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Another of these things I don't get. Matte screens become unreadable with indirect light. I've been a long time ThinkPad user. But dim screens just don't work,

Another of these things I don't get. Matte screens become unreadable with indirect light. I've been a long time ThinkPad user. But dim screens just don't work, no matter if it's matte or not. Bright screen with anti-reflective layer work much better, hate to say that.

namirez 7y ago
> Bright screen with anti-reflective layer True! I've come to realize that anti-reflective coating is more effective than matte screen.
funklute 7y ago
I don't think I fully understand what conditions you are talking about. I very rarely put my screen brightness any higher than 50%, and I've never maxed it out. My first thought is that it's not the brightness, but the contrast, that is the cause of your problems? Or perhaps I just have a model with a brighter screen... (currently on a T460, though I don't remember the screen specifics) EDIT: I might add as well, that part of the point of using a dark colortheme, is to not be looking into a lamp...so perhaps I am simply more okay with lower brightness, because I explicitly look for dark colorthemes. That does mean I am very sensitive to finding a colortheme with good contrast.
- hdkwowjdj 7y ago
  Let's say you have a lamp behind your screen. The light will be visible on your screen in some way. With a reflective screen, you'll see a reflection of lamp, bright and clear. I think everybody agrees that this is annoying. With matte screen, the reflection isn't strong or clear, but a larger portion of the screen is affected, since the matte layer scatters the light. With a anti-reflective but non-matte screen, you'll see a 1:1 reflection - but only very very dim. In my experience across the Lenovo matte screens, and comparing it to MacBook screens, I found the latter to work better. There's a significant difference between the MacBook and cheapo reflective screens.

namirez 7y ago

> Bright screen with anti-reflective layer True! I've come to realize that anti-reflective coating is more effective than matte screen.

funklute 7y ago

I don't think I fully understand what conditions you are talking about. I very rarely put my screen brightness any higher than 50%, and I've never maxed it out. My first thought is that it's not the brightness, but the contrast, that is the cause of your problems? Or perhaps I just have a model with a brighter screen... (currently on a T460, though I don't remember the screen specifics) EDIT: I might add as well, that part of the point of using a dark colortheme, is to not be looking into a lamp...so perhaps I am simply more okay with lower brightness, because I explicitly look for dark colorthemes. That does mean I am very sensitive to finding a colortheme with good contrast.

hdkwowjdj 7y ago
Let's say you have a lamp behind your screen. The light will be visible on your screen in some way. With a reflective screen, you'll see a reflection of lamp, bright and clear. I think everybody agrees that this is annoying. With matte screen, the reflection isn't strong or clear, but a larger portion of the screen is affected, since the matte layer scatters the light. With a anti-reflective but non-matte screen, you'll see a 1:1 reflection - but only very very dim. In my experience across the Lenovo matte screens, and comparing it to MacBook screens, I found the latter to work better. There's a significant difference between the MacBook and cheapo reflective screens.