gloss matte

New MacBooks: Worth buying despite the gloss?

Crave It's much harder to colour-calibrate a glossy display, and for this reason, Apple's Pro line (popular with designers and photographers) feature matte displays. No Zune, no PS3, no Vista. This Christmas sucks.

Tags: apple, displays, screens, glossy

9 November 2006, 11:42 > More matches in Crave

Apple iPod classic review

Reviews The Click Wheel too has been steered from shiny gloss to matte, the result being a less scratch-prone finish. The glossy and easily scratched faceplate of previous models has been replaced with an attractive matte texture, either in black or silver...

Editor's rating   9

Tags: apple, high quality, hard disk, flow

18 September 2007, 16:50 > More matches in Reviews

LG 37LF66 review

Reviews The combination of an unusually slender profile, high gloss bezel, silvery strip under the screen and matte black speaker area really works a treat. But the truth is that once you look past the eye-catching surface gloss of the TV's pictures, you...

Editor's rating   6.1

Tags: lg electronics, sign, eye, colours

13 November 2007, 14:10 > More matches in Reviews

Epson Stylus Photo R1800 review

Reviews The Hi-Gloss ink set comprises six primaries: cyan, magenta, yellow, red and blue, plus a choice of photo black or matte black, which both reside in the printer full time -- no cartridge swapping required.

Editor's rating   8

Tags: epson, paper, colour, printers

16 June 2005, 16:11 > More matches in Reviews

Samsung YP-T10 review

Reviews The face of the T10 is finished in a slick gloss and will attract fingerprints and admirers alike. The only negative aspect of the LCD display is that it doesn't produce brilliant blacks, and what it does produce is somewhat impacted by the...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: samsung, themes, microphone, windows explorer

11 December 2007, 14:36 > More matches in Reviews

Toshiba Satellite Pro A210-18M review

Reviews It's a curious choice, considering the gloss finish gives sharper colour and contrast, usually for watching movies. Its matte-black lid seems better suited to an office than the glossy blue-black finish on the consumer side.

Editor's rating   6.1

Tags: toshiba, battery life, consumer, logo

22 February 2008, 14:04 > More matches in Reviews

Epson Stylus Photo R800 review

Reviews The addition of a gloss overcoat for blacks is another bonus, preventing blacks on glossy paper from looking matte compared to the rest of the inks. That, plus a gloss optimiser, which keeps blacks looking shiny on glossy paper, brings the total to...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: epson, digital camera, printers, path

7 May 2004, 12:28 > More matches in Reviews

Creative Zen Stone Plus with Speaker review

Reviews It now features an attractive matte finish, contrary to the gloss of the original, but making up in professionalism what it loses in glint. If you liked what you saw of Creative's Zen Stone Plus, you now have a choice on your hands: buy the...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: creative, hands, speakers, battery life

7 March 2008, 16:25 > More matches in Reviews

LG Chocolate KG810: Serve with small cups of strong coffee

Crave The checkerboard effect comes from alternating matte and gloss plastics, providing tactile feedback as you move from key to key. With its glossy black front and glowing red touchpad, the LG Chocolate KG800 was the most stylish phone of the summer.

Tags: lg electronics, press, silver, chocolate

2 November 2006, 12:08 > More matches in Crave

Parrot DS1120 Bluetooth speakers: Wire-free music

Crave You can remove the speaker grilles if you so choose, exposing the naked cone beneath, and the mix of matte and gloss black finish of the units works really well too. These days most mobile phones can send music wirelessly over Bluetooth, and so can...

Tags: parrot, volume, bluetooth, hands

31 March 2008, 11:24 > More matches in Crave

Sharp Aquos LC-32XL8E review

Reviews The TV is largely black, and of course it's an ultra-reflective gloss, rather than a matte black, which is still the de-facto style for flat-panel TVs. If you want a smart-looking TV that supports 'Full HD' 1080p resolution, includes 100Hz picture...

Editor's rating   7.8

Tags: sharp, gamers, tvs, ray

23 September 2008, 10:12 > More matches in Reviews

Creative Zen Stone with Speaker review

Reviews The Zen Stone looks more like a pebble than a chunk of stone, and Creative has done away with the gloss that coated the normal Stone, instead opting for a gorgeous matte finish. Creative's Zen Stone got a decent write-up from us when we saw it last...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: creative, love, clip, speaker

6 March 2008, 8:00 > More matches in Reviews

Samsung D600 review

Reviews At the risk of sounding like a designer furniture catalogue, we have to note that the D600's black casing, with its mix of matte and gloss finishes and minimalist chrome highlights lend classic good looks to the unit.

Editor's rating   7.3

Tags: samsung, edge, stereo, pad

11 November 2005, 16:28 > More matches in Reviews

Nokia N96 review

Reviews The handset still has quite a bulky frame, but instead of the matte finish, it comes with an altogether more stylish-looking high-gloss exterior. Since then it's been joined by other do-it-all phones such as the iPhone 3G and T-mobile G1.

Editor's rating   8.2

Tags: nokia, video formats, led, keypad

13 October 2008, 10:46 > More matches in Reviews

T-Mobile G1 vs HTC Touch HD vs iPhone 3G vs BlackBerry Storm

Crave We also prefer its matte finish to the iPhone's gloss -- you won't need to polish it to keep it clean all the time. There have been plenty of touchscreen phones out in the past year but few have really impressed us -- until now.

3 November 2008, 16:05 > More matches in Crave