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Study warns of the danger of glossy screens to users' posture

An Australian university is warning its staff and students about the danger that screens glossy they can offer a spine, aiming to make owners of notebooks and computers with monitors aware of this type of finish on their screens. Basically, the notice issued by the institution covers the way in which products that fit this case are positioned and used.

MacBook Pro with glossy screen

According to the study, the reflections added to the brightness of these screens can negatively affect the best viewing angle recommended for use, which is able to make the user adopt postures outside the recommended to obtain a good image. Harmful reflections are often influenced by ambient lighting or window placement.

Casual recommendations for avoiding health damage due to this are few, but in some cases they are often difficult to follow to the letter. Basically, they consist of evaluating the place where the products are used, in order to check in which points they can be without the finding of reflections. When this is not possible, the best thing to do is to minimize these phenomena by taking small measures, such as closing curtains that may be behind the user, positioning the screens at a 90 degree angle and decreasing the brightness of the monitors a little.

However, what the university responsible for preparing this study is proposing to make its teachers and students avoid buying notebooks and / or computers with finishing screens glossy, thus adopting anti-reflective solutions. Applying this to Apple products, it gets a little complicated: all current iMacs have a screen glossy, together with all MacBooks Pro and the LED Cinema Display.

Unless you want to recommend only the white MacBook or a desktop with a 30-inch HD Cinema Display to customers who wish to take that kind of care with their physical health, it is good that Apple is trying to expand its anti-screen installation program. reflections for more products in its line. Currently, such an option exists only for the 17-inch MacBook Pro and costs an additional $ 50.