I can't seem to track one of these down. Who makes a glossy 20" or 21"
LCD that can pivot at a reasonable price? Looking for the same effect
as the Sony xbrite, toshiba trubrite, compaq brightview, other gimmicky
names, etc...you get the idea.

tnx!

<hemisfear (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Actually, last time I looked at LCDs, the really weird thing was that all of
the LCDs on notebooks were glossy, but practically none of the standalone
LCD monitors were glossy. Have manufacturers decided for some reason that we
won't glossy notebooks but not glossy desktops, or is the glossy considered
to be important only for notebooks as you can have sunlight coming from all
sorts of different directions with a notebook?

"Mark" <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote


i thought it worked the other way - i.e glossy screens are worse for use in
light as they reflect.



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the dog from that film you saw wrote:
But they directly reflect - i.e. the light bounces off at an angle equal
to the angle of incidence, which means that unless the light is coming
straight through the back of your head, it will bounce off at some angle
that you will not see. With a non-glossy panel, however, the reflected
light will be more diffuse and some of it will reach your eyes.

--
Mike Smith

Mike Smith <mikeUNDERSCOREsmith (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote:

: But they directly reflect - i.e. the light bounces off at an angle equal
: to the angle of incidence, which means that unless the light is coming
: straight through the back of your head, it will bounce off at some angle
: that you will not see. With a non-glossy panel, however, the reflected
: light will be more diffuse and some of it will reach your eyes.

Sure, but in my experience much less than with a glossy
screen. I've tried both glossy LCD monitors and TVs in
stores, and no matter what angle I use, they all have
unacceptable amounts of glare and distracting reflections.

-- Andy Barss