Matte vs Glossy Monitor - Laptop Screen Comparison - Which one to choose? 

I prefer matte for all activy because when i use glossy there are so many shadow in the screen and that distract me

@J Hamm you can get reflections indoors too. I found that with a small smartphone screen it's easy to hold it in a way it won't reflect but with big laptop screens any angle will reflect. You can't avoid it.

You can always buy an external matte screen cover

@@kasperavi it's never as good as a decent matte coating

Nah, even for entertainment, I prefer matte. Because I don't have any reflections to annoy or distract me. That way, I can focus much, much better.

Thank you!!

Thanks a lot! I'm glad you like it! :)

I'm glad! I will make more on the similar topic moving forward! The vs topic I mean! :)

Cool, I'm glad you like it! I also just published a video on screen brightness but there's not too much new info in it if you already saw this one.

I've really been thinking so much about this. It's hard to give a definite answer but I'm going my best!

not sure if anyone cares but if you guys are bored like me during the covid times then you can watch pretty much all the latest movies and series on InstaFlixxer. Have been streaming with my brother for the last few weeks xD

That's cool! I've actually never used those anti glare treated ones. But a few people have said it works really well! :)

omg

which product is it?

I'm glad you like it! This took a lot of prep!

Thanks a lot! :)

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that!

It's really a lot of preference! Right now I'm using glossy almost all of the time.

Yep thats true but i have the reflection so i have pick matte.

Thanks a lot!!

Thank you!

This is actually the flexibility that I am hoping to get for my next laptop. I have ordered a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro which has a very nice 2880x1800 glossy screen. However, I am not sure if I can find a anti-reflective screen protector with the 16:10 aspect ratio. That is if I ever get the delivery of that elusive laptop with an unknown delivery date.

Interesting! Thanks for this input! I'm gonna try this out at some point!

I will be getting my slim 7 pro tomorrow! Exciting times ahead!

@@frilans5974 hi, did you got your laptop already ? How it has been ?

That why I love glossy screen. But sadly, most of laptop in market nowaday sells laptop with matte screen. It's hard to find glossy screen

It's true. I spent A LOT of time thinking about this.

I also use glossy in my everyday machine. But I think matte is better in most ways.

Thanks! I'm using an alpha 6400 with a sigma 14mm 1,4 :)

Perfect! Thanks once again for everything! Take care!

Interesting! I'm usually not having that problem. It's good to hear different opinions though!

This is why phones and pretty much most devices (besides monitors) use glossy screens. I agree. After all the entire point of the coating is light diffusal.

Phones are like 1000nits tho.

@@Ruptured_AU Not all of them. And TVs. There are tvs with sub 300-250 nits of brightness that are still glossy or actual semi gloss. There aren't any TVs on the market now I can think of that have the ugly disgusting and cheap plastic "matte" coating monitors have on them. Because if someone put that on a TV they'd be laughed at because it destroys image quality and clarity. What is even more sad if you look at say, Rtings, and compare the glare handling of a glossy screen with a high quality proper anti reflective coating (like the new lg oled tvs) and compare it to pretty much any pc monitor it's better. So the nasty plastic "matte" layer isn't even necessary to fight glare.

@@vgamedude12 interesting. Wonder if there is some anti reflection coating I can use put on myself to improve the gloss screen in daylight.

Imo the screens on mac and huawei are very similar. Bright enough to not get disturbed by the glossy finish! Thanks a lot!

😂 yep me too. I'll develop glaucoma like my brother with glossy. Matte is the best

Good to hear this!! :D

If you're already pouring that kind of money into those specs then I would get the UHD+ touch screen instead. You can adjust the resolution in the display settings (I'm sure you can turn the touch screen on or off too), allowing you to switch between resolutions instead of being locked into one. This also opens you up to 4K content for the occasional YT or Netflix streaming. And since you're going to be indoors most of the time, you'll be closer to an outlet. As for mobility, you can always bring an external battery and/or change your settings to a lower resolution to save battery life while on the go. If battery life is still a concern I would look into 'debloating' windows 11 (ie. turning off animations, uninstalling unused programs, etc.) to add some juice to your usage. And if it still doesn't work out, you can exchange it for the other version and find out for yourself.

@@kobi2822 Thanks for the input. You mentioned a few things I was not aware of. Much appreciated, the reply and the excellent original video above! I have a follow up question if you can: I just watched a review describing updates to Windows 11 from Windows 10, and one of them may be especially relevant to my choice here. Windows 11 apparently has greatly increased the number of gesture features usable on a touch screen (Various finger combinations, swipes, palms...). If I don't get a touchscreen, and one is not available on the XPS FHP+ screens, then either those same new gestures would work on the trackpad, or I just wouldn't be able to use them. Do you know, are the new Windows 11 gestures also usable on the Dell trackpad?

