Matte or Glossy?

this poll desperately needs a "duh" option.
your screen and its colour-profile aren't the only variables in this game.

to get the monitor image matching to the print you need to calibrate one of the two (or maybe both) so they match.

but i'm not an expert on this, so come hopefully someone else will detail the necessary steps.

I prefer matte computer screens. If your talking about photo prints I think the glossy ones are nice too.

If neither of them are calibrated then none of them will.

Whoops... I voted before I read. I assumed you were talking about prints, and voted for glossy. With screens, I'd prefer a matte, calibrated option.

based on my experience with a 24" iMac, matte is better. the gloss made everything oversaturated compared to my 20" Cinema.

printing vs not printing is irrelevant, except for the fact that extreme color accuracy isn't important if you don't print since you don't need to worry about the paper. the most pathetic of monitor screens have more dynamic range than a piece of paper.

I have a 17" UMBP (glossy) and a 22 IPS monitor (matte),
Both monitors after calibration LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. Colors, saturation, blacks, whites.........except one has my reflection in it.

As long as you calibrate both screens they should be very close.

FrenzyBanana said:

do my photo prints will have deeper colors, whiter whites and richer blacks if i use glossy macbook pro and calibrate both mac and printer?

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The gamut of printers is (when you use a decent glossy/matte screen) always smaller than that of the screen. It's an inherent limitation of printing technology (which you will also have if your monitor has wide gamut and matte finish).