Display Option: "anti-glare" or real matte display?

I just learned about the new option for an "anti-glare" display on 15" MBP. Haven't yet seen one with this option.
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.
The color is amazing on these anti-glare screens. I have used nothing but anti-glare screens in the past, and this one is that much better. Seriously! I think the fact that it is also a LED LCD helps tremendously. The colors are rich and vibrant. They just don't "pop" like the glossy screens. It's much more realistic as well, in the comparisons I did at the Apple Store.
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.
Either computer will serve you well, I'm sure. I am new to Macs, and thoroughly impressed! As I said before, this computer rocks!
-Bud

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Change my display for a matte or anti-glare one

Hello.
I've got a new G580 laptop, but I found really annoying and unuseful the glare screen.
I've tried to put over a protector film, but it's even worse because it makes some bubbles in between the film and the display.
so, is it possible to change my display for a matte or anti-glare one? is there any other solution?
Thanks.

Hi Akronix,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
I’m sorry to hear about the situation and the display cannot be replaced by other type of displays and the only available option is to use a protector film, I suggest you to get the protector film on the Laptop by an expert to avoid bubbles on the screen.
Do post us back for further queries.
Best Regards
Shiva Kumar
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Anti-glare film for 27" display

Folks,
Do you know of any decent anti-glare film for the new 27" Apple Cinema Display? I got a this new monitor 2 days ago and I am starting to get headaches because of the glare... no matter how/where I position the screen in my office.
I really wish Apple would give a choice between glossy vs matte. That's future (hopefully), but for now I have to figure out a way to work with this 'shiny' new display

There's a anti glare film out here: http://www.radtech.us/Products/ClearCal-Displays.aspx
Still, I don't understand why Apple doesn't produce an 27" antiglare screen as optioned with the MBP...
I will buy the product above and let you know the results.

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I received my 17" Unibody Macbook Pro with the Anti-Glare screen today. I was somewhat concerned having purchased it with the Anti-Glare option. I use Photoshop every day as a graphic artist/photographer and color accuracy is very important to me. Today I calibrated my 30", 20" and the new 17" Unibody display. I am very excited to report that this is the first laptop I have ever used that can keep up with the desktop displays. The colors looked very similar on all three displays. The colors on the laptop are much better after I calibrated it. The factory settings were a bit too cool in my opinion. The calibration also proved this to be so. I also turned off the auto dimming. I also noticed the default in battery mode is dimmer than on AC mode. This can also be turned off. I went to the Apple store to view the 17" standard glass display. I am 100% pleased that I went with the anti-glare.

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...
all that said, (sorry about the lecture), I'd be very interested in how, on the 2009 17" MBP, you were able to ascertain that your display after hardware calibration was at '70%' brightness... I set the display to 100%, turn off the ambient sensor, of course, and then do the calibration... the screen's dimmer when that profile is selected, but in ALL cases, with ALL my hardware profiles, the screen remains, at least in System Preferences, at 100%... is there a place in the s/w of your calibration unit that tells you what it 'dimmed your display to, using the System Preferences' '100%' Brightness as the baseline?
Thanks in advance! =^D

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Same problem here with a 2013 MBP 13''.
Seems to be common and might be covered by warranty: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1729779

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What's the best way to clean the anti-glare display?

Use a damp lint-free cloth with light pressure. iKlear has products if you are worried about damaging the screen by using chemicals other than water. DON'T USE WINDEX! It contains ammonia which can damage the screen.
https://www.klearscreen.com

High Res/ Anti-glare display vs. New Retina

I bought (via Apple Hong Kong) my beefed-up 15" MPB with the High Resolution/ Anti Glare display last November and the quailty is outstanding.
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.
Regards,
P.s I should also mention that I am an American living and working in Sai Gon (aka Ho Chi Minh City) Vietnam and although Apple products do make it here the lag time is several months, hence the inabiltiy to see for myself.

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.