Unfortunately glossy based gaming laptops are quite rare. I think your best bet would be a gigabyte aero 16 with a 4k OLED display and a 100w rtx 3070ti and i7 12700h. Its actually reasonably priced for what it packs coming in at around $1300ish. Battery life would likely hover around the 6hr mark since intel is not very efficient. Either that or the gigabyte aero 5 with the same display but higher TDP rtx 3070ti. There is no touch option on these laptops. I would recommend no touch screen laptop since its just a useless feature. You could go with the vivobook pro 16 that has a 5800h and a 144hz OLED display. Unfortunately it only has a 50w rtx 3050 which has about the same performance as a rx590. But its an okay-ish option for 1080p. Otherwise you're gonna have to settle for a crap matte display. Even the 100% srgb ones don't look that great. Matte literally distorts colors so that 100% srgb isn't very accurate. I would say your best bet is the asus rog strix amd advantage. Has a 100% srgb QHD 165hz display and a rx6800m with a 5900hx. This QHD model gets about 8 hours of battery. The FHD one gets about 10hr of battery life. If you can settle for replaceable batteries, I'd highly suggest the $550 gigabyte g5 with a 85w rtx 3050ti (Basically a 4gb version of the desktop rtx 3050 in performance) or the $800 gigabyte g5 with a 130w rtx 3060 (basically a 6gb version of the desktop 3060 in performance). The 3060 will shred 1080p gaming. The battery life on 1 battery is about 4 hours, but it has swappable batteries, so just buy 2 batteries and you can easily swap out batteries.

Which one and which spec? :P

For sure. Just get a qhd screen and it's perfectly crisp.

That is always specified with the monitor info. Check for 350 or more for outdoor use.

I have the same question!

u use screen protector?

@@munyenyo7534 no it came with acer matte screen

I would get prestige 15. Great cpu and gpu at incredible weight. Hard to beat! Extra ssd as well! :)

@@w2best what do you think about fhd or 4k in msi prestige 15?

@@user-sj7dp6bm6h 4k draws a lot of battery but if battery life is not your main concern I think the 4k could be great in 15"!

I mentioned it both in my unboxing and my review video. There is a bit of backlight bleed but it's only visibile if you are in a dark environment with a dark screen. For me it hasn't been a problem so far!

@@w2best I'm sorry I have missed that part. Thank you so much for answering. Btw, love your great videos.

I totally agree with you. I have the exact same issue while using matte screen laptop. As for now, I’m thinking of getting a gloss screen laptop and sell my matte screen ones away

@@livelovelaugh.7867 Cant we just change a matte display to glossy one in the same laptop}?

@@LKArya-bo5jk We can but it will no longer be original and I am afraid that the display colour may no longer be accurate. Plus, it might also void the warranty that comes with it.

You know theres a chrome extension that enables all websites to be in dark mode/theme? Its called Dark Reader.

Yes u should actually. As a user of matte screen guard on glossy screen it works good enough

I would agree with this. It's me premium but also annoying sometimes!

Who cares if it looks more premium

Vaio! I have had 3 Sony Vaio over the years! They have been amazing! :) Prestige also seems amazing! Have you tried a 400n glossy though? It's pretty nice! :)

Many years ago I discovered that a Dell that I was planning to buy, and which unfortunately had a GLOSSY screen (the only serious flaw I could find), was such simply because its INTRINSICALLY MATTE screen was covered with a transparent plastic sheet! But I'm talking about ten years ago, today I don't know how things are. Anyway, I gave up the purchase and got instead a very good Asus N56VZ with a matte screen, which is still serving me well and which has a very good and very readable IPS display.

at the expense of what though? battery life?

​@@butterflymoon6368mini led screens in yoga pro 9i is about 1400 nits of brightness I believe. Gloss over matte any days. Especially if you have a good display. Otherwise you have wasted your oled or 3k screen with matte.

It seems lovely! I wish it had some more ports too! :)

No to my knowledge that's not possible!

Me watching this for same, I want to buy asus vivobook s14 oled but all varients come in glossy finish which I don't want. I prefer matt finish.

@@piyushsingh7203 Why ruin the oled screen with matte? Matte literally degrades visual quality

They did but putting OLED is very much a better decision than using the crap matte coating seen everywhere.

@@siyzerix it's been more than 2 months using this laptop and yes glossy is better than matt in oled screens, the display in this laptop is very impressive.

@@piyushsingh7203 I've literally been using an oled laptop for the past few days and boy oh boy is it a nice step up from my old laptop's matte display. Sadly gaming laptops really don't give us oled options. Would be awesome to play games on it. Not everyone plays RDR2 at 120fps. High refresh rate is just needed for esports titles and even then if you're actually playing competitively. Making a display just for 1 specific type of game is dumb. You leave out racing game (which are absolutely fine with 60fps), AAA titles, combat games (like dark souls, etc.), etc. An OLED 60hz panel would be way better suited to gaming and media consumption than matte panels.

