Ask HN: Glossy displays, form over function?
I'd like to share my pet peeve against glossy displays, because nowadays it is hard to find notebooks with matte displays.
I suppose people like (or don't mind) glossy displays, which I find intriguing. To me, their reflective properties are very distracting.
To reduce eye strain, I prefer to use dark backgrounds for my editor & cli, and this makes things worse.
The other day I was watching a World Cup match on a restaurant, and all the LCD TVs had glossy displays. They reflected the internal illumination in a way that made it hard to follow the match.
Perhaps my brain is wired in a strange way, but I think this a plague! What do you think?
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Most definitely agree with you - my boss just spoke to me about ordering me some new monitors and I said that the screens must be matt :)
People tend to use their laptop like a TV these days and watching video looks better on a bright, glossy screen.
Not necessarily. When I was watching the match, whole parts of the image were hidden by reflection.
If you can control the illumination around you, then maybe you have a point. But I think that the frequently that is not the case.
Yes, we all hate glossy displays and the masses love them. As much as I agree with you... flagged.
I don't understand your reaction. Perhaps someone has a good explanation or comment that could help people who can't cope with glossy...