Glossy or Antiglare? Does anyone know?
169697
This macbook has an antiglare screen. Glossy macbook has a product # begining with Z0DR. Hope that helps.
275793
It's glossy. I don't have problems during the day tho (my room is quite bright too) but at night I have to turn off all the lights cause the reflection is pretty strong.
1394541
Matte. I've *never* had any problem with glare, but then I don't have any lights above or behind me either.
1156128
I have this monitor, and I do like it a lot, however, at certain times of the day, the glossiness does reflect light and I have to lower my blinds to prevent glare. Supposedly glossy screens have better image quality, but the glare is sort of annoying, and I wish it were a matte or anti glare screen. I didn't realize it was going to be glossy when I ordered it.
2046100
It will be glossy and you will not look like magnesium coated. But I think it is worth the protection that it provides. It does get a little less glossy over time.
1936524
Actually, semi-glossy. It's not fully glossy nor matte. It's kinda a hybrid between them. So clarity isn't a problem, and you shouldn't experience too much glare or reflection either.
1126286
These are glossy. But if you go to Amazon.com and search for laminating pouches you will see they also have a variety of self-laminating pouches (no need for a machine) and it states they are non-glare. Some are more expensive than others so I'm not sure it the quality of the cheaper ones is good for you or not.
487863
I think he meant Matte screen or glossy. I went to Fry's just to look if matte finish will bother me since I am very sensitive, cause headache with blurry text caused by thin film coating on the screen. I found out the text is blurry, so I cancel my order to amazon today.
2120219
I would describe the one I received as "shiny" so I'll say "gloss". FYI, I found a less expensive local source subsequently...
150619
This one is not matte/anti-glare - this is the glossy one. I prefer the clear, glossy ones because I will need to set the display brighter since the matte film blocks part of the light and I cannot read/see from the display that well, resulting in faster drain of my battery - *just from experience*
789159
It's certainly not glossy but it does have sort of a frosted anti-glare coating which is most noticeable when you have a white background and text. If you are looking at a photo or video or a lot of color you don't see the coating but if all you were doing was typing documents all day it gives the white areas on the screen a very faint "textured effect" for lack of a better phrase. Having said all that, I personally don't mind it and I really like the monitor overall. In most cases if I find I'm noticing the coating at all, like while writing this, I just bump up the size of the type and everything is fine.
2146631
Yeah, they're matte. However they have some that aren't. Just look for the ones that say 'clear'.
1932889
I believe it's glossy. I never got it to work (issue with ribbon cable). Decided to buy a new laptop, instead.
1310638
Mine was glossy too. I asked them before purchasing it because I didn't want to risk getting a matte finish and they said that glossy finish were the only ones they had left then. It wouldn't hurt to check with the seller now again though I guess. I really liked my screen and the packaging was really good! Good luck!! :)
1937677
This is a double-sided product: one side is glossy, one side is matte. The matte side does indeed reduce the glare a bit. However, I found that the matte side distorted text and reduced overall image quality. So I'm using the glossy side, which I don't think is reducing the glare at all.
1451504
ANY GLOSSY SETTING SHOULD WORK, you probably won't even notice the difference unless you are a Pro or have compared different gloss settings side by side. There should be a slip of paper with the package letting you know what setting to use if you do not have the requested one or you can look it up online on the manufacturers web site.
2266370
Matte, hands down. I will never have anything but matte after this experience. No glare makes a world of difference.