Which laptop u purchased and suggest for me in both?

@@Dr.Ankur_Bhatnagar i purchased without GPU version of asus 512 gb and 16 gb oled in 62k iNRand its working fine ..good display and 6 hours of backup on 60% brightness.. i am not a gamer or currently not edit videos too.. it is sufficient enough for a normal use ...and there is no need to edit videos on 4k or higher resolution until your content has a demand for it.. for normal editing its good

i got the glossy and really ruin my eyes just for 20-40 min watching it,is really dangerous

Almost every Lenovo laptop today still comes with a matte screen

@@halffacedsinger but if you select a touch screen option then is glossy..

Its the other way around. Most laptops still use matte. Only now are some using OLED and I say its a welcome change. For example, find me a proper gaming laptop with a glossy panel. They're almost non existent.

I know the feeling, I can't stand glossy screens. The semi gloss TV I used as a display for 8 years was somewhat bearable but the gloss Microsoft Surface I have is awful. It's really hard to find a suitable screen for my HTPC setup where I do a lot of browsing and some work as well as consuming content and playing games. Matte is a good compromise, I don't really care if the image 'pops' less, it still looks damn good and doesn't have the awful reflections. After putting off upgrading my TV for years because everything was gloss I finally gave in and bought a large format OLED monitor. Unfortunately it was overpriced (I suspect due to a combination of low volume and not selling their soul to advertisers like smart TVs do), has much less control over the image and various settings and the support is absolutely abysmal compared to other panels using the exact same screen as a base. Still, I'm loving it.

@@BriBCG The issue with matte is with glossy you cannot use a matte screen protector. But with glossy panels you can. You can just use a matte screen protector to make a glossy panel matte.

I think there is! But I've never used it. People have been writing about it in the comments

A matte screen guard which provides good friction with stylus writing Nd reduction in reflection outside. It's good .

No I've never used that but I'm sure you can find it on amazon :)

I personally think 400 nits is pretty spot on for a glossy display :D

Me too

E15 has 250n brightness i believe! That's very hard to work with. Get at least 350n! Both in matte and glossy!

2 in 1 i actually don't know any! I will look out for it though. It doesn't seem impossible that it could exist!

​@@w2best As far as i know the only manufacturer that has this tech is Lenovo - check out X1 Yoga 6 FHD, should thick all the boxes (matte, touchscreen, 2 in 1)

I would say it is! :) But it depends how much you need to use it outdoors...

I wouldn't go tn except if you know it's got really good viewing angles. Ips is a lot better in general

In some way I would say yes. Mainly because a matte screen allows you to run it on lower brightness and therefor putting less strain on the eyes and less strain on the battery. :)

@Marrick-Mutya: When you’re looking at the computer-screen and you’re fighting to see the image [that is] on the computer-screen because all you can see is your reflection or the predominant thing you can see is your reflection, you will be forcing your eyesight & struggling to see an image (in this case the computer-screen’s image). Therefore/Thereby, causing eye-strain.

I owned matebook 14 4800H and their product line suffers from backlight bleeding. The repair shop tried 5 different panels but all came with horrible backlight bleeding. In the end i asked for refund and placed an order of Lenovo yoga slim 7 pro 5800H and hoping for the best.

@@johnmase924 thank you sir,, Now are my choices are: matebook 14 amd 4600 - lenovo yoga c740 i5 10210 ,, i will use it for office word and pdf and search content docs and browsing .. so can you help me please

My Matebook 14 is not very bad when it comes to backlight bleed. But some units seems to be really bad! I would really not go for c740! I'm gonna try yoga slim 7 pro next week and see how it fares! :)

@@w2best you are the best 🥇 .. I wish you make more videos 🌹🌹🌹

@@elsayedazab6 i wish so too, but i have to work on my agency too! So i do my best to put out a video per week. :)

I think 45% ntsc is a little too low. I would strive to find a 72% option! :)

@@w2best I don't have enough budget(my budget 50k INR) , these two laptops are hp 14s and 15s plz tell me between these two 1 or 2 . It will be very helpful for me

Slim 7 pro is much brighter. Ideapad 5 pro too. Check them out :)

That's hard but you can add a matter screen protector to it! :)

@@w2best thanks👍

I'm not sure! I've used my Dell Inspiron 15 with matte screen for 2 years now. No wear and tear at all! But it could probably happen if you're not careful!

@@w2best okay thank you boss

@@w2best Me too, i have a Dell Inspiron 15 matte screen

I don't think many people are as photosensitive as you. Have you tried blue blockers or light sunglasses while viewing?

Ok u got a disability no need to write a eesay

yeah its because creatives need color accuracy and programmers care about productivity/function for just reading basically

because creatives look at vibrant images and programmers look at a white screen all day