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Straight on, no glare, and no dust I have found that the glossy screens are better.

From pics online, this seems like a different glossy screen that you see on Xbrite Sony stuff. I would have to see one in person to determine how good/bad they really are.

I've seen ones with glossy screens and I prefer them.  I didn't notice any glare issues but I'm sure they happen from time to time.  The color is more vivid and images seem sharper on glossy screens, so I'm glad that Apple is offering them.

What will photographers prefer?

?, colores are over saturated?

crt is glass so how do you explain that pro perfer crt over lcd for color accuracy?

pcguy wrote:

?, colores are over saturated?

crt is glass so how do you explain that pro perfer crt over lcd for color accuracy?

Apple Store wrote:

Display
At no extra charge, you can choose a glossy widescreen display that lets you view graphics, photos, and videos with greater color saturation.

Apple's LCDs which are NOT glossy, are SWOP certified.

EDIT:

Phil Schiller wrote:

“People have done glossy displays in the past, but it is only now that the quality is at a level that we are happy to put in our products,” said Schiller. “We left it out because the color changing just wasn’t acceptable to us.”

SOURCE

Last edited by MacBoy4139 (2006-05-16 2:09 pm)

Saw it today. Hate it. I've never really liked glossy screens though. I like the way my PB is. Glossy is just too reflective.

Matte if you need print  to color accuracy, the glossy screen simply allows ambient light to toy with the colors too much, I don't know if it's possible to get away from that regardless of what Schiller says, remember everything Apple uses is the best, according to Apple.

If I'm using the display at school we have blue overhead lights, at work I have yellow and at home I often work on the front porch or some of those very white CFMs. I personally think that glossy screens are meant to look great on the shelf but I've never found them comfortable for long periods of use.

I've yet to sit in front of a glossy LCD, calibrate it, and print some spot colors. I'm reluctant to write them off, primarily because the luminance of non glossy LCDs tends to prevent certain colors, especially dark colors, from looking like they do on print.

I've had a few CRT diamondtrons that came with a special film coating that helped to make blacks more black. It wasn't perfect, but it worked fairly well.

But hey, screen to paper is never going to be perfect. One blasts RGB light at your face, the other reflects light of a material that has absorbed CYMK ink.

But that's what overprice pantone swatches are for.

Yeah, I definately don't like glossy screens. When I saw that as a featue I was kinda disappointed in Apple. Honestly, I wasn't sure what the screen was going to be like when I ordered my Powerbook, but I love the anit-glare. It is so nice. Honestly, I would hate the glare from the glossy screens. I mean, you can already see the glare in the photos of the MacBook.

Every 13" LCD that I've seen in a notebook has been glossy. Do they even sell ones that aren't glossy? It would seem strange, but that would explain why Apple wouldn't give you a choice. (like they do with the MBP)

Glossy screens have a "cheap" look to them, IMHO.