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Bring back the matte display!
by nathancahill 13y ago
Bring back the matte display!
- dan1234 13y agoThe coating on modern glossy displays does prevent a lot of the glare, they're not as much of a problem now.
- stephen_g 13y agoYeah, I was a bit worried at first when I got my Mid-2011 MacBook Pro (first machine I'd got with a glossy display) but it turned out to be fine - I've never really had any issues with it. If there's glare, usually you just tilt it slightly and it's fine... And it really does make a big improvement to colour saturation.
- nathancahill 13y agoImprovement? For watching movies maybe, or a vacation slide show. But for working with color, I haven't found a better option than a well calibrated matte display on the mid-2012 MBP.
- rayiner 13y agoYes, take my high-resolution laminated LCD and put a film over it to make everything grainy: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1744879 http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1744879.
- simias 13y agoDepends what you use your screen for I suppose. I guess shiny displays and vibrant colours make sense for watching movies and the like. For working however I'm more than willing to trade sharpness for comfort. I mean, from your link, look at this: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o139/callsign_vega/PICT00082.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o139/callsign_vega/PICT00... Which side of the screens looks best for coding honestly?
- rayiner 13y agoI don't know what's "comfortable" about staring at text through a cheese cloth all day. I find the graininess to be fatiguing. The best setup is a non-matte display with good anti-glare coating and good room lighting. The best display I've seen for coding is probably the one on the Surface Pro, which is optically bonded to further increase clarity and reduce reflections. I haven't spent much time with an rMBP though.