How to remove the Anti Glare Coating from monitor DIY (Matte to Glossy) 

i agree. but do it must be have huge brave...

I agree

as I unfortunately found out the hard way, now they not only have them with the AG film but the polarizer layer is built into it as well... So if you want to do this on some you have to remove the polarizer and then replace it with a glossy one

I understand why they do it but I wish it was easier to remove (like hot swappable)

@@Willy38134 but why do they do it? Apple pays them to produce shitty stuff?

No idea. I might start a glossy monitor company of my own haha, there have to be some people that would buy nicely designed monitor with glass.

@@tomkosdiy You should totally do that -- someone's got to, lol

@Theodore Nguyen Those "glossy" Dell monitors actually have a dirty filter in them.

Tell hp to make 1440p version of the HP 2511x. I just did through facebook. Only way to make companies make these is if we keep bothering them on social media

I would prefer matte screens on phones because of the fact that in high sunlight you might need to put your screens brightness near a macs and you could honestly get some super accurate colors still with some matte screens if they are built right. My Samsung monitor has super accurate colors with the color calibration I used on my mac. It has almost exactly the same colors as my Macbook ever since I callibrated it with the built in color calibration thing which means it is super accurate. My Macbook Pro is the latest one without the touch bar. I understand that people have preferences and can see colors differently on some matte screens, but that does not mean all of them do not look as accurate as colores on some of apple's displays. Apple is known for color accuracy and even my Note 9 on bassic mode when I don't use the blue light filter can look very accurate like some Apple diplays. I do recommend using blue light filters if you don't mind the colors at night. I have mine on a schedule and set low. Even set low I can notice my eyes and brain getting more ready for sleep. I turn blue light filters off for art and photo editing though because I like the accuracy of colors when it's not on in Basic mode on my phone. There are some very good matte screen protectors for some phones out there. Matte black can be dark enough to my eyes on some monitors to my eyes.

I keep seeing pictures and videos of people's setups where they *don't* have their backs against a windowless wall, and some of these people even have glossy displays

to be honest it doesnt even help, the glare is still there, just covering a way bigger area of your screen

Imagine buying a 4K HDR monitor and getting worse image quality than a 12 year old FHD TV.

a non-blurry image is a premium feature

Every Manufacturer: "Lets add a shitty blurry layer so you can reduce (but not completely remove) glare in lighting conditions which can be avoided! Lets also manufacture a great looking glossy OLED 80 inch TVs most likely situated in a bright living room environment. It is also therefore less portable than a 27 inch monitor"

When you peel off the outer layer, underneath it, as far as I know, there is a polarizing filter. Isn't it dangerous to use the screen in this way? Isn't there a possibility of distortion? I would appreciate it if you share your experience.

@@White_Polar_Bear I am still using the monitor in question and it is working absolutely fine. I guess you would want to not touch or wipe the polarizer as much as possible to avoid damage. Don't do this on laptops though because some have just matte polarizer on top layer and bad things happen if you remove it.

Agree 100%, unless you deal with heavy glare on the regular, glossy is way superior. You could get couple older monitors on craigslist and try it out for a few times first :-)

DIY KOS true man I had an iMac before my gaming pc and the image is stunning I have no problem with reflexes in my room so it would be awesome removing the anti glare. I live in Brazil don’t know if I can find cheap monitors for experimentation but I will make contact with Acer Brazil to see if they can recommend me a professional to do this mod. Great content it’s very hard to find this stuff

Thank you very much! The most important part I think is, when you are peeling the layer, to watch out for peeling just the white antiglare one. The dark layer under it is the polariser, which you need to keep on. You could also maybe take a look around your local scrap yard, if you can find some older monitors to practice on. Anyways, good luck!

IMO can be risky because can damage Your eyes.

@@alisur736 Are you sure???

💀

Great point!

if you do this, it might be a good idea to get a fitting glass plane, and mount/glue it to the display, like it's one in iMacs

maybe use ceramic coating then

@@maxfuchs7995 and where would you find that? probably have better luck with a plastic of some sort

but will the water get into the deeper layer of the monitor ???

@@giotphan9673 Didn't mentioned it btw. I've put paper towels on table and filled them with water so they were very wet. And then I've put the monitor with face down. So this way the water will not come up to monitor parts. It requires flat surface.

how much soaking? I mean, I had toilet paper over the monitor, wet them with a sprayer every 2 hours or so. After about 7 hours I tried to remove, but nothing came out. My monitor is the LG ERGO 32". Only did some visual damage at the very top corners attempting to remove the coating with my nails. Gladly it didn't affected the image, is at the very corners. Like, seriously, I think besides what I've done, only if I bath my monitor :D

​@ 7 hours is more than enough, hmm, thats strange. here i tried to remove it without soaking, you can see there are two layer os coating, one is polarisation and second is matte film. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RXbvT_bJRHo.html

@ I'm no expert but I think you might have tried to peel of the polariser film or whatever it's called. Is the picture missing where you tried to peel the layer off, or is it just shiny?

dunno if you already saw/know it but there is the "Eve Spectrum 4k" now, it has optional Glossy panel and USB-C

@@G-O-A-M I did thank you. I purchased the apple studio monitor but if I ever need a new one I’m going for the Eve.

