monitors with glass/perspex over the lcd screen...

icehot · 15 Jan 2008 at 15:04

Hey yea,

Ive seen monitors around with something that is either glass or perspex covering the lcd screen.

What do you look for when buying a monitor that has this or is it something you add on?

Dont mean to be slightly vague, thanks for any help,
Sean.

icehot · 16 Jan 2008 at 00:13

anyone please

Hamster · 16 Jan 2008 at 02:50

IIRC NEC and Sony used to do monitors like that. Not sure if they do anymore.

HTH

icehot · 16 Jan 2008 at 10:24

Marmoset said:
IIRC NEC and Sony used to do monitors like that. Not sure if they do anymore.

HTH

thanks mate.

Sean.

icehot · 16 Jan 2008 at 11:04

got it,

its called 'Hard Glass'.

gpl · 16 Jan 2008 at 11:27

Xerox and HP monitors.
very good.
I would not buy a monitor without a glass front.
Just check on the glare from the glass to see if it upsets you.

Clarkey · 16 Jan 2008 at 11:43

the ones they had at uni (ag neovo iirc) had this, bloody awful if you ask me.

Superficial · 16 Jan 2008 at 12:46

im told that GNR are a sturdy brand that offer this also

Alex R · 16 Jan 2008 at 13:53

As has been said HP monitors have them. Excellent as far I'm concerned - as long as you don't have a window or light source directly behind you.

waso_dude · 16 Jan 2008 at 15:08

Best bet is to look at the education sector

We use them at work - School.

They are crap if you want to use for anything tbh but are good if you need the protection

Alex R · 16 Jan 2008 at 16:27

waso_dude said:
Best bet is to look at the education sector

We use them at work - School.

They are crap if you want to use for anything tbh but are good if you need the protection

Well, at home, playing games, my HP W2207H delivers noticeably better colours, blacks and general screen experience than any of the other 22" screens I looked at.

My Samsung TV also has it and also delivers a much better image than any of the others I looked at.

All IMHO, but crap is strong language

Bane · 24 Mar 2008 at 13:09

Asus have a new listing on their website for a 20" LS201 that lists 9H hardness glass, Anti-reflection <2%.

Liked the look of it before I noticed it uses a larger dot pitch of 0.291mm, and is limited to SXGA+ 1400x1050 resolution. Take it this is not widescreen?

platinum87 · 24 Mar 2008 at 15:13

Alex R said:
but crap is strong language

dont be silly

Loko · 26 Mar 2008 at 13:07

I do agree that is rather silly.

Back to the screens though. I had a NEC LCD20WGX2 which had Opticlear cover on it. Though it made for very deep blacks it was reflective and could make the screen glare quite bad.
It didn't bother me very much becuase I mostly used the screen in a darkish room, but if your monitor is opposite a window it may drive you bananas.

Kanifee · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:40

I have seen these, the ones i looked at had a pink tint to combat the glare

Delvis · 27 Mar 2008 at 15:38

Our Xerox ones at work have a casing over the screen, good as it stops finger prints getting all over it. Seem to work fine, obviously we don't sit there playing games on them though...We've ran a few demos on a few machines and I've never noticed anything out of the ordinary.

I believe the model number is XAP 172i, a few years old now though.