What is the glow effect of a monitor?
Choosing a monitor, given how wide the range of options on the modern market is, is not an easy task. Many technical characteristics, plus certain “tricks” of manufacturers that artificially inflate the parameters - all this should be taken into account. One of the things that can be very disappointing after buying a monitor is the so-called glow effect, find out in advance what it is and whether you can get rid of it.
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What is the glow effect of a monitor?
Literally translated from English, Glow means glow or radiance. The glow effect of the monitor is manifested in the fact that at different viewing angles the matrix is backlit in different shades. This feature is especially common on IPS matrices and in practice it looks like when you look at the screen from the left side, it looks gray, but on the right, it looks completely different, with a yellowish tint. As a result, color rendition will be far from correct, and working on such a monitor will cause irritation and eye fatigue.
IMPORTANT! When choosing a display in a store, do not focus only on brightness and contrast; very often they are inflated using special utilities and images and videos that are ideal in resolution are selected, showing them to visitors on the sales floor.You should ask the seller to fill the screen with black, then look at it from different angles, making sure that there is no glow effect or moving on to considering another model if there is one.
How to remove the glow effect
If the presence of a glow effect is already discovered at home, then there are only a few options. The first is to return the display to the store or exchange it for another - according to current legislation, everyone has this right. The second option is to choose the optimal placement of the monitor at the workplace and additional light sources, so that the lighting is as constant and uniform as possible; the darker it is, the better.
It should be understood that there are no programs or utilities that could completely remove the glow effect if it is already inherent in the monitor matrix, so you can only try to reduce it to a minimum. Do not try to set the monitor's brightness and contrast to the highest possible values, and also use a good video card.
The Glow effect can significantly reduce the comfort of using a monitor, and salespeople in computer hardware stores don’t like to talk about it. Therefore, you need to know in advance that this problem is most inherent in IPS-type matrices, and you can check for the presence of the effect or make sure of its absence by asking to flood the screen with black light and look at it from different angles in bright external lighting.
