Glossy or Regular Screen?
When I buy my Merom MBP (Whenever the **** that is 
), I was wondering what you guys thought about glossy vs. regular screen.
I heard the glossy is better for movies and stuff but that the glossy is really bad in bright areas and stuff.
Can I get some input from current owners please?
), I was wondering what you guys thought about glossy vs. regular screen.I heard the glossy is better for movies and stuff but that the glossy is really bad in bright areas and stuff.
Can I get some input from current owners please?
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When I buy my Merom MBP (Whenever the **** that is
I heard the glossy is better for movies and stuff but that the glossy is really bad in bright areas and stuff.
Can I get some input from current owners please?
I would say it's a prersonal preferences thing. If you have a lot of bright, relatively diffuse light, the matte screen probably won't look as nice.
Frankly, I would prefer to see a glossy screen with the kind of antiglare coating that's on my CRT. That way, you get good visual dynamic range without much of the glare. Another thing I don't like is that the ripples in glossy LCD screen surfaces cheapen the appearance for me, even though I still think it is superior looking to the matte surface.
However, when I actually used one, I tried to watch a movie on it beside some friends and even with the blinds down in a room with one window, I could still see a clear reflection of one of my friends on the sofa. Now, if it was someone you were attracted to it might be ok but if not, it can be very uncomfortable.
I generally found myself squinting a lot at the screen because it kept showing a band of white in the lower half of the screen as it was reflecting the keyboard.
It's down to what you can personally put up with but after trying it out for a few days, I grew to dislike it and I would go for the matte screen.
The glossy displays look easier to keep clean though.
However, when I actually used one, I tried to watch a movie on it beside some friends and even with the blinds down in a room with one window, I could still see a clear reflection of one of my friends on the sofa. Now, if it was someone you were attracted to it might be ok but if not, it can be very uncomfortable.
These are the "little things" that only an observant review can give to us unenlightened. Who woulda thunk to check that? Good call!
I thougth I was gonna go glossy, but when I compared side-by-side what I was going to be working on (scripts and video), I found I had to go with matte.
When I buy my Merom MBP (Whenever the **** that is
I heard the glossy is better for movies and stuff but that the glossy is really bad in bright areas and stuff.
Can I get some input from current owners please?
My reccomendation is to go your frienly Apple Store (or other retailer) and check them out for yourself. I bought a glossy MBP a few days ago and I love it! The screen is so bright and pretty. My boyfriend called it "lucious"!! As far as the glare is concerned, yes there is some but it is minor. To me, it's like looking at the TV. I've used her (yes, she has a gender!) at work (medium flourescent), at home (candescent and incandescent), and in the car. At no time was I so horrified by the glare that I had to stop working. Truly, the only time I noticed it was when the MBP was powering up and the screen was still off...
For me, the beauty and the "luciousness", not to mention the pretty much non-exsistent glare, leads me to never go matte again.
HTH
But you're your own best judge, you gotta see what you like at the store if you can.
- Mark
When is the iMac going to get a glossy screen option?
- Mark
Hadn't thought of that. That'd be cool.