Did you do it on G9 Neo or G8/G7 Neo? :)

Stfu liar

@@asdbef3667 lol....

Thanks, that is a great idea. I was thinking I would use regular 2mm thin glass next time I do this to give it a more of a premium look.

Hey guys, im gonna do this mod to my Asus MG279Q! Where i can find glass screen protectors for 27" monitor?

DraKK did u find anything

@@xXxPhenom finding glass ones is very hard. Even a plastic one for 27 inch is very hard. I got mine from a local store and they are usually sold together with stickers

@@tomkosdiy Also some monitors have ag coatings so thin they are impossible to remove this way. So the only way would be removing the polarizer and buying a glossy polarizer from china they come with glue pre applied and plastic protection on both sides tricky tho. at least with that you wouldn't have a raw exposed polarizer.

Can't short a circuit with distilled water, unless of course it picks up conductive contaminants.

@@_ch1pset But it can go inside the screen.

@@techalyzer I think if the water got under the screen, it was probably too much water, or a manufacturing defect. However, I'm not sure distilled water would have the same effect that you are describing. Distilled water is not conductive, and it can't cause a short, unless it gets contaminated with something that is conductive. It's not that it can't cause damage, I think it can still cause corrosion, but I don't think this is an issue for LCDs. I'm not a materials engineer, so I'm not quite sure, but I don't think LCDs are prone to corrosion. If you get water on copper wiring, however, that's a different story.

Put the monitor facing downward , on top of the soaked towels .

HP have

@@lsg303 not in gaming laptops. Office laptops are too weak for me.

@@TabalugaDragon I know but monitors from HP and DELL both have glossy screen type, also it is 6bit+frc mostly

@@lsg303 I only use 16:10 displays, and there are no glossy ones among them. I looked. A lot.

@@TabalugaDragon W2558HC if still there？the true love

Dell S2419h

5-6 hours he said

yeah laptop panels are fine, i just did mine

I see no reason why it should not, according to pictures I saw of HP E231, it seems like it does have the antiglare layer. Good luck!

wich monitor do you have ?

You're welcome!

@@tomkosdiy Is the panel still good 2 years later?

Happy to help

@Pablo Carrasco just in the normal way sprayed and cleaned it no problem so far

Glad it helped

Bro you are a life saver, the window cleaner method applying a tiny bit of pressure helped me to remove the leftover glue/compound after removing the matt layer. Thanks big time! :D

high resolution. accurate colours.

Look for, "glossy screen."

i see you everywhere asking about the razer blade hahaha

Any tips?

@@electrickrypt use a needle to lift the very thin plastic mate sheet. It is very thin. Thinner than a glass screen protector. It is as thin as a hair and it.s not hard. So if you see any resistance it means you are removing the sheet below which should not be removed

@@marcelfernandezromero8905 thank you, sir.

Prob not

Dude, who is the character in your profile pic?

The new Ultrafines shouldn't have anti-glare.. as if they are manufactured for Apple/MacOS?

@@electrickrypt they do not have imho

Air duster and faith

As someone else already mentioned, you can try to find glass screen protectors and apply them on top.

I want to try it, but not sure it will work. Did you removed without getting wet?

When you peel off the outer layer, underneath it, as far as I know, there is a polarizing filter. Isn't it dangerous to use the screen in this way? Isn't there a possibility of distortion? I would appreciate it if you share your experience.

@@White_Polar_Bear The polarizing filter is more fragile than the anti-glare coating, it's a little softer. I suggest keeping the wet paper for a bit longer just so the anti-glare layer is easier to peel off. I kept cleaning the monitor with a window cleaner and a cloth and it didn't cause any damage to the polarizing layer. It behaves normally, just like a glossy laptop screen would. It's a bit harder to keep the screen looking clean since a fingerprint will stay on it, unlike on the anti-glare coating. I don't touch it often since it's not a laptop screen, so it's not that big of a deal. A more important thing to keep in mind is the lighting setup in your room. If you have a window behind you or use ceiling lights very often, you'll get a mirror effect from the screen, which is especially noticable on dark images and low brightness settings. This is a big issue with a setup where the window is behind your back (mine is the exact opposite). Also, I aways use my desk lamp instead of ceiling lights and I like my room very dark (monitor brightness set to 0) so that wasn't a big issue for me. All in all, I'm satisfied with the end result, no new issues after about a year of use. It may be a bigger compromise to make in case of having to alter your current setup to avoid the mirror effect, but if your setup is similar to mine than it should work quite well. The benefits are as shown in the video - colors are a bit more vivid and blacks are more black. Not like on an OLED of course, but much better than on a stock, matte IPS display.

