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Matte

Posts tagged with "matte"

5 March 2012 in Technology

Fed up with glossy screens? Laptop makers respond

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Last year we promised to take your views on matte screens straight to the laptop manufacturers. We did, and now Sony, Samsung and Dell have responded with their plans for anti-glare screens on their laptops.

(more about matte screens…)

7 October 2011 in Technology

Do glossy screens perform better? Our tests say ‘No’

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Laptop on man's head

Which? Convo regulars will know that we’ve been asking for the return of matte laptop screens. Some have said that glossy screens offer better image quality, but the results of our lab tests tell a different story.

(more about our laptop screen tests…)

31 August 2011 in Technology

Samsung goes back to matte with new laptops

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Just one in ten Which? Convo readers prefer glossy screens, so it’s clear there’s an appetite for matte screens. Samsung has answered that need by announcing a range of non-reflective, anti-glare laptops. Tempted?

(more about Samsung’s matte laptops…)

9 June 2011 in Technology

Do you want matte screens to return?

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Baby looking at reflection in laptop

There was one obvious omission in our latest laptop and netbook batch – only one had a matte screen. The rest were glossy. Why is it so difficult to avoid glossy screens and why can’t matte monitors return?

(more about bringing back matte screens…)

13 March 2011 in Technology

Why are gadgets so ******* shiny!?

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Magpie on iPhone 4

Do tech manufactures think we’re magpies? Phones, tablets, laptops, cameras – their screens are buffed up to shine like the sun. But when will they learn that we don’t want our own grisly reflections staring back at us?

(more about shiny gadgets…)

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