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Ask HN: Why is it so hard to buy a laptop with a matte (no-glare) screen?

1 points by jan-jakub ↗ HN
It seems most manufacturers switched to glossy or anti-glare these days. What happened to good-old matte screens?

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tomw1808
Somebody might have more information on that, but what I observe is that you run into two problems with those matte displays:

1. Touch is hard and expensive. 2. Contrast seems to be not as impressive.

Do you see any parallels to your own observations?

jan-jakub
Not at all... I see most of the non-touch laptops having glossy screens, as well. Also, I have a Samsung 900x3c with a matte screen and it's contrast is very impressive. Not having reflections makes all the blacks really deep
bleachedsleet
Color accuracy on matte displays is appalling.

Also, my opinion but, it is my understanding that a matte display requires a raised bezel around it (no edge to edge glass) which has a decided aesthetic disadvantage.

jan-jakub
Isn't color accuracy irrelevant when the image is obstructed by glare and reflections?