy screen, the glossy screen would be a little brighter and have better contrast. This, however, will only be true if compared in a dark room. In a room with light, the glossy screen will actually look worse due to reflections.Comment
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a glossy screen is fine on a phone or tablet.....but on a laptop or desktop, forget it....the main reason, I don't really want to see my ugly face every time a dark image is on the screen or its off....I won't even mention how annoying light reflections are, especially in my lab with a ceiling full of florescent lights....<--- Badcaps.net Founder
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Both matte and glossy as well as CRTs equally can succumb to fingerprints...
I still question the availability of glossy LCDs other than because it's "shiny" because CRT glass is glossy. The reflections issue was an issue from day 1 and there should have really been no reason to ever make glossy LCDs... I think the contrast and luminance loss in a matte LCD are so minimal it doesn't matter.
I have one LCD that is glossy. I didn't really care for them either way and the only thing I really dislike about it is trying to photograph the machine and not get myself or my environment in the picture... The bright room issue can be worked around fairly easily by tilting. One thing I did notice of this LCD which probably is not related to the gloss is that it is somewhat transflective and I can still read the display in bright sunlight with some color washout... might be a characteristic of all newer laptop displays?Comment
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I think CRTs are in between matte and glossy. They don't reflect everything behind you perfectly like glossy LCDs.
The only glossy screen I have is on my laptop. It is really difficult to use because the reflections cover up parts of the image. Tilting doesn't help when there is a light source behind you and the display already sucks.Comment
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Oh my I can't stand glossy... When next to a matte screen. On their own, I like them. My Vaio has a glossy screen and I despise it, the colors are waaay to saturated when stood next to my matte LCD. Doesn't look too bad next to my CRT, but looks really nice on its own in a dark room. Also, other than fingerprints, I very much like the glossy on my tablet, but for desktops. Matte or CRT any day of the week.My blog, for those interested in physics, engineering, and teardowns
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I hate CRT (Can't Read This) monitors. I much prefer putting my LCD right at the back of my desk and being able to keep a few parts and tools in between my monitor and keyboard (plus, they are power hogs and are slightly more reflective than matte LCDs).I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
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