We need untextured glossy gaming displays. Matte screens suck now. 🤣

Finally! I have been thinking the same about glossy vs anti-glare for years. I was beginning to think I was nuts and it was only me that preferred glossy panels. It made no sense to me that all the devices mobile enough to take outside in the sun had glossy panels but then the giant monitor that you set up indoors in a room that you normally have some level of control over has a frosty layer over it to "protect you from reflections"! 🤦🏻🤷🏻

I just wish companies would finally get over the extreme and quite cringy ''gaming'' designs with RGB's flying everywhere and random thick ugly corners, hexagons and the most bizarre-looking choices in every aspect of trying to look ''cool''. And start to make PC's, laptops, monitor's, keyboards and mouses with minimalist and sleek designs but the same specs as ''gaming'' products.

I've owned the 1080p Sony 3D Display for the last 10 years and to this day i would tell you that the image quality is superior over many monitors and I'm just now realizing it's because of it's "mirror like" finish. It truly does make the image so much crisper with better colors

Totally agree @Dave2D! I don’t understand why good, glossy monitors are so hard to find. That gloss indeed makes a huge difference with text and colors! Just imagine an LG OLED with a matte screen.

I need that glossy display, like, right now! It's so cool and refreshing to finally see a modern non-Apple glossy monitor. Say what you will about Eve and their business practices, but at least they're trying to shake up the monitor market with some much needed innovation.

I've had glossy monitors, and though it looks incredible at first glance... _it drives you crazy after a while._ You can't open the blinds, you can't have variable lighting in the room, and you'll hate your own reflection after a week. There's good reason most of them are matte.

The level of time and detail Dave puts into how he shoots his videos is unmatched in his genre of content creation. The way the monitor colors match his shirt is so cool! I LOVE his work!

I was trying to figure out what I was missing when I switched from a 27" iMac to Mac Mini with external panel - I think this is it! Going from glossy to matte panel. I didn't realize I'd miss the sharpness of glass so much.

I've thought about this constantly, especially whenever I use an Apple display with a glossy glass screen. If Eve produces these I'd buy two!

THANK YOU for speaking out on this issue! I cannot believe this has not been addressed yet by high tech companies. Get on it LG!

I had an HP Pavilion x360 for a few years leading up to the end of 2020. I always loved that screen. It had touchscreen capabilities, so because of that, it had a glossy finish. I never even used the touchscreen, because I didn't want to get finger prints all over my display. I had never seen a laptop screen like that before, and I loved it. Then, at the end of 2020, I bought the HP Omen, which was my first Gaming Laptop, and gave my Pavilion to my mother, and while I still have, and love my HP Omen, I am, to this day, jealous that she has that glossy screen. Like you said in the video, it just looked amazing. It made everything just look incredibly clean, and sleek. I would LOVE to get a Gaming Laptop with a glossy screen. Anyway, great video!

I always believed my laptop had a beautiful glossy screen and a monitor with a glossy screen is 100% worth having to deal with reflections. The contrast, colors, sharpness, it's visually superior in so many ways.

A glossy panel with the anti glare coating of a modern LG Oled would be nice. Its amazing how much it removes reflections without butchering the image

I had one of those matte screen MacBook Pros from back in the day and thought I couldn't live without it... but when I switched to that glossy Retina one I didn't even care. That crispness was soooo worth it.

I love the glossy ones.

I have searched so long for a glossy display. It was so harsh to find some, had to settle for a matte display... Thank you so much for shedding light on this topic.

Wow that's cool. I instantly saw a potential for a market for custom monitors and TV where you define a preference to the coating at purchase to suit you environment. Thanks for the video.

Amazing, honest, high quality review alongside good criticism and advice, you sir just earned my subscription. Thanks a lot.

I feel like I had a glossy screen from HP back in the day (2010-ish), and while it wasn't the best monitor, the colors certainly popped.

I remember for a long time looking for a 4k monitor with a glossy screen for a long time. The only options were some apple computers or removing the matte film over the matte monitor. Glad someone has finally made one after all this time. I never understood why no one made the glossy 4k monitors.

I removed the coating of a Lenovo L24q-10 monitor in 2018, since i did the same osservation Dave did in this video and because no glossy monitor are produced anymore. The result to me was like to switch to a retina monitor or a Oled monitor. Blacks on this ips became way more deeper and contrast very delightful. I hope in future they will do glossy monitor again.

