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Subject: Re: Monitors
From: Peter Matulavich <matulavich@ameritech.net>
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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 19:39:35 -0400
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I couldn't have said it better, except I would compare a matte screen to =
 the yellowed headlights of a '47 Nash Rambler rather than an '87 Honda, =
but that's just me.

I think one of the problems with a matte screen is that the treatment =
they apply to it, while attempting to diffuse the reflection,  causes =
the reflection to occur nearer to the monitor surface, rather than deep =
into the glass as a glossy monitor would do.  In so doing, it makes it =
more difficult to focus short of the reflection -- the two focal planes =
are too close together.  That's my theory, but I don't have a matte =
monitor to test it at the present time.

Pete


On Jul 30, 2013, at 6:00 PM, After Effects Mail List wrote:

> BIG huge second on that. The reflections on matte screens are =
unbearable.
> Glossy screen reflections are easy to see past because they're pin =
points -
> whereas matte screens are just blurred nasty blobs of reflections that
> obscure the whole screen and make your graphics/video look like old =
foggy
> yellow'd headlights from a 1987 Honda. At least that's been my =
experience
> since the beginning of glossy screens.
>=20
> I have a big window behind me and never really notice it on my 27" =
Apple
> display (LOVE) - but when I go to work on my cintiq (matte =
screen+wacom
> surface) - it really bothers me and I have to black it out.
>=20
> So don't count glossy screens out - they really have a depth and
> gorgeousness that can't be matched. I'd never buy matte again either.