Anti-reflective Treatments

[Dean_Mc]

Was wondering if any of you had come across a decent anti-reflective treatment that could be applied to a display? Trying to raise ambient light in a room but reflections are a problem.

This is the panel if you're interested.

http://www.techsource.com/rap2100fps/rap2100fps.html

Thanks.

[rogo]

I would not apply a treatment directly to any display.

[markrubin]

how about an anti- reflective film?

http://www.southwall.com/products/display/anti-reflective.html

[joemama127]

I am by no means an authority on the subject but....applying your own anti-glare substance sounds like a fiasco waiting to happen. I believe this would best be left to the manufacturing process.;)

[Dean_Mc]

Thanks Mark! - that's an excellent place to start.

Joe: It can be part of the manufacturing process.

rogo: because of the cost of the display there is a protective plate of glass directly in front of the LCD panel (part of the manufacturing process). Without the protective glass, reflections aren't a problem. So it really isn't being applied right to the LCD panel itself.

Thanks for all your input.

[lewlew]

Could that piece of protective glass be replace with "art glass"? Or is it something like that already?

[Jeff Ray]

Hey all,

I ordered a Teleview Anti-Glare screen to velcro over my 40" CRT 4:3 monitor. Will let you know if it works. I get too much light reflected during the day and at night I can see us in the screen watching. If I watched everything at night in the dark, no problem.

Jeff in NYC

[Dean_Mc]

lewlew- Yes it can, and I've asked if that can be tested. I haven't gotten a response from the manufacturer. I also know that Nikon, among others, makes a coating for eyeglasses that works quite well in reducing reflection. I've asked if it's possible to use that sort of coating on the exterior glass.

What the manufacturer is proposing is a very fine mesh embedded in the front glass that would work almost like polaroid sunglasses. I'm skeptical that will make much difference. I think as long as the first surface is smooth glass it's going to reflect.

[rogo]

Well, if you can replace the front glass, it sounds like you can try a number of things. It may turn out that something inside the glass layer will, indeed, eat much of the reflection even witha first surface of smooth glass. I'm sure the optics are trucky on reflections and not what they first seem. There appears to be a correlation between glass thickness and how many reflections one gets, for instance.

[calambert]

Ever condidered new window coverings for the room? I would go that route a hundred times before I would fool with the glass on any display.

Craig

[Dean_Mc]

There are no windows in the room. The reflections come from other displays, exit signs, desktop lamps, etc. It isn't a home theater setting. Any mods would be done by the manufacturer.

[markrubin]

you might also try a slight 'tilt' of the display away from the light source(s): this sometimes does the trick

[Dean_Mc]

Tried it. Miss some, get others... Limited range that can be tinkered with because of the consoles they are in. Picture almost 150 displays of various sizes in a large oval- facing in. The best solution would have been to have the displays facing outward toward the walls when the thing was designed. But too late for that now...

I got another suggestion from someone;

http://www.abrisa.com/guide/glarereduction/

So I think with the anti-reflective film and the anti-glare glass there is enough to do some experimentation.

Thanks to everyone for the help.