Is there a particular reason why people LIKE glossy laptop screens?

Are their any 'advantages' other then glare and reflection?

I'm just asking, I want to know...

 

The color and contrast is better than a regular matte screen.

 

Better for gaming and watching movies. I think that they're great except when you gotta work in an environment that contains any overhead lighting or other glare-producing objects. Glossy screens offer more vivid colors as well as a "brighter" screen.

I have used both, and prefer matte...at least for my applications.

 

yes they are much brighter. thats why you see them more on entertainment notebooks than on biz machines

 

Yeah, I like them much better. If you watch movies, play games or do lots of reading/coding there really is no better option. It's MUCH easier on the eyes. Theres a link someplace on these forums in a sticky explaining the technology differences between the two.
However, most glossy screens i see on notebooks like Sony seem to have a really high reflectiveness. I don't notice much reflection on my MBP screen unless I'm in direct sunlight. Inside, theres no problem, unless you have something like a halogen light pointed directly at the screen.
They're not as good for graphic design professionals, but my graphic design work... definently isn't professional

 

Last time I used one (sony vaio) there was a window behind me and I could see the reflections of the stuff outside on the screen.

Ugh! I really don't like them, but I'd imagine my next machine will have one as by then I probably won't have a choice!

 

But if you get a decent glossy LCD windows and glare outside isnt a particular problem.

I find that mine has enough backlight that it overpowers most glare and so i dont have a problem.

However, although I love my glossy new screen...there is one drawback.

1) They are very hard to keep clean. Dust seems to draw to this thing like you wouldnt believe. And because it is glossy and shows all prints and streaks from any cloths etc...it's hard to get rid of dust. A good clean damp cloth fixes it...but gees....what a nuisance when your at uni and the screen is driving you mental.

 

How exactly is this an advantage?

If you want more brightness, then manufacturers must turn up the brightness, not brightness output, brightness ability...

Same with coloring... the more contrast you have, the better it looks.

My normal dell 2007wfp s-ips panel kill my glossy screen (Although the colors may be a tad better on the glossy screen, the dell is brighter). And my tv is brighter, but my tv has a cd:m brightness level of 400:1.

In the same way, this is why most crts are better then most lcds... the contrast ratio is so high...

I'm just trying to understand... So if it's glossy, and they had a glossy lcd with 1600:1 contrast and 400cdm brightness, and a non glossy of the same rank, the glossy would look better?

 

For me it actually produces less eye strain having a glossy screen over a matte. I use a matte screen laptop at work rom time to time and by the time I get home my eyes are very tired and even wearing my glasses doesn't help (which I don't need to do all the time).

 

I like my glossy a lot.

 

I've never owned a glossy screened laptop (or any glossy lcd for that matter), but every one I've ever used (I have several friends and co-workers with them, and I tend to be the office tech support), I can see my own reflection in, in addition to lighting and windows and stuff. It's extremely distracting. I hate looking at myself.
I know there are lots of people who like glossy screens, but there also seem to be a fair number of people who prefer matte and don't want a business laptop. I wish this was an option, rather than a standard feature. It could even be the default option, but having a choice for matte would be nice.
I will say though, the IBM's I've seen with glossy screens have the least reflectivity I've encountered. I'd gladly put up with that if they only had a 14" with a decent gpu in it...

 

I have NEC Versa P8100 with glossy screen and I like it so much as NEC's screen is as good as Fujitsu's. But for long time reading and typing, I prefer matte and love IBM T series with IPS Flexview.

 

You can't just "turn up" the brightness and contrast. There are physical limits. If you "turn up" the brightness of a matte LCD to the same level as a glossy one, you'd use a lot more battery power because you'd need a brighter backlight. Same with contrast. Your 2007WFP and your TV use an order of magnitude more power than your glossy LCD on your notebook.

And yes, the glossy would look better. The colors are richer and graphics seem sharper because there is less light diffusion from the screen, and the light reflected off the screen doesn't obscure the image.