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> Maybe it's a matter of taste, but in my opinion always go for matte over glossy If you can control your lighting environment and manage direct reflections (b
by lowboy 14y ago
> Maybe it's a matter of taste, but in my opinion always go for matte over glossy
If you can control your lighting environment and manage direct reflections (bright spots behind you), glossy isn't a problem. I just got a glossy monitor after using nothing but matte, and it's a fair bit clearer. Another thing to consider is the "shimmer" in anti-glare monitors, where slight movements of your head cause the bumps in the AG coating to reflect different colours depending on the angle. I don't mind it, but some people do.
- hastur 14y agoMany "bright spots" aren't really manageable: one runs all around my room and it's called a wall. The other follows me everywhere I go and it's called my face. A bright picture on the monitor (say, a Google page) will beat reflections in most situations. But as soon as I open something darker - say the Sublime Text editor in its default (and best) color theme, and it's a friggin mirror. As for "shimmer", I'm afraid it must be a problem of lower quality monitors. My good ol' NEC 1990FX gives me nothing of the sort.