Are Apple Desktop monitors anti-glare as yet?

Are Apple Desktop Monitors anti-glare as yet? Do we have a choice like we do with the lap tops?

GTBannah wrote:
Thanx for the reply! What monitor would you recommend, that has the same quality as the Apple, minus the glare?
Can't help you there...
I have a MacBook Pro 15" with the anti-glare display which is great for out an about where you have little control over the lighting or what is behind you. In my study, where I can control the lighting to keep the reflection and glare to a minium I use a Apple Thunderbolt display.

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Unfortunately Apple no longer makes antiglare monitors for its graphics professional community. If they did I would buy an Apple monitor. I am currently using an old Apple Cinema Display but it has a bad case of creeping screen defects and looks terrible.
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There should be a anti-glare option on ALL Mac's, however the 13" is certainly the next prime candidate for one given that they rolled out anti-glare for the 17" first, then the 15" next.

Where can I find a 17" desktop anti-glare filter for my iMac?

I checked a couple of sites that sell anti-glare filters. I'm trying to find one to fit my widescreen 17" iMac, however, both sites charged exorbitant prices, one $80, another $100. I remember ten years ago I was able to buy an anti-glare filter for my old Windows PC, but for some reason, neither the Apple Store, nor Best Buy sell them today. I need one because for the second time in two years, I had to get new glasses as the glare from my iMac is hurting my eyesight.

As I said, I don't think the result from putting a filter over the glass will be satisfactory, regardless of cost.
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Alternately, if the iMac is in good shape, you can sell it and put the proceeds toward a new Mac mini, and get a display that is comfortable for you.

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Hi, I'm going to college and am having trouble deciding between the Macbook Pro glossy or matte anti glare screen.
I'll mainly be using my notebook at home and library typing MS Word documents and reading for research. I'll also use it outside and manage photos with iphoto and watch DVDs. However, it's primary use is for text documents and research.
Which screen would you suggest? I've seen both of them at the Apple store and think there are advantages to each one.
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I too just went through weeks of trying to figure out which screen to get and after comparing the two in the store, I went with the glossy screen. I thought that I would be distracted by the glare of other objects on the screen, but I honestly never notice it unless I'm looking for it. The colors and contrast look amazing on a glossy screen and I wouldn't trade it for the matte either. I do some Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign work and lots of MS Office documents and research. Like the others have said, it really does come to personal preference so I suggest taking your time at the store and comparing the two screens. Even ask them if you can take them outside and see how you feel with the sun and all other reflections. Remember though, not to solely focus on the reflections because you will easily find them...but focus on the screen as if you were doing work on it. Good Luck!

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Thank you Malcom, but this is not what i'm looking for.Because i work with photos and you can lose a lot of details on this kind of film.
As you can see here, according to the manufacturer:*Note: This film will create some dithering of the image and is not recommended if you are working with color critical programs.*
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Here is the LCD screen on my MBP on black background. The back light is more or less very uneven.
Is this normal to other Macbook pro anti-glare users?
[IMG]http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2341/dsc0627.th.jpg[/IMG]

