Glossy Screens (why do something stupid like this)

[IlllI]

i for one cant stand looking at my reflection in the screen

 

[Perryg114]

You can get a dumbed down version of the quick launch bar but it is locked to the bottom bar. You can't put the quick launch bar on the right hand side and leave the windows start bar on the bottom.

Perry

 

[C1]

Some bad news on glossys. What Im finding is that if your prone to migraines, then these screen types seem to exacerbate any problems. The issue seems to be related to reflections acting as effective dynamic/moving "hot spots" feeding into or over stimulating the ocular system.

 

[alkemyst]

Some bad news on glossys. What Im finding is that if your prone to migraines, then these screen types seem to exacerbate any problems. The issue seems to be related to reflections acting as effective dynamic/moving "hot spots" feeding into or over stimulating the ocular system.

glossy screens are great for their intended purpose. I like matte myself.

If you have issues in life choose accordingly.

 

[CurseTheSky]

The reflections from glossy screens are mostly negated if you have a panel that'll get REALLY bright. As I mentioned in my Envy 14 review, the display brightness can be turned up so high that I have no problems ignoring glare from windows or light bulbs behind me.

Similarly, when I bought an Envy 15 (previous to the Envy 14, returned it later due to some design flaws), I had the choice between 15.6", 1080P glossy or 1080P matte. Many people opted for matte and ended up being somewhat disappointed - colors were less vibrant, and the entire screen was noticeably less bright.

Even with a matte screen, you can still get annoying bright "reflections" from windows, light bulbs, etc., the reflection just isn't as sharp or bright. Personally, I think the short term fix is to get a laptop with really good brightness, and eventually I hope that panel manufacturers come up with some digital diffuser or polarizer or something to that fact, which can be toggled on and off to go between glossy and matte.

 

[corkyg]

Very happy that my new Lenovo T510 has a 15.6-in matte screen w/LED backlight. I had to tone it down a couple of clicks.

 

[jihe]

Glossy screen may be OK on a notebook (have two already), but no way in hell would I buy a large (eg, 24" on up ) desktop computer screen with it. Particularly annoying also is a glossy plastic bezel. I also see that many notebook manufacturers are making the whole notebook computer glossy/highly reflective (screen, bezel, keyboards and all else). That is piss poor, annoying and is simply unacceptable.

Yeah man, go IBM!

 

[jihe]

i for one cant stand looking at my reflection in the screen

Especially disturbing when viewing pron

 

[darkewaffle]

I prefer glossy. I just like the more vibrant look to it, but a glossy bezel is distracting though. My old laptop has a glossy screen and I like it, it is a pain in the ass with bad lighting, but I basically used it as a desktop replacement anyway.

With my latest desktop, I opted for a glossy monitor and I really like it, I just keep the ambient lighting behind the monitor and not me.

 

[Anarchist420]

I can't stand matte; the colors are too dull and the screen just doesn't look very smooth. Between a glossy non H-IPS (or glossy non-alpha IPS) and a glossy TN/VA, I'd be SOL.

 

[TheStu]

I actually just converted my old PowerBook from matte to glossy. The blacks are much better, colors are better. The single biggest problem is that since it is a 6 year old CCFL... it could be brighter.