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> unless you happen to be in sitting at precisely the wrong angle, matte screens reflect more sunlight into your face Although direct sunlight comes from one a
by deepsun 5y ago
> unless you happen to be in sitting at precisely the wrong angle, matte screens reflect more sunlight into your face
Although direct sunlight comes from one angle, many sunlight reflections come from all other angles. E.g. it's hard to find a place at a cafe without seeing reflected glares.
- dTal 5y agoTrue. However the direct sunlight is so much more powerful than the reflections that it can (supposedly) literally blind you if you stare directly at it. The vast majority of the ambient light energy comes from that single spot in the sky. With a matte screen, the sun is either behind you, and the screen is catching and diffusing all that energy - or the sun is in front of you, and the screen hasn't a hope of competing.
- deepsun 5y agoWell, I honestly believe that my eyes enemy is various light sources besides sun (e.g. office lights). And they always come from many different angles, so it's impossible to put glossy screen to avoid them all. Matte would diffuse them good enough. I mean, I see your point, and agree with it. I just think probability of that happening is less than office/cafe/window lights.