100% Agree with Dave. I pretty much preffer to deal with some reflexes for a much better overal image quality

Fully agree. My old 27" Apple Cinema display has so much better image quality to my eye, than my Asus ROG 32" ultrawide matte display

I've been waiting for this to happen for a while, I hope glossy screens pick up steam and become popular on desktop monitors!

i was thinking the same a couple of days ago. Indeed , it would be nice to have the option for this!!

This is still the best intro across UKposts tech Community. Thanks Dave! I look forward to seeing it more.

Totally agree. I remember like 10-15 years ago a friend of mine bought a Dell XPS AIO and it had a glass screen on it, my god the colours looked so much more intense and vivid, particularly in gaming, and in RTS type games it even made the units look like they had a bit of depth to them, even though obviously they didn't as it wasn't a 3D screen.

When I saw the two monitors side by side, I thought Eve just figured out to have the best of two worlds: an anti-glare layer that can be switched on and off. You know, like one of those new crazy public bathroom cover glasses that turn into frosted glass when you locked the door. But they kinda just figured out a gaming monitor with more mobile device-like screen? I mean, it's still crazy that industry didn't think of this before but this is realization, not innovation

This is the exact reason that I always prefer to watch shows and movies on my TV vs my monitor, even though both support native 4K HDR. Can't beat the clarity of the gloss!

That's the reason why I bought the 4K Razer 15 Advanced. I turned off touch inputs so now I only enjoy the glossy finish on this great panel!

Thank god a company is finally even entertaining this idea! I'm an artist and designer, I'd fork over a few paychecks for a non-apple, gloss monitor with a good refresh rate and resolution so I could game AND work without compromise. I hope Eve does make this and follows through on the delivery. This is something I'd buy in a heartbeat.

Fun Fact: The “Base Model” Steam Deck has a Glossy Screen and some have mentioned it has a significantly better image quality than the 512gb “Anti-Glare” version.

This is what i wanted since (i think) 2012 when i bought my first high-end rgb-led dell display. At that time only the Apple cinema display was an option for 4k if you wanted glossy finish, but i didnt feel it was worth it at the time due to the high price and the fact that it wouldnt give me the full native resolution on a PC. I love that the companies finally thought about dropping the annoying anti-glare coatings.

I have been saying this for YEARS! I am so happy that there is someone with some voice finally getting behind this.

I love my MacBook Pro and OLED TV’s super glossy finish. Always wondered why gaming specific monitors were matte. Makes sense for productivity and in offices but not for gaming.

Finally somebody said it! I always wanted a glossy 4k display but no one ever sold them at a reasonable price.

I too have always preferred glossy finish vs Matt on my monitors but sadly it's rarely an option. What I did to my old screen was apply a layer of ceramic car coating on top and it made a difference. Not completely glossy but better for sure. You can give it a shot and if you are scared of applying a permanent coating try a SiO2 sealant like Reload from Carpro or similar

Currently watching this on my matte Eve Spectrum and I'm obsessed with my experience

I spent a small fortune on gaming monitors over the past year, and now I want them all in glossy finish. Thanks Dave!

I'm def interested in a glossy panel (Damn the Spectrum looks so good on a desk). Can't wait for those 4k 165hz panels in 2022. Been holding out for a long time for a monitor that's no compromise with regard to my preferred specs.

I asked for this a year ago in your server and you finally do it. congrats

It makes colors pop so much. Like a TV vs like a competition IPS panel. I have 3 MSI competition panels and they aren’t greatest on color but I think that gloss could really make them feel a little more vibrant

Thought Dave was about to unveil the first OLED monitor… oh well, glossy monitors are still pretty awesome especially on phones

Finally…. Finally…. I was searching for this one last year but couldn’t find single monitor that had glossy panel and high refresh rate. At one point I was planning to buy Apple Max monitor with glossy panel one.

I recently purchased a Dell S2721DGF and after a month, I realized how much I love my iMac 5k 27in 2020's untextured screen. Despite having similar sRGB and Adobe RGB coverage, texts and colors simply pop out nicer on my iMac. The matte finish on the Dell mutes the colors a bit, similar to Dave's comparison here between the 2 Eve monitors. Really the only thing it's missing is a high refresh rate, so hopefully someone would come out with a 1440p/4k display with an untextured screen soon.

One of the reasons I still LOVE high resolution CRT screens is because of the glass screen. It seems like a small detail but the richness and "wetness" it gives to images is amazing, including the deep blacks and no halos. These are the exact details I want in modern gaming displays. Just give me the option, even if its not the most common unit.

