Are there effective Anti-glare screens?

Question

I've got a laptop with a glossy screen, and have considered several so-called 'anti-glare' filters, since this glossy thing really gives me a headache. The one I tried might have protected the screen from scratches, (and I don't let a cat anywhere near my laptop anyway) but did little to reduce the glare.

I am aware of the near duplicate http://superuser.com/questions/29935/anti-glare-filter-for-glossy-laptop-screen , but my question is whether there are any such filters, not regarding specific models.

Clarification: My only standard of effectiveness is that I see only the image on the screen, and not my own reflection, or the neon lamp.

Answer 1

There are such filters - whether it is effective or not depends on YOUR standard of effectiveness.

Suffice to say, 99.9% of people find certain anti-glare filters effective (not naming brands or models!)

Answer 2

http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/

Try this it actually has helped my eyes a whole lot, since I spend a lot of time on the PC.

Tested on Linux and Windows and it's amazing, and free, even if it might not work for you particular scenerio, I would still give it a try.

Answer 3

Any anti-glare or anti-reflective screen will reduce the brightness and maybe the viewing angle of the display.

To answer another posting, yes there are some manufacturers that have stuck with or returned to matte finish LCD displays - some HP (ProBook), IBM/Lenovo, Toshiba and Dell models.

Someone else mentioned the there are disadvantages of matte screens. The only disadvantages are suggested by manufacturers' marketing people that images are not as sharp and colours are not as bright compared with a glossy screen. Would someone please explain the physics behind such a claim?

And finally - no manufacturer of HD television screens has made one in a glossy finish in an attempt to improve its colour and contrast over its competitors perhaps because it is simply untrue!

Mark

Answer 4

There once was a time laptops had anti-reflective screens. For one reason or the other, you can now only buy glossy ones. Very sad...

Update @Dynamic I: regrettably, I am serious. My laptop is perfectly anti-glare. When I bought it in 2007, it was the last of it's kind. Then, the industry made the transition to glossy displays en masse (the term CrystalBrite springs to mind). They told us the colors were much better. And so, we poor users have no choice than to buy displays resembling mirrors.

Answer 5

3M Privacy Screens work for this as well 3M Canada