[ale] stupid pricing games

[Richard Bronosky]

I think Apple's are glass. No softness there.

On 6/26/09, Pat Regan <thehead at patshead.com> wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>> I've seen a couple of these Dell 'glossy' screens.  All I can say is,
>> what the hell were they thinking?  They show any small smudge and
>> reflect any and every light from behind.  They are only useful in a dark
>> room.
>>
>
> They're actually only usable in either a dark or a PROPERLY lit room :).
>
> Dell isn't the only manufacturer using the shiny displays, everyone is.
>
> I am always careful with my lighting.  I try to never position a desk so
> that a window is behind it.  Any sort of glare is just as annoying to me
> whether it is on my glossy display or any of my old matte panels.  I'm
> also a fan of indirect lighting :).
>
> I got my first glossy display over 3 years ago.  At the time it had
> brighter and better looking color reproduction than any LCD panel I'd
> used previously.  They have two potential downsides.  The glare, and
> they seem to be pretty soft and easily scratched.
>
> I got two little squiggly scratches on one that I can only assume was
> made by something stuck between the display and keyboard.  Both happened
> at different times.  I can't imagine anything more solid than a crumb of
> some sort ending up on between my keyboard and display.
>
> Since glare upsets me no matter what sort of display I have it isn't a
> reason for me to choose a matte display.  The apparent softness worries
> me a bit, I've never scratched a laptop display in the last 12+ years
> that I've carried one.  I don't smudge my screen much because I'm one of
> those people who will contemplate breaking anyone's finger that touches
> my screen.  You don't have to touch to point! :)
>
> For me the pro of a nicer display to look at outweighs the cons.  Your
> mileage will vary, I just felt someone should stick up for these glossy
> displays that I prefer looking at :).
>
> Pat
>
>

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