Hi everyone!
I've just noticed some problems with mine 1 week from NEW MacBook Pro 17-inch Unibody Hi-Resolution Antiglare Widescreen Display (UK specification, display model: 9CAC):
Display illumination is UNEVEN and can be seen when working with dark backgrounds (B&W photos etc.).
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I can see it while working with some B&W photographs in alight room but I took this photos in the darkness to increase the clearness.
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I can't understand why Apple would release a matte screen- which is aimed at high end designers, photographers, photo editors, etc, unless it was great quality.
I'm hoping that the comments here are isolated and not all matte screens share the issues.
I've already arranged a replacement from Online Apple Store and my Build-To-Order Unibody MBP 17" Antiglare replacement is on the way now.
So I STILL WANT an ANTIGLARE option.
But if a replacement unit still doesn't look good - I will try and try so on till they manage to produce, quality control and deliver an appropriate quality product APPLE declare to be a flagship of PRO line.
2.3 million pixels of perfection.
With the high-resolution LED-backlit widescreen display on the 17-inch MacBook Pro, you get desktop-quality color in an Apple notebook for the first time. The moment you open your MacBook Pro, you’re greeted instantly by full, corner-to-corner screen brightness. The 1920-by-1200-pixel resolution (133 pixels per inch) means you can view more palettes and windows or watch HD video in its native 1920-by-1080 resolution. Perfect whether you’re working in the studio or out in the field, the display offers a 60 percent greater color gamut than previous generations for richer, more vibrant colors and a 700:1 contrast ratio that makes whites brighter and blacks blacker. In addition, the seamless glass enclosure makes the display stronger and more durable. Because it’s power efficient and the glass is mercury- and arsenic-free, it’s greener than ever. And now you can choose a standard glossy display or an optional antiglare display, depending on your needs.
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2) full brightness of the display
3) completely even 100% black background in Photoshop's full screen mode
4) no any adjustments applied to these photographs and I've tried to receive pictures of what and how I seeing it
5) photos processed and saved for WEB in Adobe Lightroom
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Tom,
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I am aware of the limitations of computer screens (and not just on the MBP). The most important things is that it be +as close to the original as possible+.
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Is there any store that sell MBP with anti-glare display?

I googled, but I can't find any store which sell those version. Is those version sell only at Apple Store?
My location is in Japan now.

jkrell wrote:
This may sound silly but I wasn't expecting the high res anti glare macbook pro to not have a glass cover over it. to many this might not be an issue, but I need to be able to use a digital drawing pen over top the surface of my monitor. My previous macbook was the first of the unibodies from 2008 and that works fine. But I guess I should have gone with the hi res glossy. So are there any solid screen protectors available or am I going to have to see about returning this computer. :|
Why don't you instead just use a piece of rounded edge glass in the rare times when your doing that?
Your one of the very few that has to actually draw on their screen, most use a drawing pad Walcom tablet, iPad or import a scan or image into Adobe Illustrator rather than hold their hand up to the screen for hours.
Don't you know you can command shift 3 or 4 to snapshot a image of anything on the screen? SnapZ Pro X will record video?
Seems to me your doing things the wrong way.
The anti-glare MacBook Pro is awesome when you take it to various places and can still see the screen and can't adust the enviroment to suit.

17" Unibody Anti-Glare display is STUNNING!!

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How do you ascertain that the finished hw calibration is set to '70%'? I hardware calibrated my Unibody 15" MBPs andas well as my 2 newly arrived 17" Unibody MBPs (one gloss, one 'anti-glare'), with an Gretag MacBeth Eye-One Pro system, a ColorMunki Photo unit, and the Spyder 3 Elite, usually running the Eye-One Pro profile for most runs. My clients output on everything from Epson 3800s to Heidelbergs, ProPhoto RGB to Hex to 7+ plate runs, spot/lacquer/process, newsprint to 10-point coated... my 15"Unibody MBPs (glossy, natch) can just attain acceptably accurate calibration to IS, period, and I'm wondering if, between the narrow viewing angle and the apparent dithering in some color midtones, whether the 15" MBP displays are hardware 24-bit, but rather 16-bit dithered... my 15 MBPs are barely acceptable for the critical photo retouching and pre-press design work I do every day in Quark, P-shop, Illustrator and various Binuscan, etc. apps... OTOH, both the gloss and anti-glare 17" MBP displays, once calibrated, are of course both warmer and dimmer than the Apple factory LCD profile and the setting of '100%' brightness in System Preferences>Display. NO quality calibration hardware CMS profiler result will NOT dim any display in good condition (this obviously doesn't include 2-3 year old non-LED backlit laptop or desktop LCDs, even IPS ones), and usually warm ANY display, whether LCD or CRT... back in the day, just north of 5K color temperature was more common than the 6.5k now often in use. The mechanical brightness capability of a laptop display is more relevant 'back in the day', when the red guns in particular of the Barco and Sony CRTs 'dimmed' with age; they needed to be MUCH brighter than what was needed for pre-press calibration, to compensate for the CRT's phosphor 'decay'/RGB gun aging...
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Considering the display quality only has anyone compared the two side by side? If so, I would be curious to hear your opinions and thoughts.
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jkrell wrote:
This may sound silly but I wasn't expecting the high res anti glare macbook pro to not have a glass cover over it. to many this might not be an issue, but I need to be able to use a digital drawing pen over top the surface of my monitor. My previous macbook was the first of the unibodies from 2008 and that works fine. But I guess I should have gone with the hi res glossy. So are there any solid screen protectors available or am I going to have to see about returning this computer. :|
Why don't you instead just use a piece of rounded edge glass in the rare times when your doing that?
Your one of the very few that has to actually draw on their screen, most use a drawing pad Walcom tablet, iPad or import a scan or image into Adobe Illustrator rather than hold their hand up to the screen for hours.
Don't you know you can command shift 3 or 4 to snapshot a image of anything on the screen? SnapZ Pro X will record video?
Seems to me your doing things the wrong way.
The anti-glare MacBook Pro is awesome when you take it to various places and can still see the screen and can't adust the enviroment to suit.