New MBP 17-inch anti-glare display creates a moire pattern when scrolling

This is kind of hard to explain: The color on the display is fine when a page is stationary, but when I scroll vertically, the blues (especially light blues) and reds get a strange tint to them and create an effect that's hard on the eyes. The graphics don't break up or anything but the color vibrates. It's very uncomfortable to watch. I've owned and used many Powerbooks and Macbooks over the years and this is the first one that's had this problem. It's like a moire pattern, or something. Very odd.
Is anyone else noticing this on the anti-glare display? I'd like to know before I go ahead and return this MBP.
Thanks

Sure. No two sets of circumstances are exactly the same, so no one else will have experienced exactly what you've experienced, including the prior replacement of an earlier MBP model for repeated display problems that you haven't specified. AppleCare will weigh all the circumstances of your current issue on their own merits and make a decision about what to do without reference to other people's problems. No one here knows what that decision will be, whether you believe me or not. Call AppleCare.

What anti-glare do you use on your LED Display?

My office just got me a 27" Cinema Display and it's awesome! Only problem is I have windows behind me from floor to ceiling. I see traffic buzzing behind me all day! I try to close the shades when it gets unbareable but for the most part it's really annoying to do my work without having to move my head around to get away from the glare on my screen. Have any of you used anti glare film? Can you recommend one you have used that will not mess too much with colors? I work in print and video so I need to get the colors right but I want the anti-glare film to interfere as little as possible.

well u can go right ahead and turn off that EAX in console, its in no way connected to the EAX in your games, as u said games produce sound through api's in their engines. better look at Alchemy for EAX support in games cuz thats where it is. and ye CMSS3D wont do anything for you since its designed to give additional functionality in surround not stereo systems. and for EQ i tell u to go right and experiment, there is no system that cant use a lil fine tuning to adjust it to your music style, room or just your hearing, we all hear lil diferent.
anyway for reference what "good" speakers are u using?
i got X-Fi Titanium PCI-e over DTS connect to Z-5500
EAX: off? CMSS3D: Stereo surround 50%? Crystalizer: rarely ~30%? SMV: off? EQ: attachment
tbh i assumed wrong, u really have no need for any of the X-Fi functions but if your speakers are at least decent i guarantee u can get more out of them with a proper EQ... and dont read guides how to set up something that is based on personal expirience, there is no "THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT", try and see what fits you.

Apple Led Cinema Display anti glare?...

Hi.
Is there any third party company switching over the new Apple Led Cinema Display to an anti glare screen, as we can find for the new 17" Mac Book Pro?
Thanks.

Hi.
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.*
I was thinking about something like Techrestore does on the Macbook Pro 17", modifying the hardware
itself.

Is there any way to get a glass cover for my high res anti glare display?

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. :|

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.

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.

Is Anti-Glare Film A Viable Option?

I was planning on ordering a new MBP, but the all-glossy lineup is a real disappointment. I suspect that matte screen MBPs will be going for a premium instead of being discounted...!
I see that there are more than a few brands of anti-glare film available. Has anyone had direct experience using one of these products on a glossy iMac or MacBook?

This was my next purchase. Get a nice new Macbook Pro. In fact I was hoping for a 13" or - dare I say it - 12" model. I have used my current MacBook daily in my line as photographer, so its become a essential work tool for me.
Then today came the announcement of using Gloss across the line! What the h*ell is Steve thinking...!?!? more vivid colours!?!? sorry, but this is the worst upgrade ever. If you ever worked with any number of images on your laptop in a variety of environments, you would have provided an option for a 'super matt' display, not a mirror glass effect display. Perhaps we'll see curved glass next so we can see the whole world reflected in them!!
Sorry, but going to spent my money on a Dell instead... (they even run OS X on them!)

Replacing the glossy screen with a 3rd party anti-glare or matte

I had my credit card ready to purchase 2 iMacs (finally rplacing our two G5's), until I realized that the anti-glare option with the 15" and 17" MBP would not be carried over to the iMacs. So I was wondering if anyone know of a third party with an option to replace the glossy screen with either a matte or an anti-glare screen. Would this void any warranty?

