Is the bezel matte or shiny? And is the screen highly reflective or not too bad? I have a bright living room.
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The bezel is neither. The bezel has a bumpy finish on top of a shiny finish. The net effect is that the bezel has a bit of a shine to it without being a finger print magent and doesn't have distracting glare. The screen itself has a slightly matte finish. The screen is glossier than the 6 year old Sharp Aquos it replaced, but it's not super glossly like some Samsung displays I've seen in the past. My viewing area has windows and lamps and the glare hasn't been distracting. Viewing TVs in a showroom, the finish on this screen is just like all other TVs offered at this time. I was concerned about this myself and I am happy with the finish on the screen. The picture still pops even though it doesn't have a super glossy screen.
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Thanks everyone--I really appreciate your answering! A matte screen is a must have for me and they are getting very hard to find! Can't understand the attraction to those shiny reflective screens! You all have been very helpful!
2025969
It's matte. There's no glare. I have had mine for about 4 or 5 months now and it works awesome. Side viewing is excellent. For the money there is no better monitor out there at this time. The only weak point is the monitor speakers, but I know of no monitor speakers that sound any good. I use my own speaker system. This monitor performs very well in all types of different lighting.
909308
Great question, I own two of them and they are matte. Works as well as you can expect in a Sunlit room. Works even better when used facing a darker seating area with light coming from rear of monitor - instead of on the screen itself. Screen lighting option lets you tune screen for best view.
695336
The screen is glossy, however it's also ridiculously bright, so for most applications the lack of anti-glare is a non-issue. I haven't tested it outdoors, but I imagine that would be the one area you might have a problem.
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It's definitely glossy and reflective, but I wouldn't say that there's any more glare than the original screen by itself. It's really quite unnoticeable. Unless maybe your screen brightness is all the way down and you're out in direct sunlight at noon, but then there's always the viewfinder.
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"Glossy as they get!" It is a very sharp and clear screen, nice. I have had mine for awhile now (AUG. 2011) without any problems. Bed & Bath stores use these throughout their stores for information displays, so they must last!
1287330
It is more of a matte vs glossy. Background reflection is minimal. Is a good monitor.
1398250
It is glossy. I think the brighter the picture needs a glossy screen, it reflected so bad though I returned it. However, I bought a Samsung and its gloss screen is just about as bad, even though both have great pictures.
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Not overly glossy at all, my main screen faces my ceiling fan directly and i have no glare issues from it on the screen itself, whereas i can see each bulb on the fan on the much more glossy bezel. I have no glare issues at all with it.
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I bought six of them and connected them to a single PC. The screens are not glossy and I get absolutely not light reflection. It's more of a satin finish on the outer part of the screen. I hope this answers your question.
1778320
I am not certain if it is Matte or Glossy. I can tell you that we have ours mounted on the wall in our bedroom, and when the main light is on, it does have a glare on the screen that can make it difficult to see. Once we turn down the light, or turn it off and use a lamp, the picture is excellent.
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It is matte and such a great, bright screen without any glare. I love it. M R
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I would like to know this too. Is the screen excessively glossy? I know on some of the higher end ones they make the display very shiny which is incredibly annoying if you have even a dimly lit room. This set is priced in the middle range so I'm wondering how the gloss on the screen is. It's so hard to tell in the stores because they have the screens in a dark area and angled just so.
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I would say it is a matte finish. I have it in my family room with a sliding glass door and I do not have any problems with glare or reflection. Colors and picture are beautiful and sharp. I normally sit directly in front, but have sat to the side at 30+ degrees and picture is still excellent.
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The "glare" (or reflection) is pretty minimal unless the room you're viewing it in is super-bright (as in tons of artificial lighting) or extremely sunny (as in a wall of windows with direct sunlight coming through it). Otherwise it's not a big deal. You can deal with it simply enough by adjusting the screen brightness in the display menu, or pull the curtains or shades closed. Considering the quality of the picture and the price it's no big deal to live with.
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It has a shiny finish however I dont think I would enjoy a tv with a matted screen at all. I would move my tv into a room with less windows or buy some drapes. This tv kicks ass. Everything else is the problem, not the tv!!!