95 gamut matte finish = grainy?

I would like to ask the people who has the p150em with the matte finish.
My question is: does the p150em with matte finish has a grainy look?

I am asking this because I own 2 matte screens and both of them has a grainy looking filter to it. I also have added an example in the attachment so you can see what I mean. I know that not all matte screens have this issue because yesterday I saw the HP DV7 with 1080p matte screen and I have to say that this screen was really really beautiful. And I was like it gave a sort of peaceful feel to my eyes. Compared to all the laptops around that were glossy made me think that I may have chosen the wrong screen for my p150em.

I have ordered the p150em already with the glossy screen but it hasn't been build and sent yet. I am deciding if I have to switch from glossy to matte because, in my experience I find the matte finish to be less prone to dust, micro scratches and I read somewhere that it's healthier for your eyes because is causes less eye strain. I also read that it's better for designers because the colors are more neutral? Or was that an wider gamut issue?

And also does matte finish has a wider viewing angle or is it the other way around?

I will be using my laptop for 1/5 of the time at school.
most of the time I will designing: illustrator, photoshop, coding and a little after effects. Let's just say I make allot of 2d digital graphics and not for print.

I hope you guys can answer my question.
And thanks for reading!

 

It depends.
Also the answer would be way to complicated, better off checking it out yourself

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sag...-between-different-screen-options-photos.html

That should help you a lot, enjoy !

 

thanks jaug i just read the whole thread but it didn't say anything about the 95 gamut matte screen having a grainy look. Except that most matte screens looks grainy but nobody confirmed it yet for the 95 gamut screen.

I also read that there is some kind of red ghosting effect on the 95 matte version. Now i really dont know what to get...

 

Don't get confused the red ghosting effect was a old problem with a bad batch of screens, it has been fixed now

Also, regarding the 95 Gamut... yeah I can't to much but linking you to a thread as I have neither, but I can tell you that if you calibrate the screen there shouldn't be this problem.

Do keep in mind that this matter is (maybe) available on the Gamut matte screens. I haven't noticed this, but I didn't really look for this when I had both screens in front of me (and it's been a while).

- but I'm pretty sure that calibrating the Gamut matte screen, should fix a lot! There's a reason all the professionals calibrate their screens.

 

Well that's great news and thanks for your reply
I am definitely gonna calibrate the screen.

Now I just need a confirmation from a p150em user with the 95 gamut screen with matte finish that can tell me that the screen doesn't look grainy.

As that is my main question. This grainy effect is also called rainbow effect, haze and speckles. It's mostly noticeable at a white background.

Is there really no one who can just tell me that the screen doesn't have this issue?

At panelook.com it does say that the screen has a Antiglare (Haze 42%) on the B156HW01 V4. But I would really like to know from an user who has this screen.

 

Thank you very much for the link

 

Hi wingman4ever,
I'm also considering this screen upgrade for my P150 and for the same reasons you said on the first post, but after reading your feedback I feel a little scared that I might be disappointed...
Please give further feedback if you managed to fix the problem and how.

Thank you,
Best Regards to all

 

Isn't the grainy look on matte displays pretty common, mostly when viewing something with the color white?

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no its not grainy, looks great especially when you set it high brightness.

 

I have had glossy on my old Acer and now I got Matte 60% gamut on my current machine.

Matte is great! Yes, to some degree, it might seem a little grainy, but that can hardly be noticed. You can only see it on light colors if you really look.

 

Those other matte screens are probably trash compared to this. Given this board's reputation for fear mongering (first loud fans, then keyboard ghosting, then a marketwide 7970m recall, and that's just since the EM's came out), if there was anything wrong with them it would be all over the place.

Old problem fixed long ago. Just get screen calibration and be happy.

 

Are your matte screens older? The new breed do not suffer from that issue of graininess to the extent that the legacy technology did, as you saw with the DV7.

 

Unfortunately there's no way to say for sure, because it really is up to the individual. What some people see as grainy, other see as fine. All matte screens scatter the light from the pixels a bit, that is just how it works with their coating. How much depends on the particular screen, some are more or less aggressive. At what level an individual finds it grainy though can't be estimated, you just have to see yourself.

For example some people seem to hate all matte displays. I've seen people whine that the NEC PA series are "grainy" and they have some of the best matte coatings out there (as you'd expect from $1000+ monitors). A number of people seem to have issues with Dell's U series monitors, but I find them to be fine. However Lenovo's X220, I find that thing grainy.