Hello

I bought laptop of Dell and it's screen too much shiny that I can see myself on it.

I heard that most of the new laptops come with shiny screens.

why does manufacturers prefer to create shiny screens?

Does from now and so all the screens will be shiny?

Nadav

I love my Vaio X-black screen... shiny screens are supposed to give you better black and more vivid pictures... Perhaps its a matter of taste. Try setting your screen such that it is not at an angle that makes you see yourself or the lightbulbs above you...

A laptop of mine has a "shiny" screen too, one of those "crystalbright" thingies. A great screen, as long as it's not in the wrong direction to reflect anything. It does look better than the "old" screens, to me at least, and the reflection problem you mentioned isn't a problem at all as long as the screen is correctly placed.

Not all laptops have those screens, so if you dislike them, you can just buy one with a not-so-reflecting screen. In addition to laptops many handheld devices nowadays also use pretty well reflecting surfaces on top of their screens (some cell phones and PSP are the first that come to my mind), and I believe they keep manufacturing those as long as the users like them (meaning, as long as the users don't complain too much). Many people like the shiny screen surfaces just because of their nice outlook, and of course the manufacturers do what they get money from.

Shiny screens have better contrast (better black, better white). They are most suited for multimedia, with impressive sharp and shining results on video.

Non-shiny (mat?)(rough?) screens offer better visual comfort on the long-term, especially when working (open office, gimp, avidemux...).

Given that more laptops are sold (prices have dropped), and that shiny screens sell better (they impress more, esp. DVD playback), and that today's laptops are touted for their multimedia abilities, it is sadly expectable that finding non-shiny screens will be very hard from now on.

Yves.

There's still plenty of non-shiny laptops to choose from, but the "big box" stores just don't stock them. The shiny screens look a lot more attractive in a very controlled environment, however, I've found that they become very annoying in real life. If you don't have complete control over your lighting environment, the "older" style are far superior.

I guess it also depends on the brand/quality, I have absolutely no problems with my "shiny" sony vaio X-black screen. I love it. I do see some reflection (I have to look for a windows/light) but its deep purple and doesn't bother me. I think the anti-reflective coating on my screen is a very good one.

Though I still have colleagues who don't like my screen. Too bad you only found out after you bought the laptop...

Before I cencel my laptop and return it, is there any sollution for that?

Since I want also use it in buses and the light is changing and I don't want to change is direction every seconds.

like something that don't let the light come in to the screen and only out so no reflection will appear.

Perhaps there is a 3M glare-reducing solution that suits your needs?

If not, you might find some sort of laptop glare filter on Google Products.

you would need a very big size sort of filtering surface on that screen ... as for can this removes the glaring ... ?? i donno ... but if it does , then you may get boring with your screens pretty fast ... too serene and they look very fake over a short period of trying them...


//its a bit cray returning the laptop just because of the that reason though ... ^_^


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