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    M11x Screen glare help

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by seeratlas, Sep 23, 2010.

  1. seeratlas

    seeratlas Notebook Deity

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    One thing I use on this puter is a set of reading glasses (which seems to magnify the apparent size of the screen and DRASTICALLY reduces eye strain over long hours) but at the supermarket the other day, I found a pair of 1.50 diopter (my eyes are 20/17 and 20/19) which claimed to be "glare reducing". Well, what they are is polarized and GAWD what a difference on this screen!!! The colors just leap out at you, almost like putting a skylight filter on a camera. Contrast is way up and the whole effect is an amazing improvement for such a small effort.

    I can now even push the gamma for those dungeon instances :) You might try a pair, at $2.00 its a no brainer.

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  2. jeremyshaw

    jeremyshaw Big time Idiot

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    Sunglasses while gaming + super high backlight settting.

    I can live with this. Tis' cool. Tis' cool.... :cool:


    nice find! :)



    EEK: edit... nvm. My sunglasses were bought for boating... everything looks yellow through them, lol :p
     
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  3. Cherude

    Cherude Notebook Evangelist

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    Once I saw one of those glare reducing glasses in a store. You don't actually need to buy sunglasses: there are normal glare reducing glasses. However, they don't help with the mirror effect of the super glossy screen of the M11x...
    (I would forgive dell/alienware for the hinge problems if they were bringing M11x with matte screens... :cool: :D )
     
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  4. seeratlas

    seeratlas Notebook Deity

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    Chedrude, the ones I got have huge effect on reducing the mirror like reflections from this screen. Try setting your screen so its just off perpendicular to your line of sight. I like mine a LOT better now.

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