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Posted 28 April 2012 - 10:12 AM
Just curious - how does this compare to existing matte laptop screens? Is it better at not blocking some of the light from the screen? (while still reducing glare)
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 03:29 PM
LiveBrianD, on 28 April 2012 - 10:12 AM, said:
Just curious - how does this compare to existing matte laptop screens? Is it better at not blocking some of the light from the screen? (while still reducing glare)
Matte screens don't work by block light, they work because the surface that you're looking at isn't smooth, so the screen doesn't act like a mirror. It diffuses the light from the light source, but the downside is that it does the same thing to the image on the screen that you're viewing. What this does is make the image blurrier/fuzzier than it would be without the matte screen. It looks like this M.I.T. glass has cones that diffuse reflected light, but don't do that to the source light, which would give us the best of both versions, without a downside other than cost.
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 05:10 PM
Nuke61, on 28 April 2012 - 03:29 PM, said:
LiveBrianD, on 28 April 2012 - 10:12 AM, said:
Just curious - how does this compare to existing matte laptop screens? Is it better at not blocking some of the light from the screen? (while still reducing glare)
Matte screens don't work by block light, they work because the surface that you're looking at isn't smooth, so the screen doesn't act like a mirror. It diffuses the light from the light source, but the downside is that it does the same thing to the image on the screen that you're viewing. What this does is make the image blurrier/fuzzier than it would be without the matte screen. It looks like this M.I.T. glass has cones that diffuse reflected light, but don't do that to the source light, which would give us the best of both versions, without a downside other than cost.
Some matte screens also have a anti-glare finish that basically defuses light across the entire screen so that there are any extremely bright spots. The trade off is the display's picture is often diffused also; which makes the screen less vibrant and dulling colors.
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