Difference Between Anti Glare and Anti Static

[shedlight]

Hi,

I want to know what's the difference between anti glare and anti static. I just saw a HP LED monitor (HP LE1901w) which has "anti-glare and anti-static" feature.


On the other hand I also saw another HP monitor HP ZR2040w (LED - IPS) which is an IPS monitor and it supports only "anti-glare" feature.

Is IPS monitor itself has Anti static feature?

Is there any technical person who can solve this mystery


Regards

 

[MagicPants]

"Anti-static" sounds like a made up feature from some douchebag in the marketing department. Just like the 1,000,000 to 1 contrast ratios they are marketing these days.

Anti-glare means a matte finish. It's not inherent to IPS, but the two are usually paired together. The only glossy IPS screens I know of are Apple's Cinema displays. A good anti-glare coating will make the screen look like a flat sheet of white paper. But the trend these days is to go overboard and make the screen look like a sparkly, dirty mess. (HP is the worst offender)

They work by adding a sort of cloudy prismatic effect to the screen to make sure light doesn't bounce straight through(otherwise they would be glossy). Most people would be best off with a really light AR coating, just enough to break up reflected light.

A few years back, the industry made everything glossy. People complained and they've started making everything super-matte. People are complaining again, and they will probably go to a mirror finish(joke). But what they need to do is either settle in-between, or go glossy and then include an optional matte overlay.

 

[shedlight]

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