Anti-glare sheets

I just bought some of the anti glare sheets from the apple store. I really like the feel that they give you and that they don't leave smudges or fingerprints, but has anyone else noticed that they kind of make the screen look grainy especially on white backgrounds. Is that how they are or did I maybe get too much dust in between the sheet and the phone?

I agree they look slightly grainy, especially if you've just put it on and haven't gotten used to it yet... But I love the fact that now the screen feels like the touchpad on my Pro, and mostly I love that the nasty fingerprints are gone! A quick wipe of the film a couple times a day and it's clean and good to go.
I think they're worth the $15 for sure... I was also paranoid about scratching the screen if I was wearing a pair of earrings but overall now I'm much more confident about using the phone.

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So I had the 15" 2011 2.2Ghz HIgh-res glossy which is a beauty all in its own right. But I sort of got hooked on using a 15" Anti-glare for work and looks really solid all the way around. One thing I always worry about with traveling with my MBP is the glass getting scraped or scratched or cracked, etc. ontop of some of the light glare.
I was curious did anyone make the trade off and pick up a anti-glare high res instead of the standard high-res glossy?
Do you like itmore or less? How is the color production for editing movies and playing games like portal or other steam games?
Is it less weight not having the glass panel attached in day to day travel use?
easier to clean?
thanks in advanced!

I tried to delete this but I don't see how.
I don't need this question answered anymore because I found a flex model at office depot. I ordered it this morning because they give me 14 days to return it if I don't like it and they don't charge a restocking fee. It's very good that Lenovo doesn't have the same return policy. I'd probably order a number of things I don't really need, fall in love with them and wind up spending way too much money on things I don't need.
It's also a bit cheaper -- $600 for:
Flex 2 15.6" 1080p display
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Display Option: "anti-glare" or real matte display?

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Is the option actually a different display, like the matte displays of previous MBP generations - or - a glossy display with some kind of anti-glare feature added to it?
TIA

Seriously, I don't understand the post about the silver-bezel being ugly. First off, as important as aesthetics are, in the price range of the Macbook Pros, functionality should come first. Plus, all Apple's computers are of the highest build quality. Secondly, the pictures online do the silver-bezel no justice. I just bought a 15" 2.8 anti-glare Macbook Pro this Saturday, and let me tell you, it rocks! And honestly, I can say I like the silver-bezel more. It matches the body nicely, and looks very, very professional.
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Whatever you do, don't get too sucked into the "cool" factor, or what everyone else has. Most people have the glossy screens because:
a) They weren't available for the 15" models until August.
AND
b) The 13" (the most popular Macbook Pro) doesn't have the option.
So of course, most will tell you it looks better, it is better, yada, yada, yada. Some probably really do like them a lot, and others probably have no idea or are just commenting on what they have. If you check the two out side-by-side, I doubt you will still think that the anti-glare is ugly, nor inferior.
And, the anti-glare is actually usable at dimmed settings, which will help you take advantage of battery life! Seriously, if you get the glossy be prepared to have the lighting at almost full with every use. Unless of course, you enjoy gazing at yourself while computing.
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