film to make your matte screen glossy.... false?

i heard that there was a film/removable screen cover to make your matte screen glossy... true? false? how different is the quality?

i say false... even if their was, the risk of breaking your screen would be very high.

I doubt it would be any good even if it existed - you can't "undo" what the matte screen does to the picture, so you just end up with a shiny version of the matte screen ouput - i.e. you wouldn't get the advantages of having a glossy screen.

Matt screen to glossy screen

Yes, Virginia, there IS such a film. It's easily and cheaply available on eBay, and sticks to the matte screen by static electricity, so can be removed easily. (It leaves no residue whatsoever.)

I have used it on my Toshiba (Horrors!) L300 matte screen, and it actually DID give the screen all the zip and contrast of a glossy screen. I loved it!

but:

Your screen needs to be LITERALLY SPOTLESS when you apply it, as the smallest speck of dust will cause a visible "bubble" to appear, and you need to "squeegee out" air bubbles as you apply it for the same reason. Not only that, a tiny speck of dust will cause its little bubble to expand around it as it gradually pushes the gloss film away from the screen over a few days.

While I loved the effect, after two attempts, with a new film each time, and scrupulously cleaning the screen each time, the imperfections caused by missed air bubbles and dust specks annoyed me more than the matte screen did, so I took it off (again) and left it off.

But if you have access to a scientific "clean room" and antistatic cleaning fluid and gloves, I recommend trying it... It DOES work!

Mike

I find it interesting that someone with a matte screen was a glossy screen, when people with glossy screens want a matte screen. >_>"