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27-Inch LED Cinema Displays Photos and Impressions
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I like matte because it doesn't make my eyes burn after extended use 
But i took the front glass piece off my old late 2007 iMac and the glare and reflections were reduced by about 70%. My eyes felt the difference right away and it looks much improved IMO
But i took the front glass piece off my old late 2007 iMac and the glare and reflections were reduced by about 70%. My eyes felt the difference right away and it looks much improved IMO
Oh really? Impressive. I've been working with images for the last 38 years, and I've been working with computers since 1981. And you know what? I much prefer matte, I can't stand the glare that glossy screens give me. I hate them. And I remember a MacRumors poll in which most users prefer matte.
That said, the problem is not which one is better, because clearly some prefer matte and some prefer glossy. The problem is that Apple only gives one choice, and that's bad.
Exactly. I really can't understand how ppl can sit in front of a glossy monitor for hours. Maybe it's just me, but after half an hour I start having eye strain and headaches, something that I experience with matte displays only after a lot of hours.
If people want matte screens on their monitors, and they want an Apple-brand, they need to increase the petitions at http://macmatte.wordpress.com
Let me guess... you're printing to glossy paper, right?
No, seriously, I like the glossy ones too.
Wow, your personal hatred of anything Microsoft must be really great - to even build your house with no windows
Shouldn't be all those displays calibrated "by default"?!
When I've bought my MacBooks I have had the same problems: very poor display calibration. Is it that difficult for them to use a calibrated color profile?! hmm...
LOL! Brilliant!
My 5 cents. Personally I prefer the matte, because I find it is kinder to my eyes and I can spend more time working. Glossy is more vibrant with the bling, but it tends to give me a headache.
And yes I do prefer matte photos to glossy ones. I always have.
To be fair, if you're designing for print you don't want a bright white unless you're planning on seriously over-estimating the vibrancy of all the other colours in your design. For everyone else, not so much, obviously
Cheers!
Jim
Boy, all those years staring at CRT monitors must have been a real trial for you, then! ;-P
Cheers
Jim
27" iMac?
Does anyone know if these are any different from the display specs for the 27" iMac? You can turn those into "display mode" and connect them to another mac to use as a display. The advantage? For an extra $700 (or less if you get one of Apple's refurbished) you get the large display AND an extra render machine (if you're in need of one of course), or a media server, or whatever else you can think to do with an extra mac!
But back to my question - does anyone know if they are in fact identical?
Thanks.
Does anyone know if these are any different from the display specs for the 27" iMac? You can turn those into "display mode" and connect them to another mac to use as a display. The advantage? For an extra $700 (or less if you get one of Apple's refurbished) you get the large display AND an extra render machine (if you're in need of one of course), or a media server, or whatever else you can think to do with an extra mac!
But back to my question - does anyone know if they are in fact identical?
Thanks.
Simple. Because everyone cries about wanting matte and the companies don't wait to listen to it
Seriously though, all jokes and bickering and such aside. Try working off of a glossy calibrated monitor (a good one, not the cheap glossys HP used to put out) and a matte and high end printer, make sure all are calibrated and then print. I guarantee you will start to see why glossy is better. Every single person I know, myself included has switched to glossy after doing this.
Done it, matte still looks more true compared to paper.
/thread.
Let me guess... you're printing to glossy paper, right?
No, seriously, I like the glossy ones too.
Lol I actually print more matte but I will print glossy too. I've taken a keen interest in metallic as of late though and really really like the results I have been getting. (Although my wallet does not like my interest in metallic papers
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And this is my trouble with glossy.
I am not concerned with color accuracy myself. But I do an awful lot of reading and writing on the computer. Glossy is fine for Media consumption - bad for getting work done.
Not in Germany. And don't forget the warranty -> Apple Care.
There are many Eizos... also for semi professional use (still better). Eizos have 5 also a 5 year warranty.
What about warranty? You have to take Apple Care!!!
What about more Display Inputs or an ergonomic stand?
What about 102% color gamut (based on the CIE 1931 standard) compared to 72% (Apple Cinema Display)
-> http://www.anandtech.com/show/2922
REVIEW: Dell U2711 - http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/review/2010/review-dell-u2711.html
I'm not exactly sure why anyone "needs" a color accurate monitor. Let's say you edit feature films. Remember that your films will be viewed by consumers... on their uncalibrated glossy monitors. If you're a photographer who prints to glossy paper, your work will again be viewed by the untrained eye of the consumer. So really, the weak link is not the monitor, or the camera, or the printer, but the consumer.
And to the people who think glossy is more color accurate, remember that any ambient light will wash the colors out, and that the light from the display is refracted as it passes through the glass
And to the people who think glossy is more color accurate, remember that any ambient light will wash the colors out, and that the light from the display is refracted as it passes through the glass
Quite how Apple have the nerve to sell a 'mirror' for 900 quid is beyond me. Steve really does believe in 'our consumers love glossy screens'. More like the outrageous profit levels.
This. I'm not even particularly worried about it having a gloss screen (after all, in 1998 my Radius 21" CRT had a glass screen and that was considered 'pro'), but I do like the real estate.