Anti-Reflective vs. Anti-Glare

Does your laptop have those glossy anti-reflective screen overlays? Or are you looking into buying a new laptop and considering this feature? Remember that laptops are all-in-one machines, and unlike desktops you cannot just change monitors (or most other features like the form factor) when you’ve grown tired of your current one (unless you have the dough to shell out for a new laptop). So you’d better be sure what you’re getting is what you really want.

The argument for anti-reflective screens–or BrightView, ClearView, CrystalBrite, or whatever other marketing term–is essentially that images are more crisp and have better viewing angles. However, anti-reflective screens usually add a bit to a laptop’s price tag (though this is just minimal, at about $50 to $100, depending on the manufacturer). Also, they might give off more glare than the regular anti-glare screens.

Here’s a short article on bMonitors about what exactly it is that makes anti-reflective screens anti-reflective, and why you should opt for, or against, them.

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