I cut the center out of my m1340 edge-to-edge plastic screen, its an antiglare beneath...

Yup, I went insane and cut along the black-to-clear border of the m1340 screen thing. The thing they call "edge to edge glass" which is really just plastic above an ordinary screen. The thing is, that the screen under that edge to edge plastic is a nice anti-glare screen, no kidding! You can see this if you take your laptop in sunlight and tilt it the right way.

So what's happening is you're getting the worst part of an anti-glare screen (reduced contrast ratio) plus the worst part of a glossy screen (unless you have a really pretty face).

I took the plastic thing off, cut along the black/clear border, pulled out the middle, and stuck the centerless border back on the laptop.

Result? THIS SCREEN IS FANTASTIC. Yeah ok, of course I would say that. But if you knew me, you'd know that was way out of the ordinary and really meant that THIS SCREEN IS FANTASTIC.

One thing you may not have considered is that the screen in its default position has yet another flaw, both sides of that glossy plastic thing are glossy, so some of the light coming from the screen is reflected back to the screen, and as you know light reflected onto the screen has a yellowish tint. That is my guess as to why the whites on this screen are really really white now, and the screen is much brighter. This also explains why other 300nit screens used to look so much brighter than this.

Well I don't have pics yet because my camera battery is dead, and I lost my charger for it.

 

Pictures would be appreciated, I dont think anyone here is willing to do something like that unless they get some kind of proof.

 

How did you cut out your plastic? I want to do this with an xps 16, but is it matte underneath as well? More importantly, what tools do you need, and can a complete non-handyman do the job with no experience?

 

I personally love edge-to-edge displays. Much easier to clean and scratches can be buffed out (potentially).

 

WoW!!!! Very daring!
When you have a chance..can you please provide some pic's I'm sure everyone would love to take a looky at those!

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