@@Brenzle Thank you for your answer

​@@Brenzlejust to be clear, after the AG coating is removed cleaning the monitor is not much more difficult? I was worried the polarizer wouldn't be robust enough to survive cleaning.

@@RitzyBusiness I clean it regularly and it doesn't get damaged from that at all. What I meant by more fragile is I think it might get damaged if the AG layer is not soaked enough and you start peeling it off with a lot of force. Be patient and it should peel off just fine :)

sun is always behind me. sometimes i can't even see the screen.

Yes, a few times already. I use slightly damp microfiber towel, when the monitor is cold and so far no problems at all.

All monitors are LCD. LED is the back lighting. LCDs age too... so i doubt it will look like it did when it was new.

@@digibluh you're saying that my old LCD monitor loses light and power in past years? I think you could be right, cause its very cloudy image now, poor light. Thanks

Let me know how it turns out! Good luck

Did you tried it ? And what was the result ? Does it make the color of screen more vivid ?

@@itachiuchiha-sk4sf yes I did, it looks crispier and the colors pop up more. Here's an advice; use a safety pin instead of your fingernail when you peel the AGlare and the anti glade shouldn't be sticked to the polarizer when you lift the tip, if you feel you lift the tip and it's giving you resistance stop what you're doing because you are peeling the polarizer, the anti glade is another very thin layer on top of the polarizer which can't be seen you can only lift it with a safety pin,

@@marcelfernandezromero8905 thank you for your advice one more question , is it comparable to TVs glossy screens ? I mean in colors and vivid range..! Because i am searched for a monitor which have a TV vivid colors and crisp and after a very long time i realized that the problem was the garbage matte screen...!!😭😭😭 By the way what is your monitor ?

@@itachiuchiha-sk4sf no os not comparable, is comparable with laptops screens that are glossy without a protective crystal. Normally glossy TV screens have a crystal before the screen itself, in this case the mate film as s layer of protection against scratches, when you remove it you leave it as a pure LCD, you know those screens that you push a little and you see some ripples. As for colours it depends on the technology, TN has bad viewer angles and quality overall but pro gamers prefer them because of the high refresh rate, VA are my favourite panels because I am no gamer and VA offers 3000:1 contrast, apart from oled these monitors have the best blacks and whites, making the colours pop even more. IPS panels are for people that want the best of both worlds and it's the most used technology right now on monitors, you can't go wrong with it, but be prepare to not have blacks, instead the darkest black is just a really dark grey, they have good colours and angles though. Really if you got money to burn buy an old TV with 55" that allows 120hz and hdmi 2.1, provided that your card accepts it. It has the best blacks, the best colours and still good refresh rate. Although you have to configure it in order to avoid burn in. Current monitor technologies are like a videogame characters, if you increase their magic they are crap at physical tasks and vice versa if you get what I mean.

@@marcelfernandezromero8905 i have a 55 inch TV already and the colors is so great and i have the benq ew277hdr 1080p monitor of course a matte glass and it is colors is bad honestly i don't know how to tell put the display looks like have a sand inside it and not have a smooth and crisp picture as the TV or the smart phones so i am confused wither i should remove the matte grale or not is it worth removing it ? I mean in colors and crisp..!

You removed the polarizer

@@Tonba1 yes I did and the funny think is if you ware polarized glasses you can see everything

Not all, some are polarized.

​@@1kWithoutContentbro, my monitor is polarized and i removed that layer, how can i fix it, can i find some polaried filter to replace it? DEL P2419H is the model! pleeeese help me, the screen keeps white all the time

@@arthurdinizcunha Yes hi there, I am sorry to hear that, in some matte screens if not all they come with the polarizer and matte filter combined, when you remove the polarizer the screen would show white light all the time, that's because the polarizer filters the colors, if you try to put the polarizer back again it will not look good, putting a new polarizer won't look good as well as it was because the polarizer is been put by the factory, if I were you then I would check the warranty or maybe just replace it, sorry that this happened to you, next time don't just listen to random information or tutorials on the internet.

Lol, I'm giving this a try, but I got hella monitors. I have 2 Dell P2214H monitors, so I'm trying on one, which was already not being used. I don't mind losing it, they've lasted me close to 10 years now.

Yes, don't use alcohol on plasitc parts...

bruh why tf are you using alcohol on unprotected screen?

Get rid of the whole laptop? Yeah, not suprised... Just joking :-) Thanks for watching!

You will see just plain white light instead of any picture, the polariser helps to make the picture what it is basically.

I believe it's to slightly loosen the edge from where we can start peeling off the AG coating. Also a tiny amount of water may get inside the AG coating layer and make it easy to gradually peel it off.

@@main_stream_media_is_a_joke nice explanation thx

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Did you remove the front plastic on the display panel?