YES!!!! I remember my first LCD monitor. A Sony 4:3 LCD from 2005, it had a glossy screen, it was the best! But sadly was never able to find a modern replacement. This is one of the reasons why my old iMac has super bright colors... glossy goodness!

Same happened with me when I bought LG C1 for my pc. HDR looks amazing on glossy display. Can’t go back to matte screen now.

I remember to use the Dell S23 Monitor with a Glossy screen. I really liked it but as a Gamer and a Graphic Designer. I badly want the faster refresh and better response time so I gave up on my old monitor. I hope brands would think about this soon. I really like a glossly monitor for a better color and visual experience.

Yo, THANK YOU! I’ve specifically been looking for glossy monitors for this exact reason! I’m developer so I just want really sharp and crispy text… I don’t care about refresh rate and whatnot so much! Sad there’s barely any options for this market.

One of my first monitors I got like 10 years ago had a glass screen. The colors were much much deeper than my brothers matte finish monitor. Didn’t realize it wasn’t as common still.

We used to have glossy options around the change from CRT to TFT and they fell out of fashion. I had one on my lenovo laptop with a 860m a while back and before that a toughbook with an ATI 1650ish

Great, just yesterday I installed the third identical Display and now you made me want to have three new ones.

Great content! I suffer from high astigmatism, and reflection is a nightmare for me. I feel matte finish more comfort to my eye in the long use but yar sacrificing the image clarity.

Image clarity is so important, so I've been frustrated at anti-glare coatings for years. Especially etched glass on screens for creative work, like Cintiqs for example. It absolutely ruins the image quality, and it feels like people don't care..? It's wild to me.

A lot of the older monitors used to have glossy displays. I still have a cheap Korean 1440p 120hz overclockable monitor from back in the day and it still looks great in comparison to some of the mid-range matte 1440p gaming monitors available today.

I just put a glossy lamination sheet on my gaming laptop Matt display panel about 1.5 years ago and it did the same thing for me. My display looked fabulous ever since I did that.

Used to go after matt screen because it's less reflective, but now not so much after using TV as my PC monitor, everything you said were true.

I remember removing these matte finish layer to my CRT monitor(even though I have to deal with static buildup) and it's astoundingly look so much better. I also did that with my older LCD monitor and the text are sharper and colours are more vibrant. I will NEVER go back to matte finish on a monitor.

I am so surprised this is the first time I've seen a video made on this topic! I have always hated how anti-glare displays took away from the contrast produced by glossy displays. Great video!

Hi Dave, I do follow your channel and really like your videos. Personally, I did not like the glossy screens initially. Around 2010, I bought myself a gaming laptop, Dell XPS or something. But when I started to use it I felt that glossy is much better than matte finish. It helps with the contrast ratio and ultimately helps the overall picture/video quality. Now, I would actually prefer glossy over matte.

Love it, hope the company and more see this

My experience with glossy laptop screens is, at low NITs of brightness, the glare is really noticeable. It’s then into the territory of having to trade off battery life for a brighter display. Less of an issue admittedly on gaming laptops where it’ll probably be plugged into the wall anyway.

Honestly kind of surprised by the difference on camera. I use a glossy 4kTV as a primary monitor next to a matte high refresh gaming monitor daily, and it's honestly never been this apparent. Now I'm not sure I can unsee it.

I had a glossy display from LG years ago. Same with a Dell display I had and right now Im using a display with a semi gloss and I am really liking it. Gigabyte makes surprisingly good monitors. So this has been an option if you look deep enough. The funny part is look at cell phones and tablets they are glossy as hell and used in direct sunlight. And that is where HDR comes into play I think now that monitors can get bright enough to outshine reflections that is also playing a big role in the comeback of glossy displays.

I got the NEC 20WGX2 back in 2007, which was THE powerhouse gaming monitor with a glossy finish. It's parked at my parents' place these days, still looks amazing. I just bought an ultrawide with a typical inoffensive light matte coating, and while it's a decent compromise I wish it was sharper and not so fuzzy looking

I used to peel off the matte vinyl from my gaming laptops when possible and was always amazed how great it looked afterwards. But yeah. If there is a lot of light and reflection, it sucks. Also, some of the vinyls are polarized, so be mindful if you want to peel off anyhing.

Finally!! Was asking the same question…I understand the matte displays for laptops which can be used outside but we need glossy monitors for indoor use!

I remember those dell s-series with glass screens. Those were really beautifull for the time. Never made new versions and i'll never understand why.

