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[miles01110]

Sorry, I was not suggesting the technology already existed. I was trying to suggest another solution. The museum quality glass would make it possible for Apple to keep their glass display without any reflections.

2-3mm thick is not an option for laptop displays.

I think it would just make more sense to diffuse the light instead of trying to overpower it.

Diffusing the reflections, I think you mean.

 

[Azathoth]

Sorry, I was not suggesting the technology already existed. I was trying to suggest another solution. The museum quality glass would make it possible for Apple to keep their glass display without any reflections.

The problem is (as I explained above), that every air-glass surface creates a reflection. The simple solution (known to optical lens makes for 100 years) was to limit the number of air-glass surfaces - hence the Cooke triplet and the Tessar designs (Carl Zeiss) - the latter, the Tessar, is still used on my Nokia phone as a simple 4el lens. As various AR coatings were developed which brought the reflectivity from 5% to <1%, lens designers were able to make more complex, higher performing lenses without needing to deal with excessive glare (and light loss).

Therefore if Apple wanted to solve the GlareBook issue (which is preventing me from buying a MBP), there are a couple of options:
1. Coat the glass with an AR coating (both sides), which will limit reflections to the level of the MBA
2. Remove the glass and add a matte display (NB matte is not the same as AR coating)

None of which require the invention of insanely complicated technology.

BTW to Pablo - one of the problems with "noise cancelling" is the delay associated with the processing of the sampled input signal, so for perfect cancellation, either a non-stoichastic input signal is required. Or you need to make a time machine.

 

[Dozerrox]

2-3mm thick is not an option for laptop displays.



Diffusing the reflections, I think you mean.

Yeah, sorry. You know what I mean.

 

[kny3twalker]

2-3mm thick is not an option for laptop displays.



Diffusing the reflections, I think you mean.

How thick is the glass on the display currently?

The problem is (as I explained above), that every air-glass surface creates a reflection. The simple solution (known to optical lens makes for 100 years) was to limit the number of air-glass surfaces - hence the Cooke triplet and the Tessar designs (Carl Zeiss) - the latter, the Tessar, is still used on my Nokia phone as a simple 4el lens. As various AR coatings were developed which brought the reflectivity from 5% to <1%, lens designers were able to make more complex, higher performing lenses without needing to deal with excessive glare (and light loss).

Therefore if Apple wanted to solve the GlareBook issue (which is preventing me from buying a MBP), there are a couple of options:
1. Coat the glass with an AR coating (both sides), which will limit reflections to the level of the MBA
2. Remove the glass and add a matte display (NB matte is not the same as AR coating)

None of which require the invention of insanely complicated technology.

BTW to Pablo - one of the problems with "noise cancelling" is the delay associated with the processing of the sampled input signal, so for perfect cancellation, either a non-stoichastic input signal is required. Or you need to make a time machine.

Well if something is traveling faster than the speed of light, it should actually travel backwards in time according to the theory of relativity.
Time Machine problem solved.

Also I did not think the MBA had a glass display? I thought the MBA used an LCD panel with anti reflective coating and a metal bezel which substituted for the glass on the MacBook Pros.

 

[appleguy123]

New random idea https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/836734/