Really stupid question: How do I tell what monitor has a hard display?

[IamDavid]

I know, I know, i'm an idiot for having to ask this but I'm looking at getting a new dell but can't stand the soft type of displays.... Any way to tell?

 

[SonicIce]

uhh.. good question :Q

 

[DSF]

Hard and soft? Do you mean glossy and not glossy?

 

[IamDavid]

Originally posted by: DSF
Hard and soft? Do you mean glossy and not glossy?

could be. i assume all pc displays are now lcd right? i want thekind that has the hard display like a crt.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: IamDavid

Originally posted by: DSF
Hard and soft? Do you mean glossy and not glossy?

could be. i assume all pc displays are now lcd right? i want thekind that has the hard display like a crt.

It will say glossy display but be careful, some will have a gloss trim around the display and still say glossy.

 

[betasub]

Or are you looking for an LCD display with a protected screen (glass or lucite cover)?

 

[wwswimming]

i listened to part of the Nutty Professor 2 last night.

i can just hear Eddie Murphy saying, "what are you ? some kind of pervert
who goes around feeling monitors ?" right before he goes back to the lovable
Professor Klump.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I like my displays extra crispy. With milk.

 

[corkyg]

I assume OP means a hard glass face vs. a more flexible plastic one. Been using computers steadily since 1984 and have never indulged in pressing my fingers on a monitor face - I hate fingerprints on the screen. 🙂

In a laptop, a glass face would be a bad things because the screen has to have some degree of flexibility or else risk cracking.

As for a desktop LCD, I like Larry's comment. 🙂

 

[LtPage1]

The only one I can think of off the top of my head is the new 24" LED backlit Apple Cinema Display. But unless your computer happens to be a current generation Apple laptop with a Mini Display Port, you're out of luck.

 

[Zap]

Asus used to make LCD monitors with hard coatings. I think they called it "8H hardness" or something like that. 17", 19" and 20" were available. There were videos floating around of someone shooting a crossbow bolt at one and it just bounced off. I think they're discontinued though.

 

[DSF]

So you can't stand the soft ones because of how they look, or how they feel?

If it's a matter of how they look, I'll think you'll find that a glossy panel like the LG L227-WTG looks like a CRT.

 

[betasub]

Originally posted by: DSF
So you can't stand the soft ones because of how they look, or how they feel?

LOL, now have the strange mental image of getting tactile with a monitor... 😛