Open letter to Apple:
Let me first say, I'm a long-time, loyal Mac user (and defender). My first experience with Apple was in elementary school - on the Apple IIE. I created a game using DOS code in grade 5.
My father was a high school teacher and brought home a Mac Plus when I was in high school. The "Paint" program that it came installed with initiated my humble beginnings as digital designer - even on the small black and white screen, with it's limited capabilities, I could see the potential. We were always a Mac family. When my mother finally retired, I talked her into getting the same 24" white IMac I currently have, because that way I could walk her through the setting up and use of it, and now we can skype each other and it's like she's here in the room with me, not a whole province away.
I even had a Mac as a single mom struggling as a full time Communication Design student at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. My young daughter and I lived off my student loans, but they weren't enough to buy a Mac, so I asked my dad to co-sign a student line of credit so I could get a Mac to be compatible with the computers at school. This was the only way I could take my homework home and work while my daughter slept. I sacrificed a lot to have a Mac. We sacrificed.
Skip ahead about a decade, I have my own small graphic design business, I currently have 3 Mac computers: I have a 24" white Imac as my main business tool; I have a titanium laptop for meetings and presentations, and a white Macbook laptop that my high school-aged daughter uses for school and socializing.
I am now at the point in my growing business that it is finally time to upgrade all of my equipment. I've been excitedly holding out for the newest Imac release. I went in to our local BestBuy a few weeks ago to buy my new 27" fully loaded Imac (hey I've worked hard, why not splurge a little?) As I walked up to the Mac display and finally laid eyes on my long awaited dream machine, all I could see was the shocked and betrayed look on my face reflected in the shiny surface of the screen. I nearly cried, I was so disappointed. All I could think was "How could you? "
What is the point of having the shiny screen? I feel so betrayed, so foolish, for sticking with Apple through thick and thin for nearly a quarter of a century. I have invested thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars in Apple products, peripherals, and MAC compatible software for all of my Macs. Adobe CS3, Microsoft Office, 3rd party applications, Mac compatible fonts, and even games. I have purchased protection plans, extra RAM, home insurance and back-up devices for my Macs. I was invested in you, Apple. So what now? Will my hard earned savings now go toward buying the new PC software needed to convert my business to PCs?
The graphics industry, for a large part, has kept Apple going all these years. We have paid the premium for our Apples, and we have just been stabbed in the back by Apple. On behalf of the entire graphic design community in North America, Apple, please offer us a matte screen option on all your new computers.

Matte vs. Anti-glare (What am I seeing here?) reposted on new MBP FORUM

I posted something similar by mistake on the original MacBook Pro discussion thread so I thought I'd repost it here to see if someone can further point me in the direction with a better explanation of the anti-glare option. I was in the Apple store today and saw two uni-body MBPro's, both 17". Both descriptions had anti-glare, but only one looked like it. In fact the one that had zero glare looked suspiciously like the original matte LCD screen. The glossy had the black trim around it and the "anti-glare" had a silver border around it - same as the rest of the uni-body construction. I find it hard to believe that what I saw was simply a "film" place over the glossy LCD, now standard on 15" MB Pro's. Is this "anti-glare" description just code for "we heard you all loud and clear - here's one with the original matte LCD"? Of course, the Apple tech was amazed when I pointed it out (do any of these guys notice these rather important details?) He also said something peculiar about the genius bar tech's pulling out the LCD gloss with a magnet? Can someone explain that one to me? My main question is: When I buy my 17" "anti-glare" MB Pro in a couple of months am I really getting the old matte LCD? Because if I am I would be THRILLED. I'd also really like some specs as well. Maybe a link to the apple website explaining everything? Thanks in advance for any help - and mucho appreciation to the guy who gave me the links earlier to the photos. However, I'd really like some sort of context and explanation. I think Apple owes us that much if we're happy to plunk down $3K.

Scott and Raehan: I see your points, but I think we are all just guessing which words in Apple's publicity are significant and what they mean. I don't find either of your interpretations any more persuasive than my own, and any or all of us could easily be wrong.
Somewhere in one of these threads is a post in which someone figured out a way to determine (beyond what one can read from its color profile) who manufactured his display and what model it is. What we need is for people who own the new antiglare and the old matte display to use that method to identify the units in question.

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