I’ve been holding off on this for a while. This will definitely push me over the edge. It’s the best monitor out right now

Antiglare quality can actually vary a lot. There are high end TVs with antiglare treatment that doesn't mess up the image.

Holy crap I feel this shock every time I go from my MacBook to my desktop monitor. I’ve been wondering if anyone makes a huge panel 34”+ that has a glossy anti glare like my MacBook

Something to note in this video is that there is bright lighting over the screens which the matte coating diffuses. If you are using it in a dark room, the difference won't be as noticable

DAVE, I heard your intro and made sure I liked because that in it self is just... APPLAUD!

I’ve always loved the imac because of the glossy display. I would LOVE for gaming monitors to follow suit, it’s so much better in every way!

As a software developer can't tolerate looking at the gloss screen monitor in cubicles with randomly placed over head lights but for home setup where we control the light position it can be good .

actual pixel perfect retrogames. plus more readable for programming. 100% a must buy.

The glossy ones should be the new standard. The matte ones should be rebranded as anti-reflective.

We have glossy screens on all the devices we take with us and use outdoors and in varying lights throughout the day but not on the screens we exclusively use indoors in a fixed place where we can control the light sources. Makes perfect sense lol

I've been using a Lenovo YOGA s740 with a 4k glossy display, and honestly the only reason I still have it, it's cause of this display, media just looks sooo good on it.

I used to have an 1080p glossy monitor from Acer as my first monitor on my then gaming PC I now have a UWQHD 34" Monitor and I am constantly thinking: "It should be better looking now, but it's not" and the whole time I thought I was crazy

My 15 year old Gateway Laptop came with a glossy panel and it beats my 4K display by a mile. Also my 15 y/o Gateway laptop has a sweet keyboard which is a pleasure to type with 15 years later.

I agree, reflections are a non issue when gaming. I try to keep the room as dim as possible anyway, it wouldn't bother me at all if the screen was glossy.

Then there's me who's just bought an anti-glare matte screen protector for my laptop because I hate glossy screens 🤣

I was saying this for years! So glad to finally have someone on my side😄 this is literally the reason why I went with the 2020 razer blade pro 4K 120hz, not because of resolution but touch screens tent to have a glossy coating wich looks just so much better + black glas bezel instead of cheap looking plastic bezel

This is why I always looked for a laptop with glossy screen, the colors are so much nicer and on top of that, the screen also looks very cool even when it's off

I've been wondering about this for ages! Looked on forums only to find people saying they were a terrible idea because of reflections, yet they're still happy to use their giant glossy TV and their glossy phone/tablet/watch outside.

I returned a monitor with a matte finish the first day I bought it because I legitimately could not see details when looking at the screen. I prefer glossy displays any day although light reflection is still an issue. I think there should be a choice because of improved performance as well as accessibility.

Thank you for making this. I remember when I first built my pc I wanted to buy a glossy monitor. Options were so limited and I settled for matte.

I have been using a Glossy Dell S2240L IPS for the last 8 years, and this is why I have never bothered to upgrade (?). I hate the matte coating for this exact reason, So glad people are finally noticing, maybe there'll be a new trend of glossy monitors, and I'll finally be able to get a 144hz panel.

Finally. Tried to push for this, wish it came out on launch so I could have bought it

Honestly having a glossy a display on a gaming laptop would make the gaming experience SO MUCH BETTER!! I have a gaming laptop and it has a matte display, while my brother has an HP Envy ultrabook. I noticed him one day playing Assassin's Creed 2 on it and I immediately noticed that the picture quality of the game looked so much better on his laptop then my gaming laptop which has a big fat discreet GPU powering everything. Yet still the same game didn't look as good on my laptop just because mine has a matte display and his ultrabook has a glossy one

I've been using an LG OLED (4K/120hz/Gsync) for over a year now as my main PC monitor. It's glossy. It's vastly better to look at than all other monitors I've ever used - and I've used some good ones. Acer Predators lines (XB32, XB27, Z32P, etc.)

Thanks Dave mate..good post.

I think one detail people easily overlook is that although glossy finishes have specular reflections, those images are usually not in the same focus plane as the screen text/images, so your brain can filter them out more easily

I had a glossy laptop once, couldn't stand the reflection of light and it being a mirror making me lose focus. I always go for the matte display.

When's that STUDIO TOUR coming?

I really hope its gonna be release, i wish for a glossy screen for a long time

very valid point on light control in your own environment. V. Intelligent analysis. Thanks as always.