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Matte or Glossy?
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I think I have the same situation as well...my desktop has a glossy screen; whenever I use that for long periods I get the usual eye aches, though I do not see this as much with my matte screen on my MBP.
i'm a graphic designer, but i have a glossy screen. i did have a matte mbp, but this screen is so much nicer.
i do, however, do all of my design work on a matte 20" external display... i have the glossy display to check my work to see how it looks either way
i do, however, do all of my design work on a matte 20" external display... i have the glossy display to check my work to see how it looks either way
i'm a graphic designer, but i have a glossy screen. i did have a matte mbp, but this screen is so much nicer.
i do, however, do all of my design work on a matte 20" external display... i have the glossy display to check my work to see how it looks either way
I assume your matte mbp was pre-SR? No wonder your current one has better screen.
You have LED screen on your current MBP thats why its brighter, not because its glossy... jeez
I didn't say the screen was brighter
The screen on 2.33Ghz model is almost just as bright, but I had the screen replaced just over a month ago.no, actually they are both sr mbp's. the old one was a lemon, and i asked for glossy on my replacement.
Glossy and Matte are equally accurate
The right answer is to pick the one you like best.
I prefer glossy, but I do a fair amount of photo editing and didn't want to buy one if the matte was more accurate as some were claiming so I did my own tests.
Turned out that the glossy was every bit as accurate in grayscale, color saturation, and gamut as the matte was when calibrated to 6500K and gamma 2.2 using EyeOne D2 colorimeter. In fact, the post-calibration color error (deltaE) and contrast ratio was a little better on the glossy. You can find my posted results on this forum about a month back.
So with my fears allayed I bought the glossy and have never regretted it.
It seems that many people have complained that the glossy images do not match well with what their printed images look like though, so in this sense it may be called "inaccurate". But this does not mean the glossy has exaggerated colors any more than it means the matte has diminished colors. Since when is a printer the metric of perfection. Think about it.
Both MBP screens are poor compared to a real stand alone monitor though. The color gamuts are relatively small (can't get deep tones at all), and they are only 6 bits per color, so there are only 64 possible brightnesses of red for example. That's just life with a laptop.
The MB screens tested noticibly worse than the MBP or MBA BTW.
The right answer is to pick the one you like best.
I prefer glossy, but I do a fair amount of photo editing and didn't want to buy one if the matte was more accurate as some were claiming so I did my own tests.
Turned out that the glossy was every bit as accurate in grayscale, color saturation, and gamut as the matte was when calibrated to 6500K and gamma 2.2 using EyeOne D2 colorimeter. In fact, the post-calibration color error (deltaE) and contrast ratio was a little better on the glossy. You can find my posted results on this forum about a month back.
So with my fears allayed I bought the glossy and have never regretted it.
It seems that many people have complained that the glossy images do not match well with what their printed images look like though, so in this sense it may be called "inaccurate". But this does not mean the glossy has exaggerated colors any more than it means the matte has diminished colors. Since when is a printer the metric of perfection. Think about it.
Both MBP screens are poor compared to a real stand alone monitor though. The color gamuts are relatively small (can't get deep tones at all), and they are only 6 bits per color, so there are only 64 possible brightnesses of red for example. That's just life with a laptop.
The MB screens tested noticibly worse than the MBP or MBA BTW.
agreed. the colors are richer because there is no diffuse coating on the screen to create the 'matte' look... it's reflective with very little diffusion, creating much truer color. it's only a 6-bit panel, so this argument is pretty much null and void from the beginning.
long story short, if you really care about accurate colors, then buy a dell ultrasharp or an ACD. no TN panel is going to give you truly accurate colors, regardless of matte or glossy.
I guess I got the complete opposite feeling you did. I personally loved the look of the glossy screen and thought the matte looked too washed out. Side by Side did it for me, and the glossy won.
It really is in the eye of the owner.