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    Matte Screen

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ChickenSoda, Oct 15, 2008.

  1. ChickenSoda

    ChickenSoda Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm interested in the Sony FW298...but I wanna be ABSOLUTELY certain whether the Full HD screen is matte or glossy. So far, the only pictures I've seen of it are glossy :( Can someone confirm? If it's only available in glossy, I'm gonna be let down!
     
    ChickenSoda, Oct 15, 2008
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  2. Tony

    Tony Nissan ftw!

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    glossy
    no matte option
     
    Tony, Oct 15, 2008
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  3. ChickenSoda

    ChickenSoda Notebook Enthusiast

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    Bummer :(

    Apple failed me with their new glossy crap. Dell's workstation line doesn't have blu-ray drives. Looks like I'll be doing the waiting game a bit longer.
     
    ChickenSoda, Oct 15, 2008
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  4. Tony

    Tony Nissan ftw!

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    take a look at the lenovo t500
    I think it has matte screen and blu ray
     
    Tony, Oct 15, 2008
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  5. hmkim

    hmkim Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just buy a Nushield matte screen protector. My wife's Toshiba has a mirror-like screen and I bought a matte protector for her ($20). Now, the screen looks like a vintage matte Thinkpad screen!

    Personally, I don't mind glossy screens.
     
    hmkim, Oct 15, 2008
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  6. SPEEDwithJJ

    SPEEDwithJJ NBR Super Idiot

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    Yep. I've got matte screen protectors on both my SZs. I got them from the following link:

    www.navprotector.com
     
    SPEEDwithJJ, Oct 15, 2008
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  7. ChickenSoda

    ChickenSoda Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just tried configuring a T500. Anyone notice something funny?

    [​IMG]
     
    ChickenSoda, Oct 15, 2008
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  8. Lattice

    Lattice Notebook Evangelist

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    LOL $10,000 for an LED backlight!
     
    Lattice, Oct 15, 2008
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  9. Tony

    Tony Nissan ftw!

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    haha!
    i swear there's always something wrong with lenovo's cto page!
     
    Tony, Oct 15, 2008
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  10. goldenhk

    goldenhk Notebook Consultant

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    try ordering the LED and c if they really charge you $9999 :D
     
    goldenhk, Oct 15, 2008
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  11. forest_boy

    forest_boy Notebook Geek

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    The z uses a matte display and it also has a higher resolution than the MBP, which is 1600x900. You can also get this machine with bluray.
     
    forest_boy, Oct 16, 2008
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