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Before buying a glossy display, Look into your I phone .
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Glossy is a very good screen and unless you use your laptop only outside, glossy is the best way to go!
Yes, when buying you can choose anti-glare. What that means is that Apple charge extra for not putting the sheet of glass in front of the screen. The MBP looses the protection of having tough glass in front of the soft screen, but the reflections that some people dislike don't happen. And the edges of the machine are then silver instead of black.
I personally don't think the reflections are too great a price to pay for having a screen which is invulnerable to scratches, unless you attack it with a diamond.
My 15" glossy Samsung 9CA4 panel has no yellow issue...or any other for that matter...it is BY FAR, the nicest brightest display I have ever owned and the colors, contrast and black level rival my Samsung Plasma and LED TV's...
I couldn't be happier with this panel...
I couldn't be happier with this panel...
Nope.
My old style yet new glossy uMBP (bought 6 weeks ago) has the best screen I have ever seen on anything. It knocks my expensive 19inch PC monitor into a cocked hat.
I have even played the same movie at the same time on my costly 50inch TV and my 15inch MBP. I then lifted the macbook up and held it in my field of view, just under the TV so the screens were the same size. The MBP blew my TV out of the water.
Just got the 17 inch glossy. I was a little worried about the glare, but the worry ended up being unfounded. I never even notice a glare and I really like the display much more than any antiglare I have ever had.
I would probably have gotten the matte display but Apple is charging WAY too much for it. I was a little scared the glare would bother me but I have been able to deal with it quite well so far.
it just sucks they charge 130 extra for leaving material away. guess they have a guy unscrew all of them manually afterwards or so.
It's $50 for the antiglare treatment. And, it's *not* just the glossy display with the glass removed. It's a pretty high-tech anti-glare coating. I collect watches as another hobby, and issues with glare on watch dials are legendary. There's a couple of outfits which custom-coat watch crystals with antiglare coatings, it's far-more high tech than you might guess - multiple, nano-layer coatings with precisely controlled thickness to provide destructive wavefront cancellation at multiple wavelengths. Anyway, the charge for a single watch crystal is $50 + installation + shipping costs. IMHO, Apple is an absolute bargain charging just $50 for a professional-grade AG coating on their display.
Hiya mush,
Are you able to point me in the direction of some evidence for what you say?
As far as I know all apple do for anti-glare displays is remove the glass and pop an aluminium bezel in.
I'd be jolly interested to know that the process is different.
doris
The glossy option comes with a regular glossy LCD under the glass (that probably has a glossy black antiglare film over it), and the matte option comes with the same exact LCD with matte film over it instead, and an aluminum bezel.
They don't just pull the glass off. You could purchase the aluminum bezel and swap the glass for it, but you'd still have a glossy LCD. I'd bet there's orange peel on the glossy LCD too...
Also what's this stuff about scratching LCDs? I've been using computers with LCDs for about as long as I've been using computers (15 years and going?) and I've never had a scratch on an LCD. That includes the time a disco bell fall and smashed all over my 22" cinema display.
Somehow my brother scratched his imac's LCD, but even then it's hard to detect.
They don't just pull the glass off. You could purchase the aluminum bezel and swap the glass for it, but you'd still have a glossy LCD. I'd bet there's orange peel on the glossy LCD too...
Also what's this stuff about scratching LCDs? I've been using computers with LCDs for about as long as I've been using computers (15 years and going?) and I've never had a scratch on an LCD. That includes the time a disco bell fall and smashed all over my 22" cinema display.
Somehow my brother scratched his imac's LCD, but even then it's hard to detect.
I just found this-
http://www.macworld.com/article/138574/2009/02/techrestorembp.html
It seems to indicate that an AG screen is a normal one with the glass whipped off.
doris
http://www.macworld.com/article/138574/2009/02/techrestorembp.html
It seems to indicate that an AG screen is a normal one with the glass whipped off.
doris
Just 15 years?
When you have been using them for a decent time Ill take your opinion on board
In the real world people do scratch their screens. All it takes is a sneeze and a careless wipe.
A glass screen IS a real boon to people who use their machines in the rough and tumble world that portable machines get exposed to.
doris
They definitely don't do this. Sorry to say without a direct source, but I've read enough and seen enough in the past to be 100% sure. If that's good enough for you
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It's not. The stock glassy MBP uses a glossy LCD panel whereas the AG MBP uses a panel with an antiglare coating.
We have both glossy and anti-glare here.. the glossy is definitely the superior experience, unfortunately I don't own that one, the gf has it.
