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Subject: Re: [AE] Monitors
From: Gary Reisman <garyreisman@mac.com>
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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:48:15 -0700
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27" is big,.   but 30" is amazing.
..and only $1,000 for a few more days:

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http://dealmac.com/Dell-Ultra-Sharp-30-2560-x1600-LED-LCD-Display-for-1-00=
0-free-shipping/807420.html


On Jul 30, 2013, at 5:28 PM, Lachlan Westfall <lachlan@quietearth.net> =
wrote:

> Fascinating debate on the glossy vs. matte issue.
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> I wasn't ready to take the chance and make the change... The DELL =
U2713HM
> arrived today.
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> I've only spent 1/2 a day with it. Pretty nice monitor for a price of =
$600
> shipped to my door.
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> 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.
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> -Lachlan
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> PS: If anyone has any brightness concerns, I've had to turn this thing =
DOWN
> to about 20-percent.
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> On 7/30/13 4:39 PM, "Peter Matulavich" <matulavich@ameritech.net> =
wrote:
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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.
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>> 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.
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>> Pete
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>> On Jul 30, 2013, at 6:00 PM, After Effects Mail List wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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