Return-Path: Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.122] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5160427 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 02:16:37 +0200 Return-Path: X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=e9yEuNV/ c=1 sm=0 a=kxnugH6Wy5bl5vZ3xW/I5w==:17 a=DQZvOVXRM6cA:10 a=Zq2FpVYgtBoA:10 a=bjq9PpNSDe0A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=LaNeyJ9lAAAA:8 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=KjrTFQD_mAoA:10 a=9Z4NcmVYAAAA:8 a=m2i0AJIDAwMSn5igclUA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=4Nsp7CLNYrEA:10 a=kxnugH6Wy5bl5vZ3xW/I5w==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 24.24.234.97 Received: from [24.24.234.97] ([24.24.234.97:46389] helo=[10.0.1.2]) by hrndva-oedge01.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id F9/6F-18705-41A58F15; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:28:05 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.4.0.080122 Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:28:03 -0700 Subject: Re: [AE] Monitors From: Lachlan Westfall To: After Effects Mail List Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [AE] Monitors Thread-Index: Ac6NhNF6EFAnIvl4EeKp+AAfWzIHkA== In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Fascinating debate on the glossy vs. matte issue. I wasn't ready to take the chance and make the change... The DELL U2713HM arrived today. I've only spent 1/2 a day with it. Pretty nice monitor for a price of $600 shipped to my door. Thanks for the advice and the tip on this weekend's deal! Probably shoulda got a pair of 'em. That second DVI-D port is just mocking me now. -Lachlan PS: If anyone has any brightness concerns, I've had to turn this thing DOWN to about 20-percent. On 7/30/13 4:39 PM, "Peter Matulavich" wrote: > 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. >> >> 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. >> >> 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. > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to