Should I get a Dell XPS 15 i7 with a matte full HD screen or a 4K touch screen whose Adobe RGB value is outstanding, but reflects. I would like to work in hobby & semi-professional RAW image files, Full HD videos and z.T. Edit 4K video (Camera: Sony Alpha 6300). Will a dull screen distort the colors and render them in distorted hues when editing? So far, the reflection of light sources on my previous laptop with a glossy screen has disturbed me. I also wonder why you need a touchscreen on a laptop - especially as you then see finger streaks on the screen.
Pro for 4K:
- Playback of 4K content in 4K resolution
- more color contrast?
Contra 4K:
- Reflections through "glossy" screen
- unused touch screen
- Extra charge of 300 euro
Per matt full-HD screen:
- no / minimal reflections
- cheaper than 4K version
- no touch - no smears
Contra Matt Full-HD Screen:
- less color depth / contrast?
- no 4K
I had already considered whether I stick a matte film on the 4K screen, is only the question of whether the image is not distorted again or even so good.
Otherwise, there's still the possibility for the more professional
Editing to get an external screen and thus just buy the Full HD Matt version. That would be what I can think of. What do you say as experts?
I'm pleased with sound, well-founded arguments.
A dull screen falsifies the picture only minimally. I myself have the experience that it is always different from display to display.
If you want to work outside, I would clearly advise the matte display, but if you sit in the room and the display can control bright enough disturbs a glossy display actually barely, then you could use all the benefits of the 4k display.
How exactly this looks like with the film, I do not know, but there are also good and bad films, some distort the picture more, some less…
To edit images, the screen must work within the specifications. A (too) high contrast can be counterproductive (just because you classify the contrast as "pro")
a laptop screen can't be calibrated anyway, at best linearizable via the graphics card
a reasonable external screen for image editing that also meets the requirements costs a lot more than 300 euro
4k on 15 "is nonsense
