New MacBook Pros and Ant-Glare films?

ajmasajmas
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I am in the market for a new computer and I am considering the new MacBook Pro, though I have some concern with the shiny screen. Looking around I found this anti-glare film:



http://www.powersupportusa.com/produ...hp?category=mb



Can anyone testify to whether it does the job advertised and whether there are better alternatives out there?

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    engine[ita]engine[ita] Posts: 13member
    About the gloss screen. You will notice it only when it's off or when certain condition occurs (certain type of light and position) but in any case you will notice it only if you are really thinking about it. I work in Webdesign, Gamedesign and Video and I found the screen of the MBP really really good. The colours are great, the luminosity it's awesome and it has a great definition. Be shure to check out one of these in person in any case. But trust me you will notice some reflex on the screen only if you are really trying to find them. While you are working you won't notice them. And again they occurs only in certain situations.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    mrochestermrochester Posts: 700member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Engine[ITA] View Post


    About the gloss screen. You will notice it only when it's off or when certain condition occurs (certain type of light and position) but in any case you will notice it only if you are really thinking about it. I work in Webdesign, Gamedesign and Video and I found the screen of the MBP really really good. The colours are great, the luminosity it's awesome and it has a great definition. Be shure to check out one of these in person in any case. But trust me you will notice some reflex on the screen only if you are really trying to find them. While you are working you won't notice them. And again they occurs only in certain situations.



    That's incorrect, the reflections are very obvious. Next to my matte TFT, my glossy laptop looks like a mirror. And no amount of concentrating on the content on the screen stops the reflections being seen out of the corner of the eye. Matte screens have no such distraction of course.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    MarvinMarvin Posts: 15,326moderator
    Here are before and after images of the power support anti-glare film:



    http://dev.notoptimal.net/2007/06/i-...ns-i-love.html

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=101640



    They don't do the same job as a matte screen. Jump to 7:30 in the following video to see an anti-glare film being peeled off:



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LtX1D3T1cQ



    That's a Boxwave model but they'll all have a similar effect. The surface of a matte display is a thick layer of plastic, which diffuses light well. A thin film can't really do the same job.



    It looks to me like the reflections are the same but they are just a bit fuzzier. Matte disperses the light so much that the intensity of the reflected images is much lower.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    ajmasajmas Posts: 601member
    That video and the other videos by the same other videos from the same author are worth a watch. I get the feeling that he like the Photodon a fair bit:



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDrqD...eature=related



    here is the website for the company:



    http://www.photodon.com/mm5/merchant...tegory_Code=PF
  • Reply 5 of 5
    bongobongo Posts: 158member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MacBlack View Post


    In addition to PowerSupport, ViewGuard also has a line of anti-glare matte screen protectors for MacBooks:



    http://www.buyviewguard.com/catalog/...php?id=macbook



    I picked this up for my 15" MacBook Pro. Works great.
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