MBP 15" with apples stock antiglare or with an external antiglare film?

[dangly]

Hey

I am going to buy a top end 15" MBP for uni.

I am not a fan of the silver bezel on the antiglare screens from apple.

Has anyone made a comparison between one with apples antiglare screens and a glossy screen with a custom antiglare film?

What are your opinions?

Apple Antiglare or Custom Antiglare film?

Thanks

 

[Teej guy]

There's pretty much no comparison. If you do some searching around here you can find some pictures. The anti-glare film makes the screen blurrier and I believe it introduces a kind of "speckled" effect to whites. It is not a proper substitute for a true matte (anti-glare) screen.

 

[shambo]

Go into an apple store and look at the matte properly. It is not uglier!!

 

[oacory]

Stock

Definitely stock. Anti-glare film is a pain in the neck to put on right and even when you spend major time putting it on it still has air pockets and it does match up with the screen and a whole bunch of hassles including it makes the screen not clear. Bottomline.. it does more harm then good when anti-glare film is added

 

[maflynn]

While I think the glossy MBP looks much better then the matte screen, I think a antiglare film would look butt ugly. I've not seen too many films being applied w/o any bubbles or anything.

I'd say go with the matte screen if you don't want the glossy display - don't try any kludgy solution. It just won't work as well and it will look awful.

 

[Bill Gates]

Definitely stock. Anti-glare film is a pain in the neck to put on right and even when you spend major time putting it on it still has air pockets and it does match up with the screen and a whole bunch of hassles including it makes the screen not clear. Bottomline.. it does more harm then good when anti-glare film is added

Not necessarily. I put the Moshi film on my MBP and it was easy to apply and applied perfectly. More harm than good? Hardly. However, I would still take a factory matte MBP over a film any day of the week.

 

[emcham]

the films wash out the screen and make it a bit blurred looking. there is no comparison.

 

[reallynotnick]

I wouldn't mess with a film as you are probably going to be more driven nuts by the air bubbles and dust you get stuck under it, not to mention not as good of image quality as a matte screen.

 

[kolax]

the films wash out the screen and make it a bit blurred looking. there is no comparison.

Yeah - get the actual matte display rather than using the film.

Remember, the anti-glare film is sitting on top of the glass rather than the actual screen..