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Why do most tv has glossy shine when lights exist? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 4 months ago by thezeesystem@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I have a nice 50' 4k tv and it reflects every light that's around it. Have to watch it in pitch black because of it.

Why don't TV's are built for non-reflective non-glossy screen? Does making it really shiny make the images better or something? Why do most tv's have it really glossy?

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[–] Overspark@piefed.social 37 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The massively oversimplified explanation is that more reflective coatings give a better image quality as long as you don't have reflections. Matte coatings dull the colours of the image a bit and make it a bit less sharp.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

reflective coatings give a better image quality

Respectfully disagree.

It is the technical value for "contrast" that is better, but I would never go as far as calling that "image quality".

[–] Overspark@piefed.social 11 points 4 months ago

Matte coatings interfere with more than just contrast, they often look a little more blurry as well in my experience. But yeah, the "massively oversimplified" was there for a reason 😆.

[–] thezeesystem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That makes sense. If I could get a matt one I would as the colors and how vibrant they are, are not really a priority for me. But this makes a ton of sense thank you